I'm not a video game review score historian but does it not seem that more and more games are getting perfect scores...
What is driving this? Are review magazines and sites being swayed by sales/site hits that they will get when advertising the fact that they handed out yet another 10/10 or are we really reaching the zenith of potential on our consoles?
I like CoD4 and Ratchet and all (I can only speak from PS experience) but they are not 10/10 games...to me NOTHING can be if you an honest reviewer.
Full size readable scans of OXM Review where they give it a 10/10, saying "Personally, it's the best game I've ever played, but even if you're not a hardcore sci-fi nerd like me, Mass Effect is a transcendent experience, the new standard-setter for what a game can be." As well as "best story ever told in a videogame, period." (click on images for full size).
@Laoldar, It's not that it's shocking, or really particularly newsworthy, but I think that it adds a bit more fuel to the fire. If sites make a big deal out of street dates being broken, it adds a little more hype to a game, I think. I think more hype = more sales. That's why I posted this instance. But usually, I agree.
I don't know why people are shocked by this anymore. Broken stret dates are usually (if not always) the result of employees/managers that are sloppy/ignorant and can't read the street date on the side of the box. I don't know why websites continue to post these as if it's a national chain decision.
"So, if you live near a K-Mart and can get there before the word spreads and Bioware makes them yank it of the shelf, you could be playing Mass Effect this afternoon."
Despite the crowded holiday season, Mass Effect is easily one of the most-anticipated games set for release this year. Microsoft is making sure people don't forget by offering up numerous game-related bonuses on the November 20 launch, including a television special and a soundtrack.
We did get a sneak peek or the main screen on the dev kit and the size of the game is 6.74 GB – well within the contstraints of a dual layer DVD-9. When you see how huge this game is, you’ll see that even future iterations like Mass Effect 2 and 3 with their upgrades will not have a problem with disc space.
2
I'm not a video game review score historian but does it not seem that more and more games are getting perfect scores...
What is driving this? Are review magazines and sites being swayed by sales/site hits that they will get when advertising the fact that they handed out yet another 10/10 or are we really reaching the zenith of potential on our consoles?
I like CoD4 and Ratchet and all (I can only speak from PS experience) but they are not 10/10 games...to me NOTHING can be if you an honest reviewer.