EDGE gives New Super Mario Bros Wii a 7/10

[Scoobes]

ctalkeb said:

Scoobes said:

I do believe you're in the minority. I played both, imo X-2 sucked donkey balls!

OT: Edge's scoring system is one of the most bizzare scoring systems of any publication. The articles they have are actually quite good, but the scores they give are just odd. Basically, I ignore Edge's scores and look at other review scores to get a better idea of a game. Even if Edge give a game a good score I'll try before I buy.

I felt X took itself way too seriously and I didn't really like any of the characters. But still, I can see why other people would like it more.

As for Edge's scoring... I've always felt that they've at least been able to give an accptable reason why they score as they do - and after all, there are no set rules for how a magazine should do this. I've bought lots of games that have been given 6s or 7s there, enjoyed them, and still been able to see their flaws.

I certainly don't see why anyone has a good reason to really complain. At least not until they've seen the full review AND played the game.

I completely agree with the last sentence of your post, I'm simply trying to explain to people to not put too much importance to the scores Edge give.

The thing with Edge's scoring is I've played games that they've scored 9 or 10 and felt that according to Edge's own scoring system they deserve no more than a 7 as I can pick up the glaring errors in the game that they barely pick up on. I can quite happily buy games that score only 6 or 7 and enjoy them and accept them getting that score, but they don't always apply the harsh scoring system to all releases. That's why I find the scoring system to be a bit bizzare. A 7 from Edge isn't actually a bad score as such, I find its the games that score higher that I have to be wary of, lol.