MarshMellow96
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Edge has no credibility when they list Dark Souls as having the best online experience for 2011. I can't take them seriously now.
Online game has online issues. Did you want Battlefield or MW3 to win?
Edge has no credibility when they list Dark Souls as having the best online experience for 2011. I can't take them seriously now.
Online game has online issues. Did you want Battlefield or MW3 to win?
What would be the problem if they did? BF3 is really fun online.
Online game has online issues. Did you want Battlefield or MW3 to win?
That cover makes my stomach churn more than their goty choice does. But hey at least they gave Eidos Montreal some love, it's probably all they'll get
It had a host of issues at launch, waiting in queues for games etc. They've been ironed out now for the most part. Same goes for DS's issues.
Both games are fun, just saying that the 'credibility' issue is irrelevant if EDGE found Dark Souls more fun regardless of the problems that all games seem to have early on.
I loved Skyward Sword but GOTY over Skrim in the same category? Come on. That's ridiculous.
Would love to hear what they wrote in the audio category.
I'm backpedaling some on the online category having chewed on it some more.
It's entirely possible they are recognizing Dark Souls for the online experience offered regarding how unique it is.
...and it IS unique.
Nothing can happen that the industry didn't bring upon itself.Still feels like they almost want Apple to ruin gaming, though.
Publisher of the year please.
WTF is going on with that cover.
It's just something that people say. Like when they say a "solid" 8. Just don't pay much attention to it.
Nintendo - Dismissing Nintendo's efforts over the past year would be easy. Take its disdain for the App Store-like prices in its e-shop and Dsi-shop, for instance, which sees games released for a mere 69p on other platforms costing 5x as much. And the games that Nintendo have released, as superlative as many have been, have been agonisingly mistimed. The 3DS launch line-up had to rely on the relatively flimsy charms of nintendogs + cats and Pilotwings Resort as its flagships, so it wasn't until the end of the year's Mario 3D land, Mario kart 7, and OOT 3D that the handheld finally found the broad relevancy and buzz it needs.
Similarly, as Wii enters its twilight period, having enjoyed so few marquee Nintendo releases in the past couple of years, it was only late in 2011 that Nintendo released SS, prompting thousands of internet commenters to 'dust off' their consoles in anticipation. But though the games may be late, what games they are. Each one is polished to perfection, reflecting nintendo's attitude to quality and value, as well as its respect for its fanbase. Such an exemplary approach to game-making is something to which other publishers, many of which are apparently happy to put out rushed products in order to meet launch windows, can only look up to.
Ubisoft - AC Revelations, Child of Eden, Rayman Origins, Driver San Francisco, From Dust. Old Ezio might be getting severely creaky, but Ubisoft's keen eye for a marketing campaign almost let him off. other key releases emphasised its inspiringly catholic tastes - New Age toy From Dust, the happy-clappy Child of Eden and Rayman Origin's HD upgrade of the platformer - while its faith in Driver, when everyone else had given up on it, resulted in the best driving game since NFS Hot Pursuit.
Bethesda - In a world of publishers running after gaming's rapidly expanding borders or releasing me-too FPS's, Bethesda stands proud with a roster of distinctive , concept-rich games that make gamers care. Brink's concept may have surpassed its execution and it wass a pity that Rage's tech didn't extend to its design, but Skyrim's success is testament to an old-school attitude paying-off.
Mainstream Game of the Year
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Dark Souls
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Best Online Experience
Dark Souls
Portal 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
This is a joke list yes? Dark Souls a mainstream game? Since when? And the online while interesting is kind of broken since you can't easily invite your friends for co-op.
Seems it's cool to hate it on GAF.
all the "mainstream" tag means is that FROM isn't in the cool dudes indie game club.
There needs to be a t-shirt or something for people who knock Dark Souls for not having 'friend co-op'.
Sorry for wanting to play with my friends during our weekend LAN sessions.
Could you post what they wrote about the GOTY?, please
Personally, what I think of a "10" game. I think of a game that pushed not only its genre, but the entire industry in new territories, it also has to be a technical marvel, something that can be called an achievement. Finally, it has to connect with me emotionally, doesn't mean I have to cry or anything, but I want to feel the game, get sucked in, whatever the game's purpose is, I want to feel it.This.
But really, if it's not perfect (or DAMN close), it shouldn't have a 10. This gen especially, 10's have been given out far too often in all publications. They've lost all meaning. I remember, for the longest time, the only game with multiple perfect scores was OOT. Halo CE got a couple, THPS3 got a couple, some other games too, but OOT was on a whole other level. Now... they hand out 10s like nothing.
Whatever. Reviews don't mean anything to me anymore. Good shit to Zelda, again.
honestly edges reviews suck.
They are about as overrated as famitsu was 10 years ago.
Their whole review system is retarded. I really dont understand why it is held in such high regard on us sites.
honestly edges reviews suck.
They are about as overrated as famitsu was 10 years ago.
Their whole review system is retarded. I really dont understand why it is held in such high regard on us sites.
Could you post what they wrote about the GOTY?, please
This is a joke list yes? Dark Souls a mainstream game? Since when? And the online while interesting is kind of broken since you can't easily invite your friends for co-op.
EDGE just doesnt go with the typical US Bro choosen games...and thank god for it...
It's just a little bit less rotten and corrupted than anything else around really.
EDGE just doesnt go with the typical US Bro choosen games...and thank god for it...
At this point review-wise EDGE doesn't offer anything that a Game Informer or IGN won't.
Thank you very much. You are very kind.Skyward Sword - There's nothing inevitable about the lastest Zelda being this year's best game. Doing it all again wouldn't have been nearly enough, but SS is about the unexpected. It re-engineers a formula most players think they know, and conjures surprise from ingredients both old and new. Initially, MotionPlus provides the novelty, and it's the finest example of motion-controller gaming we've encountered. SS is the greatest expression of the Wii's promise; it's taken 5 years, but Nintendo have finally delivered such precision, consistency and fun that you soon barely think about it.
Instead you enjoy SS's delicate remixing of classic Zelda structure. It recaptures a sense of mystery in its exquisitely designed dungeons and detailed overworlds, and familiar items turn up in the most unexpected of places. The game's backbone is the strongest ever Zelda storyline, a tale of maturity, duty and love, played out by characters who you delight in spending time with. Their scripts are deft and funny;their design and animation both weird and enchanting. And it's all drawn in pristine lines and rendered with a beautiful dappled graphical effect, blending technical skill wih artistic vision. The result provides more reward and delight in its span than any other game this year.
Dark souls - Never before has a fantasy rpg offered such contrasts, with cloud-splitting god beams and regal architecture above-ground, and fetid sludge and poison-spewing basilisks beneath; frustration and pleasure; confusion and epiphany. Director Hidetaka Miyazaki constructs a world sprawling enough to feel boundless, yet dense and sculpted enough to feel memorable. The damnable dying is simply Lordran's price of admission.
Skyrim - Few terms are trotted out to market a game as readily as 'epic', but only to a few does the term truly apply. Skyrim is one. The size of the overworld thrills through sheer scale, but in the careful plotting of its mountain paths, the variety of frosty terrain types, and the crafted nature of its interiors, Skyrim overs more than scope. it offers a world worth exploring.
For fuck's sake they have a difference of opinion, let it go.Awesome and one of the best games of the year are not the same as above average unless you live in some weird bizarro world.
I disagree. I'm not saying Edge's word is gospel, but I can't remember IGN or GameInformer ever writing a review as good as Edge's original Dark Souls review:
http://www.next-gen.biz/reviews/dark-souls-review
If Dark Souls has difficulty tiers, there are just two: Insane (online with hint graffiti) and Teeth Gnashingly Impenetrable (offline).