Poimandres
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I think there won't be as much gnashing of teeth here. Zelda was wrapped up in the launch of a new console so people were waving their flags a bit more.
But really proclaiming anything "the greatest ever" is a magnet for criticism.
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Super Mario Odyssey - 10/10 from Edge
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I think there won't be as much gnashing of teeth here. Zelda was wrapped up in the launch of a new console so people were waving their flags a bit more.
But really proclaiming anything "the greatest ever" is a magnet for criticism.
Since Bayo2 is basically expanding on Bayo1, i wouldn't really count it, personally. The concept was well established prior to Nintendo's involvement.
FloweryMarston
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Yes, i agree. Talking things in absolute tends to bring this behavior
Lol Horizon's open-world is completely below the bar from not just Zelda, but games like the Witcher 3 too.
ShockingAlberto
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I'm willing to entertain arguments about why it doesn't count, but that one is strange.
FloweryMarston
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super Mehrio odyssey
valkillmore
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Super Mario Odyssey? More like Super Mario Travesty
ThisIsMyDogKyle
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This thread is weird, a real rollercoaster.
DecoReturns
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Iwata once said the Mario team and Zelda team work side by side.
I bet a crossover would get the impossible 11/10.
I bet a crossover would get the impossible 11/10.
more like stupid bore-io fartyssey
mrmickfran
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Did you just praise the Oscars for valuing cultural diversity and low budget revolutionary works?
farmerboy
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Hardly surprising as Edge has had a love affair with Nintendo from year dot. Though that affair has been passionately reignited with the Switch.
All good though, cos every Ninty game they've rated this highly has always been, in the very least, a fucking great game.
Maybe, just maybe, they've been slightly blinded by that passion 😉
All good though, cos every Ninty game they've rated this highly has always been, in the very least, a fucking great game.
purseowner
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And the Oscars are biased towards Western cinema output and favours major studios...
Your analogy backfires spectacularly.
AlexFlame116
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Guys can we not just celebrate that another new game is coming out that is being praised for the amount of content and love it has? We don't have to go into comparisons. Save that for the GotY thread!
We should be happy that a new Mario game is out! We should also be happy that we gamers are getting another excellent game!
We should be happy that a new Mario game is out! We should also be happy that we gamers are getting another excellent game!
Strange? I wouldn't know why anyone would think that's strange. The concept, the core gameplay mechanics, the Bayonetta universe, the style... had already been well established with the first Bayonetta. The fact that Nintendo funded the second game, and assisted with development, doesn't make this a "Nintendo game" in my book. Nintendo's main contribution was the fact that they believed in the game, when nobody else did.
Something to keep in mind is that the Korok seeds were a somewhat insignificant collectable in top of the shrines, sidequests, and divine beasts. In comparison, the moons in Mario are likely the reward for pretty much everything. So 900 moons means 900 levels/objectives/minigames/etc., in which case, yeah, 900 moons sounds incredible.
Though is some of the gameplay vids there's moons for things like breaking a box somewhat off the beaten path, so if small tasks like that make up the majority of moons then that will be somewhat disappointing.
Heartskips
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Oscar has many flaws like you said... and GOTY Awards manages to be even worse, it just rewards the top of the top. They considered Lara Croft Go the best handheld game of 2015 and had Dragon Age Inquisition for best game over Bayonetta 2 in 2014.
While the Academy Awards is a flawed awards show, GOTY is more like a big commercial for top publishers.
Gaiaknight
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Man i cant wait for this game my gamestop confirmed they were doing a midnight release as they have well over a 100 pre-orders for the game so cant wait to get that. I already took a paid day off on the 27th to jump start my mario weekend 
Evil Monkey DTT
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Here's my prediction, it will get the 98 on metacritic and the world will go insane. And then polygon, specifically polygon gives the game an 8 and the world catches fire.
Or even better: Jim Sterling gives it a 7 or 8. And the shitstorm that will ensue will be freaking glorious to watch.
Belgian Dude
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Stupid Mario BoredyZzzz
Sygma
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Its a hunting game, it needed to be filled with things to hunt in order to craft and tackle on challenges, with a proper enemy variety. And welp it did just that without hitting false notes. Horizon is more akin to a game like Fable, by essence
as for the rest its not a good place to talk about it. Watch Dogs 2 corrected a lot of blandness that Ubi's games have, and apparently AC : Origins is expanding on that too. There was nothing memorable about Witcher 3's design. "?" markers isn't exactly interesting content. However, getting gear sets in places was, rather than buying them
I predict it will be under 100
Apparently he's not doing reviews anymore, so that's a nonissue
Well, it remains to be seen how well they can play it.
Heartskips
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Maybe it was a bad comparison after all. Still we have time to not give GOTY the relevance other big awards cerimony have (I know this won't happen and they'll just keep getting bigger, but at least I tried).
It's a hunting game where there's monsters and creatures every five steps. I got so sick and exhausted fighting the same robots again and again and each new robot seemed to be a slightly different version of an earlier robot. I gave up about halfway through because I got seriously bored with the combat, the world was so uninteresting considering the lore and the story wasn't doing it for me.
reelbigtink
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I'll go with 100. Even the contrarians and no fun allowed crowd won't be able to resist. B)
Last time I checked he at least did video reviews with the score shown at the end. Did I miss something?
crossover? already happened
Don't forget Chain Chomps on zelda games and the 5-2 level in 3D Land for Zelda 25 years
Various Artists
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This a deep pull from my memory but I believe This is Spinal Tap achieved the first 11/10 when it came out on dvd at IGN. A score I find fitting. So it is not impossible and Nintendo cant be the first.
Edit : yep. Here it is. Over 17 years ago.
http://m.ign.com/articles/2000/09/08/this-is-spinal-tap
Sky Walker
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Sometimes while watching Forces videos, I feel that I would be surprised if the game got as high as 70% scores. Such a downgrade from Generation and Mania.
Flying Fish
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And the Kirby in Link's Awakening, though more on topic are the Chain Chomps, Goombas, Cheep-Cheep and Thwomps that appear in the game.
mrmickfran
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And someone will make a separate angry joe review thread rather than just put his in the review thread.
CharminUltra
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It's 96 all over again.
reelbigtink
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How about reviewers work together to figure out how to give Odyssey a 64
I swear there was a double cherry version of this somewhere.
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