So I have been reading some fellow gamespot blogger's blogs on the review score and other issues. Most of the points they make are well thought out. I just need to first understand what is it about a score that turns gamers off of a game. It's not like one score for a game web site can change the amount of units sold. If it could then there wouldn't be games that were terrible. I have some pretty terrible games. Be that the story, the gameplay, or the overall package. Having the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game and that is a hard game that I still have not been able to get passed the water stage more then the 2 times that I can think of. If there is a game that gets a score that you think it should have been either higher or lower then that is your opinion. The person how wrote the review is giving their opinion, and only their opinion. They are not saying that the game is for no one, their just showing that the game will appeal to a certain gamer and not another.

So if you only read a review from one website and not anyother sources then your not getting all of the different reactions to a game. One reviewer may not be head over heels for a game and another could be doing backflips down a hallway. Open your mind to as many different sources as you can. I try to read or view a few reviews and if I am able to, talk it over with a friend(s) that either owns the game or is looking into the game. If I listened to only one person's opinion on a game, I would not own half the games I enjoy and everyone would have the same game(s) as everyone else. What a boring world that would be.

If you get upset about a review, step back and breath. The world is not ending if a game you enjoy or anticipate gets a 8 or a 7.5. There may be a review out there that gave the same game a 9. A reviewer is just trying to be honest and unbias. If you can't handle it then you will just have a collection of a few great games that you'll be bored with sooner or later. At which point you'll trade them in and pick up the next game that got a high score, just because of the score. The best thing about a website like this is the vast amounts of different views and opinions of games. Everyone is different and everyone's taste is different. You just need to pick a about 5 to read and let the other ones go.

This is just my two cents on the topic. I enjoy gamespot and all that they do for the gamer community.