Halo 2 is on the way.

[A Black Falcon]

I read the review, as I already stated. What I was saying was that since he loves mindless shooters so much, the high score he gave the game is no surprise, much like the same score he gave the first Halo. On the other hand with just about every genre his opinions seem to be upside down and from bizarro world. I mean seriously now, Arx Fatalis better than Morrowind?? Majora's Mask gets a 7? Man...

As I've said a million times, you overly harp on the scores instead of focusing what is vastly more important: the REVIEW ITSSELF!

Sure I think Gamespot is stupid for giving low scores for Gauntlet Legends/Dark Legacy or Rush 2049. And I think they are very wrong there. Lots of worse games scored far higher. But even so the reviews are decent enough that I can tell that they are the kind of game I'd like, score or no... it's not just about "good english", but an effective arguement that succeeds at the true purpose of the work. You mentioned "A Modest Preposal" somehow as a counter but I'd say that it supports my arguement as it too succeeds at doing exactly what it was meant to... though it is hard to compare given how that was meant as humor and not as a serious piece of criticism.

Anyway, I thought the Gamespot review of MM was good. A bit low? Perhaps, but I can understand how they got such a score... by their standards and review system I certainly might have given it a similar score too.