Quote Originally Posted by Aussie2B View Post
I wouldn't say it's better work. I mean, there are amateur reviewers producing much better work than the professionals (see: HonestGamers), but they're in such miniscule numbers. Take a look at reviews on GameFAQs and just try to tell me that 99% of the reviews aren't complete trash and definitely worse than the professionals, as poor as the professionals can be at times.
Exactly my point. I don't like seeing recent/new games on the shelves only to come home, look it up online and find no reviews anywhere on the web other than the likes of GameFAQ's or Amazon. Not even MetaCritic or GameRankings will turn up a lead for some of them.

That is why it baffles me that a lot of "new" game releases go unreviewed by so-called major print or web sources. For me, that is a bigger problem than an inconsistent scoring system in Game Informer, etc.