No game ever made is worth 10/10 if you are assuming 10/10 is a perfect score meaning there are either no problems at all with the game, or the game went above and beyond with all other features that makes up for the things wrong with it and then some, I don't think a game has ever done that unless you are talking about stupidly simple games.
People need to break their reviews down into different aspects of a game, for example Graphics, Gameplay, Story (depending on the game, exchange for lore or atmosphere or realism, or count all of them together), Modability & customisation (if applicable, big feature of RPG games mostly), features vs bugs then add all those values up to a score out of 40 or 50. Thats the only fair way of reviewing a game. One 8/10 may not be equal to another 8/10, one game might have shit graphics but good features, another might have poor features but good graphics.
Reviewers these days just seem to pick a number out of their arsehole or a number that creates controversy. I want to hear valid criticisms, I don't care what score people give a game as long as they write down why they gave it that score and not just say it's great... that's not helpful.
The closest I would give to 10/10 is GTAV, and I would only give that a 8.8-9.0 out of 10, because I can appreciate what they had to do to even create that game on last gen consoles and it rivals next gen games on scope and features and even graphics, the story was quite funny as well for an open world game, and there was quite a bit of customisation you could do to cars and to your characters, the features way outweigh any bugs the game had. The only points I would mark it down on are driving physics and disappointment of the way heists were advertised/implied.
Last of Us I would give a 8.3-8.5/10, it's story was spot on, the graphics are the best you are going to get out of a last gen console you can see the attention to detail and optimisation, the gameplay was good for what it is perhaps not the best ever but good enough and did have some uniqueness to it, you can't really mark it down for customisation not that sort of game, and there were not all that many bugs worth noting..
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen I would give a 8.1/10, it's story although not great was more than adequate the atmosphere is great, there was some lore in mix as well. The game and the graphics were good for an open world game especially the lighting and shadows, the gameplay took a bit of getting used to but it was one of the best combat orientated RPGs I've ever played and had some learning curve which is a good thing although was not fun at first but there was a moment when it just clicked, there was quite a bit of customisation especially with the pawn and dual skill system and variety and rarity of equipment, plenty of bugs mostly outweighed by features some annoying things where quests could not be completed or failed without warning, frame rate could have been better, should have been released on PC.
Dark Souls 2: I would give 8/10, story non existent however the lore and atmosphere more than make up for it, Graphics are more than adequate even if it was downgraded, customisation is OK not the best it's really just a dodge vs tank thing going on with armour and I don't like the way they force you to gimp your character in both looks and stats in order to get bonus effects like +souls or +loot feels restrictive feels like you are gimping your character or wasting time if you don't wear it, would be better if they just removed those items entirely, the weapons are very good with good variety combined with skill sets. Gameplay is the one thing that sets this game from a lot of games, steep learning curve unforgiving but very rewarding, such a unique experience. Not many bugs to speak of well you have initial PC release WTF was that but has been fixed..
There might be a few more games but those are the ones that come to mind when i think of good games that you should not miss. Not played anything on Xbox to comment on those exclusives.
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