The score doesn't really matter, to some extent it's the reviewer personal opinion, no matter how hard he/she wants to be objective. No review will ever be 100% objective, no matter what. The game is excellent and every gamer should experience it. I won't rate it yet, as I'm only chapter 19 and haven't tried multiplayer, but so far it's strong 9.5-9.8 for me. Couldn't imagine not being able to play it. I love the series, platinumed all 3 on PS3 and all 3 remastered editions on PS4, means good few playthroughs each game, including Crushing difficulties. 4th game lived up to all my expectations so far. I can see that I might feel there's not enough combat there if I played Normal, but as Crushing is available from start I play on Crushing first playthrough and combat is really challenging and plenty of it - several attempts to every encounter, learning curve for enemies positions and behavior, etc. Story is 10/10, I could possibly take 0.1-0.2 point for technical glitches, but that's about it.