The Official Legend of Zelda Thread: Nintendo Announces TLOZ: Echoes of Wisdom

[HoloDust]

Veknoid_Outcast said:

Come on guys. Video game critics have very different preferences and priorities when it comes to game design. Is it so unrealistic that a reviewer wouldn't love Tears of the Kingdom?

I'm sure there are outlets out there who feel, consciously or unconsciously, compelled to highlight a game's negatives to buck popular opinion and/or drive viewership, but I'm equally confident there are outlets who feel compelled to focus only on a game's positives to match fan expectations.

Why do we dissect and impugn a 6/10 review and leave all the 10/10 reviews unexamined?

Yeah, I'm always wary of 10/10 reviews - high scores are given excessively carefree these days, even Adventure Gamers (IMO, from 1998 onward THE site for adventure game reviews), which was always very conservative with their scores and had, IMO, best scoring system, has deteriorated and started giving 5 out of 5 stars way too easily.