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windbane on 25 July 2007
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WiiGirl76 said:
johnsobas said:
famitsu is good for news, sales, basically everything EXCEPT for reviews.

Yes you're so right. The Japanese complain about the scores of Trusty Bell for instance, which were according to them "overrated", ask Y-Koron. Same with Square Enix publishments, except of FFXII they overrate their games too much and mostly in the West you can withdraw about 20% of the total score.

@Windbane, you want a few examples? Well DQS is one for instance, Children of Mana for the DS got 10/10/8/8, a very good example of "what in earth were they thinking".

At least I have the guts to say that even Nintendo games are overrated, I don't see PS fans doing that around here with their own games, now would they?


How can Final Fantasy games be overrated by any single publication considering they get extremely high reviews from almost everyone?

I'll give you DQS (what was it rated?) and Children of Mana, however.

Edit:  However, it's hard to argue with this list on Wikipedia:

"Only six games so far have received perfect scores. They are listed in chronological order.

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, Nintendo, for Nintendo 64)
  2. Soul Calibur (1999, Namco, for Dreamcast)
  3. Vagrant Story (2000, Square Co., Ltd., for PlayStation)
  4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002, Nintendo, for Nintendo GameCube)
  5. Nintendogs (2005, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)
  6. Final Fantasy XII (2006, Square Enix, for PlayStation 2)

Games that received a near-perfect score of 39 include:

  1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991, Nintendo, for Super Famicom)
  2. Virtua Fighter 2 (1995, Sega, for Sega Saturn)
  3. Ridge Racer Revolution (1995, Namco, for PlayStation)
  4. Super Mario 64 (1996, Nintendo, for Nintendo 64)
  5. Tekken 3 (1998, Namco, for PlayStation)
  6. Cyber Troopers Virtual On Oratorio Tangram (1999, Sega, for Dreamcast)
  7. Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (2001, Sony Computer Entertainment, for PlayStation 2)
  8. Final Fantasy X (2001, Square Co., Ltd., for PlayStation 2)
  9. Resident Evil (2002, Capcom, for Nintendo GameCube)
  10. Dragon Quest VIII (2004, Square Enix, for PlayStation 2)
  11. Gran Turismo 4 (2004, Sony Computer Entertainment, for PlayStation 2)
  12. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (2005, Konami, for PlayStation 2)
  13. Kingdom Hearts II (2005, Square Enix and Buena Vista Games, for PlayStation 2)
  14. Dead or Alive 4 (2005, Tecmo, for Xbox 360)
  15. Ōkami (2006, Capcom, for PlayStation 2)
  16. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)"
Gotta love when Ridge Racer used to be highly viewed.  It was my favorite racing game then, and only surpassed by Midnight Club and Mario Kart now.