Absoludacrous
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My theory is the review scale changed when AA gaming died. You saw it at the end of the last generation and pretty much throughout this one.
During the PS2/Xbox era, games that were considered AAA at the time were guaranteed to get great scores because they were being judged against their lower budget counterparts that tended to take up the 6's, 7's and 8's.
Now those games are gone, so the AAA's are left to fight each other. That guaranteed 85+ based on polish alone doesn't exist anymore.
During the PS2/Xbox era, games that were considered AAA at the time were guaranteed to get great scores because they were being judged against their lower budget counterparts that tended to take up the 6's, 7's and 8's.
Now those games are gone, so the AAA's are left to fight each other. That guaranteed 85+ based on polish alone doesn't exist anymore.