Why MGS4 deserves a 8/10 ...

[johnsobas]

MikeB said:
I think games like Gears of War and Halo 3 have been wildly overhyped. I haven't played MGS4 yet, but if the game is as good overall as some of the footage I've seen I can understand the perfect scores in relation to other game ratings. The game certainly looks to be a league ahead of many multi-platform games I have seen which scored 8/10 or higher.

GTA IV is IMO a very good game though, I would rate the game up there together with Mario64 or God of War 2 (all 3 very different games, but best amongst the game gerne they are targeting). I prefer harsher reviews though, so 9/10 for such games seem about right to me for the time of release.

I think reviewers usually are too quick to hand a game a 10/10, it may be MGS4 really is that good though considering I haven't played it yet. However on the other hand for some games reviewers have shown to be extremely (unprofessionally) harsh, Haze and Lair aren't nearly as bad as most make them out to be, there are far worse games ranked much higher.

IGN IMO is usually one of the better sites, they give this game a 10/10. But they did exagerate in a negative sense with regard to games like Lair and Super Ruba Dub. Gamespot is IMO usually one of the worst major reivew sites, they are usually way too harsh with regard to PS3 exclusives in relation to overpraising the hell out of 360 exclusives. Yet they give MGS4 a 10/10, which is quite surprising.

Games reviews are all very subjective. I love to check out MGS4 after coming back from vacation to make up my own mind.

Games like Lair are going to have all kinds of reviews.  Some people thought it was completely broken, and some people enjoyed it despite flaws.  Just becuase you enjoyed it doesn't mean it was underrated.  This is where reviewers disagree and why a game like MGS are gonna vary from 8-10.

 

As far as Halo 3 goes, i think there were reviews based on hype, but I think you can make an argument for Halo 3 getting a 9.5 or so.  Most of the complaints would come from the fact that the game hasn't changed enough, but that isn't necessarily a reason to drop the score.  I'm not saying i agree with that argument but it's there and I think it's reasonable.