Bayonetta 2 Review Thread: 15+ Reviews So Far (8 perfect scores), Meta Score 91

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the_dengle said:

naruball said:

Also, let's not forget all the people who bashed GS for years for giving Ninty games low scores (starting with a Zelda game) calling GS trash and all kinds of names, only to make a big deal of of the site now that they gave a Ninty game a perfect 10. You can't have it both ways. You either  consider it unreliable or you don't. 

I think it's more like, "Wow, even in spite of their massive bias against Nintendo, GameSpot was forced to recognize this game's greatness." Obviously an overreaction, GameSpot has given high praise to Nintendo games before. Their last 10/10 was Mario Galaxy 2, and their GOTY 2013 was Link Between Worlds.

Every site has an off review every now and then. I don't think GS has any kind of agenda against Nintendo, but it's possible that most of their writers simply don't have a preference for the kind of games Nintendo makes.

Also, GameSpot had a huge downsizing recently where they laid off some of their more... outspoken... reviewers. So it's possible that change in staff has affected their average taste in games. But that was very recently.

True, but I do feel Gamespot love indie games over anything else and instinctively lower the score on any game that isnt indie.

In saying that, the 6/10 they gave DK Tropical Freeze is a tad harsh but I would have accepted a 7.