Anyone Else Notice this trend?....

http://www.metacritic.com/publication/gamespot?filter=games

On average, on a scale of 100, Gamespot ends up scoring 5.5 points lower than the general Metascore.

So yes, those who believe that Gamespot scores are harsher may in fact have a point.charizard1605

I think that Game Informer might be the least biased.. check this out ....http://www.metacritic.com/publication/game-informer?filter=games

based on the new vita reviews

Metacritic:.................... Gamespot:

Escape plan 73...........................6

Lumines 84 ...............................8

Dynasty warriors 66 ..................5

tales from space 84 ................7.5

Ridge Racer 45...........................3

Uncharted GA80.......................7

rayman 88...................................8

super stardust 81.......................7

wipeout 2048 79.......................7.5

ones that i left out either werent reviewd by gamespot yet; or tied ... i'm not sayin... im just noticin...

HipsterSpot

Rayman got an 8.5 which is the same as the console versions. Anyway, gamespot being lower than the average. News at 11 :|

microsoft decided to pay their billcampzor

I thought they had already came out and said they were going to hand out less high scores this year.soulitane

Most of the scores above (and other lower scores) were before GS said that though I thought.

Gamespot doesn't match up to an average which is heavily comprised of a bunch of no-name reviewers, as well as a bunch of Playstation exclusive reviewers?

Time to call Washington!

[QUOTE="soulitane"]I thought they had already came out and said they were going to hand out less high scores this year.DJ-Lafleur

Most of the scores above (and other lower scores) were before GS said that though I thought.

[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

[QUOTE="soulitane"]I thought they had already came out and said they were going to hand out less high scores this year.soulitane

Most of the scores above (and other lower scores) were before GS said that though I thought.

[QUOTE="soulitane"][QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

Most of the scores above (and other lower scores) were before GS said that though I thought.

Renzokucant

[QUOTE="Renzokucant"][QUOTE="soulitane"] I could be wrong but I swear I heard it before vita launched. I can't seem to find a link to where they said it though :Psoulitane

[QUOTE="soulitane"]

[QUOTE="Renzokucant"] i dont get why they would say that though... hand out less high scores?... i mean if a game deserves it, then it deserves it... does this mean they were just givin away 9.5s last year for fun? kinda puts their integrity as reviewers on the line huh?Renzokucant

Yeah. I agree with most GS reviews, but some discrepancies are too massive to be ignored -- like TLoZ: SS 75% on Gamespot vs. 95% on Metacritic :x.

But hey, that's kind of good. Each reviewer has an independent personality, and it's good they review games based on their concepts, not others'.