Tons of reviews are bought and paid for by the games' publishers.
We see things like "10/10" in magazines for mediocre AAA games.
I really only trust user-generated reviews from Steam and GoG to be impartial. Console gaming is a crapshoot.
We see things like "10/10" in magazines for mediocre AAA games.
I really only trust user-generated reviews from Steam and GoG to be impartial. Console gaming is a crapshoot.
The tl;dw version is that gamers, by and large, tend to disparage media outlets for giving poor ratings to games that aren't already widely disliked by the hive mind. It comes from the perspective of someone who does unbiased VG reviews, and I think it raises an interesting point that might otherwise be overlooked. (Of course, payola should certainly not be discounted as a factor.)