True, but then again how many perfect scores did games such as Metal Gear Solid 2 get? 16 (counted it)! I thought that was a horrendous game, and I'm not talking in hindsight. To each their own of course, but I think there's so much hype about it because it's a Zelda game that it gets inflated scores. You're correct, fortunately there is much more out there than ign 
I'm definitely going to play it, and I'm hoping it will be fantastic, I just doubt it will be a game I will leave saying "one of the best games ever, revolutionized the industry" which is basically what ign said. Of course, I'll just have to wait and see...
Wanderer, I would love to hear your thoughts about Skyrim. It looks utterly amazing! By the way, that had 23 perfect scores on metacritic 
edit: by the way, I'm a bit tired of having link find some sort of musical instrument in every single game since OoT and then having to learn all these new songs. Point is, the games have gotten very formulaic, and I actually thought TP was the one that farthest from the mold, and my favorite.