No, they polish everything to make a polished game. I would rather play something with last-gen graphics that is fun than Killzone 2 with all it's "polish" any day and every day, and I know I'm not in a minority here. This does not apply to Uncharted, that game they did put a lot of time into making it a good game, and Uncharted 2 will deserve every high (but non-perfect 10) score it gets.

that comment right there disqualifies you from any objective discussion.  how do you justify precluding the game from any perfect scores?  you might as just well state that the fact that it's on the playstation is a detriment in scoring it.

Not just this game. I don't believe any game can get a 10/10, that would mean it's perfect. No game is perfect. I think that if a game were perfect, every single person that played it would think that it is the best game they have ever played. Perfection means nothing is better, nothing can ever be better. Not possible. I think Uncharted 2 should get  a really high score, I'm on record all over this site hyping this thing up, but it will NOT be "perfect".

You can't look at a 10/10 as perfect.  Especially on scales that are only out of 5 or 10.  If a 10 is unachievable, then a 9 is essentially a perfect score.  So then nothing can be a 9, etc etc.  Just think about if scores were a thumbs up or down.  Should everything be thumbs down because nothing is perfect?

I am not saying Uncharted 2 will trun out badly or anything. Im sure its going to be all that...and then some...11/10.

Im just a little surprised that all Sony high end exclusives as of late are getting perfect 10s a month before they come out. Like Killzone 2 had dozen perfect 10 legit reviews before the game actually came out. Some even claiming it makes Halo 3 , gears of war 2 look like highschool productions. Whats wrong with that? The game was actually that good.

Now that the dust settled we can see that the game is great but it is not the second coming of jesus like everyone thought. A lot more people still preffer Halo 3 and Gears2 to Killzone2 even if they seem like "high school" productions. Have you considered that people would tend to play Halo3 and Gears 2 more because they actually own a 360 and not a PS3? Your point makes no sense. I can understand if you compared the game to another PS3 FPS

As far as ODST, I don't expect it to be given a free pass. Just look at the negativity on this site for halo. Its the only HD game that sold 10 million without bundles on a signle console...yet people still say its crap. ODST will retain some of the same elements and it will get even more of a beating since people will bitch about graphics, lackof variety...etc.

Id be surprised if ODST stays at 9 on metacritic actually. None of that concerns me though.. I am playing WET right now and I like it way more than Batman AA. I know that if Halo ODST is made with similar mindset as other halos, I will absolutely love it.