A203D said:
I agree with the Bayonetta comment, i havent played Mass Effect 2, but for me Bayonetta shouldve been game of the year. the only problem i feel is that reviewers tend to give higher scores to western developed games, and Japanese games recieve harsher criticisims. |
That would be why, then.
For me, it's definitely reviews. Plenty of terrible games have sold several million units, but it's very, very rare that a bad game gets good review scores. It's more common that a good game gets low scores, but again, far more common that a good game sells badly.
Neither is perfect, and a lot of it is subjective. Personally, I couldn't stand Bayonetta. It felt like a really over-sexualised version of Devil May Cry. I don't like DMC either. But most people like both, and they have high review scores, so it's fine.
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