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EDGE Magazine - Issue 213 Scores
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Wickerbasket
Member
I'm not seeing anything surprising there. Those scores echo my feelings, except for GoW3 which I haven't played yet and maybe Heavy Rain scoring too high.itsinmyveins said:
fortified_concept
Banned
Fair and balanced.
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
lorddarkflare said:
No, it's meant to bait the shit out of whiny people :lol
number1jagsfan said:
Eh, you misread my point. It's not just that they are big budget titles (I didn't even know Bioshock was a big budget title? Didn't it cost less to make than Prototype?) it's just they are generally better games with far more polish and sophistication in design, delivery, tech, visuals, art direction, sound, polish, narrative, level design etc etc. And the general consensus would tend to agree. It's not some sort of conspiracy that these bigger budget big titles tend to do better review wise, it's usually because of the time and money invested that developers CAN make these particular titles better (not always mind).
lorddarkflare
Banned
itsinmyveins said:
Sorry, I meant to but a
at the end of that post. Let me rectify that.
Windom Earle
Member
itsinmyveins said:
GAF > Any pretentious magazine.
Also, it's free!
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
GoW 3 only got an 8? Shit is barely worth a rental, pre-order cancelled etc.
I don't think Edge is biased at all. They just don't even try to pretend to create "objective" reviews, like many publications do. As such, it's not surprising that their scores can be completely different from someone else's personal evaluation of the game -- they are also just the expression of a single opinion.fortified_concept said:
lorddarkflare
Banned
Durante said:
Which is why the text is so important.
There is no attempted objectivity. It is a well presented and supported opinion.
They are not there to help you decide whether purchasing the game is in your best interest.
itsinmyveins said:
At the end of the day it's just their opinion, but what some might find interesting (and this is not a criticism of the scores for ME 2 or Halo 3) is that the review scores for Mass Effect 2 and Halo 3 are consistent with what the rest of the gaming world thought, but the killzone 2, Heavy Rain and God of War 3 scores, are currently sitting in the lowest 3 or 4 scores each game has received (using Meta Critic)
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number1jagsfan
Member
nib95 said:
Okay, fair enough. I still totally disagree though, you can have just as much, if not more, fun with some of these "unpolished" titles than you can with the titles that you mention, and I think it is wrong to suggest that they somehow deserve lower review scores. It's like you simply can't believe that anyone could have more fun playing Prototype than Bioshock or GOW 3.
Alice in Wonderland - Great
Aliens vs Predator - Average
Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Excellent
BlazBlue - Excellent
Calling - Average
Final Fantasy XIII - Average
God of War 3 - Excellent
Infinite Space - Excellent
Just Cause 2 - Great
No More Heros 2 - Great
P.B. Winterbottom - Excellent
Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love - Great
White Knight Chronicles - Average
Yakuza 3 - Good
If they did away with the numbers, these threads would be a lot less interesting.
Aliens vs Predator - Average
Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Excellent
BlazBlue - Excellent
Calling - Average
Final Fantasy XIII - Average
God of War 3 - Excellent
Infinite Space - Excellent
Just Cause 2 - Great
No More Heros 2 - Great
P.B. Winterbottom - Excellent
Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love - Great
White Knight Chronicles - Average
Yakuza 3 - Good
If they did away with the numbers, these threads would be a lot less interesting.
fortified_concept
Banned
Durante said:
...and just like Fox News inconsistency in the way they approach certain subjects doesn't matter amongst people who hear what they want to hear.
Btw it's a different matter and a banned meme but since they're both RPGs I'll risk it. Having played both WKC (which is mediocre to say the least) and Dragon Age it's nice to know Edge thinks they're both just a s bad. Really shows how insane their review scale is.
Windom Earle
Member
Gravijah said:
FFXIII
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
Ainigma said:
I remember reading the Halo 3 review and a lot of the praise was based on the surrounding community online, i.e. the way you can record matches, share pictures and build your own type of games with Forge and what not. I don't agree with their score, but I understand the motivation behind it. I think that was a huge deal in putting it past a 9/10 score.
Capt'n Farrell
Banned
I'm pretty sure someone already said this but I'll just say it again:
EDGE SCORE THREADS ARE POINTLESS AND STUPID!
Who cares about that number they just slap at the end of each review?
EDGE SCORE THREADS ARE POINTLESS AND STUPID!
Who cares about that number they just slap at the end of each review?
Cerebral Assassin
Member
WrikaWrek said:
I take it you never read the Mario Sunshine review? I remember it was 3 pages of flaws ending with a paragraph that went something like " for all its faults Sunshine is still the 2nd best 3d platformer made, enjoy. 9/10.
People like you, you mean?
I mean how many months have you been shitting up EDGE threads for? How about you make a thread for all these magazines that are completely objective :lol instead of derailing this one?
For anyone who didn't bother to actually read the FFXIII review, they simply say that while the game does have redeeming qualities, it's questionable whether all the bullshit you have to plow through to get to the good stuff is worth the investment.
Sounds like a mediocre game to me. Think of it as a "two star" movie review. Makes much more sense in that context.
And GoW3 getting an 8 is probably about what I expected. Fantastically executed over-the-top action, but nothing revolutionary. Still can't wait.
Sounds like a mediocre game to me. Think of it as a "two star" movie review. Makes much more sense in that context.
And GoW3 getting an 8 is probably about what I expected. Fantastically executed over-the-top action, but nothing revolutionary. Still can't wait.
Capt'n Farrell said:
For those who know the magazine, the score reflects what they think of the game and doesn't feel like its own thing compared to the text review.
If anything, EDGE is one of the few where i can look at the score and predict what EDGE wrote.
EagleEyes said:I agree with the second guy. ME2 crapped all over the the first one and it will be a shame if it doesnt pick up plenty of awards at the end of the year. 10/10
Fuckin A.
10: Sublime
9: Outstanding
8: Excellent
7: Great
This is four ways of saying that a game is awesome.
6: Good
5: Average
This is two ways of saying that a game might be worth your time.
4: Poor
3: Terrible
2: Awful
1: Why bother?
This is four ways of saying that a game sucks.
The ten point scale is worthless.
9: Outstanding
8: Excellent
7: Great
This is four ways of saying that a game is awesome.
6: Good
5: Average
This is two ways of saying that a game might be worth your time.
4: Poor
3: Terrible
2: Awful
1: Why bother?
This is four ways of saying that a game sucks.
The ten point scale is worthless.
Cerebral Assassin
Member
Shurs said:
So why do you care so much?
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
eggandI said:
Gameplay fluff?
What the fuckkkkkkkkk?
I'm really sorry I read this post.
KingGondo said:For anyone who didn't bother to actually read the FFXIII review, they simply say that while the game does have redeeming qualities, it's questionable whether all the bullshit you have to plow through to get to the good stuff is worth the investment.
Sounds like a mediocre game to me. Think of it as a "two star" movie review. Makes much more sense in that context.
And GoW3 getting an 8 is probably about what I expected. Fantastically executed over-the-top action, but nothing revolutionary. Still can't wait.
So nowadays only revolutionary games get full points? Now this is the biggest difference between movie reviewers and game reviewers. EXECUTION of an idea is should be regarded just as highly as a NEW idea!!! But a new idea with poor execution is TERRIBLE no matter how well you spin it. C'mon people!
McBradders
NeoGAF: my new HOME
evalue said:
Apparantly yes, because it actually happens. PS3 exclusive reviews unfavourably, posters appear with coincidentally-appropriate-to-subject-matter-at-hands-avatars, thread goes to shit.
It was extra exciting during anything mentioniong or genre relevant to Killzone 2 because they brought the GIF's too. Always awesome.
lorddarkflare
Banned
jhenedo said:
Strawman alert.
Also, you make the assumption that not being 'revolutionary' is the only flaw.
PepsimanVsJoe said:
Games are for entertainment. If he enjoys the game as a package(which is also the non-gamestuff like presentation) why be so suprised? At my age, i can not finish games like bayonetta because the story and presentation do not hold my interest but that does not make it less of a better game and so should proper presentation and story. In short,gow3 and bayonetta are both good games that execute different things better than the other. I prefer gow3 because of the reasons i have stated above.
Leatherface
Member
I'm sorry, Bayonetta may be a fun time, but it's definitely not a 10 worthy game. lol
I have yet to play the final version of GOW3, but I'm willing to bet it's a much better experience. I'll hand it to edge though, they really know how to spark up the gaming community with controversy. :lol
I have yet to play the final version of GOW3, but I'm willing to bet it's a much better experience. I'll hand it to edge though, they really know how to spark up the gaming community with controversy. :lol
jhenedo said:
Sometimes this may appear true, Edge recently do seem to review a game that does something new higher, like Bayonetta, which is an incredible game, but what about uncharted 2 and now GOW3? Uncharted especially, took many things that has been done before but created something that has never been done that well before, this in my opinion deserves the same recognition. I know uncharted 2 got a 9, but it deserved a 10 :lol
REMEMBER CITADEL
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Every month the same old meltdown thread. :lol
So, Time Extend, Making of, next issue, other features...? Anyone?
So, Time Extend, Making of, next issue, other features...? Anyone?
345triangle
Member
do people seriously, honestly believe that other people get together and start entire publications for the sole purpose of subliminally promoting specific videogames made by specific vast international corporations from specific areas of the world?
i'm just...these threads, every month, they really make me wonder about people.
"wtf halo 3 got a 10"
"well so did littlebigplanet"
"but that's just cos it's from the UK"
"well so's haze, and that got a 5"
"but that really was shit"
ad infinitum. for heaven's sake, edge is a magazine written by people who say what they think about videogames, and if you think there's anything more to it than that you need to open the window a bit.
i'm just...these threads, every month, they really make me wonder about people.
"wtf halo 3 got a 10"
"well so did littlebigplanet"
"but that's just cos it's from the UK"
"well so's haze, and that got a 5"
"but that really was shit"
ad infinitum. for heaven's sake, edge is a magazine written by people who say what they think about videogames, and if you think there's anything more to it than that you need to open the window a bit.