People who weren't obsessed day-0 fanboys played it.
those scores are still far too high
>>378279903
This.
It's only even that high because of brand name and legacy alone.
Why is FFXV bad?
>>378280090
Retarded comparison on your pic. Zeldas have always been associated with perfect scores and expected to be 10's. This never was the case with FF, we got used to clashes between entries.
>>378280716
>Zeldas have always been associated with perfect scores and expected to be 10's
>implying main-line FFs aren't
>also implying Skyward Sword never happened
>>378280090
>traditionally linear
False
>>378280090
Only Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess are completely linear.
>>378279159
Foreign video game blogs' review scores that are Google translated into English dilute the metacritic scores of most games.
>>378279159
Publications who weren't bribed by S-E submitted their reviews.
>>378280090
>now gone open world
OoT is open world, retard.
>>378281710
Most of the main series is but the main quest in a lot of games are designed to filter you into areas in a linear fashion.
>>378279159
Not paid reviews is what happened