Edge Issue 196 Reviews

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Onyxmeth said:

@Zen

I haven't played Fable 2 or Fallout 3, so I'm going to play this real lightly and talk more of my perception of both games judging by forums and reviews. Fallout 3 I think has more reason to get scored lower for the following reasons:

1. Judging from the forums, it seems to have more glitchies than Fable II does. It's been previously mentioned in the post that Edge has no sympathy for glitchy games.

2. If you get a PC Fallout fan as the reviewer(which I suspect this was), you're going to get the dissappointing, "They took out the humor, they took out the variety, they took out the child murdering" kind of review. It's well documented that there were elements taken out of the new iteration that a lot of fans were not pleased with. On the other hand, Fable II is an improvement in every way over the first game(or so i've heard).

3. This seems to be all across the board, but some people really like the combat system, and others think it's barely workable, especially in third person. I haven't heard anything good or bad about Fable II's combat system, so I don't know how it should compare, but I suppose no news is good news.

 

Yeah, it's hard to make that comparison if you haven't played them.

If Edge has issue with glitchy games, then Fable 2 should have gotten a 3/10. I love the game, but the menus, which you constantly have to enter, are very, very sluggish. More-so than the first game. This is my major issue, but there are many bugs in Fable 2 than that. Even ones that prevent you from finishing main story quests, like the temple of light glitch.

I've only played Fallout 3 on the 360, but one thing is true. The game runs smoothly and quickly. The menu's are instant.

 

I'm not here to compare those 2 games though. My real point was that if you're scoring harshly, Fable 2 is NOT a 9/10. All that talk about scale and they give Fable 2 a higher review than IGN.

If you're scoring forgivingly, the Fallout 3 is NOT a 7/10, lol.

Comparing the games, I think it's fairly obvious that Fallout 3 is the significant winner, but that's just my opinion. However, it's impossible for me to believe that the same reviewer would give Fable 2 a 9/10 and Fallout 3 a 7/10. Completely contrary to metacritic, without needing to be said.

 

My only explaination for this discrepancy is that perhaps the reviewer didn't backup save, and got stuck in an unlivable situation, and wasn't able to complete the game, or perhaps some random bug screwed up his save file. I can't see anyone getting to the end of the game and giving it a 7/10 after they just Nined Fable 2.

To put this into reference, it's like giving No Country for Old Men a 2/4 star rating, and giving Zack and Mira Make a Porno a 3.5/4.

You can see why some poor schmo would like Zack and Mira better, but you expect more from a real reviewer.