I'm curious to why people say 10 = perfect? Take lets say IGN when they give a game a 10 the description of the game is "masterful" which by no means = perfect. Another thing is how can imperfect people (humans) see if a game is perfect? Granted the review system seems to be influenced abit to much when it comes to hype, giving 10s to game doesn't mean their perfect.

10's = best of its genre at the time.

10= a masterful experience, an experience that rarely any game gives.

A 10 is an amazing score, but there are games that dont deserve it, including GTA 4. Its hard to trust reviewers in the recent months.

I think 10's are far too common today.

If a 10 means best of its genre, then that creates a mighty number of illogical possibilities.

Kingdom Hearts II got a 10, so I guess it is the best RPG ever?

10 is not perfect, because no game can be perfect. The perfect game would last forever and replace your life with something better. Since that is not really possible (or to be wanted) I'm perfectly okay with masterpiece games receiving a perfect rating, even though they're not perfect in every aspect.

What the hell are people talking about, 10/10 is perfect. If anyone goes to school and gets a 10/10 on a test that means they got everything right and nothing wrong. Now the smaller of a window that people have to score the more leniency they have. For example if a critic has a thumbs up/thumbs (equivalent to a pass/fail score system in a class)down score then a thumbs up doesnt mean prefect. But in a world where most reviews have a 10 point system with at least half point increments, it is inexcusable to give a game 10/10 unless it is perfect. 0 = shit, 5= average and 10 = flawless.

The "10/10 is the best in its genre is pure crap" If MGS3 got a 10 and MGS 4 got a 10 how good is MGS3 in relativity to 4. If an mgs like game(Splinter Cell maybe?) now gets a 9.8 does that mean its better than MGS3 seeing that MGS3's 10 is no longer as valued due to the fact that MGS4 got a 10. Its a complete catastrophe and ass backward thinking.

For the record I use MGS just as an example and am not shitting on any particular game.

well said CDiablo. I have nothing to add but thats a great post

10/10 doesn't mean perfect.

I would also argue that a game can be perfect. As in, there would be nothing you would add or take away from the game.

The problem is 10/10 game is not alway's perfect. There are alot of 10 games where there are things that I would take out of it or add to it. In my mind a 10 basically means you'll enjoy the game so much that those things are merely minor annoyances and don't have much relevence since the overall game is enjoyable in the end. It's not perfect but you'll love it anyway.

 This is completely wrong. 

If you can't give a game a 10/10 because that means it is perfect, then what is the point of including 10 in the score? So the maximum a game can score is 9/10, so there is no need for it to be out of 10. You might as well make it out of 9 and give the maximum as 9/9. But then 9/9 means it is perfect, so you can only give a maximum of 8/9. So then there is no point in scoring it out of 9. This cycle continues until you get to 0. 

So 10/10 does not mean perfect, it means the best in its genre at the time of release, or pushing the boundaries of the genre really far.