Ars Techina re-reviews the PS3...

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starcraft said:

MikeB said:

Let's say 6 websites give a game a score of 9/10. For another game 4 give a score of 9.5 and 2 others rate the game a 7. Which game would "objectively" be the better game in your opinion? IMO it's all subjective, especially if you include website like GameSpot into your figures.

Gamespot just gave NG2 an 8 when many publications are giving it a 9.  I don't see them as being as inherently biased as many people claim.

In any case, I think sites like Metacritic (and in the case of Japan, I guess the most commonly accepted standard is Famitsu) are simply the best yardstick we have, despite the fact they arn't perfect. 

 

 There are 5 publications that rated the game a 9.....there are 20 sites not including Gamepro that rated it below that.  As Mike points out the average is an 81, so according to your analysis of metacritic being the end all be all for game quality, Gamespot appears to be right on the money.