Kantor said:
Official Xbox Magazine is just that. An Official Xbox Magazine.
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I don't think you know what you're talking about. Official Xbox Magazine's scores aren't influenced or biased towards Microsoft. This is especially apparent when you view their past scores.
Favoring Microsoft
As an officially branded Xbox product, some have alleged the magazine is biased to first-party titles.[citation needed] However, Official Xbox Magazine is created under license by an independent, external company (Future US, publisher of gaming magazines including PC Gamer, PSM, and Nintendo Power); that licensing agreement lasts until 2011.[4] In the Magazine Stuff section of its Frequently Asked Questions list, OXM maintains that its content is not dictated by Microsoft.[5]
Despite the allegations of favorable bias,[citation needed] recent high-profile first-party games Shadowrun and Crackdown received review scores of 7.0, which were on-par or lower-than-average ratings.[6] Currently, there is no statistical evidence to suggest that OXM's review scores are unusually favorable to Microsoft games.
Now, you know that I believe reviews don't matter. That said, I'm not ready to condemn a game after one review. Even if it might flop, that doesn't mean that I cease to be an intelligent individual.
A single source that you don't trust, that you haven't even seen any text of the review about, gives a numerical score for a game, only, and you're ready to condemn the game as terrible.
That, good sir, is a perfect example of the rampant ignorance and childish mindset that the internet is built around.
This thread is a perfect example of why review numbers are meaningless.