I don't understand the obsession with an objective score in a medium that is so subjective. IGN's review of GTA5 notes one of the few objective faults you can have with a game in that the frame rate isn't reliable and then gives it a ten anyways.
So what's the point?
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There not. If publications could I'm sure they wouldn't have them, but the public demands them. It's they easiest way to compare games and have a score/money ratio. I don't care if GTA 5 has a 99 on metacritic, I don't enjoy GTA or RDR so I'm not going to buy it. I'm not ever going to bash it though because it's a technical marvel. If you talk to a experienced reviewer on IGN or another major website they most probably will say that they don't like scores and would prefer you to make your own judgement on games based of the text.