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Famitsu Awesomeness (MGS4 = 40/40, Tenchu 4 and Runefactory Frontier for Wii)
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SolidSnakex
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1stStrike said:
It really hasn't been getting 10's across the board though (not that it hasn't received 10's, it's just not like GTA4). Reviewers have been much more critical of it in comparison to GTA4.
test_account
XP-39C²
I was alittle suprised to see that Nintendogs got 40/40 to be honest (although i have only played it for like 5-10 minutes so i cant say too much about the game), but in 10 years only 8 games have received a score of 40/40 in Famitsu. That alone says something on how hard it is to get a 40/40 score, in my opinion atleast. I have no idea how many games Famitsu have reviewed in this time frame (10 years), but i guess it must be several of hundres.Phife Dawg said:
Hero of Legend
Member
Doc Evils said:
Now people are calling the 360 last gen hardware? What's next?
Hero of legend said:
psp > 360
duckroll said:
Nay. I got 5 hours into it before I was so bored I just saved, shut the system down and went to bed. This is the 2nd FF I've not been able to finish. The first was FFX-2, which was like a cheap imitation of charlie's angels. That pose thing they did in the beginning of the game..ugh.
-WindYoshi-
Banned
Nice!
Score two highly promising games for the Wii release list!
Score two highly promising games for the Wii release list!
Stormbringer
Member
A few Rune Factory Frontier tidbits :
- Every aspect is considerably improved compared to the DS games.
- The main character, a young man named Laguna, wanders throught he savage lands in search of a disappeared young girl.
- The game takes place on the island of Tranrupia, an uncivilized land which Laguna is challenged to pioneer and cultivate
- In addition, a gigantic floating island resembling a whale mysteriously emerged from the sky.
- As the land is further pioneered, a village starts to develop around the farms, and shops start to appear
- The game is set for a 2008 release.
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- Every aspect is considerably improved compared to the DS games.
- The main character, a young man named Laguna, wanders throught he savage lands in search of a disappeared young girl.
- The game takes place on the island of Tranrupia, an uncivilized land which Laguna is challenged to pioneer and cultivate
- In addition, a gigantic floating island resembling a whale mysteriously emerged from the sky.
- As the land is further pioneered, a village starts to develop around the farms, and shops start to appear
- The game is set for a 2008 release.
Source
Phife Dawg
Member
It doesn't really matter since the scores given by Famitsu hardly ever represent the quality of the actual product but more the amount of ad space the publisher ordered or other criteria no one understands.test_account said:
I mean they gave Red Steel the same score as the Orange Box for instance. I'm not one of the guys totally hating on RS but it doesn't even come near OB. Even in the light of just Wii games (if you are one of the people who think that scores don't have to be consistant for different plattforms), it got a better score than MP3 :lol . Haze also got the same score. I haven't played Haze but considering that even after all this time HL2 is one of the pinnacles of FPS gaming and OB has TF and Portal as well I can't imagine how Haze could possibly come close.
Nintendogs is a neat (non)game (no real goal) but it's not without problems and certainly doesn't warrant a perfect score. I don't think SC deserved one either. It's also strange that both Zelda OoT and WW got a perfect score but aLttp did not. I haven't played the JRPGs on the list nor SSBB (not out in PAL yet) so I can't comment on those.
Like your post?Doc Evils said:
-WindYoshi-
Banned
Dascu said:Hmm, there's a new and better Tenchu scan out. Looks alright, I guess. Seems you can throw shurikens with the Wiimote.
Edit: Woah, new 2D Wii sidescroller shmup game from Success/Sega. It has ninjas.
I think it's a sequel to that Monkey King shooter.
O_O
WHAT IS IT CALLED!?
Death_Born
Banned
Stormbringer said:
Please be good please be good please be good
Despite the RPG cliches, this sounds fucking awesome. DO WANT.
It is the sequel or spiritual sequel to Monkey King by Starfish and has nothing to do with Success or Sega, the copyright is for the whole page which is cut off showing only the 2 Starfish games.Dascu said:
Phife Dawg
Member
So my DVD player can play games now? And who's crying anyways?Doc Evils said:
MWS Natural
Member
Hell yeah, Famitsu's Haze review was dead on point man! MGS4 game of the forever and ever ever confirmed.ItAintEasyBeinCheesy said:
Pureauthor
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LinkAMN said:
Sometimes I wonder why gamers do this to themselves.
Pureauthor
Member
Guled said:
You're talking to the wrong people, here.
-WindYoshi-
Banned
Death_Born said:
Hell yeah!
Floating whales, as far as I have seen, are a good indicator of excellent games!
(Link's Awakening, Baten Kaitos)
test_account
XP-39C²
If i understand you right, your saying that the only reason why those games that got a score of 40/40 in Famitsu is because that the publishers and/or developers payed for alot of ads in the magazine and not because the reviewers really like the games that much?Phife Dawg said:
I know what you mean about representing the quality of the games and i do agree with you here, but reviews are just one or several of persons' personal opinions, it can be very subjetive. I'd say its also not always easy or "fair" (or what i shall say) to put 2 games up to eachother and compare the scores. I dont think the reviewers always think like this. Like if a reviewer play i.e Super Mario Galaxy and loves it like crazy and then he gives it a 100/100 in score. Then later on another platformer comes out. The reviewer also likes this game alot, but it doesnt match Super Mario Galaxy in "awesomeness". Should the reviewer then give this other platformer i.e a score of 75/100 just because Super Mario Galaxy is so much better, or should he grade the game as a "standalone game" (if you know what i mean) and not compare it to other games? I'm not a reviewer myself so i cant say how the reviewers think, but i think this is one of the reasons why you see scores like Red Steel is better than Metroid Prime 3 and scores like Haze and The Orange Box is the same as you mentioned.
Also, i think one of the reasons why the meme "so basicly its better than (insert a game title here)" was banned was because you cant always compare the scores directly up to eachother in terms of quality. If 2 games gets a 5/10 score, one game might be really fun to play while the other is damn boring, does both deserve a score of 5/10 then? It guess it depends on what the reviewer lays the weight on, how fun the game is to play, how many bugs there is, how good the graphics and controllers are etc. One game might have much better gfx than another game so it scores higher on this, but still its its boring to play. Another game might have weaker gfx, but it is more fun to play so it scores higher on this. I'd say the reviewer's score is a pretty subjective thing. The same goes for ALTTP. If one of the 4 Famitsu reviewer didnt like the game as much as the other 3 reviewers, he then game it a 9 instead of a 10. (ALTTP the past probly deserves a score of 40/40 in my opinion though
).But ye, based on what i said i do agree with you that review scores does not necessarily shows the quality of the game due to that the scores are just one or several of persons's personal opinions and it can be pretty subjective. One person might think a game is the best game ever and gives a game a score of 10/10 while another person might think the same game is medicore and gives it a score of maybe 6/10.
pitt_norton
Member
Tenchu for Wii. Nice.
I've only ever played the original on PSX. I remember having a good time with it. If I can now fling shurikens with the wiimote... well then, waggle me off!
I've only ever played the original on PSX. I remember having a good time with it. If I can now fling shurikens with the wiimote... well then, waggle me off!
Pureauthor
Member
test_account said:
Exactly. Famitsu scores their game based on what their publisher wants them to score, for the tradeoff of getting lots of juicy info and news on upcoming games.
test_account
XP-39C²
Give me proof pleasePureauthor said:
Well, i guess we can always speculate in things like this, but i think the reviewers have really really enjoyed the games that they gave a score of 40/40. I did a small edit in my previous post by the way, i changed the end of the sentence in what you quoted