If anyone was to guess...I'm sure they'd guess right with gamespot being the other.  
Seems like 10s are really starting to rise along with the generations. Suffice to say, SMG2, whether people respect its quality or not, is souring through the skys and reaching the...Galaxies...ugh...with its critical synopsis.

Isn't this this the best reviewed game this year?

who doesn't respect the game's quality? the most i heard is people not respecting a game getting 10s, in general. I haven't seen anyone say "galaxy 2 sucks man!" or even "galax2 is overrated"

It's probably a great game, but Mario games can be a little less great than other games and still get a 10. They don't need to try as hard. This was to be expected. I won't believe all the glowing reviews until I try it for myself for that reason.

I would hate to be a Wii hater on IGN or Gamespot right now.

" who doesn't respect the game's quality? the most i heard is people not respecting a game getting 10s, in general. I haven't seen anyone say "galaxy 2 sucks man!" or even "galax2 is overrated" "

" It's probably a great game, but Mario games can be a little less great than other games and still get a 10. They don't need to try as hard. This was to be expected. I won't believe all the glowing reviews until I try it for myself for that reason. "

" It's probably a great game, but Mario games can be a little less great than other games and still get a 10. They don't need to try as hard. This was to be expected. I won't believe all the glowing reviews until I try it for myself for that reason. "

Personally I thought SMG got the difficulty curve all wrong, it just wasn't challenging for the first 75% or so of the stars, which made me not really want to keep playing.
 
(When I say first 75% this is from people who kept going, I stopped after getting enough to end the game)
 
If they can fix that though, I'll be totally up to play SMG2, I know my sister will buy it so not like I have to pay for it :P

Seems kinda crazy to give a game a perfect score on the 10 point scale. Giant Bomb's 5 star system is more understandable since there isn't as much wiggle room.

" Seems kinda crazy to give a game a perfect score on the 10 point scale. Giant Bomb's 5 star system is more understandable since there isn't as much wiggle room. "

" @JJWeatherman said:

" Seems kinda crazy to give a game a perfect score on the 10 point scale. Giant Bomb's 5 star system is more understandable since there isn't as much wiggle room. "

Well gamespot's is really a 20 point scale while IGN might as well be doing a 100 point scale if you count the possible divisions they use, so yeah even more crazy. 100 point scales like IGN's are complete BS though. "

i don't really believe in perfect scores, but if it's getting "perfect" tens everywhere, it must be pretty good lol.

I don't believe in perfect scores, but if they and all these other sites believe the game deserves it, then even better.
 
@Scrumdidlyumptious said:

" It's probably a great game, but Mario games can be a little less great than other games and still get a 10. They don't need to try as hard. This was to be expected. I won't believe all the glowing reviews until I try it for myself for that reason. "

" @JJWeatherman said:

" Seems kinda crazy to give a game a perfect score on the 10 point scale. Giant Bomb's 5 star system is more understandable since there isn't as much wiggle room. "

Well gamespot's is really a 20 point scale while IGN might as well be doing a 100 point scale if you count the possible divisions they use, so yeah even more crazy. 100 point scales like IGN's are complete BS though. "

Could people please stop complaining about "perfect scores"? There is no such thing as a perfect score.

You know when the doctor asks you how much pain you're in on a scale from 1 to 10? Does the answer "10" mean "perfect, ultimate pain"? Of course not! It just means that the patient is in one hell of a lot of fucking pain. And similarly, giving a video game a 10/10 means the game is one hell of a lot of fucking fun.

" Could people please stop complaining about "perfect scores"? There is no such thing as a perfect score.

You know when the doctor asks you how much pain you're in on a scale from 1 to 10? Does the answer "10" mean "perfect, ultimate pain"? Of course not! It just means that the patient is in one hell of a lot of fucking pain. And similarly, giving a video game a 10/10 means the game is one hell of a lot of fucking fun. "

mario game scores well. 
Headline at 10! 
 
*goes back to sleep*

Seems like we have a GOTY on our hands. I would like to see ME2 and SMG2 duke it out in December. Or there may be a game released better than either of them before then 0_o. Last Guardian perhaps? 

" Could people please stop complaining about "perfect scores"? There is no such thing as a perfect score.

You know when the doctor asks you how much pain you're in on a scale from 1 to 10? Does the answer "10" mean "perfect, ultimate pain"? Of course not! It just means that the patient is in one hell of a lot of fucking pain. And similarly, giving a video game a 10/10 means the game is one hell of a lot of fucking fun. "

Sadly, it will probably make me sick, physically, just like the first and that sickness may score a 10.  Still going to buy it though.

Local man shocked that good game gets good reviews; makes disgusted thread on internet message board.

Picking it up tomorrow! Soooo many games.

I really don't see why 3D Marios get these scores, I even hated Mario 64. Not for me I guess.

" Local man shocked that good game gets good reviews; makes disgusted thread on internet message board. "

Red Dead Redemption is better.

Only thing I'm suspicious about is the fact that these sites gave the first SMG a lower score. 
 
 
Although most of my problem with these scores is from the stigma that comes with giving a perfect score on /100 sites. I just prefer GiantBomb's /5 system a billion times more.

I didn't enjoy the first game at all, my bro loved it to death though so I understand that for a lot of people this is kinda like the game of the year, not my cup of tea though personally.

I guess I'll be borrowing my sister's Wii for this one.  I don't have to have played the first one do I?  I mean, it's a Mario game.

Man I should get a Super Mario Defence Force avatar for this, but...here we go:
 

@ChristOnIce

" Frankly, such scores just reinforce my skepticism with a Mario game.  Both Mario and Zelda are held to a lower standard than other titles.

So what if they've refused to grow and incorporate technological standards?  
  

So what if they are wholly lacking in a good story or character development?  
  

So what if Mario still disregards any concept of internal consistency, logic, or conceit? 

So what if there's no challenge to be found and difficulty options are absent? 
 

If GameSpot says it's a 10, it's a 10. 
 
Seriously, Gamespot is usually pretty cynical.

" @Cube: Who takes GS seriously these days? They are like Giant Bomb, only inferior. "

" I guess I'll be borrowing my sister's Wii for this one.  I don't have to have played the first one do I?  I mean, it's a Mario game. "

I haven't played a Mario game since Mario 64. If anyone would sponsor me a Wii I'll be sure to check it out.

So much for Red Dead being GOTY...

" Frankly, such scores just reinforce my skepticism with a Mario game.  Both Mario and Zelda are held to a lower standard than other titles.  So what if they've refused to grow and incorporate technological standards?  So what if they are wholly lacking in a good story or character development?  So what if Mario still disregards any concept of internal consistency, logic, or conceit?  So what if there's no challenge to be found and difficulty options are absent?   "

" Frankly, such scores just reinforce my skepticism with a Mario game.  Both Mario and Zelda are held to a lower standard than other titles.  So what if they've refused to grow and incorporate technological standards?  So what if they are wholly lacking in a good story or character development?  So what if Mario still disregards any concept of internal consistency, logic, or conceit?  So what if there's no challenge to be found and difficulty options are absent?  People are such whores for Nintendo products and continue to hail Miyamoto regardless of his contempt for progress.  That isn't to say that the game is crap.  I wouldn't care for it, but it would probably be fun for many.  However, the handicaps in place for the franchise taint any praise. "

" @Icemael said:

" Could people please stop complaining about "perfect scores"? There is no such thing as a perfect score.

You know when the doctor asks you how much pain you're in on a scale from 1 to 10? Does the answer "10" mean "perfect, ultimate pain"? Of course not! It just means that the patient is in one hell of a lot of fucking pain. And similarly, giving a video game a 10/10 means the game is one hell of a lot of fucking fun. "

That's a nice way of explaining it. "

I'll never question Mario's quality or relevance, but after finally playing Mario Galaxy about a month ago - sadly I've begun questioning it's relevancy with me.
 
I have the utmost respect for the franchise, and I will hopefully never type this again, but I think I've become one of those guys. One of those guys who say "the last good blank was blank" - in this case the first blank is Mario, and the second blank is Mario 64.
 
I thought Sunshine was the exception.
You have no idea how saddening this was for me to discover.

Those who love Nintendo shall love Nintendo.  Those who hate Nintendo shall hate Nintendo. 
 
This is law. This is history. This is legion. No force on Earth nor Heaven nor Hell nor the Internet can change these simple truths.

Oh, the irony. Super Mario Galaxy is one of the, if not the most inventive, creative, imaginative and, yes, progressive games of this entire generation. It was released three years ago, yet makes more or less all of the recent critically acclaimed games -- Uncharted 2, Mass Effect 2 et cetera -- look like retrogressive, archaic, primitive fossils.

Super Mario Galaxy laughs at your idea of  progress. While your games -- the ones that are up to technological standards -- load their über-detailed wall textures and particle effects, it plays with gravity and perspective in ways no other game has even attempted; while your games display their "good" stories and character development -- stuff anyone who's watched a movie or read a book would laugh at -- and their internal consistencies, it creates worlds so unique, imaginative and wonderful that had they been created for another medium, they would never even work; but they weren't, and they do.

" @Icemael said:

Oh, the irony. Super Mario Galaxy is one of the, if not the most inventive, creative, imaginative and, yes, progressive games of this entire generation. It was released three years ago, yet makes more or less all of the recent critically acclaimed games -- Uncharted 2, Mass Effect 2 et cetera -- look like retrogressive, archaic, primitive fossils.

Super Mario Galaxy laughs at your idea of  progress. While your games -- the ones that are up to technological standards -- load their über-detailed wall textures and particle effects, it plays with gravity and perspective in ways no other game has even attempted; while your games display their "good" stories and character development -- stuff anyone who's watched a movie or read a book would laugh at -- and their internal consistencies, it creates worlds so unique, imaginative and wonderful that had they been created for another medium, they would never even work; but they weren't, and they do.

Plenty of games have done everything Mario Galaxy did years before SMG did it.  If you didn't play those games it's not our problem.  Plenty of games have done abstract worlds as well.  Spherical worlds with obstacles aren't an innovative concept. I would like you to point out what aspects made Super Mario Galaxy so innovative.  Uncharted 2, Mass Effect 2, and Super Mario Galaxy are all in the same category of non-innovative games that further refine the experience... "

" @Icemael said:

Oh, the irony. Super Mario Galaxy is one of the, if not the most inventive, creative, imaginative and, yes, progressive games of this entire generation. It was released three years ago, yet makes more or less all of the recent critically acclaimed games -- Uncharted 2, Mass Effect 2 et cetera -- look like retrogressive, archaic, primitive fossils.

Super Mario Galaxy laughs at your idea of  progress. While your games -- the ones that are up to technological standards -- load their über-detailed wall textures and particle effects, it plays with gravity and perspective in ways no other game has even attempted; while your games display their "good" stories and character development -- stuff anyone who's watched a movie or read a book would laugh at -- and their internal consistencies, it creates worlds so unique, imaginative and wonderful that had they been created for another medium, they would never even work; but they weren't, and they do.

Plenty of games have done everything Mario Galaxy did years before SMG did it.  If you didn't play those games it's not our problem.  Plenty of games have done abstract worlds as well.  Spherical worlds with obstacles aren't an innovative concept. I would like you to point out what aspects made Super Mario Galaxy so innovative.  Uncharted 2, Mass Effect 2, and Super Mario Galaxy are all in the same category of non-innovative games that further refine the experience... "

" @Icemael said:

Oh, the irony. Super Mario Galaxy is one of the, if not the most inventive, creative, imaginative and, yes, progressive games of this entire generation. It was released three years ago, yet makes more or less all of the recent critically acclaimed games -- Uncharted 2, Mass Effect 2 et cetera -- look like retrogressive, archaic, primitive fossils.

Super Mario Galaxy laughs at your idea of  progress. While your games -- the ones that are up to technological standards -- load their über-detailed wall textures and particle effects, it plays with gravity and perspective in ways no other game has even attempted; while your games display their "good" stories and character development -- stuff anyone who's watched a movie or read a book would laugh at -- and their internal consistencies, it creates worlds so unique, imaginative and wonderful that had they been created for another medium, they would never even work; but they weren't, and they do.

Plenty of games have done everything Mario Galaxy did years before SMG did it.  If you didn't play those games it's not our problem."

Bayonetta reviewed slightly better, didn't it (and with good reason)?

Possible GOTY but no game deserves perfect scores no matter how good it is since there is always at least one thing bad about it. 

" Possible GOTY but no game deserves perfect scores no matter how good it is since there is always at least one thing bad about it.  "