Famitsu review scores (Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Mario Maker 2, Kill la Kill: IF, and more)

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Cerebralbore101 on 17 July 2019

RolStoppable said:

Cerebralbore101 said:
You know what really frustrates me with this thread? Why isn't Famistsu on Metacritic, or Opencritic? They've been around longer than almost anybody else. There are plenty of other foreign reviews on Opencritic. Why not Famitsu?

They made the mistake of openly admitting that their scores can be bought.

Or it's simply because Meta and Open don't approach outlets, but rather be the ones who get approached and then give their approval or not.

Yikes! They accept bribes? Source?

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Megiddo on 17 July 2019

Higher than I expected for the Kill La Kill game. The footage I had seen previously looked really, really poor.

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Jranation on 17 July 2019

Lryu222 said:

Shiken said:

Fire Emblem will be 88-93 meta...bank on it.

Absolutely no way. I can see 88 being the best case scenario.

But why though?

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shakarak on 17 July 2019

Awakening got a 92% on metacritic and was considered the rebirth of a dead series with it's sweeping game mechanic changes. With Fire Emblem Fates' lukewarm critical reception, and the most recent entry Fire Emblem Echoes having an even worse reception and tepid sales compared to the previous two entries this game feels a lot like when Awakening launched but to a lesser degree. Famitsu giving it the highest score they have gave a Fire Emblem game and positive previews on western media is a good sign.

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SanAndreasX on 17 July 2019

Can't wait for Fire Emblem.

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Lryu222 on 17 July 2019

Jranation said:

Lryu222 said:

Absolutely no way. I can see 88 being the best case scenario.

But why though?

The bar for RPG's has raised a lot since Awakening. Persona 5 is one of the most polished and well designed JRPG's of recent years and it managed to score a 93. Three Houses looks small and clunky in comparison.

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gamingsoul on 18 July 2019

Being a big srpg fan I tried fire emblem on GameCube, I was extremely underwhelmed and give up on the franchise, but if this game gets great reviews in the west I will try it.
I wouldn’t trust Famitsu too much they gave one of the ff13 sequels a 40.

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MTZehvor on 18 July 2019

Lryu222 said:

Jranation said:

But why though?

The bar for RPG's has raised a lot since Awakening. Persona 5 is one of the most polished and well designed JRPG's of recent years and it managed to score a 93. Three Houses looks small and clunky in comparison.

The two aren't really comparable genres. Fire Emblem is much more of a strategy game than a standard JRPG, having more in common with X-Com or Advanced Wars than something like Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest. Even if Persona 5 were some design marvel of the last generation (it really isn't, there are plenty of areas that could use a lot of tweaking/adjusting for P5R), it's unlikely that it would be taken into account for most reviews of Three Houses. Changes in a standard RPG are about as likely to affect reviews for FE as changes in FPS design would be to affect reviews for something like Deus Ex or Resident Evil.