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Rath on 06 May 2010
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radiantshadow92 said:
Rath said:

Reviews are subjective, they are allowed any opinion they want. The score however must be properly justified in the review. The overall score is nearly meaningless without reading the review, you only get information on how much they liked the overall game without the reasons why they liked or didn't like it.

Also as for your last part, no I'd just expect a very good justification for it. FFXIII was undeniably a flawed game in some respects, obviously those flaws really pissed the Edge reviewer off and he attacked them. If somebody found similar flaws in SMG (say the voice acting and the plot) and attacked them then good for them - I wouldn't agree but I would be able to tell that those things wouldn't worry me by reading the review.

The score is not meaningless without the review. It DOES tell you if the reviewer liked the game, with less detail. I am not saying the score is all that matters, but it is important either way. Even if FFXIII had flaws and pissed of the reviewer, it is ridiculous to give a game a 5 over it. They need to realize that it affects the games sales, and what the dev team put into it. a five just because the game pisses you off is ridiculous. I do not even like FF games and i have to say it is just fish paste. I agree with the SMG2 review, but either way, they're scale of reviewing is just bogus imo. Let's just leave it at that, because it is just my opinion.

You really miss the point of reviews. The reviewer should not give two shits about how much effort or money or love was put into the game. They shouldn't care how big a name the game is. They shouldn't care about the effect they have on sales. It's entirely about their personal subjective experience with the game, if the reviewer thought it was worth a five then it should get a five. It should be an entirely personal opinion based on how enjoyable they personally find the experience.

Of course thats in an ideal world, in reality a name like 'Grand Theft Auto' or 'Mario' is going to give the reviewer some bias before he starts reviewing.