"I was less than jazzed with how Skyrim handled the PC interface. [further grumbling about said interface and why it's bad and detracts from the experience]"

So that's why you took a few points off and gave it a score of maybe 4.7/5, right?

GameSpy, 5/5

Oh, I get it now, the game is perfect but has a flaw that isn't considered by your rating system. Cool.