Look at the positives in a game. The draw backs are only an issue if they truly affect your enjoyment, stuff like broken glasses should not affect the review in any way whatsoever, as those are little negatives that you have to be actively seeking

I couldn't careless what this guy says or what other reviewers give. Since I already know it's gonna be epic for me.

What's his is his. What's mine is mine. I could only say to this guy is go on and bitch for days but it won't change anything.

Okay, this is *definitely* turning into Twlight Princess 8.8 all over again when the reviewers have to respond to criticism over their scores.

I personally don't think any game deserves a 10/10. No game is perfect, all have their little downsides. I personally like % based review scales more cause they give the people more chance to scale between good 80, very good 90 and perfect 100 which in my opinnion no game should get.
I personally would not rate any game i ever played (and thats a lot since i started gaming in the 80s on C64) higher than 95.

What he said totally applies to gta4.

He isn't the only one giving this game an 8, there's many reviewers already who don't think MGS4 is the second coming of Jesus. I can't comment on it since I haven't played it, but when many people rate it lower than what you expect, there's no reason to call them haters or bashers. Maybe the hype is blinding you.

If you are a fan of the series of course this will be a 10 or a 9 to you, but for new gamers, it may not be the same. I trust reviewers more than fans of the series, since they are more objective most of the times (GameSpot for example isn't).

It really all comes down to opinion. MGS4 is a game made for MGS fans, some flaws that would bring the score down to 8/10 can be the same positives that bring the score up to 10/10.

Important point :

Gamedaily Halo3 : 9/10
GTA4 : 10/10

Ok ...........

I think games like Gears of War and Halo 3 have been wildly overhyped. I haven't played MGS4 yet, but if the game is as good overall as some of the footage I've seen I can understand the perfect scores in relation to other game ratings. The game certainly looks to be a league ahead of many multi-platform games I have seen which scored 8/10 or higher.

GTA IV is IMO a very good game though, I would rate the game up there together with Mario64 or God of War 2 (all 3 very different games, but best amongst the game gerne they are targeting). I prefer harsher reviews though, so 9/10 for such games seem about right to me for the time of release.

I think reviewers usually are too quick to hand a game a 10/10, it may be MGS4 really is that good though considering I haven't played it yet. However on the other hand for some games reviewers have shown to be extremely (unprofessionally) harsh, Haze and Lair aren't nearly as bad as most make them out to be, there are far worse games ranked much higher.

IGN IMO is usually one of the better sites, they give this game a 10/10. But they did exagerate in a negative sense with regard to games like Lair and Super Ruba Dub. Gamespot is IMO usually one of the worst major reivew sites, they are usually way too harsh with regard to PS3 exclusives in relation to overpraising the hell out of 360 exclusives. Yet they give MGS4 a 10/10, which is quite surprising.

Games reviews are all very subjective. I love to check out MGS4 after coming back from vacation to make up my own mind.