Ever since Greg Kasavin left, the game ratings have been a little skewed in my opinion. Gamespot's bias against Nintendo has become much more apparent and other rankings have been inflated. A simple history lesson should clear some things up:
Before GTA IV the last game to be ranked 10 was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the N64. This game was released in November of 1998. Almost ten years go by without a 10 rated game and then all of a sudden two 10 games are released with just over a month between them.
GTA IV was rated 10 on both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, but the Playstation version of the game was broken, as it continuously crashed. Perhaps Gamespot rushed their decision or just looked at the title of the game (Grand Theft Auto) and decided to give it a good rating.
It appears that Gamespot has lowered their standards, letting a broken game get a 10 rating, which is fine as long as they stay consistant. Unfortunately they have not as they gave lesser scores to more impressive games such as Half-Life 2, Resident Evil 4, and Call of Duty 4. I personally only look at the good/bad section for most Gamespot reviews nowadays as they are unreliable in most other senses. I hope they clean up their act soon and don't ban me just for giving a little criticism.
Metamorbis
...yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. OR two incredible games that are leaps and bounds better than their predicessors (which were amazing to begin with) came out around the same time. That could be it.
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