From Okamoto's diary:
"Genji Reputation
Tom Shiraiwa told me Genji was highly estimated at gamespot.com.
it was pointed 7.1 by official reviewers. Just Good. But users votes is 8.8/10, it's 323rd of 16557 titles! And most of user reviewers said "Too Short". U-oh. Wait, I've found a word of "perfect"! The review says... "perfect for weekend rent"! OUCH!
Of course, some says it's instant classic, but overall reviews are not high for a 8.8 title.
Volume of Genji was welcome by non-constant videogame players, and it seems too short for hardcore users. They voted, but didn't write review. That caused the gap of estimation, I guess."
:lol