"A washed up ex-cop with a few dirty habits, Max Payne is lost; wasting his life away in whatever New Jersey bar seems fit for the night. Throwing back whiskey like water in one of his sanctuaries of solace on a typical rainy evening, Max ruminates on nothing other than his past mistakes and regrets when a rotten spawn of the largest crime family in NJ and his brown-nosing ‘bros’ saunter in with intent to start trouble. Little did Max know that the events taking place next would, months later, land him bursting into a room full of a bunch of fully-loaded Brazilian gangsters to rescue some rich socialite brats of the most wealthy and renowned family in Sao Paulo, Brazil and plunged right back into the “same shit” he’s been desperately trying to erase from his memory all-together."
-TheGamerAccess.com
10/10
210°
220°
40°
230°
Ad 
200°
30°
40°
30°
20°
30°
Now gamers are supposed to divine, by some mystical means what reviewers meant when they gave it a 10, even though it wasn't a 10, but it aimed for a 10 but it missed being a 10 but it still deserves a 10 because it isn't a 10 but it is.
Utterly ridiculous.
Makes me wonder what some of the people look like that these individuals date...if they are old enough to date.
It is bad enough that gamers are subjected to having the press unduly and undeservedly influence gaming. An influence that exists despite the fact these remoras, these leeches, across the board have not a single published standard detailing how they grade, to what they give weight, and for what they take away points.
Editorial policy? What's that?
Their whimsical grading standards, which only consist of the numbers 5-10 (because these people have forgotten that 5 is in the middle and is the medium average score) has done more to damage the fun we get from gaming than Bobby Kotick ever dreamed of doing. Honestly the way these people grade and score is reminiscent of Dory from Finding Nemo.
"Oh, that's a lovely shade of blue..." All it takes is something with a little flash and they are blindly distracted from everything else.
"Here's your pass despite all of your flaws."
Now wrap your arms around yourself, raise your voice an octave, and run around the room on your toes while you read this next part:
"We'll just overlook all that other stuff because we....we are in love and therefore we get to ignore the problem. In our self important world we are allowed to have the ultimate says so because we have internet access and a crappy site. Even though we are mere hacks and have no talent ourselves you had better fear us and our almighty pen.
Developers, consider this an industry wide permission slip to keep doing things the same way and to keep making those same mistakes over and over again ad nauseum. Never mind the fact we pointed out those same issues in other games. You're special and for you those standards, the ones we do not have, do not apply."
I would say these sites should understand gamers do not visit them because they genuinely like the writing and the non-existent editorial policy, but rather because game companies use them as an outlet for information. But I seriously doubt these sites care one iota as long as they get clicks.
"Quick! Do another list article Morty! The 5 worst ...whatever!!!"
So in addition to all of this idiocy, gamers are now supposed to utilize the divination of the seer and the unholy power of Miss Cleo in order to figure out when an 8 is a 10, or a 5 a 7 or a 10 only an 8 because it had the same issues but they just didn't 'like' it as much.