DO NOT Trust Magazine's Review Scores

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sega4life said:

makingmusic476 said:

Why should we trust loltaku on this?

My only complaint with Famitsu to this day stems from their 29/40 score for Demon's Souls.  One guy gave it a six because it was "too hard".  Dengeki scored it much higher, giving it 85/85/95/85.

And they also (surprisingly) overrate some western games.  Both Haze and Lair got mid-30s.  It's like they review them thinking, "well, this is what western gamers probably like."

Haze and Lair are for a Japanese based company, Sony.

Not saying anything against Sony, just seems odd that in recent months (years), during Japan's lag spell of software/hardware sales, that a Japanese review mag is reviewing Japanese games publishers high scores to boost sales.

But I don't know why we should not trust Kotaku over your complaints of Famitsu?

the real question is, that i keep asking myself all the time someone mentions reviews.

WHY THE HECK IS GTAIV GIVEN 10/10? , it doesn't deserve it at all! , oh wait is it because its a popular western game?