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Stuff like this is one of the many reasons why I take professional reviews with a pinch of salt, especially when they're reviews of heavily hyped games with "enthusiastic" fanbases.

The way these fanboys reacted was totally predictable and should not have come as a surprise to anyone. But it makes me wonder how many other reviewers out there are too scared of the backlash to give honest scores to games like these. Sterling might have been honest with his review, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were a bunch of other people who wanted to give it the same score but erred on the side of caution and gave it an 8.