Final Fantasy XIII-2 gets 5.4 on Gamrreview - how is that possible?

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Khuutra said:

Barozi said:
Just one more of many examples where I think VGChartz did not deliver a good RPG review.

I know these are different reviewers, but when you have a review of FFXIII giving it a 9.0 and then one of FFXIII-2 giving it a 5.4, you can be sure that the credibility of our reviews decline.

Publications are not required to have games reviewed by similar reviewers with similar tastes. I've argued this with Kantor before: it's not one of the requirements for a good publication. Uniformity is not necessary.

in fact uniformity would be actively bad as that would mean you could only get one point of view on a game so there would be no point in anyone writing a review, you might as well just just have one review and post it on every site. If people just want one point of view they should just find a reviewer that has the point of view and just read those reviews. For people that want to actually get a good broad perspective on the game then a wide range of reviews written by people with a wide veriaty of perspectives is nothing but good. 

Reviewers should not be expected to service the game's meta score or reach some form of consensus, that is not what they are there for, they are writing a review to inform the reader of their perspective on the game.