I rarely put any stock in reviews/scores, seems like a lot of immature users ruled by emotions. Not in the sense that a game took them on an emotional journey, more like they are upset over some agenda or something a dev/publisher did or said and they just take it out on the game. The reverse happens as well, blinded by nostalgia or fandom, a dev/pub can do no wrong.
Once ppl found out developer bonuses were sometimes contractually bound to metacritic scores, way more user started manipulating reviews.
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