10 out of 10: What were we thinking?

When a perfect score goes bad.

Video games reviews that conclude with a perfect score always draw the ire of gamers convinced that reviewers are accepting bushels of cash from greedy publishers. Gamedaily, however, have a different theory: Gamedaily's perfect scores are oftentimes bizarre. Whether it's writers stumbling over their words or just using flowery language, the following games don't deserve such lofty praise.

[Helghast Slayer]

A game that has no substance or lacks the calibre is able to get 10/10 and killzone2 the most polished, intense and story driven game with a online component that destroys it's competition manages to get a 9/10. That is absolutely atrocious.

The gaming media all of a sudden feels the need to be more harsh when it comes to killzone2 but they manage to give mideocre titles 10/10. The system is flawed and anybody that takes reviewers seriously is a complete sheep. I will never ever let someone's opinion on a game influence me in anyway or form.

I say play the damn game yourself and be your own judge. If you're not intellectually able to project your own a opinion on a video game then all i can say is EPIC FAIL on your part. It truelly sucks to be a sheep.

[Faggol]

i thought i was the only that saw that. I only refer to review sites to see others ppl opinions on titles. I rread reviews for bad games, good games, great games and atrocious games. idk about anyone else but im able to tell a game i genuinely like from an article, preview or trailer. Most games i love tend to score in the 9 range before i even read the reviews but yet the games i seem to love more than any other score slightly less.

Those games are: Crackdown (IGN: 8.0), MVC2 (for ps2, IGN: 8.4 i think), Uncharted (IGN: 9.1), LOK: Soul Reaver (IGN: 9.1)

im not entirely sure if those scores are 100% accurate but this is just a testament to show how our favorite games are HARDLY EVER dictated by its review score. KZ2 will suffer the same fate and for some strange reason its goin to make me love the game even more. So, review on editors, review on.

[I_LOVE_MYSELF]

"A game that has no substance or lacks the calibre is able to get 10/10 and killzone2 the most polished, intense and story driven game with a online component that destroys it's competition manages to get a 9/10. That is absolutely atrocious."

Ever thought that Killzone2 just may not deserve perfet scores? Its kind of simple really... The gameplay just may not be up to other 10/10 games standards...

And you talk about playing the game and being your own judge... yet you are basically calling Killzone a 10/10 game without actually playing the campaign yourself...

You sir are are full of fail!

[Cheeseknight28]

Best story-driven game ever? You haven't even played the game yet bro.

How can you bash a reviewer for docking points when you yourself haven't even seen it? Sure you may have played the beta, but the campaign is not in the beta.

[Maddens Raiders]

who can forget Super Mario Galaxy & HL2 both received 11/10's from certain "objective" review sites (google it). That just cemented my belief in how fickle, biased, and overtly subjective game sites are.

Solution: Just buy the damn game and review it yourself.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

But the thing is...KZ2 won't get treated the same way as Halo 3 or Gears of War 2 were. It will be met with hostility and will have to PROVE to the reviewers that it's worthy of a 10. All Halo 3 had to do was plant itself on the side of a Mt. Dew bottle...

[gamesmaster]

the emphasis of a review is never and should never be the score, its the comments and impressions given, from the context of the writing.

nowadays people hardly even read the review they just look at the score and take it for granted.

i myself will read a review and base my own initial expectations off of that expressed by the reviewer in his impressions.

KZ2 may well deserve a 9.5 - 10.0 but that's not important. I want to see reviewers do this game justice in the body of their reviews. the only time when this game will truly be a 10 is when i play and enjoy to that level in which i perceive it to be, i'm sure i will as well.

i am very very excited for this game.

[Danja]

I agree , I cans I expect a few reviewers to be very hostile when it comes to reviewing KZ2....

but I really dont think reviews will hurt the game this time around..because ne one wwo really decides to give a an unjustified score will probably be met with huge criticism , but im sure there will be one idiot who just feels the need to do that

[SRU9600]

Call of Duty 4, Bioshock and Mass Effect are 10's. Period.

These "journalists" need to stop writing these "What were we thinking?!" articles.
It's played out, and more often than not, just comes across as an attempt to generate controversy/hits.

[RememberThe357]

A 10 out of 10 is perfect. Meaning no flaws. Every game has flaws. Meaning no game is a 10 out of 10.

[SRU9600]

No, many of us understand that a "10" does not mean that the game is flawless, it simply means that the game is the cream of the current crop.

[BrianC6234]

I don't even care about reviews anymore. Reviews are someone else's opinion. If I want opinions on how good a game is I'll check around on the Internet and see what real gamers say. As for Killzone 2 I already paid for my copy in full and will get it no matter what some reviewer says.

[Sean Ryno]

Contrary to common sense several review sites and magazines have explained that the scale is actually out of 11. 11 being the "unicorn" (absolutely perfect game). That not being possible, some games have the potential to score a 10. 10 being a game that meets all expectations, when the expectations are high.

And yes, COD4, Bioshock, and Mass Effect are definitely 10s.

[BrianC6234]

"who can forget Super Mario Galaxy & HL2 both received 11/10's from certain "objective" review sites (google it)."

When Mario Galaxy got an 11 I couldn't believe it. I gave up on reviews before that though. And why did two idiots give you disagrees? Were they the people who gave those games 11's?

[Kushan]

The REAL problem is the entire way sites rate games. A good game has to be an 8 or a 9, a great game has to be a 10. There's no leeway in this, but in reality a "good" game should only maybe be a 6 or 7 and a "great" game an 8 or a 9. Those once-in-a-blue-moon outstanding games deserve a 10 but to be honest, we've really not had one of those for quite a few years.
But unfortunately, as long as gamers cry foul when their favourite game in the world only scores an 8 or a 9 (ala the poster here), review scores will be grossly inflated.

[ultimolu]

Well said.
I agree with your points.

[Lord Vader]

LMAO @ the "sheep" that have not played KZ2, yet are prepared to give it a GOTY award.......

"Killzone2 (is) the most polished, intense and story driven game with a online component that destroys it's competition..."

LOL !!!

We'll see soon !!!

8)

[shovelbum]

No game is worthy of a 10. Any reviewer who issues such scores should be forced to spend the day on the Judas Cradle.

[cactuschef]

I'd rather play a game that actually deserves a 9 instead of a game that wrongfully got a 10.

Too many places handout perfect 10s to any game they like, like gamedaily for instance.

[Neoraf]

Mass Effect is definitively a 10.

The whole experience is awesome.

[godofthunder10]

There isn't 1 game that deserve a perfect score.Every game has at least 1 flaw and that goes for kz2.By the way the game isn't even out yet so how can yall say it's a 10 out of 10.people that's saying this are just ps3 fanboys.How many games that we seen before it came out and it looks like a good game.When we get the game it's a disappointment.I'm not saying that KZ 2 wont be a good game because it look like it will.The fact is that it's not a 10 out of 10.Every game has a least 1 thing that's wrong with it.I like to know who buys a game by rateings,the fact is that no one does.A person by a game they like not what someone tells them to like.I've seen games with a 9 or 10 out of 10 that i was disappointed in then i've seen games that had a 5 or 6 out of 10 that was a lot better.I'm talking about the 360 and ps3.I don't wont a childish fanboy to cry and say that my ps3 or 360 is the only system that have a game that's 10 out of 10,the ones that says it are full of sh*t.

I'm also tired of hearing ps3 fanboys cry like a bunch of kids saying they hope that they wont review nintendo and ps3 games anymore.They act as if microsoft owns every television station,every website,every magazine,every newspaper,hell they act like microsoft owns the whole damn world and that is why the ps3 is in the shape it's in now.The reason that sony is 3rd place is because of sony.They were more worried about winning the format war instead of the ps3.They forced people to buy a Br player because they knew that the ps3 would sell and they will have br players in homes.The ps3 been out going on 3 years and they only had 1 game that needed a br disc.The reason that MGS needed a br disc is because you watch almost 3 hrs of cutscens and you watched more then you play.Till this day games still doesn't need a br disc.Just look at the facts.They have about 300 games out and they have 1 for sure and maybe 2 more at the most that wouldn't work on the dvd-9 disc.If microsoft would have came out with br for the 360 ps3 fanboys would say the same thing i'm saying and 360 fanboys would be saying what ps3 fanboys are saying.

The fact is that ps3 fanboys would say that halo and gow are great games if they were on the ps3 and say mgs and r1 and 2 suxed if they were on the 360 and vice versa with 360 fanboys.I've read an article a ps3 fanboy wrote when oblivian first came out.He said that it suxed and one of the worse games he played.When it was ported over to the ps3 he said it was a great games and recomend people to buy it.H8ll i have a 360 and i'm not afraid to say that i wish that R 1$2 and killzone was on the 360 because i would buy them because they are good games and i'm not afraid to admitt it like fanboys are.

Instead of being just game fans like ps3 and 360 fans are.fanboys act like kids and just make an a** out of them selfs crying over a video game system(a toy)saying my system and games are better then yours.I like to play games but the fact is i'm not going to make an a** out of myself like fanboys do.Instead of giveing credit where credit is due they wont say the truth about the other system if it's positive news,they would lie first.Just like ps3 fanboys (not fans)They claim that sony makes all their own games and microsoft have to steal exclusives from sony.Like i said before when sony first came out they stole a lot of nintendos exclusive like MGS and that is sony big seller and other big sellers from sony was nintendo exclusives before sony stole them.I'm not saying that microsoft don't because they do copy games.You could say that sony copied every shooter,role playing game,action,rts and any other game you could think of because it resembles another game.Ps3 fanboys need to stop acting like sony never does anything wrong.Sony buys exclusives,they don't buy them like microsoft does.Sony pays in other ways.sony stole exclusives from nintendo,.The fact is that sony isn't any damn better then microsoft.Sony would never made it as big as they did if they acted like christians like ps3 fanboys claim.

Ps3 fanboys are always saying microsoft is screwing the people with a 360 because they gave a 3 year warrinty instead of a new system.Sony only gave a 2 month warrinty on the ps2 because of the defected drive in it.I had to buy 4 within 5 years.When the 1st one i had went out i called sony and they told me the warrinty was up and i have to pay $100 to have it fixed and it was on 5 months old.Every one i knew had to buy atleast 2.I'll admitt that sony fixed the problem and they made the ps3 the most dependable console ever made.I had 2 360s from launch and i only had problem with 1 of them and microsoft fixed it and it was almost 2 years old.I know microsoft does things that's not right but so does sony.Sony is a company it is not god.

The fact is that the ps3 and 360 are great systems.They both stole exclusive and paid for exclusive and that's a fact,i don't care what anyone says.

I'm also tired of hearing ps3 fanboys saying that microsoft can't do anything on their own they have to copy sony.The fact is that sony copied a lot of things from microsoft.They coppied

1-useing a hardrive instead of a memory card
2-useing the net to download extra things for games
3-useing the net to download whole games and ,movies
4-microsoft was the first ones to say that the xbox is a media center first when they came out with the first xbox.Sony said that people wanted a game system not a media player and look what sony doing now.
5-sony coppied the moition controller from nintendo.

i'm also tired of hearing that sony is the inovatores of games and sony just copies and steals from them.The fact is that Metal Gear Solid was a nintendo exclusive first but sony stole it from nintendo.Sony stole most of their biggest sellers from nintendo and that's a fact.The point i'm making is that every one steals from every one so ps3 fanboys shouldn't throw stones at a glass house if they have one.

[FreestyleBarnacle]

I thought the system was supposed to run along the lines of. 7 is good, if you like the genre then really good. 8 is great, fantastic if it's your kind of game, 9 is outstanding, must buy even if you don't like that kind of game much and 10 is Tony Hawk 3 and the Secret of Monkey Island. If anyone else wants a 10 then they need to start sacrificing their first born and doing Hoodoo dances.

[Spike47]

hopefully I'm wrong, and I hope that douche Chris Buffa won't review Killzone 2.

[eagle21]

All of a sudden they feel "bad". LMAO

Sony and Nintendo should keep their exclusives away from gamedaily.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I hear ya.

Expect an 8 from these guys.

[JoySticksFTW]

this seems like applying the lube just before the a$$-reaming

I see tears a-plenty in your future :(

what's really messed up is that fanboys take such a simplistic view of game reviews. Either, the reviews mean too much and validates their purchase, or they believe that the reviews mean nothing at all.

Unfortunately, the reviews do mean something... Not to your enjoyment of the game, but in other ways.

When media members unfairly over-criticize a game and smacks it with a bad review, some people actually believe that FUD and the game sales suffer - which mean the devs suffer - which means we gamers will suffer when that dev goes out of business or decides to nix the sequel (r.i.p. Heavenly Sword 2).

Heck, this is one of PS3's problems - too many people actually believe the rediculous, negatives "articles" about the PS3 and opt to buy a cheaper alternative that's "better" anyways.

If a reviewers rates a game and backs it up with non-BS points -- great. But it seems that too many reviewers have agendas these day.

[bohemian 23]

I just don't get the hype over KZ2. It looks pretty good in the graphics department but it's not amazing. I didn't like the first one so maybe that's why I could care less about this one. Halo will always be the number one fps in my opinion. People can say what they want about the graphics because I know the aren't mind blowing but they aren't too bad either. It really comes down to gameplay and all of the little things bungie does right, even down to the web site and stat tracking.

[dustgavin]

Perhaps you should reserve judgment till you actually play the game. You can like one game and still like others that are released.

[rucky]

You're so cute when your jealous ;)

[heyheyhey]

and you have a smashed-up PS3 as your avatar..

you should walk around with a sign saying "Mr. Predictable" on your forehead because your comment is so typical

[Deadman64]

And out come the sony fangirls to defend their last hope at a hit game this gen.

[TheMART]

Well Bohemians worries aren't so strange seeing Killzone 1.

Furthermore, it seems that the Swedish review KZ2 got recently with an 8 out of 10 wrote about that lack of gameplay and originality.

Last but not least, the Dutch OPM review also talked about the same problem.

Looks like Sony pushed the team hard to get the graphics up to the E3 trailer from 2005, but left the gameplay a bit behind.

But we'll see when the real reviews from EDGE and IGN come in.

[Bits-N-Kibbles]

where did KZ2 come into this article?

[Close_Second]

...gamers. The people who actually pay and play.

Kind of like how IMDb provides a better representation of movie reviews.

[Scotracer]

If you look at areas where gamers can actually review gamers (such as User scores on gaming websites and meta sites) you will see that the fanboy degenerate, en masse, destroy the reputation of a game making this system mute. It's quite ironic since said fanboys hate the system where a single opinion can rate a game.

Oh how I chuckle.

[Close_Second]

But lets not paint gamers with the same brush as fanboys.

[PirateThom]

What I'd like to see on next gen consoles is a feedback system, where owners of the game can rate the game through the consoles, give a short summary and have it uploaded directly to an impartial website (and the same website for all three consoles).

Pipe dream, I know.

[RememberThe357]

I think you can rate games on the playstation website, so maybe their already going in that direction.

[PirateThom]

This article is old... there's a comment on the page from 10/29/2008

[Fruit Loops]

epic! :P

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

It is!

That makes me happy.

[Jinxstar]

Only game on that list was COD4 I felt deserved it... I felt it lacked in nothing. Every other game on that list to me lacked something... Either innovation, Fun or otherwise just not up to par.

[Close_Second]

...but the single player campaign, although slickly presented, was a little tired and for me left no real lasting impression. If the game had been released without a multiplayer component then it would have been a rental only.

Dont get me wrong, COD4 fantastic game but it played just like every other COD game before it. I still did not feel I was facing a real intelligent enemy.

COD4 Single Player - 8.5/10
COD4 Multiplayer - 9.5/10

However, if they matched COD4 multiplayer with the destructable and huge environments from Battlefield Bad Company then wow, that would be great. After playing B:BC what put me off the COD:WoW the most was the lack of wear and tear you could cause on the environments you were playing in. A tank would not even cause a ripple in puddle as it drives through. Shells from tanks leave no lasting damage or recognition of an impact.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Slow down, babe.

No Viewtiful Joe?

[Jinxstar]

First I would like to say I was in the army. Also unlike many people I have had a Spectre save my ass and I have been under heavy fire at times. I was not in a hard core Special forces unit or anything however... This game nearly gave me flashbacks at points and hit home so well to me that I was floored with the campaign. Variety and intense crazyness on and offline made it for me and i still play it often. hence why it is a 10 to me. I loved the story, characters and everything else involved...

viewtiful joe was a good game man but I can't see it as a 10... honestly I played it but I never even finished it... So I may not be the best to judge it.

[RememberThe357]

I have the exact opposite scores for COD4. The champaign was golden.

[Bimmer3]

Hey guys, Pirate is right, I remember reading this same article months ago. In fact, I think it was posted on this site.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Viewtiful Joe??? That IS a 10 though. The second game was just as good, if not better. Why do people not like it as much? It was really fun to play as Sylvia. It added gameplay mechanics that made it more fun.

Prince of Persia: SOT??? You've got to be kidding me. It's one of the best action games ever made...still far behind Warrior Within though. That is amazing!

Bioshock??? *runs off in frustration* *comes back 10 minutes later* SCREW THEM!

[Rockstar]

COD4, Bioshock, POP all deserve their 10's (can't speak for viewtiful joe, haven't played it).

Bioshock blew me away, a true classic for this gen.
COD4 set the bar for graphics and online play.
POP was a trip, awesome story fun game mechanics...

But in the end all of this boils down to opinion.

Be your own reviewer.

[Darkfocus]

bioshocks good and all but its just a gimped system shock 2 with improved graphics. the system shock games are much better.
don't disagree unless you've played them ;)

[bigjclassic]

Joe is a good game but not a 10 because it dosent have that it factor to keep you playing for years etc. MGS4, SMG, LoZ: TP, RE4, HL2, can all be replayed 10 yrs from now and still keep you hooked.

Got Joe 1+2 and are getting dusty, but Joe RULES in TvC!!

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I would say that the system shock games are much deeper, but as far as gameplay mechanics go...Bioshock has it. Another System Shock would be AMAZING!

[BuckyBarnes]

I would find it terribly hard to believe that NOBODY has mentioned the truly glitchy and awful GTA4. Not only did the game NOT deserve a 10/10, it deserved to end the franchise,.

Im 100% sure when the expansion Lost and Damned comes out, it too will be recieving a 10/10 even though it wont deserve it. Why? Simple answer really, EVERYONE in the gaming industry benefits whenever ANYTHING GTA comes out.

Why do I say that? it is the only game that makes real news headlines, gathers people and moms in picket lines, and generally makes EVERY 10 year old child want to play it. You cannot BUY that much marketing potential. period. sites like this N4G and others REVEL in a GTA game launch, thats why you will never see a modern GTA dip below a 8 even though it has more than worn out its welcome.

(not including the dreadful "insert titles here: stories")

[thehitman]

Is probably the only game i could say didnt deserve its 10/10s... but ppl bash it to make it seem like it was a 8 or lower.. wasnt as good as it couldve been but it deserved a 9 in my book.

[Close_Second]

...but even a 9 is too higher praise for these reasons:

1. Gameplay was a step back from the previous GTA title. I actually found the story a little boring towards the end.
2. Graphics suffered from (some) slowdown, jaggies, a draw distance that was all too obvious.
3. The multiplayer...probably the most tacked on execuse for multiplayer there has ever been. To me it felt and played like Rockstar just wanted to be able to put a tick in the box to say they do multiplayer.

I would give it an 8.5 at best.

[indyman7777]

It looks decent their. Not a system seller or especially not a 10 in graphics. But it will pass.

[Cajun Chicken]

I don't believe in 10/10s, 9.5s, yes, 10s no. When an official magazine of the console the game is exclusive on, the 10/10s on those are basically a 9, just add one point because its only one system.

Any game with a 10/10 in real media away from official console magazine gets a lifted eyebrow in disbelief from me.

[Unicron]

Scoring has never made sense, ever. That's why people should READ THE REVIEW.

[farhsa2008]

i dont know what they gave gta 4 but that game deserves to be at the top of this list, never have i felt a game be so overrated and boring.

[Revvin]

No game is worth 10/10, there are always improvements that could and should be made. I've never played the perfect game.

[callahan09]

Chris Buffa is such a douche-bag. He's talking about Call of Duty 4 and brings up two other games for no reason:

"Call of Duty World at War deserves a big beautiful 10, but Metal Gear Solid 4 still deserves an 8."

Why bring that up? He just loves to bring up MGS4 and tell people it doesn't deserve a perfect score. I think his taste in games is weak.

[Deviant]

srsly:
"As for Call of Duty: World at War, it's a 10 baby! A big beautiful 10. Let me at it! Metal Gear Solid 4, though? Still an eight."

Chris Buffa"

WTF -.- ..journalism at its best

[andrewf91]

This is an old story, and gamedaily fails horribly, we all have to agree not to post anything from gamedaily.

[SlaughterMeister]

Halo 2 and Bioshock don't deserve 10/10?

A perfect score does not mean a perfect game! Every game has its drawbacks, and of course these two do as well, but Halo 2 was very fun with outstanding multiplayer, which was only topped by Halo 3.

Bioshock is a great game with a great story, and one of the best I've ever played. When I found out it was going to be on PS3 I was ecstatic, and I almost creamed myself when I forgot the release date and stumbled across it (on release day) at Future Shop.

And then he goes on to say that MGS4 doesn't deserve a 10/10. What at jackass. That's downright inexcusable. Did he even play the game?

edit:

Oh yeah, and I forgot Prince of Persia. For a PS2 game it was wicked, the platforming was very fun. I'm still looking for a copy of it and can't find one anywhere. At its time, it was one of my favourites.

[Pleth]

COD MW, Mass Effect, MGS4 and Bioshock are 10/10. This guy has an IQ of 2 but it takes a 3 to grunt.

[dawq112]

because of its release date. If this game came out like around COD4 times, reviews might be better. Its just that reviewers look at killzone 2 and say "Oh i saw that in Cod4." Or something like that.
Since so many shooters have come out before Killzone, reviewers say it lacks originallity but cmon, what do you expect really? W.e
Killzone 2 IMO 10/10!

[Magic_The_Celt]

I F*CKING HATE GAMEDAILY

[Kleptic]

well I do enjoy when GameDaily writes something that basically says 'why no one should every take us seriously'...someone should write back with a blog stating 'no one does anyway'...

p.s. look at Mart and his retard friends slapping each others asses again about killzone 2 above...i've never seen a single game put so many people on suicide watch...lucky for everyone else they only have roughly 32 days left...

[bigjclassic]

on just vids and articles alone id give it a 9.5 from just researching
but that will go up once i play the game. Plus no co-op is a bad, but personally I wouldn't lower the score for something that isn't in every game. Now if every FPS had co-op then that would be different.

[NaiNaiNai]

real simple. the better the game and the more hype the harder they rate it.
-nai-

[CadDad]

Bioshock would have been rated harder, so would have Halo 3. Both were hype monsters. I think it's just a preference thing. Every once in awhile it's ok to give a 10/10. Maybe once or twice a year as a review place.

If the scale is 1-10, 5 should be average and we should see as many 1's as we see 10's. Just me though, I rarely care what scores a game gets.

-caddad

[Mutley416]

I give this guys opinion a 3 out 10-

[Don_Frappucino]

I read this article months ago, which idiot reposted it. You can tell its old when you read the CoD4 comments. In them it says world at war is on the horizon, which means this artice would have to have been written pre November 11th

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

Hey, it showed up as new on my aim page.

So I thought it would be perfect to post. No need to get all insulty now :P

[phantomfragger]

In my opinion there should be no such thing as a 10/10 with any media product, especially games because that leaves no room for improvement. a 10 is saying that every inch of the game is absolutley perfect in every way reviews are all about opinions anyway so their hardly accurate

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Reviews are basically opinions and are highly subjective.

I would say CoD4, Mass Effect, Bioshock were all 10's for me. The others I would put into the high 9's.

Interesting that GameDaily questions there own reviews.

[NovusTerminus]

It is good for a company to go back and see how hype affected their own views.

CoD4 I would give a 8.5
Bioshock I would give about a 6. I just didn't like it.

But on the other hand I would give Monster Hunter about a 9.5 And Phantasy Star Online a 10.

A review is nothing more then an opinion. And I really don't pay allot of attention to them.

As for the whole KZ2 hype goes, I know me saying this wont mean a darn thing, and everyone will continue with their opinions. But what do reviews matter so long as you enjoy the game? I own a PS3, getting a 360 sometime this month for DoA4. And I am getting KZ2, and even if the game ends up at a 5/10 on Metacritic I will still play the game.

It just seems like everyone here is speaking of "Justifying" you're purchase based on how highly reviewed the games are, and that shows that you have a nagging doubt in the back of you're mind that you might have wasted money.

Also, I am getting a 360 for Tenchu Z, why? Because it looks fun.

[xc7x]

It takes a lot of people to make a game so i think it should take a few people to review a game,the lone reviewer thing just doesn't hold weight like it once used to and needs to be revamped i.m.o.

[No Way]

I think Mass Effect deserves a 10/10, if any out of that list. Sure it has it's problem, like frame rate.. but it doesn't take away from the experience of the game, or the enjoyment I got out of it.

[na2ru1]

I just don't get the hype over Halo3. It looks pretty good in the graphics department but it's not amazing. I didn't like the 2nd one so maybe that's why I could care less about this one. KZ2 will always be the number one fps in my opinion. People can say what they want about the gameplay because I know they aren't mind blowing but they aren't too bad either. It really comes down to how fanboys look at it.

[bohemian 23]

Wow, I like what you did there that was neat. When Killzone 2 outsells Halo 3 come talk to me again. You could go swithc anyone's words around about any game so I really don't see your point but because I am not interested in a game your holding your breath for your butt all of the sudden hurts. Typical Sony fanboy.

[ReTarDedFisHy]

Noooo! PLZ BOHEMAIN
SPARE US FROM TEH SALES!!1
BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS AND WE REALLY, HONESTLY, TRULY, SERIOUSLY CARE ABOUT SALES!!!

[Millah]

I'm glad to know Gamedaily doesn't stand behind their reviews that they publish. Further proof of how unprofessional these idiots are.

[xg-ei8ht]

How i'd rate said games and why.#

1)Bioshock - 9 - Good story, Good graphics, good gameplay, But no online.

2)Sands of Time 9 - all of the above.

3)Mass effect 7.5 - decent story, Okish graphics, slowdown galore.

4)COD4 - 9.5 Because it adds all the elements from the previous 3 and makes them better.

5)Halo 2 - 7.8 Worse then the first for me in every way.

6)Nintendogs - 1 Do you really need to ask.

[otherZinc]

Bioshock is a 10
COD 4 is a 9

[zodiac909]

they just put this in the hopes that people will see that they are not biased, in the end...they still sleep with their 360's

[specialguest]

I've played most top games from different consoles this generation and I don't think any of those games deserves an absolute 10.

[electricgta]

the thing tht is weird is that reviewers gave call of duty 4 a 10/10, but the problem then is that they say that "forget call of duty 4 and call of duty mw2, this game will blow it out the water" or something close to that.. then they give it a 9.5 / 10!!

[Covenant]

Halo 2: Online 10/10...campaign 7/10.

Mass Effect: 9/10

Bioshock is a 10/10. Period.

[Gun_Senshi]

ONly 1 game deserve 10.

MGS4.

[KKanjiAnkh]

All I know if they make another M*****F*****, WW2 game and it even scores an 8, I'ma shoot my damn self. I feel like games should be rated by the R&B factor, R for Rent,B for Buy. Bioshock to ME, would of been the s*** if was more like Myst, with puzzle solving, Rapture was cool though.

[tee_bag242]

Getting a perfect 10 for something should be harder as time goes on. Games need to innovate and redefine the genre to make people sit up and take notice.
I have a hard time swallowing a 10 when I see one. 10 means no room for improvement... Just to be objective, in a ironic kind of way its also saying the developers have maxed out their talent for that particular title.

[Enigma_2099]

... and a 9/10 is hardly a bad score...

[KKanjiAnkh]

beautiful statement, collect a 1-up for passing go

[azmanmanz]

lol bohemian... retarded xbot

[SSCOOLCHEA]

sucks , stop talking about it little kids....go steal money from your parents and get a ps3 and shut the fk up ..sorry for being such a dmfk an rude to littles kids but these fkn retards are retarded..

Killzone 2 feb..27...... WSS why so serious ????????????????????

[Lets-Game]

i agree on all except cod4. honestly i never finished or even repeated single player shooters. i quit half life, bioshock, resistance 2, and LOTS of older games before finishing them or even if i did it was because i spend money and felt i should just finish it. BUT cod4 i played 3 times already and its just great. i can say safely its THE BEST SINGLE player shooter i have ever played. online though I still prefer counter strike.

[Erdrick]

i'd say even most written reviews are stupid, playing into the hype and buzz words etc...

"believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see."

[Lord Xire]

For every review that is under a 9.0 after embargo lifts for KZ2

You'll see the default comments as seen in every Resistance 2 article that scored under 9 and comparisons to games that got 10's 2 or 3 years ago and how they don't understand...

Also the MS payroll, the bias reviewer, the guy who tries to mellow the scene out by defining the word "opinion" and how we should learn it will all be at the party.

It'll be the same old sh*t different game....it's a thing I've learned on N4G about the Cell Chipper Gang there arguments are regurgitated and die off in less than a week.....then it's on to the next game that "supposedly" is suppose to kill the 360 and MSFT.

[razorbladelight]

and they told me that a 10 was fully justifiable. I couldn't see why (of course I had never played it) and then my nephew got it and he couldn't put it down. I played it and was hooked. I didn't play it long enough in my opinion to sya "yes, a ten is suitable" but I played it long enough for me to actually want to play it some more.
Halo 1 is the only halo i've played and if halo 2 and 3 are just "better looking" versions of part 1 then they definitely only merit about a five and that's because I didn't immediately wanna blow my head off from the boredom, but because it took about ten minutes.

[shewbrookj]

If Killzone 2 was an Xbox 360 exclusive, it would be hyped to death, receive 10/10 perfect scores and more favorable reviews than it will on the PS3. A sad but true fact.

I really dislike the way the PS3 is being treated by the Gaming Media in general. It does not deserve the volume of negative press it gets, particularly in the blu-ray area.

That's why, like may people on this forum I tend to prefer to read customer reviews, watch game footage on Youtube etc and use my own judgement.

[Mukiwa]

Wow, these guys seem to throw around 10's like there's no tomorrow. I'd say that the more of them you award has a definite impact on their worth. Awarding so many cheapens the image of the accolade. The best score really should be awarded only to the absolute best games, arguably you only get two or three of these per generation that are really truly worth a 10.

[Nike]

I was wondering why they didn't revoke their 10/10 review for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Turns out they never even reviewed it. :D

[Joey Greco RULES]

There arent any games out there that deserve a 10 anymore.

Everyone has their own opinion and now-a-days all you have in the video game world, are a bunch of whiny 15yr olds disputing things they dont even know anything about.

If there was a game that truly deserved a 10, it would need to be a game that NOBODY fights over, and everyone agrees that it deserves a 10---and that just not gonna happen anytime soon.

Its just better to make your own judgement. And no, not everyone has access to games before release, but you could always rent the game first, and if your really like it, buy it.

[ForROME]

There really only 2 Games thar REALLY EVER should have gotten a 10/10

Mario 64
Final Fantasy VII

Other than that, no game has changed the world like those 2 did

[Pootie Tang]

Worst review ever was TeamXbox and GTA4

they gave it a 10/10

calling it "...perhaps the biggest innovation is the notion that you can create a game that’s as valid a piece of art as any book or movie. Is this our Citizen Kane?"

"The implementation of the euphoria animation engine is an excellent display of that technology. People in the world move in a very natural way—just watch Niko walk"

"Rockstar’s taste in music is pretty impeccable. "

"you’ll think about the score we gave it and you’ll have a hard time disagreeing. I promise."

"The best motherf***ing game we’ve ever played"