[BreakABone]

I got to say that in general review scales are broken in all industries. It is not just games but all of them.
I mean movies more so because well they use much more limited scales for the most part, thumbs up/thumbs down, 5 stars stuff like that.
But I don't think a game should be marked down because of something that came before it and was "perfect"
If Ocarina was a 10 game and Wind Waker improved on it in every way possible (sans number of dungeons) I don't see why Wind Waker shouldn't be in the 9s. Of course not a 10 because it is building on the foundation of something else (Personally I think Wind Waker is a better game but the style really influences me).

And you also have to take a game for its own merits, I mean would Ocarina of Time review as well today as it did like 10 years ago? I don't think so because of the improvements that have come not only from the Zelda formula but others. There is also a front-ended biase I believe.

Such as Mario 64 which reviews well but in all honesty I believe Super Mario Galaxy trumps the game is every way imagineable but people will argue that Mario 64 should review better because it is the first. And I kind of agree with it, it doesn't have the experience of 11 years but SMG is a much better game for it.

I think makes sense