" @CL60: I was just saying it's pretty fishy that a heavily marketed game gets a notably higher score on Gameinformer is all...  Which is owned by Gamestop... "

Yeah, you're right it's a crappy review because you, the person who hasn't played the game, wants it to have a higher score.  Therefore it it's a piece of shit, and he sucks at reviewing games.

Review scores have got to go. When 7 is being considered bad there is a serious problem, but I guess shitty sites (more likely the shitty audience of the sites) has pretty much ruined review scores. I wish more sites would get rid of them and let the review say what it needs too rather than some now meaningless number or letter.

Here's my scoreless review: 
 
It's a great story line but the stuff in between the cutscenes leaves room for improvement. It might seem like an open world but there's really only one mission that advances the story. There aren't really sidequests but that only streamlines the experience and makes it a tighter game overall. Graphics are alright but better on PC.
 
would you give the game a 6 or a 8 now?

" Review scores have got to go. When 7 is being considered bad there is a serious problem, but I guess shitty sites (more likely the shitty audience of the sites) has pretty much ruined review scores. I wish more sites would get rid of them and let the review say what it needs too rather than some now meaningless number or letter. "

What disappoints me is no talk of the PS3-exclusive "The Betrayal Of Jimmy" DLC that comes free with that version of Mafia II in the review. Is it any good, Greg? You didn't say.

" @xnoxiousx said:

"   Lazy copy paste review, typical IGN. The video review doesn't even address the pc versions graphics and how performance was so much better on pc and there is grass.   http://ps3.ign.com/articles/111/1114635p1.html  "

yeah but no one plays PC games anymore "

while i do think a 5 point scale is infinitely better than a 10 point scale, a "buy, rent, pass" system is sooo much better than any "point" scales. it puzzles me why so few video game publications utilize this.