If GTA4 isn't a 10/10 game, why did it get reviews like it did?

[SaviorX]

http://kotaku.com/5416788/ To reiterate truths already written.........

I know Rockstar probably paid some reviewers off. Like stated before, if your game is heavily advertised on a website from these guys, it is guaranteed some score bonus. Look at The Conduit, it got an 8.6 from IGN when it deserved 1.0-1.7 points lower in rating.

GTA4 was a 6.8 game. For all it achieved technically, it did nothing gameplay wise that I enjoyed for more than 15 minutes. The incessant phone calls, the weak police, downgraded fea-. Screw it, I've already explained why this game BLEW dozens of times.

At the time, after Halo 3, GTA4 was the biggest returning "hardcore" franchise from the past that we had. People chose to forget mentioning that Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart were on shelves at the time. GTA4 was supposed to prove that big-budget blockbusters are the only way to go in gaming and "Oscar-worthy" scripts are what gaming now has to achieve regularly. It was positioned to be heralded as a revolution in gaming of sorts. Heck, you even had leo-j saying GTA4 would kill the Wii off in its peak year nonetheless. It was the closest to games being considered art. Absolutely laughable.

GTA4 was supposed to prove the benefits of high-definition development. $100 million plus SEPARATE Ad money and voila, 10s. I was so excited to play this game and see what the hype was about. It turned out to be the standout disappointment of any game I have played this entire generation. Truly unplayable. I had more fun playing Scarface.