Darks wrote on Mar 6, 2012, 10:54:
I’m even willing to bet that most of them have a pirated copy of the game. Again metacritic is a failed service and should never be taken seriously when deciding if a game is good or not.

This is why I normally don't care for the review scores. I read reviews to find out more about the game itself, and usually ignore the score or the personal opinion of the reviewer when it comes to a heavily advertised games like Mass Effect for example.