Yeah my post was kinda ironic. It's funny how franchises like Assassin's Creed, Need for Speed or Halo get high scores with each iteration despite being the same or worse than its prequels (AC3) and others are punished extremely hard for not getting better (Batman or this new Killzone).

I still look forward to playing this game.

We mock the gaming media and turn up our noses at their unprofessionalism and then wait with bated breaths hoping their opinions will match our excitement for upcoming games.

This is so true. We give ourself a swift kick to the balls every time this happens, and can't even see it ourselves.

I wonder if this will be the gen of "Let's try to suck out the fun out of this hobby just to prove how artsy and jaded we really are." I've seen it building up in the community of gamers in recent years, wonder if this is where this gen is gonna go...we'll see.

If this a new direction they are moving towards (low scores for not evolving) expect lots of low review scores. I already expect them to slam Forza for not adding new effects like day/night and/or weather and the drop in content.

Hopefully this is the start of a gen without hyped inflated scores. If the aforementioned title doesn't get blasted I will probably just skip reading reviews this coming gen since the inconsistency will still remain and I won't find gaming journalism reliable.

Of course I never really found them to be very reliable. Bastards scored Neir low!

oh dont get me wrong, theyre going to score xbox one higher wherever they can potentially get awat with it, but even those scores are going to be artificially lower than elsewhere

Polygon.. Is a fucking joke. Ghost>killzone? I don't think so.

Even with the relatively disappointing reviews so far, they mostly seem to praise the multiplayer.

except COD

They're not exactly alone in that though