Edge Issue 196 Reviews

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Onyxmeth said:

Griffin said:
You guys defending edge have completely lost touch with the world, if you guys think Gears2 is 3 points of better shooter then WaW or R2 then i don't know what to think. And tomb Raider 2 points higher then both of them... Have you guys even played that game, i know i played the demo, and the game was shit from the get go, bad camera with unresponsive controls with graphics which are much worse then WaW or R2

That's not the point. Forget each individual score for a moment and look at the big picture. Edge uses the numbering system to it's fullest extent and is not easygoing on big name titles just for the sake of it. You don't need to agree with every review, but...

1. They aren't biased. They are harsh across the board.

2. 5 is average for them instead of a 7.5 (which has unfortunately become the industry standard).

The reason you are looking at it so weird is because you're seeing a 6 for Resistance and thinking "Gosh, IGN and EGM and these other guys only give unplayable, messy, glitch filled games these scores. Edge must be saying Resistance 2 is shit". They aren't though. They are saying it's above average. It's still a harsh score, but it's basically the equivalanet of an 8 at any other publication.

I can't agree with Tomb Raider though, because I think it's been a damn fine series ever since Crystal Dynamics took over. I don't think you should be comparing games among two different genres though, because those games are not very comparable. The 8 Tomb Raider got is an 8 for an action/adventure and WaW and Res2 were 6's in the realm of shooters. Before you think I'm just saying this out of convenience, I own COD and it's fantastic, and I still respect Edge's scores even though I don't necessarily agree with this one.

 

 

I understand why people respect the bucking of the system that Edge is trying here, but that's not my complaint. My complaint is inconsistancy of scoring between games of similar genres.

If Fable 2 is a 9, the Fallout 3 should be a 9 or 10. If Gears 2 is a 9, then R2 should be a 7 or 8.

Clearly stating again, their scale is not the problem. The problem is that the scores, in relation to each other, don't match up to the quality of the games. Reviews are opinions. However, when your opinions are not only controversial because of a review scale, but also nearly the opposite of the entire review world's opinions, in regaurd to comparing similar games in similar genres, it just appears they are out for attention.

Giving Fallout 3 a 7/10, a month after giving Fable 2 a 9/10, is just wrong. Not wrong in some fanciful hip wordplay sense, wrong as in incorrect. It's hard to imagine an opinion being incorrect, but this is the best example of such a thing that we'll ever get. Having played both games extensively, it's obvious...

 

Now, reviews don't matter, of course, but lets not confuse Edge's boldness with scale, and their quality of reviews. Just because you are a harsh reviewer, doesn't mean you are a good one, and with the inconsistancy I'm seeing here, I couldn't see trusting these people.