Woo-Fu said:
...but there isn't a non-Japanese region FES, why are they reviewing something we can't buy anyways? If they want to pull that shit reviewing the Japanese version, fine.
They're using their review to make an editorial comment about the publisher. I consider that shitty journalism.
It's a review of the Japanese version and is clearly marked as such; Play has a section called Play Japan I do devoted entirely to imports.
I don't think people reading this thread understand how P3:FES was sold in Japan. It was released as an expansion only, containing just Chapter Aigis, which is about 30 hours long, and also in an über-version integrated with P3 proper (containing numerous enhancements to "Chapter Yourself", by the by). It really should be clear: The 30-hour standalone expansion disc got an 8, the full game got a 10. They are two different skus with two different price points.
I fully understand the criticism of Play's review scale. In defense of that, all I can say is that all of our editors simply love the hell out of video games. However, the magazine isn't just scores: The writing is, in my opinion, the best in any American magazine, our interviews are excellent, we cover the hell out of games no other magazine would touch, and our design is (once again, my personal opinion only) world-class. If I didn't write for Play, I would buy it.
