User blog comment:LilyheartsLightning/Metacritic Effect/@comment-5267262-20130104030031

I find user reviews for games and films tend to be a poor indication. Most people will not give this kind of feed back without some reason, hence you will only get those who loved it/fanboys or hated it (Or those who feel more of a need to feed back because of the site rather than the game). look at mainstream franchises on metacritic and you will find that individual scores of 0,1,9 or 10 outnumber other numbers heavily. Award shows really depend on how the judging is made.