So we've started treating Famitsu's review scores as legitimate again? I thought they were still practically fraudulent?

All I get from these scores is that all these games should receive between 0 and 10 by the more legitimate gaming press. Congratulations I guess.

awesome score for fatal frame

If Famitsu reviews really aren't reliable then that means that there is no actual bias against JRPGs from Western critcs.  But aren't Western critics just as guilty of giving reviews based on hype unless the game is really bad?  I only posted the comments because I though people would be interested in what they thought of the games.

They also gave lost odyssey and blue dragon high scores. For the record both of those sucked hardcore with blue dragon in particularly sucking to the point of being unplayable. I'll believe there can be a good non action RPG on the Xbox systems when I see it.

didn't Blue Dragon get a 37?

hmmm...

Whatever, there are very few games where a reviewer will sway my decision

A smart reviewer will write reviews that are directed towards their audience. It is therefore no surprise that JRPGs get lower reviews from Western critics - a vast majority of their readership does not play that genre. They could technically lose reputation by giving high review scores to games their readership doesn't like. This is also a reason why a number of extremely casual games on the Wii will never get high scores. But that's a different topic altogether.

However, as naznatips said Famitsu openly admits they give review scores that fans want to see. The difference between them and Western critics is that they do this regardless of quality. Famitsu are not a reliable source of reviews, they are more accurately an amusing (although interesting) sidenote.

That said, I have no problem with people showing an interest in their reviews. It is quite possible that some people would find that Famitsu's review scores are often close to what they would score games personally.

Fatal Frame IV
I want to play so bad..

I thought it was because there was a notion that JRPGs are a stale genre.

So in the end we can´t trust any reviewer anymore.

Good for tales but in my opinion famitsu give high scores to many games so I don't really trust them.