It does seem illogical. The answer probably lies in the fact that the review is written by a single editor, but the Game of the Year is chosen by a group, which may have a differing majority opinion to the one reviewer.rsiedelmann

That is exactly what I'm talking about which leads right back to my original question: " How are we supposed to take review scores seriously?"

I see your point.

Perhaps because everyone expected Halo to be great, and CoD 4 was a surprise. That's the only thing I can think of.

psymon_05

I don't see how that would affect their decision.

I mean really, when Halo 3 gets 9.5 and CoD 4 gets 9.0 but the later gets the "best 360 game of the year" award.

I'm not saying that Halo 3 was more deserving, I just think it's curious that's all.