So weird.

The average is a 86 on gamerankings and they give it a 40?

o___O

That isn't 'seeing SE bleed out talent', that's just wrong. I'll still buy it anyway. Since it's so far from the average it's probably an outlier.

Do they use a score out of 10?

@ TWRoO

They score out of five, but they gave it a 2/5. so that's a 4/10

I'm sure the game will sell just fine with all the advertising Sony is putting behind it.

I hope you aren't talking to me. Since the game has been out for ages here. I couldn't go to university without seeing a billion adverts for it and at least one person playing it. So yea I played it months ago.
Also notice my score is 75. Hardly closer to 40 than 86. Im just saying it seems G4TV reviewed the game with a stronger look at story and gameplay.

Lol... I think this is 4/5... And if that's the case the OP shouldn't start whining like a freaking baby!

If it's 4/10... Well, then... Eehrm, G4TV is ran by lunatics i guess... And then their score would be FUBAR! 

Man the voice of that guy was so annoying .... they should put someone with a better voice in their reviews, anyways ... i haven't play the game so i can not give a fair opinion ... so I'll just say that i'm a little tired of Square Enix milking a game this much ... and the worst is that they will be doing it again with FF XIII.

from what i've seen this game doesn't deserve that low score ... but at least they made some "valid" points for the low score... i mean they didn't like the story ... the gameplay and the cheesy dialogues ...and that's where you can see the personal opinion a review is in the end, they just didn't like the game, and it doesn't mean you won't like it ... like you said ... most of the reviews by now have really like it ... it's just a matter of personal opinions

Never heard about them.Who cares,the game is brilliant everybody that is playing it right now knows that.

theres 2 possible explanations (i didn't read the article):

1. Its out of 5?
2. They're retarded

No

It was a 2/5