Kasz216 said:
papflesje said:
Kasz216 said:
eb30577 said:
Edge reviews are completely inconsistent.
For example:
Bioshock 8/10
Halo ODST 9/10
Oblivion 8/10
Halo 3 10/10
Fallout 3 7/10
GTA IV 10/10
Mass Effect 7/10
Gears of war 8/10
Gears of war 2 9/10
All great games but the scores just don't make sense. Their all over the place. So there you have it Gab, try to defend them now. The funny thing is this is just a small sample of the inconsistencies found among their reviews. |
You consider that inconsistant and all over the place? It's not like they gave a game a 5 or something. But sure... i'll give you an example with the first two.
Bioshock - Reason for an 8. Too Linear. Mechanics of powers too shooter like and don't match the atmosphere. As such it doesn't live up to the promise it gives you when you first play the game.
Halo ODST - Reason for a 9. Gives you exactly what it promises. A solid Halo Spinoff that is better then most games.
End result... Bioshock ends up feeling a bit disapointing because of the mechanics. (Something I actually agree with) while Halo is more satisfying and you don't think "What could have been."
Their reasons are perfectly valid.
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Because bioshock didn't live up to the promise and Halo ODST is just about what you can expect from a halo game, the first one deserves a jab and the other one doesn't? It could very easily have been "halo odst just rehashes the same ol' stuff" and it could've got knocked for that. It should've been viewed in its own light, possible with a "well, that's the same old thing that has been around since the series began" (like fifa still gets knocked for its keeper) twist to it if certain things just don't get fixed and don't get updated. You can hardly bash one game for being too linear while other games get higher points while possibly being even more linear... doesn't add up. Consistency is lost then.
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Except Halo ODST does add stuff...
Like seriously though.... have you read movie criticisms or music criticisms or really any other form of crticism other then videogames?
You judge things critically based on what they set out to do.
Halo ODST was trying to be a summer blockbuster. A Spinoff that promises to be... a spinoff a fun game that provides you with some new features and delivers the same great cotnent.
Bioshock promised to be a LOT more... and it didn't deliver on as much of what it promised to be.
You judge a game on what it pomises to be.
I could go on Metacritic and quote dozens of "discrepencies" where better movies were rated lower then crappy action blockbusters from the most well thought of movie reviewers in the industry.
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Then Fable should've gotten -45 %, same for Black & White...
If that's how it's done, i'll just tell friendly devs to make the promise "you'll be able to walk... while shooting!" ... definite 45/10 then when it delivers more... Basing it on what it promises is NOT the premisse on which you build a review.
