I think an 86 is meaningless because of the source. We already know, 100% for certain that the majority of those reviews come from people who accept bribes. The fact that you dismiss the rating based on real people, and value the score based on bribery is pretty sad.
>We already know, 100% for certain that the majority of those reviews come from people who accept bribes
[citation needed]
I've already addressed why I dismiss the user scores (in this specific case). And instead of resorting to conspiracy theories, I can actually justify my dismissal using the publicly available content of the reviews themselves. They're trolls plain and simple.
The really hilarious part is that you want to accuse a studio composed of 3 people working out of a basement of handing out bribes.
You can use the content of the shill reviews too, the majority are done by people who didn't even play the game. Are you seriously telling me you've missed the whole GG afair that's been going on for the last month? Where it was discovered that indie game devs are being invested in by the people running indie game "competitions" who then hand them awards and schmooze "journalists" to hype their investments? You missed that whole "oops, we are really sorry about that whole integrity thing, we'll be good now" business?