Bayonetta gets 40/40 from Famitsu (12th game in history)

[Kantor]

Kasz216 said:

outlawauron said:

Kantor said:

Dgc1808 said:
I predict MAG will recieve a 40/40 from famitsu... if it releases in japan... Same for Eyepet.

Nope. Neither is Japanese. FF13 will get 40/40, and GT5, and maybe The Last Guardian. Perhaps Quantum Theory for good measure. And, of course, Zelda Wii and NSMB Wii. And Super Mario Galaxy 2.

While they're at it, why don't they give 40/40 to every game that comes out of Japan?

You're still on this vendetta that they hate Western games....

 

Oh goodness.

Which is funny... because it's not that they HATE western games.  It's just Western games don't fit their taste... or ANYONES taste in Japan.

All it is, is a byproduct of the fact that reviewers have no critical intergirty and instead judge things based on "How much THEY liked them."

Half the time without even their own set criteiria for this.

So, no shit that japanese reviewers don't give western games really high review scores.  Japanese reviewers have different sensibilities and tastes then western ones... and there is no "Critical standard" like there is with... well pretty much EVERY review system from movies to cars.

Why, then, can Western reviewers greatly enjoy Japanese games? Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, Zelda and Gran Turismo are among the most critically acclaimed franchises of all time, and they are all Japanese.

Western games don't seem to be very successful in Japan, either. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Crash Bandicoot 3 in 1998 the last Western game to break a million in Japan?

I just checked, and it's the best selling Western game of all time in Japan, in 102nd place with 1.45 million sales.

EDIT: I checked what got second place, and it's a game by Rare. Donkey Kong 64, a game starring a Japanese character, is 157th overall.

So perhaps Famitsu is just representing Japan. The followup question to that, of course, would be "Why can Japanese games sell in the West, but not vice versa?"