Skip the dumb ones. Some are justified, just like some critic reviews are over-rated. However, like i previously stated, it’s subjective regardless. Doubt a single reviewer, be it journalist or gamer, likes the exact same things you like. (You being anyone, not particularly you)
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The fact that dumpster fire of a game got anything above a 0 screams pay off.
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See you just have to consider that an actual endorsement of the game. That’s almost enough to make me want to play it again.
That’s an actual 10 but in gamer words.
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Sadly I believe the plan is a classic version of every xpac, which means a WOD probably. Decent leveling expansion but was horrible after. Not mentioning the flight fiasco.
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To be fair, when those expansions all launched they were pretty good. It was after they launched when they jumped the shark.
Shadowlands, when it launched, wasn’t actually that bad, and it could have easily been redeemed had the developers quickly adjusted course and added content to the game, but what caused it to flop so hard was the fact that they didn’t do that and instead the game went through one of its longest content droughts, at the start of the expansion and then the following patches didn’t do it any favours either (9.2 could be considered ‘decent’ and certainly an improvement over past Shadowlands content, but it still wasn’t great).
Same deal with Warlords of Draenor. Great at launch, but it flopped hard after launch with the whole waffling on about whether flight would be added or not, and then there was the disastrous 6.1 patch (touted as the largest content patch ever despite the fact that all it added was a few garrison events, a selfie camera and twitter integration) the cut content that we didn’t get and 6.2 followed by that long content drought at the end.
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Game reviewers actually know how to write reviews and don’t monkey brain and give a game 0 because red number bad.
You’ve never played a 0 game if you think Concord is anywhere near that quality of game. Consider yourself pampered when it comes to good games.
What did they review? The short campaign? Devles on easy mode?
Everything else is locked.
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Their contributors generally can’t bring themselves to rate anything below a mid-range score. Only the actual worst of the worst gets anything below that.
And a lot of really bad gets 80s and up.
They probably “reviewed” based on promises and hype. Only way I can see giving it a 100.
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It should be higher. This is a great expansion.
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Oh it’s coming, no dodging that bullet my friend.
I’m sure it’ll be improved upon, they are very aware WoD was not popular, so they’ll hopefully act on that.
/fingers crossed
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I absolutely agree. Thats why I take a journalists/gamers review with a grain of salt. It’s a decent source for the beginning of a MMORPG expansion.
Granted I’m also to the point I know me and any given reviewer, journalist or gamer, do not have the same likes and dislikes.
Prefer the tried and true, test it myself. (Wastes money from time to time, but I know my review for myself is what matters)
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What did rotten maters give it is the real question 
And the NY Times gives all reviewers 4 Pinocchio’s 
I wish I could break my NDA with _________ and point out to you exactly how it is done. But my former company had a slogan… whoever has the most lawyers wins… and with that attitude I am not breaking my NDA. You could not pay me enough.
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Even the worst rated game on Metacritic, which is Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, got an 8 for critic reviews when it released in 2003. The same year Call of Duty released.
And it was published by Activision.
And Activision was already a financial powerhouse by that point, riding high on the Mechwarrior series
Boy you sure know a lot about games! Ever work in game journalism? You definitely have the spirit to be a great reviewer!
8/10
Ubisoft flew out a number of critics for an all expense paid trip to disneyland for a “first look” at Star Wars Outlaws.
Is this technically a bribe, nope. Is anyone required to give a certain score, probably not. Were media members that were critical of ubisoft invited, nope. 
Do you want an invitation to the next exclusive event?
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And the game has a resounding 77 average on Metacritic to show for it.
For what it’s worth, I don’t think a 7/10 is an inherently bad score, but in the gaming industry, a 7/10 may as well be a 5/10, as many games are written off for not scoring anything higher than an 80.
So evidently their bribery didn’t pan out all too well for them.
Although i am enjoying the expac, those sites are known for selling ratings. PC Gamer used to be reputable. Not so much anymore?
They want the articles / reviews to come out at the same time as peak hype for the game release. More traffic ====> more ad revenue