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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
I think this clip helps shed some light on how IGN scores games.
People perceive a 10/10 game as flawless, while the IGN definition is "masterpiece", which just means it's one of the best they've played. It doesn't actually mean it's flawless.
I do agree that IGN did throw out too many 10/10 scores in the past, but I feel like they've scaled that down after all the criticisms. I don't think Sony's really influencing sites to give the game perfect scores. I mean, if that's the case, why haven't they done it for other games in the past?
Edit: Hmm, clip doesn't want to play for some reason, but basically you can search it on Youtube, it's called 10/10 Game Reivew: the truth. It's from a former IGN reviewer.
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I have always preferred the IGN website but Gamespot IMO has always been much more reliable for reviews. You can pretty well count on any IGN review on a Sony first party game to receive an inflated review score. This has been their pattern for decades. I don't doubt that this game is worthy of praise but this game was was pencilled in to receive a 10 before IGN even got their hands on a review copy. I really do enjoy most first party Sony games but as a person that always owns both consoles I always feel their 1st party games don't live up to the high scores they receive. They are all high quality but not perfect and the flaws get ignored because many reviewers at heart are fanboys and lack the objectivity to provide an accurate review. I feel one of the worst reviewed first party Sony games (Days Gone) was one of their best games (way better than Spiderman which is one of the most repetitive games in recent history) in some time but for some reason reviewers just weren't as enthused about that game going into it maybe because it was a new IP.