Well, let's be entirely fair first off. What you look for in a game and what someone else looks for in a game are completely different. Critics may be hard pressed for graphics, which clearly PSP and PS3 are superior to their competitors, or at least equal. Also, so does exposure time is important for some games.
For example, for me, the first 20 hours of FFXII are a 5/5. I felt I had an awesome experience and loved the game.
Every second after the 20 hour mark made me wish I was playing X. Giving it a 1/5. I fell in love, and like an 11 year old school girl, my crush was gone within 24 hours. How do you accurately display this in a review that you gotta post ASAP, seeing as you have a job with deadlines that may not give you 50 free hours to game?
Finally, if anyone actually looks into Metacritic, you'll find there's some nice BS in there. Read over the lowest scoring reviews. You'll find 40's where you click the review and they praise the game constantly, or one example I clicked a game review ranked 42 with no number on the page, only a "C" ranking. I was unaware educational standards had dropped that a C was a 42%. I'm not even sure where the 2% came from.
See Ya George.
"He did not die - He passed Away"
At least following a comedians own jokes makes his death easier.
