There are two concepts of thought here, the first I'll address is the realist concept.  
 
In the video game world, especially on forums, we always see (and most of the time angrily respond to) outlier opinions. The realists in these situations realize this either don't respond or tell others not to. In Exempli Gratia I recently came across an obvious troll who said there were no fun parts in half-life 2. Without naming names, we'll call these troll bloggers the jaysonguy complex (specifically calling out games that are almost factually good). Everyone in the middle is everyone in the middle. 
 
Anyways, here's what I'm wondering: why the fuck do people feel the need to do these small rebellions. The jaysonguy complex is clear: they want to sound like the 'higher class.' They want everyone to know that they payed for their 7.0 or lower average score (which is fine). But because games like Half-Life, Ocarina of Time, and so on score, sell, and rep really well, they purposely go against those. 
 
They, to me, come off as part of the troll crowd. I mean, come on, we all know big games like those mentioned above, especially Half-Life, are really good. Calling them out and saying you would rather settle for the lower game. It makes you sound stupid, but its hard to write this blog when yeah, games are all subjective; however, this trend is tasteless. It's really hard to explain what I truly mean, but hopefully calling it the jaysonguy complex gives it away.