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Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1472 (NieR 39/40)
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jmaine_ph
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Forearm Star
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Looks like Square Enix is wisely investing the FFXV profit back into making their upcoming games look good!
Fixed. You can generally get more information from an IGN review than a Famitsu one because at least it'll be more than 4 repeated paragraphs long.
Fixed. You can generally get more information from an IGN review than a Famitsu one because at least it'll be more than 4 repeated paragraphs long.
Kresnik258
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I genuinely forgot Witch & Hundred Knight 2 was releasing until I read this.
Super Robot Wars V decent.
Super Robot Wars V decent.
plasmawave
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It gives me great hope that Nier isn't a perfect score.
You can most likely Google for some semi-readable articles. But it has been known for a long time that Famitsu enjoys the kind of early 2000s level of score manipulation. You cannot really have a magazine full of massive ads for game X and then give game X a poor review in the same issue. Japanese gaming media still exists in a very weird print era bubble and publishers exert enormous power over the monopolistic Famitsu. For all it is worth, their reviews are bite-sized ads.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/2009/08/famitsu-monster-hunter/amp/?client=safari
Famitsu is a marketing rag. Most JP publications are. It's not like I'm the western world where the relationship is murky and you can find real reporting and opinion pieces if you know where to look.
Both. Nioh to scratch one itch, NieR Automata another.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I find myself wondering whenever Famitsu scores creep up if they actually play the games or just make up numbers on how they expect it to do, higher points rewarded if the check clears.
Nieh.
Imp the Dimp
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Looking forward to the game (finished Nier 1 with all 4 endings and enjoyed the Automata demo) but these scores mean nothing to me. The average score in that mag seems to be 35 with a standard deviation of 4 or something. Just pointless.
IdreamofHIME
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There's now a game called Vita Island...?
Both
If you don't have enough money... how much did NieR move you? How much is it still in your mind (including the soundtrack)? Not much? Pick Nioh. You were waiting for a sequel to the amazing NieR? Pick NieR.
Earthpainting
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I don't know if they are directly bribed, but people have noticed the correlation between Famitsu's scores and the amount of advertisement and coverage they had of these games. It's hard to say if their reviewers are simply driven by the hype they cultivate themselves, or if the publication wants to stay on the good side of publishers to get the scoops. Whichever it is, the result seems to be indistinguishable either way.
jmaine_ph
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The magazine itself gets way too many Japanese games scoop so it wouldn't be great the ban the magazine entirely.
I thought Famitsu was one of the most reliable unbiased sources? You know, getting a full score is really rare etc. When did this change?
The Silver
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The check cleared.
it started to change in PS2 era... and has been getting worse and worse. By PS3 era, their eview scores became joke.
lol, they give out 10s like candy. You can fit a Famitsu review in a tweet.
Ok, thanks! I remember the buzz when a game got a perfect score. Rip Famitsu
Kazuo Hirai
I really want everyone to know how much more Titanfall 2 sold than Nioh. It was a staggering amount.
Any specific details from each editor?
Ah, makes sense then. Shame we're propping up this nonsense though.
Both were weird EOL of PS3 games and Square was not willing to drive a dumptruck full of money to the Famitsu building. Albeit Drakengard 3 was lucky enough to get that grade.
FF XIII-2 got 40/40.
ULTROS!
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Not NieR though. It came out the same year FFXIII EN came out, so mid life.
Mr. Pointy
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Famitsu's way of protesting a shit game that was paid for by publishers is to hold the review back for a couple of weeks after launch and give it all 7s.
That being said NieR is probably pretty good. Though whether it's 39/40 good on its own merits maybe a stretch.
That being said NieR is probably pretty good. Though whether it's 39/40 good on its own merits maybe a stretch.
I don't think reliable and unbiased is something anyone should have ever said about Famitsu, but the score explosion started around 2008.
From 1991 (when it officially transited to a weekly magazine) to 2007, there were a total of 6 games with perfect scores, and 16 games with a score of 39/40.
From 2008 until now, there have been 16 games with perfect scores, and 29 games with a score of 39/40.
In particular, in 2008 they gave 3 games 40/40, and in 2009 they gave 4 games 40/40.
The common believe is that when the Japanese game industry sharp a sharp drop in productivity and people were demotivated, Famitsu editorial staff took it upon themselves to help prop up national pride and motivate the industry by giving higher scores, especially to significant local releases.
The guy giving it 9 was right though.
d00d3n
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Mexen
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SporeCrawler
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They had too many famitsu 40s