Usually reviews do more than just "higher up a list". Notice like what Ms. Pandora said, a new voting method resulted in heRO doubling its rank from 5x to the 2x now for Top 100? It shows how topsites are not always fully representing if a server got a good playerbase or anything.
Reading a review is more accurate about what does a server have to offer to the players~ (and generally, the low score ones tend to be truthful in that they show both the good and what the server needs to work on as well. Not a surprise, the lowest score heRO got is at lowest, in the 7x, which is not that low at all for the lowest score out of all 50+ reviews.)