By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
fooflexible on 27 September 2007
Edit Thread
BrainBoxLtd said:
shams said:

(if multiplayer is so important - how did SM64, Zelda, Gran Turismo all get a 10?)

 


I'm going to take a wild guess and say thier reviewing process and probably thier reviewers as well were different 9 years ago. =P

I decided to push my theory a little further and observed FFT: War of Lions getting a 9 and a Singstar (PS3) getting an 8. Since I'm not overly familar with either one, took a quick peak at Wikipedia. And saw a couple of sentances that caught my attention for both. For FFT: Lions I found this.

"Another development added to the game is a wireless multiplayer mode, both for co-op and versus play."

And for Singstar. (PS3)

My SingStar Online is the online component of SingStar. The idea for My SingStar Online was inspired by people uploading photos and videos of SingStar parties to websites such as Flickr and YouTube.

All purely circumstanal evidence of course, but it does feel like that have a bias for multiplayer and a bias against games without it. Correct me if I’m wrong but, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (7), Eternal Sonata (7), and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations (6) are all pure single player experiences correct?

From what I’ve seen, Edge’s harsh reviews (as of current) seem to only apply to single player games for the most part.




 I think your right for the current generation there is definitly a bias toward online games. I'm wondering if Bioshock and Metroid got points taken off automatically for this. Or if they just assumed without online the game better have split screen multiplayer or at least a 40 hour singl player game or something.