Ouch..... Damn You Der!!!!!!! Damn You!!!!!

Being a couple years behind in this industry isn't all bad. Their hardware and online infrastructure is years behind the competitions but they also at least still finish their games before release and haven't caught up with the industries monetization schemes either.

I've wondered myself is 2013 was just a peak year in gaming which reset the bar.

We had several masterpieces in 2013: GTA V, The Last Of Us and Super Mario 3D World. Arguably GTA V and TLOU are the best games of both 2013 & 2014, although people don't want to acknowledge their existence in order to inflate the significance of other new titles.

I'm not a fan of the current review standards though. Some of my favorite games like Tomb Raider getting Meta of 85 is ridonculous.

To save room for higher scores later. Or they just hate Sony exclusives because reasons

I think its a reflection of the GamerGate effect on journalism. They know they are being watched now and bias and being bought by publishers and developers and the like has affected their reviews. They are now being neutral to games when they review them. Like they were supposed to be. Its only natural after many of the gaming sites and publications sent out commitment to integrity in journalism statements.

Believe it or not its a good thing. It means that the gaming journalism sites are put back in their place and we'll see actual reviews again and not hype spun advertisements paid for by the publishers.

Reviews have been pretty good this gen. With some exceptions like IGN's ORAS review.

Originals = 9.5/10
Remakes = 7.8/10

There's no reason that remakes that stays faithful the the originals, yet still improve upon them, should score 1.7 points lower.

It's not that it's just that corruption has entered the frey. Back in the late 90's, you could read a review online and usually buy a game based on the number alone. Now? You can see a game get a 9 on one website and on another, only a 6. Why? Because money and gifts are thrown around like candy. The industry has gotten too big to rely on large media for reviews.

Scores were too high last gen. The fact 7/10 is now considered average makes a joke of an out of 10 system.

really the game came out yesterday, how many hours have you put in the game??

Beside a metascore of 79 is really good concidering the problem with the game. 

Haha ... I think most have been doing a great job with reviews. It's not the reviews guys it's the game or lack there of quality games. 

Game of the year 2014 is GTA V remastered and Last of Us Remastered.  Yeah for 7th gen ..... ehh 8th Gen game. (<---- Sarcastic)