Also, an interesting thing about metacritic (at least from what I can remember) is that they are silent about how they weight differing review sites/critics in

Also, an interesting thing about metacritic (at least from what I can remember) is that they are silent about how they weight differing review sites/critics in how they calculate their overall rating. Whereas (as far as I know) RT has a simple average for critic reviews and general internet user reviews.