Your rant brings up my major problem with the review system; the lack of an agreed upon review scale. A "10" on many review scales does not necessarily mean a game is perfect. It could just be a must play game or a genre defining game...which Mario Galaxy 2 definitely is. I know some reviews are regarding it as perfect which I do not agree with. No game is perfect.
Look at the movie review scale. The consensus is to use a 4 star system. Now if a movie gets 4 stars it does not mean it was perfect. It just means it a movie that should not be missed. It's simple and it works.
But back to games. Top honor scores whether it be a "10", an "A+" or "5 Stars", are handed out way to easily by gaming journalist. When games that are of lesser quality than Mario Galaxy 2 have recieved "Perfect" scores, how do you give it anything less than one as well?
This why I really don't look at review scores. The words in the review are what really matter.
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