This is why you don't bother going to gaming websites - especially metacritic - for reviews of games 3+ months old. Those reviews are probably of a version of a product you can't even access anymore due to patching. Completely worthless, other than a snapshot of "version 1.02, as of XX/XX/20XX." I'm continually disappointed in gamers supporting reviews as a publisher bludgeon rather than a useful tool for players down the road.
...but on the other hand, these reviews would be garbage even if they were up to date. Go watch some LPs with commentary, first impression videos, anything is better than reading a few paragraphs and an arbitrary numerical score attached (probably with a bloody decimal point, because on a scale of 1-10 people can't decide between a 7 or 8).
