Journos reviews/scores are unreliable because of financial or political incentive & game journos nowadays don't even like games.
As long as you are aware of a bias- especially if it aligns with yours- you will still be better informed than going in blind. If a friend or trusted reviewer says they like/dislike a game, a scale is useful for quantifying how much.
It doesn't need to be a perfect system to be useful.
Journos reviews/scores are unreliable because of financial or political incentive & game journos nowadays don't even like games.
As long as you are aware of a bias- especially if it aligns with yours- you will still be better informed than going in blind. If a friend or trusted reviewer says they like/dislike a game, a scale is useful for quantifying how much.
It doesn't need to be a perfect system to be useful.