| darthdevidem01 said: @alic what! ofcourse Eurogamer isn't one of the "grounding influences" in western scores n thank god it isn't |
Hey Darth,
what I meant by "grounding" is that they tend to be lower than the average the game gets. Sorry, my language was a little off there. I didn't mean that they're the most down to earth, sensible reviewers.
What I mean, for those who disagree with this cleared-up point:
Valkyria Chronicles 8.7 average, 8 from Eurogamer.
Infinite Undiscovery 6.9 average, 5 from Eurogamer.
Last Remnant 6.5 average, 6 from Eurogamer.
They haven't reviewed Tales of Vesperia, or I would have included it.
These are the most important console jrpgs of 2008, aren't they? They really knock Square Enix for mediocrity, and they're even under on a success like Valkyria. I'm not someone who singles out Eurogamer as the one reviewer who matches up telepathically with my own tastes, but I do think they tend to score on more of a full 10 point scale than most sites.
Eurogamer, along with Edge and some others (Destructoid?), is just a hurdle that games hoping to score in the 8s or 9s have to get over. One 5 or 6 can drag a score down a lot, especially when not as many sites review a game (which happens with many JRPGs).
p.s. on a side note, they actually scored Last Remnant higher than Infinite Undiscovery, despite technical flaws, which is right on in my book. Personally I was impressed that the framerate problems in Last Remnant's combat never affected the gameplay for me, unlike say... Fable II.
