OXM gives Gears of War 2 9/10

[Paul_Warren]

"OPM just gave Resistance 2 9/10.

http://kotaku.com/5068640/first-gears-2-resistance-2-reviews-roll-in

You gonna say the same about that one?"


No, because I don't remember Resistance's fans saying Resistance 2 was going to be the best Game of this Year by far as Gears fans and developers all seemed to be doing, and I expect the X-Fans to still keep crowing about how great Gears 2 is even if it winds up with a Metacritic score of 80. Such an action would just show them to be Gears cultists. What a 90 for Resistance 2 shows me is that it is so far considered to be just as good as Gears 2 by the press and if such a trend holds up as I said a long time ago, then that would an impact on Gears 2's sales. If Gears 2 and Resistance 2 are equal, then I wouldn't really look to either one being the dominant game of the holiday season but to other things such as blu-ray on PS3, a better upcoming game library by far for the PS3, and a real AAA game like Little Big Planet -- Game Rankings score of 95.2 -- having more of an impact on upcoming console sales.



"Also, everyone, Paul_Warren believes that any game with 89 or lower on metacritic "isn't that good" which includes uncharted and rachet and clank."

Yes, but you see, on things of that nature I look to other sources than metacritic. I look at IGN, widely considered to be the greatest game website on the internet and Dave Halverson's Play magazine which much like his earlier Diehard Gamefan can easily be considered the Greatest American Video Game Magazine of All Time; and IGN gave Ratchet and Clank Future a 94, the same score they gave Gears of War I; and Uncharted which they gave a 91 -- three points higher than their score for Fable 2. Persona 3: FES on the PS2 was also given a higher score by IGN that was Fable 2. And Play magazine gave Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank Future, and Persona 3: Fes 10s. I'll trust Dave Halverson and his experience in reviewing great games all the way back to the early nineties far more than any young kid working at a magazine like Edge that has no history whatsoever to support its opinion any day of the week.

As Malachi Martin said on Coast to Coast AM a few years ago, I am allowed to look at more sources of information than just one.



"He also believes that the PS3 will outsell the Wii by Xmas 2010."

Time will tell. If the PS3 continues to receive better and better games over the next couple of years that really show off its tech while the Wii only gets 7.5-8.5 rated and Wii Music and Animal Crossing: The Lesser One quality games while waiting to have Zelda and Mario come back to the system in a couple of years, then I would be surprised if the PS3 doesn't at least put up a good fight.  I do think that people are starting to wise up to some facets of the Wii as Wii Music doesn't seem to be burning the barns down when it comes to sales right now.

"These are recent statements from this troll, who continues to troll and hate in every post he makes. If Gears 2 ends up with a higher meta average than Resistance 2, he'll say Gears 2 is over-rated."

No, I won't. But I will say what I've said before, if Gears 2 winds up as a 9.4 and Resistance 2 comes it as a 9.3, then there's not going to be that much of a difference in sales. Gears of War 2 as a 10 could have a big Effect on improving the 360's sales in some territory other than the US but Gears at a 9.4 and Resistance 2 at a 9.3 will lead to a stalemate between the two and the probability that Resistance 2 will sell better in others. If Gears gets an 8.5 and Resistance 2 a 90+ there could be a changing of the guard on which series is considered to be the best shooter of this gen.