7 isn't average first of all.

And secondly, I agree with him. I'd give Final Fantasy IX a 10/10 but if I had to review, I would have to give no higher than 9.5.

Nothing. But if it deviates too much from the average of ~100 other reviewers, the review seems just less credible IMO.

While I can understand, that there can be a wider gap with "mediocre" or "only good" games, a true AAA game shouldn't get comparatively "low" scores.

Like my previous example. I wouldn't consider a review credible if they rated SMG a 8.5 out of 10.

I agree. The reviews are too nice and also I don't know, for a few reviews, who the audience is. They never mention if newcomers will like this game or does it only apply to hardcore gamers. Will I like the game if I never played this genre before? A few also seem to be too reviewish. Lots of fact and not enough opinion.

Also for the God of War PSP review, I agree with the score, but I read a few people saying the reviewer admitted in hating GoW. If that's true, it's just a bad image to the site.

If they can back up their claim, then it's good enough for me.

Metacritic shouldnt be held up as any standard. It simply gives an average of what many different people thought about a game. Each individual reviewer can be below or above average...thats kind of the definition of average.

Also, as Louie said, since we buy our own games there is a definite bias towards higher scores. Simply put most games that deseverve

I actually think that VGC has the best reviews overall. I tend to agree a lot more with them, and we've got a great review staff who isn't afraid to give out low scores to games that deserve them. And, there isn't an excess of 9+ scores on this site. Other sites have gotten a lot worse about handing out high scores based on hype and such, but I don't see that here. So, I'm very happy with the reviews on here. Keep up the great work guys!

Okay, I love Tekken and I know you wanted to back up your point but saying Tekken has a deep story is ridiculous. Every character that isn't Mishima related gets a pointless backstory as to why they entered the tournament and in the end you get a funny cutscene that wraps up their story. The story in Tekken (and most fighting games for that matter) is just an afterthought.

I thought vgchartz should've done a x/4 score.

Like 1/4(terrible), 2/4(flawed), 3/4(alright), 4/4(spectacular). Makes it much clearer, less controversial, and more fair.

But some of the review staff know what I think about a certain consoles' game reviews so far. Or maybe not the console, but something else.. they know, anyway.

Reviews should be nasty and contain Spock-isms

As low as the bar is for video game journalism and reviews, VGC so far doesn't make it. But they are new at reviewing, give them time to practice.