Why, because the rest of the industry gave it the same score I did? Isn't it possible I found it better than they did, as in the long run a review is an opinion? I enjoyed the characters, the story, the battle, it was just let down a little by sound and a few other niggles. An 8 sounds about right to me.
Our scale is a little different though. Industry standard is 7/10 for an average, ours is 5/10. So really, this game is considered "Great", rather than good. :)
Yeah that's fair enough. Didn't mean to sound stand-offish, just justifying the score.