Edge doesn't seem to rate cinematics, non interactive gameplay very well at all. Both controversial 8's have been from cinematic games. God Of War 3 is very cinematic, so hence the lower score.

You chat shite mate! Just coz u dont like it u dont think it shoild exisit!

Everyone know edge reward on inovation!

Gow3 at the end of the day is the same as th last 2 and the in game does look masivly better! The titan sceens are amazing but it doesnt do anything new at all.

Bayonetta is the best action game ive ever played! Its one of them games u dont put down untill its 100% completed. Its near on perfect! Its totaly new and he combo system is fantastic its fast and fun and looks stunning in its own indervidual way. Please dont rant on about this game!

Eveyone person is allowed to have there own view! Its up to you if you take it or leave it!

Why are you getting so worked up over this type of thread?  It seems like you make this same point whenever this exact thread (inevitably) comes up for a bad review of whatever the most recent big game is. (usually about edge :p)  I'm sure everyone knows that in the grand scheme of things, this is not a huge ordeal and that neither devs or reviewers care what they think.  But this is a gaming website so I think arguing over a controversial score for a big game is a pretty normal thing.   

So talk about whether you agree or not but I highly doubt you are going to stop it from happening in the future.  If people want to argue over a review for GOW3, or anything for that matter, that's their prerogative. 

8/10 is not a bad score, and people seriously need to get this into their heads. Nobody is going to read Edge, think "8/10?" and then not buy the game. If that was the case, they probably wouldn't buy very many games, because 8 is WELL above the average score for a game from Edge.

Bayonetta...I have no idea what happened there, and what thought processes could have been going through the reviewer's mind to make him think it was perfect.

I mainly hate stupid threads like this cluttering up the hot topics.

And yes, I realize the irony of by posting here I'm keeping it in the hot topics.

From the Bayonetta review:
EDGE:
She’s certainly something, moving with the poise of a ballet dancer and hitting like a boxer, the joy of controlling her moves matched by their beauty in execution, every connection part of a deadly whole. Her sheer brutality can dominate much bigger opponents, and you’ll find yourself slapping rhino-sized creatures about the place just for the fun of doing it. And then everything ramps up: finishing Normal unlocks Hard mode where you begin anew, powers intact, and fight through the same environments against remixed enemies. It’s where Bayonetta transitions from the great to the legendary, where the difference between a perfect round and a restart is nothing less than total concentration. Every element of the game is hypnotic in motion, and it’s difficult to recall another thirdperson actioner that feels so worth mastering.

The story concerns a heavenly battle, a setup for inspired enemy design and jokes about videogames past and present. The basic angels are androgynous and floaty, but soon you’re facing off against bear-like hulks with ripping mechanical claws, huge tigerish beasts with riveted mouths, and city-sized monsters with gears whirring in their joints. The environments are similarly inspired, a weird world of feathers, leathers and natural disasters where Bayonetta feels entirely at home. Taking hints of perspective from Super Mario Galaxy and scale from God Of War, Bayonetta makes Heaven a much more suitable hunting ground than you’d think.
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But Bayonetta is funny. It even threatens to be tender in places, though quickly thinks better of it. It’s a beautiful and graceful fighting game that lets imagination loose, and winks before slapping Dante, Kratos and every other hero back to the drawing board. Above all else, it’s proof that you can never have too many great ideas – or do too much with them. [10]

Boo hoo. Get over it.

Honestly, they don't conform to the constant parade of 9s or 10s the majority of gaming sites and magazines like to hand out to every major release and gamers go nuts. It is exactly this kind of immature ranting and raving that gives gamers a bad name. Diversity in games journalism is good. I wish all websites and magazines were as professional and uncaring as Edge when handing out review scores. Funnily enough Edge also attempted to do away with handing out scores at one point, and honestly, I'd like to see them do that again.

Film critics have no qualms in criticising the biggest blockbuster release or having a different reaction to every other film critic, so why should videogame critics have to conform to an average score?

And before you suggest there is bias against PS3 exclusives-Edge scored NSMB Wii and Metroid Prime 3 as 7s, despite the meta average being 87 and 90 respectively. They also scored Wii Sports Resort and Mario Kart Wii 6 despite the metascores being 80 and 82. That didn't hamper my enjoyment of any of those games. It didn't undermine their integrity as a gaming magazine in my eyes, nor make me end my subscription. I read their reviews and understood the points they made, but didn't agree with them. Instead of having a hissy fit and insulting Edge pointlessly, I simply disagreed with the review and went with my personal preference. Maybe you should start doing the same.

And you complain that they score GOW3 as 8? In case you didn't realise, that isn't a bad score at all. That's a damn good score. Edge just have the brains to realise every big release isn't the greatest thing ever and doesn't deserve to be heralded as the second coming.

To me there is no issues with their scores.. It's rather their inconsistency in their scores. As if some of their reviewers use a different system than the rest.

Fuck Edge. I don't read their reviews anymore. They are attention whores. You should do well not to mention their names and make threads about it, it only works for their profit. fuck them.

Did someone in this thread seriously say we should throw out every review that doesn't give this game a 9+? Get real man!