dsage01 said:
Nevertheless GTA IV is the highest rated game of all time on consoles and (I'm not including Zelda OOT because it doesn't have enough reviews). And it was very strange how fallout 3 which didn't recieve the same level of critical acclaim won. |
Indeed. Very strange :P.
But at the same time, 2010 went to RDR which had 95 meta whereas ME2 had 96.
Meta is a very good indication but there are a few exceptions here and there.
Most notably because the score is from different reviewers most of the time.
Say a guy called Adam plays GTAIV and he feels its a 10. Then there is Tom who plays GTAIV and feels its a 9. Both work for say.. IGN. Tom had already had dibs on being the one to review GTAIV. Therefore the game recieves a 9.
There is an element of luck involved wether I like it or not. Ultimately a good game will try to gather as much 10's from as many people as possible which will still give it an amazing score. But when speaking at the level of 98 metacritic => Some luck is needed. Not to mention nowadays there is always those two or three sites that truly stand out and bring down the average.
In theory one cant really say "IGN GAVE IT 10" since its one guy reviewing it and not the entire IGN crew. Not that it stops people from saying that xD Hell I even do...
Just a fun thing to keep in mind! Thats all.
