This is something I noticed a while ago, but now that I have two perfect examples I thought I should blog about it. 
 
As everyone knows, a review is an opinion. And in most cases it's an educated opinion. And we who read reviews, that's all we want. But justifying your opinion to the always so hard audience is tougher than it looks. And I'm not talking only about the reviewers. But what is the most disturbing thing, is that people are more willing to accept a review where the score is higher than it should be. And this thing has been coming obviously clear in past few years.
 
We all have high hopes on some of the games we love. We like to see them get perfect ten's from all the reviewers. And when that doesn't happen people get angry. Why I bring this up now is because, like I said, I now have two perfect examples with lots of source material available.
 
First we go through those who didn't get the review they hoped for.
 
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is only days away from it's release. And the game has got extremely positive reviews and holding a second place on metacritic with staggering 97 points. Even with the given fact that by the reviews the game seems nearly perfect. But it obviously isn't perfect. So what happens when the game gets reviewed with a score of 9 out on 10? Lots of people get upset. Why? Because they dissagree with the review? No. Because the number isn't what they hoped for. And most of those whom Demand that perfect ten hasn't even played the game. So is the Uncharted 2's 9 out of 10 unjustified? No. Definently not. Could it be a perfect ten game? Maybe. But after all the griefing and demanding that perfect ten, everyone of them will buy the game. It's not like they wouldn't just because it didn't get the score they hoped for.
 
But now we get to the real issue.
 
Like I pointed out, it's a big thing for a gamer when the review doesn't meet up with your expectations. But what strikes me most is that the reader is much more willing to accept a higher score than the game deserves. Nobody griefs about it and everybody accept that. And in my opinion, even knowing the fact that review is just an opinion, I think scoring higher than the game deserves is the most irresponsible thing a reviewer can do.
 
And as a example I will use Halo 3: ODST. Not so that I could flame the console wars. It's only because they both have recently made reviews.
 
In case of ODST I've noticed that the game has got it's fair share of 9 out of 10's. And in my opinion, not the most educated one but still, the game is solid 8 out of 10. Not 9 out of 10. Why? Because in my opinion the game is a good first person shooter, which offers good value to your money and has something new to the francise so that it can justify it's existence. Nothing more, nothing less. I've noticed that many of the reviews are in the same line with my opinion. But why the higher score? Some of these reviews point out that even without Master Chief, ODST is pure Halo game. So is the one extra point justified with the fact that the game is something that the last game of series was couple of years ago? In some cases probably.
 
The reason why I bring this up, is because giving a higher score to a game than it deserves is much more bigger issue, than giving it lower than some of us hoped for. And unfortunately it's rare to see someone point out they're opinion if the scoring is higher than it should. Because in some cases, probably not in ODST, these reviews might sell the game to someone who will in the end be dissapointed.
 
So here. My first blog and some of my thoughts.
 
If someone actually reads this. Please give me your opinion.
 
And like I said. I'm not trying to flame console wars. I love good games no matter what platform.
 
PS. My native language isn't english, so apologies for all the misspelling and incorrect punctuation.