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Edge May 2008 contents

Yagharek

Member
Reviews:

Mario Kart wii 6
Dark sector 7
Viking: Battle of Asgard 6
Turning point: fall of liberty 3
The world ends with you 8
Final fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of fates 6
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the wanderer 6
Destry all humans: Big willy unleashed 4
Insecticide 3
Eco creatures: save the forest 4
Nanostray 2 7
Dementium: the ward 5
Rocketmen: Axes of evil 4

Hype:

Fable 2
Yakuza Kenzan
Haze
Golden Axe Beast rider
GTA 4
Sid Meiers Civilization revolution
Stalker: Clear sky
Wipeout HD
Trackmania DS
Dungeon hero
Legendary
Monster lab
Soul Bubbles
Velvet Assassin
Sega Splash! Golf
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
Knights in the Nightmare
Mushroom men
Fracture

Features:

Sims 3
Buzz studio
MGS4
NCSoft
Boss battles

Time extended:

Freedom Fighters

Making of:

Lure of the temptress

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Cant wait to read the MGS4 feature. GTA4 next month I guess
 
Mario Kart Wii 6
We'll need a summary asap, I trust Edge but that's way out of sync with the Eurogamer score.

The world ends with you 8
Awesome. So awesome.
Insecticide 3
Shame, I was going to get this.

Cover? Sims I bet.
 

Yagharek

Member
cjelly said:
Thank you for putting this in perspective, even though your post will be ignored.

Yeah. DD was by no means a bad game. I enjoyed it a lot. Put the score down to Edge's scale. It's not a bad score.
 

ksamedi

Member
I'm guessing the focus on casuals is what brings MKWii score down. Edge is really not a magazine for casuals.
 
Review scores... who cares about those things. :lol I bet Mario kart Wii is going to give a lot more people a lot more fun than MGS4 or something, even though the latter game is most likely getting a higher grade.
 

dark10x

Digital Foundry pixel pusher
Surely people can understand that Mario Kart just isn't for anyone. When I bought a DS Lite I needed a new game so I went with Mario Kart DS. Big mistake. It's far and away the most boring game in my DS collection. I just don't enjoy it at all. Stupid purchase on my part. I wanted to give the series another shot as I loved it back in the day, but it just doesn't do anything for me now.
 

Salazar

Member
Interested in the Fable 2 and Dungeon Hero coverage in the same issue. I'm pretty confident Fable 2 is going to be a cracking game, and it's mostly a question of just how good it turns out to be. Dungeon Hero is not as stable a prospect, but I'm excited by the concept and the ambition in the dev diaries.

I wonder when I'll get to read this (in Australia).
 
akachan ningen said:
But it's not great. Nintendo cultists won't accept anything less than a 9 from any magazine.
It's the Nintendo mags that do it. The official magazine gives out scores like 90%. It's like viagra, they try it on with some average looking magazine and they're flaccid.
 

painey

Member
HarryHengst said:
Review scores... who cares about those things. :lol I bet Mario kart Wii is going to give a lot more people a lot more fun than MGS4 or something, even though the latter game is most likely getting a higher grade.

damage control!
 
Cover from Gamesradar folks
DSC01255.jpg


As for my opinion on MK Wii, i kind of expected it, iirc, EDGE gave MK:DD 5/10, only has MKDS has the series hit the high point since the original Mario Kart.

As a rule of thumb for EDGE, 6 or above from them is deemed something to look at if you are interested in it.
 

Rlan

Member
The fact that Nanostray and Dark Sector are the months highest rating games just sounds weird.

If I recall EDGE has NEVER liked a recent Mario Kart...
 

Yoboman

Member
flipping_heck said:
EVERYBODY: 6 OR HIGHER FROM EDGE IS GOOD

The thread is gonna turn into a pile of mess
The threshold seems to get lower every month

Maybe Mario Kart just isn't all that?

Shocking, I know
 
Scores of previous MK games: I was wrong about the series hitting the high with MKDS

Mario Kart 64 - 8
Mario Kart Advance - 9
Mario Kart DS - 8
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - 5
 

Taurus

Member
akachan ningen said:
But it's not great. Nintendo cultists won't accept anything less than a 9 from any magazine.
Double Dash got a 5, and was one of the most entertaining games of its genre and generation.
 

FabCam

Member
HarryHengst said:
Review scores... who cares about those things. :lol I bet Mario kart Wii is going to give a lot more people a lot more fun than MGS4 or something, even though the latter game is most likely getting a higher grade.


:lol :lol :lol
 

sprsk

force push the doodoo rock
I don't really like Mario Kart. The only good thing about the series was the battle mode in the SNES version.
 
meh, i hated Mario Kart Advance and Mario Kart DD, but the others i liked alot or have played them for so long that i accepted them. Just couldn't get into the other ones for some reason.
 

Shinblade

Banned
flipping_heck said:
Scores of previous MK games: I was wrong about the series hitting the high with MKDS

Mario Kart 64 - 8
Mario Kart Advance - 9
Mario Kart DS - 8
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - 5

those are fair scores... and EDGe always speaks kindly of the first mario kart...


this thread is going to be full of fucking retards now who simply don't get a rating system them doesn't use just use the top 30% of the scores in the scale to rate every game that's merely OK.

NOTE:

MGS4 - hell yes motherfuckers.
 

1-D_FTW

Member
akachan ningen said:
But it's not great. Nintendo cultists won't accept anything less than a 9 from any magazine.

Fortunately for gaf, and my ignore list, there's fewer Nintendo cultists than MS or Sony cultists by a HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE mile.

My defense of them stated, every video I've watched of Mario Kart Wii has left me completely cold and I think a 6 is more than fair for it.
 
30-odd replies and the thread is already a clusterfuck. Great.

Maybe the OP would be kind enough to update with review tidbits, info from the hype sections etc. to make this mess a bit more worthwhile?

pilonv1 said:
this will be good

bunch of people who never read the magazine complaining about a score they don't understand or claiming it's not important because they dont read it

More like:

-- Bunch of people complaining about a score they feel is too low for X game
-- Bunch of people saying said mag is shite
-- Bunch of people lol-ing about a score for a game they never intended to play
-- Bunch of people using said score to try and make some kind of point about a company or fans

etc. etc.
 

pilonv1

Member
this will be good

bunch of people who never read the magazine complaining about a score they don't understand or claiming it's not important because they dont read it
 

CTLance

Member
sp0rsk said:
I don't really like Mario Kart. The only good thing about the series was the battle mode in the SNES version.
=O
What about the awesomeness that is Ghost Valley?

Back on topic, my next three purchases all earned a six. Sign of the beast! *drowns self in holy water*
 

Taurus

Member
akachan ningen said:
Well that's your opinion, friendo.
The game sold like hot pancakes and was very popular so I'm not saying this is just my opinion.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/cube/mariokartdoubledash?q=mariokart

That's alright if Edge is the one to help you choose your gaming purchases, but there are a lot of other magazines and websites to give you hints which games to buy and which leave to the store.

Edit: Looking back at other scores for Mario Kart games the MKWii score doesn't really come as a surprise, but it will definitely be one of the lowest scores for the game, just like MK: DD.
 

MechaX

Member
RandomVince said:
The world ends with you 8

Given how meager-to-negative of a reception jGAF had about The World Ends with You, it's interesting to see so many review outlets liking it. Seems like this is the DS game to get in April.
 
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Deleted member 30609

Unconfirmed Member
HarryHengst said:
Review scores... who cares about those things. I bet Mario kart Wii is going to give a lot more people a lot more fun than MGS4 or something, even though the latter game is most likely getting a higher grade.
YOU ARE WHY PEOPLE HATE NINTENDO FANS. GRARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BURRRRN!1!@!

*ahem*

Not surprised by MK score, TWEWY is starting to get my attention and I need that MGS4 preview all over me.
 

Delio

Member
Well it's there opinion on the game and there entitled to it. I'm buying mario kart wii reguardless as from what i have seen it looks fun. Nothing really negative for me but i am like that with alot of games the gamer mind would deem unfun :/
 
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