In Defence of Metacritic for Video Games

Metacritic attracts a lot of criticism from various sources. How valid are those criticisms and why does Metacritic end up having so much apparent market power?

Echo Tokyo: Mana Defence Force - Metacritic

X-Morph: Defense - Metacritic

Into the Breach by Subset Games - An Indie Game Review

A.I.D. - Artificial Intelligence Defence - Metacritic

Video Game Reviews, Articles, Trailers and more - Metacritic

Great Games With A Metacritic Score Lower Than 70

Video Game Reviews, Articles, Trailers and more - Metacritic

Spark Defense - Metacritic

Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain - Metacritic

Sacred Zodongga Defense - Metacritic