Game Talk

Are review scores even useful anymore?

Genuine question. Every big release lands somewhere between 80 and 90 on aggregate sites, and then the user reviews are either 10 or 0 depending on which online war is happening that week.

I've started ignoring the number completely and just reading the 'cons' section of two or three reviews. If the cons are things I don't care about, I buy it. Works better than the score ever did for me.

Am I being too cynical or does anyone actually still use the score?