I actually agree. Isn't it kinda obvius?

The median score is 10/10.
Effectively, it's a 10/10 game, and even those who give it 9.9 can be seen as a statistical anomaly, if going by medians.

I highly doubt any of that about Jim is true.  Nintendo's YT policies have been crap for years.  Didn't stop Jim from putting Smash 4 and Hyrule Warriors in his top games of 2014.  Or giving XCX an honorable mention in 2015.  The only thing I take note of is his open admission that he is just tired of open worlds in general.  I still strongly disagree with the score, very strongly. But I do not suspect any foul play here.

Slant review seems to be BS though.

Video game scores are completely subjective. There is objective score that a game can be given, because it's not something that can be considered a fact or not. So, Jim's review is just as valid as theirs.

The thing is that Metacritic only allows who they want on the site in the first place, so it's inevitably going to have a bias in at least some sort.

Who cares about 2 scores that appear over a week late and are such outliers that they are 20-30 points lower than the next closest review? It's like complaining about this review for the Godfather.

https://newrepublic.com/article/101783/the-godfather-decline-marlon-brando

Actually, there would be more to complain about for that Godfather review, since the reviewer is actually a respected film critic.

In reply to the thread that just got locked:

Jimquisition was actually counted! LOL The guy is a fucking clown and completely unprofessional. I didn't know anyone actually took that troll seriously. He's a comedian, not a video game reviewer. I've seen some of his stuff and his knowledge seems to be quite limited in terms of development technicalities.

If Jimquisition can get on Metacritic. Then I think all of us can if we make websites LOL VGChartz could make a review with the collective of the community.

It is possible, but in the absence of any actual proof it seems silly to say it's "likley".

So what did Jim rate 1-2 Switch?

Just reading over the comments on the Sterling review is like fording through the Great Salt Flood of '17. People are embarrassing themselves in droves.

"My God, the real joke is googling Jim Sterling. I'd rate him a negative score out of ten.

What a pathetic fat fuck."

Fanboys like that make gaming look bad.

Like I said earlier, I am much less bothered by the score than the content of the review. His review had certain misfacts and hyperbole, and I suspect they are intentional. 

That reduces his credibility as a fair reviewer in my eyes.