Edge Issue 208 Scores (NSMB Wii, Ratchet, Forza, GTA, Tekken...)

Majora · 11:02 PM

New Super Mario Bros Wii - 7
Uncharted 2 - 9
Operation Flashpoint : Dragon Rising - 8
Ratchet and Clank: A Crack In Time - 7
Borderlands - 6
Brutal Legend - 7
GTA : Episodes From Liberty City - 9
Forza 3 - 9
PES 2010 - 7
Mario and Luigi : Bowsers Inside Story - 9
Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter - 5
Might and Magic: Clash Of Heroes - 9
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - 5
Lost Winds: Winter Of The Melodias - 8
Tekken 6 - 7
Ju-On The Grudge - 4

Uncharted 2 Review - http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/...-among-thieves

Forza 3 Review - http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/review-forza-3

Kintaro · (10-23-2009, 04:58 PM)

*scratches head*

Gravijah · (10-23-2009, 04:58 PM)

These guys should stick to making shitty games.

madmook · (10-23-2009, 04:58 PM)

Thanks. Ouch at Borderlands.

BenjaminBirdie · (10-23-2009, 04:59 PM)

Forza is a goddamned monolith of impressing awesomeness.

NinjaFusion · (10-23-2009, 04:59 PM)

Originally Posted by Gravijah:

These guys should stick to making shitty games.

wtf?

SirPenguin · (10-23-2009, 04:59 PM)

These guys definitely have different taste in games than I do.

painey · (10-23-2009, 04:59 PM)

seem pretty good scores this month, but what did Uncharted 2 have to do to earn a 10? I can't think of how they could have improved it.

matmanx1 · (10-23-2009, 05:00 PM)

Not that I've played either one but Operation Flashpoint scoring higher than NSMB Wii has got to be some kind of lolz unless Nintendo really dropped the ball on the new Mario.

I mean, really?

Dabanton · (10-23-2009, 05:00 PM)

Originally Posted by NinjaFusion:

wtf?

Tim Langdell

Jethro · (10-23-2009, 05:01 PM)

New Super Mario Bros. Wii -_-

Fladam · (10-23-2009, 05:01 PM)

brain_stew · (10-23-2009, 05:01 PM)

Originally Posted by Gravijah:

These guys should stick to making shitty games.

What!?

Originally Posted by matmanx1:

Not that I've played either one

Then please stop talking before you make even more of a fool of yourself, thanks.

Dabanton · (10-23-2009, 05:01 PM)

Originally Posted by matmanx1:

Not that I've played either one but Operation Flashpoint scoring higher than NSMB Wii has got to be some kind of lolz unless Nintendo really dropped the ball on the new Mario.

I mean, really?

Why is OP2 scoring higher than Mario 'lolz'?

Edit. You haven't even played either of the games.

danielijohnson · (10-23-2009, 05:01 PM)

Originally Posted by Majora:

New Super Mario Bros Wii - 7
Uncharted 2 - 9
Operation Flashpoint : Dragon Rising - 8
Ratchet and Clank: A Crack In Time - 7
Borderlands - 6
Brutal Legend - 7
GTA : Episodes From Liberty City - 9
Forza 3 - 9
PES 2010 - 7
Mario and Luigi : Bowsers Inside Story - 9
Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter - 5
Might and Magic: Clash Of Heroes - 9
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - 5
Lost Winds: Winter Of The Melodias - 8
Tekken 6 - 7
Ju-On The Grudge - 4

Holy crap. This issue was extremely harsh.

Visualante · 05:07 PM

Borderlands - 6
Brutal Legend - 7

Dayum, totally in the ball park I expected. Can't wait to read these ones.

Also fucking Royal Mail strikes.

SirPenguin · (10-23-2009, 05:02 PM)

Originally Posted by Jethro:

New Super Mario Bros. Wii -_-

Yeah, what did the review say about it?

Kintaro · (10-23-2009, 05:02 PM)

We're going to need quotes from reviews to prevent this thread from turning towards the Dark Side.

Cosmonaut X · (10-23-2009, 05:02 PM)

Going to guess that Edge reckon NSMB Wii is too sterile, safe and joyless - that seems to be their issue with a number of recent Nintendo titles.

Bluemercury · (10-23-2009, 05:03 PM)

Borderlands seems to be with what ive seen of the game.

Cromulent_Word · (10-23-2009, 05:03 PM)

Originally Posted by Majora:

Might and Magic: Clash Of Heroes - 9

I love popping open GAF at work, only to find that my studio's game scored a mothafunkin 9 from Edge.

Pardon me while i go give many high-fives

Fimbulvetr · (10-23-2009, 05:03 PM)

Originally Posted by brain_stew:

What!?

He got the magazine confused with the developer.

DennisK4 · (10-23-2009, 05:03 PM)

Originally Posted by Majora:

Borderlands - 6

Finally someone gives Borderlands the right score instead of swallowing the hype

Ultimo hombre · (10-23-2009, 05:03 PM)

Nice scores for Forza 3, UC2 and GTA.

Can you post some excerpts from the Forza 3 review please?

Anerythristic · (10-23-2009, 05:03 PM)

wow, these scores are wierd to me.

Tenkai Star · (10-23-2009, 05:03 PM)

Originally Posted by Gravijah:

These guys should stick to making shitty games.

Yeah seriously they..no wait... what?

ChoklitReign · (10-23-2009, 05:04 PM)

Borderlands a 6?! Fuck this magazine. And I was expecting NSMB to get at least an 8. Pickiest magazine EVER.

Kaako · (10-23-2009, 05:04 PM)

The scores are...edgy.

cjelly · (10-23-2009, 05:04 PM)

Originally Posted by painey:

seem pretty good scores this month, but what did Uncharted 2 have to do to earn a 10? I can't think of how they could have improved it.

Read it and find out...

http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/...-among-thieves

batbeg · (10-23-2009, 05:04 PM)

This thread is going to be fun :)

Originally Posted by Majora:

Might and Magic: Clash Of Heroes - 9

Is this the enw Capybara game on DS? If so, congrats to our resident Capybara GAFer!

Sorry I can't remember your username.

Edit: Ah, you already popped in. Double congrats!!

rpmurphy · (10-23-2009, 05:05 PM)

Originally Posted by Majora:

Might and Magic: Clash Of Heroes - 9

Nice score.

Majora · (10-23-2009, 05:05 PM)

Originally Posted by painey:

seem pretty good scores this month, but what did Uncharted 2 have to do to earn a 10? I can't think of how they could have improved it.

The Uncharted review is on the Edge website if you want to read it

http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/...-among-thieves

Also the Forza review is here:

http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/review-forza-3

brain_stew · (10-23-2009, 05:06 PM)

Originally Posted by Fimbulvetr:

He got the magazine confused with the developer.

If he doesn't even know who the fuck Edge magazine are then what the hell is he doing in an Edge magazine thread? Heck, if he doesn't even know who Edge are then why the fuck is he even on this board at all, really now.

RichardAM · (10-23-2009, 05:06 PM)

Uncharted 2 Review (beaten dammit!)

Loads of nines this month. Good times.

Durante · (10-23-2009, 05:06 PM)

Wow, they really didn't like KH.

What is Might and Magic: Clash Of Heroes even? I consider myself reasonably well informed about games and this is the first time I hear about it. And I'm an old-school M&M/Heroes fan. Least hyped game ever?

SuperSonic1305 · (10-23-2009, 05:07 PM)

Originally Posted by painey:

seem pretty good scores this month, but what did Uncharted 2 have to do to earn a 10? I can't think of how they could have improved it.

Be made in Europe.

Gravijah · (10-23-2009, 05:08 PM)

Originally Posted by brain_stew:

If he doesn't even know who the fuck Edge magazine are then what the hell is he doing in an Edge magazine thread? Heck, if he doesn't even know who Edge are then why the fuck is he even on this board at all, really now.

Gosh golly, guy.

Cromulent_Word · 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by batbeg:

Is this the enw Capybara game on DS? If so, congrats to our resident Capybara GAFer!

Sorry I can't remember your username.

Edit: Ah, you already popped in. Double congrats!!

Indeed that is our DS game. I am pretty stoked on this score. Pretty really stoked.

Originally Posted by Durante:

What is Might and Magic: Clash Of Heroes even? I consider myself reasonably well informed about games and this is the first time I hear about it. And I'm an old-school M&M/Heroes fan. Least hyped game ever?

We've been getting buried (and rightfully so) by many a bigger-name games. But there's some good info around about the game (for example IGN did a great preview here: http://ds.ign.com/articles/100/1004030p1.html).

In short, its a puzzle-prg with a battle system that is equal parts TBS and Puzzle.

TurtleSnatcher · (10-23-2009, 05:08 PM)

Originally Posted by Majora:

New Super Mario Bros Wii - 7
Uncharted 2 - 9
Operation Flashpoint : Dragon Rising - 8
Ratchet and Clank: A Crack In Time - 7
Borderlands - 6
Brutal Legend - 7
GTA : Episodes From Liberty City - 9
Forza 3 - 9
PES 2010 - 7
Mario and Luigi : Bowsers Inside Story - 9
Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter - 5
Might and Magic: Clash Of Heroes - 9
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - 5
Lost Winds: Winter Of The Melodias - 8
Tekken 6 - 7
Ju-On The Grudge - 4

Uncharted 2 Review - http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/...-among-thieves

Forza 3 Review - http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/review-forza-3

Wow to KH, Borderlands, Tekken, and Ratchet..

And wow to Operation Flashpoint scoring so high

Its like backwards world..

Segata Sanshiro · (10-23-2009, 05:08 PM)

Originally Posted by Durante:

Wow, they really didn't like KH.

What is Might and Magic: Clash Of Heroes even? I consider myself reasonably well informed about games and this is the first time I hear about it. And I'm an old-school M&M/Heroes fan. Least hyped game ever?

It's a DS game, so that's probably why you haven't heard much about it. Looks like a Puzzle Quest styled game.

DennisK4 · (10-23-2009, 05:08 PM)

Originally Posted by SuperSonic1305:

Be made in the UK.

Fixed.

levious · (10-23-2009, 05:08 PM)

Originally Posted by brain_stew:

If he doesn't even know who the fuck Edge magazine are then what the hell is he doing in an Edge magazine thread? Heck, if he doesn't even know who Edge are then why the fuck is he even on this board at all, really now.

I believe he was making a joke...

painey · (10-23-2009, 05:09 PM)

Originally Posted by cjelly:

Read it and find out...

http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/...-among-thieves

hmm. thats a pretty lousy review, not what I would expect of edge.

Dabanton · (10-23-2009, 05:09 PM)

Originally Posted by SuperSonic1305:

Be made in Europe.

So Halo,Zelda:OOT ,GTA:IV and Gran Turismo,were all made in Europe?

Rash · (10-23-2009, 05:09 PM)

These scores are definitely reasonable.

Though, GTA scoring a 9 and NSBM Wii scoring a 7 hurts.

Stumpokapow · (10-23-2009, 05:09 PM)

Originally Posted by Majora:

Ratchet and Clank: A Crack In Time - 7
Borderlands - 6
Mario and Luigi : Bowsers Inside Story - 9
Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter - 5
Might and Magic: Clash Of Heroes - 9

Ratchet score doesn't surprise me. The whole series is quite fun and I loved ToD, but when I went back and played the PS2 versions and just recently Quest for Booty, I absolutely agree with the complaint that the games all feel very same-y even despite their obvious attempts to break out of the formula. An EDGE 7 is for a really good game, so no surprise.

Borderlands seems a little low to me. Playing the game has really relieved a lot of the beefs I thought I'd have with it. Only the vehicle system and the fact that it seems more designed for co-op than SP bug me at this point.

M&L3 absolutely deserves the score. Might be the best non-puzzle DS game.

Drawn to Life obviously didn't fix the issues with the first game if the EDGE score is to be believed. Realistically, most people felt the story, presentation, and drawing in the first one was good and that the level design was what needed work. So, I'm guessing EDGE figures they didn't fix the level design.

M&M DS doesn't surprise me either. Capybara clearly have good heads on their shoulders and I remember EDGE giving Puzzle Quest a good score so I suspect they have a soft spot for puzzle-hybrids.

Struct09 · (10-23-2009, 05:10 PM)

Originally Posted by Cromulent_Word:

I love popping open GAF at work, only to find that my studio's game scored a mothafunkin 9 from Edge.

Pardon me while i go give many high-fives

As long as you come back to GAF to give more high fives

*high five*

squicken · (10-23-2009, 05:10 PM)

Borderlands may not be great, and I understand the UK dev grade inflation, but how is OpFlash in any way better?*

*no bylines.

iamcool388 · (10-23-2009, 05:11 PM)

Originally Posted by Fimbulvetr:

He got the magazine confused with the developer.

I read it as an attempt at humor, but you make it sound like he was serious!

I've heard of people not reading the OP, maybe he's trying to start a new trend by not even reading beyond the first word of the topic.

SirPenguin · (10-23-2009, 05:11 PM)

Originally Posted by levious:

I believe he was making a joke...

Yeah, wtf @ so many people not getting the joke. Edge's (the "game studio") website has all of these games it's claimed to have developed. Of course it hasn't done shit.