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Edge #273 Rime Cover Story, Alien, Destiny, Smash Brothers, DriveClub, Forza reviewed
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But I can't, even if I tried to.
JetSetRadio
Banned
That 7-8 scale lol.
I think you should remind edge of the consensus and ask them to keep metacritic in mind when giving subjective scores.
Phat Michael
Banned
Did edge play a different version of driveclub that actually worked? How can they give it the same as forza with all these issues that still aren't fixed?
Colonel Nasty
Member
Drive club too high, Forza too low.
Have you played both?
What if a game is revolutionary in concept but has a disastrous online launch with disappointing graphics and competent mechanics?
Here's the cover
Gorgeous cover. Looking forward to reading it in a few weeks when my international subscription finally comes. :\
Really excited for Rime, especially once I learned it was combat-free.
Might actually buy this. Fantastic cover.Here's the cover
Visualante2
Member
I was so ready to discount Rime as just an artsy ICO rip off. But I shall read this with interest.
Beautiful cover though.
Beautiful cover though.
Got me.
8 for Destiny seems to be in line with the Metacritic, especially for reviewers who waited to get through the first week and into the Vault of Glass. This is just something I've noticed, especially since Vault is generally considered the best part of the game. I imagine it says something like "Mechanically excellent, lacking in the story department"
8 for Smash is unsurprising, since its a great game that has bad controls for the platform its on, and a spotty netcode. I could not recommend the game to someone who wants to keep their circle pad working correctly, as great as it is. Wii U version will be dynamite.
How did Edge not review Myth II?! Its basically Bungie's best game!
8 for Smash is unsurprising, since its a great game that has bad controls for the platform its on, and a spotty netcode. I could not recommend the game to someone who wants to keep their circle pad working correctly, as great as it is. Wii U version will be dynamite.
I was so ready to discount Rime as just an artsy ICO rip off. But I shall read this with interest.
How did Edge not review Myth II?! Its basically Bungie's best game!
Colonel Nasty
Member
Yes. I own both.
I think Forza is just a better game. I love all racing games and don't have a circuit or open world preference. I'm not even talking about DC not working online which might change things some but even as a pure behind the wheel racing against other cars, everything else taken away, Forza is just a better racing game.
Visualante2
Member
Yet they gave Burnout Paradise and Need for Speed: Most Wanted a 9.
Yeah they seem to interview celebrities every month and ask them about their history with gaming. Occasionally you get some quite interesting interviews but most of the time I've never heard of them. The best one I read was with the writer of the IT Crowd, Graham Linehan
Succinct Verbosity
Member
Destiny higher than Shadows or Mordor? Oh shit.
Dragon Puncher
Member
Rime is sounding better and better.
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
Banned
Deservedly so on Burnout Paradise. That game was fun on a disc, and I'm betting that neither Driveclub nor FH2 will be as memorable (I plan on playing both at some point).
DangerMouse
Member
That's an awesome cover. So damned hyped for Rime.
Melchiah
Member
They also gave 9 for Burnout 3 and PGR3, and 8 for MotorStorm. MS: Pacific Rift wasn't given a number, but they thought of it as improvement. So, they don't seem to have a preference for one or another.
Visualante2
Member
I've long called for a greater use of the scale with racing games from Edge. I know a lot of them are excellent but too many games were getting 9s from them imho.
Edge has some crazy-huge holes in its review archives, especially at the beginning of the mag's run. They seemed more interested in technology and trends, dedicating a lot of review space to shit like 3DO games.
DirgeExtinction
Member
Do we know when Edge reviewers reviewed these games?
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
. He'll say he has. But who knows.
People need to stop dick riding giant bombs review score of driveclub. It's clearly an outlier to a game that has received by far more favorable reviews.
Driveclub succeeds where it matters. Its auditory and visual design. Creative and exhilarating tracks, and fantastic arcade/sim car handling. But it's not open world so fuck it right?
Visualante2
Member
Never mind, misunderstood the question. Lead time on the magazine is about a week before it hits subscribers I think.
Oh man, that Rime info sounds fantastic! It seems like they're making it a full game with talk of multiple islands and whatnot. That's music to my ears.
It worked while reviewers were reviewing it.
It worked while reviewers were reviewing it.
Here's the cover
It's so gorgeous... I should buy it.
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The Everyman
oh, it's weird that almost every game they review is distinguished.
Fair scores across the board, though I'd say an 8 is slightly generous for Alien which relies so much on a merely competently executed art style. While Destiny is probably worth a 9 if you aren't handicapping it based on budget and expectations. Their previous Bungie scores are out of whack though, Marathon 2 and Myth are 10s, the Halo games are all 8s.
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
Europe really likes corridor racers.
Dunno. Why don't you read the review instead of looking @ disembodied numbers.
Melchiah
Member
Or pure racers, if we stick with meaningless definitions. It's idiotic that linearity in racing is considered negative these days by some reviewers. It's not like there's an overabundance of such racing games on the new consoles, unlike it's with linear shooters, which they're more than happy to praise to high heavens.
Edge doesn't want to contribute the closure of Evolution.
Knack am cry
Here's the cover
I could really see myself framing this image and hanging it on my wall. so pretty. Microsoft should have never passed on this.
I was just looking at they reviews for gt6:
"Gt6 is a relic of the past, just an old fashioned Japanese game that is no fun".
"It is a relic that fails to adapt to modernity..."
Is racing cars old fashioned?
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
Nice to see Edge giving their rating scale a thorough workout.
Melchiah
Member
Sadly, I think arcade(ish) racers are a dying breed, and the press favoring open world above all else is trying its best to hammer the final nails into the coffin lid. It's really unfortunate, as for me every generation has been defined by its racers; WipEout 2097/Rollcage/Destruction Derby, SSX/Burnout, MotorStorm/WipEout HD... Now Driveclub may end up as the last of its kind, if it doesn't sell as much as it would have deserved due to reviewers, who didn't get what the game was about. They judged it for what it wasn't, instead of what it was.
affleck1981
Member
Can't say for US, but it's still not on Newsstand in the UK yet! Little bit annoyed as I want to see that cover in motion.
HighResTomato
Member
Brought to you by Bungie.
You seem very upset, you should write them a letter explaing how the review made you feel. You could perhaps attach Driveclub's Metacritic score for references.
Hmm...Thanks for the update on your end. Seems like Zinio might get it first?
Anyway looking forward to it.
Sorry to bump this thread, but Future is giving this issue of Edge for free for Thanksgiving day (among another issues of OPM, XOM and PC Gamer)
http://future-publishing.msgfocus.c...25_Thanksgiving/Pages/20141126_Film_page.html
http://future-publishing.msgfocus.c...25_Thanksgiving/Pages/20141126_Film_page.html
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Thats pretty close to what I would give them.
Burnout Paradise is definitely a 9
Most Wanted 7 or 8.