I was just checking out some reviews online, and I use metacritic (as well as others) as a guide. But, when browsing the music section, I've started to really pay attention to the difference in scores that games get, as opposed to almost every other media.

You can check out what I mean here:
http://www.metacritic.com/about/scoring.shtml#game

For example, the best games of the year for the year so far put the best games with ratings of 90's... and I've noticed so many mediocre games getting 5/5 or 10/10's. Meanwhile even the best music and movie release scores almost never get that high.

Does this reflect the young nature of games industry? Does it affect the way that the industry is perceived? Does it say anything else about the games industry vs. the other media? I'm just curious if anyone else has any thoughts about games being taken seriously. I'm just sort of sick of all of this hype around games and how every game IS THE BEST EVAR! Is this related to it at all? Are these reviewers feeding the masses just want they want to hear?

Anyone have any thoughts?