Those scores are insane. I've never seen a game get this kind of response from the gaming mass media.
As for Gamespot, its Greg Kasavin. He's a over critical moron who who tries to pad his receding ego (much like his hair) by making sure he gives the lowest score to highly anticipated games. Now 9.4 is not a bad score by any means, but he made sure his score was at least a few points lower than everyone else's. Its a pattern he has and seems to encourage in those that he works with at Gamespot. For some reason they believe that giving lower scores 99% of the time makes their opinion more valid or makes them a superior gaming site (and its not just Xbox bias either).
His reviews tend to be useless, also. Read the Halo 2 Gamespot review. Its pointless, all critical and the video review even spoils a very important plot twist. Basically his reviews of good games spend the whole time pointing out every miniscule flaw imaginable... and then he gives it a good score with the ending note of "its still a great game!" I don't see how reviews like that are supposed to help me decide whether or not to purchase a game.
Surprisingly, the most helpful and thorough review I've seen so far is from IGN. Its really an excellent review which gives you a good idea of what the game is like WITHOUT SPOILING THE STORY. I also find Gamespots assertion that the story is bad to be suspect as every other site raves about it. I guess I'll have to wait till Tuesday to really find out
In closing: Kasavin sucks, IGN actually had a really good review and I'm about to throw a brick through the window of my local EB to get my game under the cover of darkness.