I had high hopes for http://www.giantbomb.com/ which is a game review site started by Gamespot Alumni.
I thought they were going to have high standards and not give in to rating bloat for games by major publishers. I guess it is just the need to pay the bills but recently they've been giving 4 out of 5 for almost every PC game review.
Some game do merit a 4 out of 5, but average games that are just polished shouldn't get 4 out of 5. Games like Red Alert 3 and Fallout 3 do not merit a 4/5 rating. They are average games that are just highly polished. There is nothing inspired about their gameplay!
I wished that game reviews had higher standards than they do now, and I wished that games were made to a higher standard than they are now.
