not surprised about a high score since all reviews i saw have been high but little bit surprised about 9.4, would have expected maybe 9.1 or something from ign for such a game.
but like the guy from german gamepro said, best jrpg this gen and in his opinion even the best looking jrpg of all time.
he also said there are a lot of references to other ghibli stuff which will make it even better for ghibli fans.
i woinder when we will get the first stupid "i don't like jrpgs in general i give it a way too low score" review.