Hold on a minute. I didn't put much stock in the Famitsu review, but I put just as little in the game informer review -- didn't they give Vesperia a 7 as well?
Something about Game Informer's taste in games reminds me of my older brothers, who missed the entire SNES generation (they were too old) and pretty much just played the main food groups -- Mario, Sonic, EA sports, and then got into every FPS and RTS on PC that came along. I think to appreciate JRPGs you have to be a kid around the SNES age or younger -- or you have to be a natural fantasy/sci-fi loving geek. (Or maybe both..?)
From reading a couple of their JRPG reviews, I would say Game Informer might be a good yard stick for how silly a friend who's never played a JRPG will think the game is, but it's probably not a good measure for those who just want a good JRPG, conventions and all.
I definitely expect the game to average 1 point higher than the Game Informer Review, if not better. I guess we'll see once some more reviews hit. I'm still hopeful Tri-ace has turned on the juice for their main series and the game is not-to-be-missed (no matter what the review scores).
Reviews taking a while to come out, and not all coming out at once, could be a function of the game taking a long time to play through, couldn't it?
I looked it up, Game Informer gave Vesperia a 73, with a review that basically says "it's good, if you're into that kind of thing -- which we aren't. Not that there's anything wrong with that, if you are."
