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BMaker11 said:

I'll go ahead with the theme of this thread and scream PS3 bias because of Lair and Haze. Those games were hyped to hell, and got low scores. I'll scream PS3 bias because MW2 got a higher graphical score than KZ2 from IGN, and I'll scream PS3 bias because Eurogamer liked Halo 3 better than MGS4. 

Not so much a one way street, now is it?

You are distorting people's arguments, no one "screamed bias" just because certain games got hyped and then got low scores, or becasue one game got a 9 and another got a 9.2 ...

The problem with reviews is twofold -

1. Reviewers getting to review games they don't like from the onstart (What's wrong with that, you say? Ok, let's let someone who is an excellent writer and enjoys only games like NSMBWii, a Boy and His Blob and Rabbids Go Home write the official review of GOW3 {or Halo 3, or MGS4} for Eurogamer or some other "major" site - these games will all be torn apart in that person's review, I promise you) or even on systems they don't like (let's get that same person, who let's assume usually plays only on the Wii and is used only to its controls, to review Demon's Souls on the PS3. Or any PS3 game for that matter. Note that the person dislikes the PS3 controller - what do you think that person  will say about the game?)

2. Reviewers don't play games through. Sometimes they play them just 30 minutes. And some of the review give the impression they just read about the game somewhere else...