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I find it hard to talk about EDGE without using expletives but here goes.....

  I used to get Edge magazine religiously for over 4 years, iI found it to be a high quality magazine which I found to give great insight into the video game industry, and its reviews were what always influenced my video game purchases the most over this time.

   However, in recent times there can be no doubt that the staff at Edge have definatley pinned their colours to the mast.  It's not just evident in the consistently low scores the PS3 (and Wii) games get, but the fact that it's always the X-box version that is tested in nearly every Multi-platform game review they do.  The Edge staff clearly prefer to use the 360, and in doing so have gone from being impartial advisors, to being 360 fanboys.

  I stopped buying Edge a few months ago for just this reason (I now buy GAMEStm - a much better magazine all-round), but am still continually infuriated when I hear of their reviews (MAG being the latest).  It really irritates me that a magazine that I once held in high regard seems intent on kicking dirt in the faces of non-360 owners.

   Sorry if this sounds like a rant (which I suppose it is!), I generally never post on forums, but after reading the EDGE review for MAG, it irritated me so much, I actually had to write something or I'd explode.  As for MAG, I have found it to be an excellent game, and and a hell of a lot of fun (nowhere near the 6/10 EDGE gave it).  I personally find it more enjoyable than killzone or COD.  However, if you didn't like the beta for some reason then you wont like the full game, as it is more of the same.  Hopefully see some of ya on the battlefields!



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I'm gonna hijack this thread.

Lets guess whose alt account is this?

I'm going to go with...umm...Kantor? :P



disolitude said:

I'm gonna hijack this thread.

Lets guess whose alt account is this?

I'm going to go with...umm...Kantor? :P

I see your hijack and raise you one:



i don't generally buy magazines anymore unless i'm travelling or something because i get all i need on the internet,

but i always flick through them in the shops and have a look,i always liked gamestm more but not because of what you say,i just prefer that magazine in general



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twesterm said:
disolitude said:

I'm gonna hijack this thread.

Lets guess whose alt account is this?

I'm going to go with...umm...Kantor? :P

I see your hijack and raise you one:

You win. I like your thread better...



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I doubt they're being dishonest in the opinions they give. They don't show the Wii much love either, but then a lot of Wii releases have disappointed, and I generally find myself agreeing with the points they make about the games I buy.



lmao



2010 Hardware Sales Predictions

Wii: 20m- Sales will drop, but not by much.

PS3: 13.5m- It sold 12m in 2009, its only common sense it will sell more this year.

Xbox 360: 11m- It sold 11m in 2008 and 2009, I think it will sell the same.

My Fanboy Speech...

Why do you have to make excuses to defend a product that you purchased, but that's the only connection you have to it, you don't make it, you don't lose or gain money on it. I don't see where all of the defensiveness comes in, there is no reason for you or anybody else to feel obligated to defend it. Now I would understand if one of you were a developer for the product and you slaved over said product only to hear somebody call it stupid or a piece of junk. But none of you developed it, none of you are mature enough to realize that. Choosing a product all comes down to preference, you chose said product because it is best for you. Simple as that!

Their scores may be harsh, but their words speak far louder IMO.



Rockstar: Announce Bully 2 already and make gamers proud!

Kojima: Come out with Project S already!

disolitude said:

I'm gonna hijack this thread.

Lets guess whose alt account is this?

I'm going to go with...umm...Kantor? :P

Haha, very good.

I'm not someone elses account, I've just never been too bothered about writing on these (or indeed any) forums before, so I've never actually needed an account.  Edge REEEEALLLY bugs me though!  



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MAG is a average shooter with a unique premise, the score wasn't obviously less than other reviews so you're just bitching because they had a different view of one of your favourite current games. Games TM gave Assassins Creed 1 a score of 4, did I cry about it, no I read the review and decided I could live with the downsides. As it happens the reviewers opinion was wrong on the score but is pros and cons hit the nail on the head that he wrote in the review.

The bias overspilling your words makes your rant have very little value to me, you have no proof of them favouring 360 ports of games as you've not bothered to get ACTUAL numbers of games they did this on in any issue, let alone the one you're upset about.

Ever considered that the fact they get to play the best games on all consoles is why they don't score some PS3 exclusives as high as you would like?