A bit under twelve years ago, Snoop Dogg complained about modern rappers sounding the same:
Criticism hits on at least two "orthogonal" (i.e., not fully correlated) aspects: functionality and significance. A significant book (in the literary sense) may not be functional (entertaining), and so a critic that gives it five stars looks pretentious. Meanwhile, a video game with a three star review could have any number of reasons: it's buggy, the plot sucks, the gameplay loop sucks, the characters are unlikeable, the visuals suck. A review has a fundamental ambiguity before the review reader finishes any accompanying analysis.
contention: moneyline odds are more legible and intuitive to the layman (esp in america) and directly correspond to odds