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CGI-Quality said:
freebs2 said:

I'm sorry, but you don't see any problem with that?

Since 80 does not represent a measurament but an opinion expressed in numbers, that kind of scheme suggests that everyone should have a similar opinion on a certain subject and if they don't they shouldn't be taken seriosly.

What it suggests is that 40 should be looked at more closely, because the majority of the people who scored it did so with a much higher grade. So, if there were ten to fifteen 4/10s (out of, say, fifty reviews), that's one thing. When there are seventy-four scores, and only two of them are 4/10, then it is logical for people to question them. They could have legit complaints embedded in the reading (which they both did), but considering how both of those publications score games, 4/10 seems much worse than simply "I didn't like it".

That is fair enough. Of course, it's completely legit to reject a review once you actually read it. Another thing is to dismiss harsh reviews from start, an that's an attitude I've seen quite often lately (not by you in particular).