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Cerebralbore101 on 13 November 2019
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Out of the publications that I respect here are the scores...

Gamepro 9.1
GamesRadar+ 9
Areajugones 8.8
Game Informer 8.8
Everyeye 8.5
EGM 8
Nintendolife 8
Gameblog 7
Paste       7
Vg24/7 6

That puts it at a solid 8.0 on average in my book. 

IGN doesn't really count because they hand out high scores like candy. 
Gamespot fired their longtime staff back in 2006 for giving a game a bad review. They haven't been the same since.
Metro is a tabloid, and notoriously harsh on non-western games.
Daily Star is a newspaper, and I don't trust some non-gamer with a review score. 

Chrkeller said:
Cerebralbore101 said:
Currently sitting at 80 on Opencritic. That doesn't mean much right now though. IGN hands out high scores like candy. Gamespot is corrupt and pretty much accepts bribes. Then there's the joke newspapers of Metro and Daily Star that are almost guaranteed to hand out lower than deserved scores.

Waiting on Destructoid, Gameinformer, and Easy Allies. IMO those are three of the best review outlets.

"Pokémon Sword & Shield are strong first attempts for the series’ full transition to consoles. While some frustrations hold it back from true legendary status, this new generation proves the Pokémon franchise is still great more than two decades after its debut."

-Game Informer

I just noticed that shortly after posting. Reading that review now. 

Nintendolife's review should be really interesting too. They usually like first party Nintendo games so that 8/10 is pretty noticeable. Reading that one next. 

Last edited by Cerebralbore101 - on 13 November 2019