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Originally Posted by Xemu
I totally see Tom's point with the review scores, but the fact of the matter is that a lot of people *do* look at things like Gamerankings and Metacritic, so it's not like that disparity is entirely without consequence.
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That's a fair point, but it's also true that a lot of people look at the scores in one or two magazines they trust *without* looking at Gamerankings and Metacritic. And those people would not have been served if AOE3 had been given a 4 or 4 1/2 star rating: such a rating would imply the product was better than the reviewer believed it to be. This could all be solved if all game reviews used the same standardized format, but I hope we can all agree that would be the worst possible outcome for gamers and reviewers.
You don't see major restaurants complaining that the Michelin guide "only" gave them two stars. Game makers need to calm down and realize that different publications use different standards. And they also need to realize that, when defending themselves from "sub-par" review scores, pointing out that the scores are not, in fact, sub-par is a much more effective tactic than going on the offensive and bitching out the reviewer for hating Microsoft.