Mostly because of the way people round them. Two and a half stars? That's the same as 50/100!
Numbers in general are pretty terrible, ratings wise. I think it's best if they say. "You should play this," "You should not play this," or "You should play this if you like this specific genre/gamestyle"
I amuse myself.
This is how you know you can't fully trust the metacritic scores:
22/07/2013 05:22:26 PM
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Yeah. 98 is way too high for GTA IV. Maybe 92? *NM*
22/07/2013 05:57:17 PM
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I'd say that too. There have been...no games that I've seen deserving of a 98.
22/07/2013 06:34:00 PM
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Can't say I agree with much of that.
22/07/2013 08:43:44 PM
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I think my favorite method is Adam Sessler's.
23/07/2013 02:00:53 PM
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I actually HATE 1-5 ratings.
23/07/2013 02:53:49 PM
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