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Dr.Grass on 25 November 2009
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Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Kantor said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Dr.Grass said:
Oh, and all of you that say things like: "Famitsu is becoming a joke" etc. are just plain rediculous.

I don't think they're becoming a joke, but they are becoming like many other reviewers and handing out vey uneven scores based on hype.  it just so happens that their perticular market is the Japanese market so their high scores and bias tend to favor Wii/DS/PSP games.  Whereas in the west, our reviewers high scores and bias favor the HD systems.

Famitsu is supposed to be strict. I would expect the usual throwing out of 10/10 from 90% of Western reviewers, because they suck. Famitsu was once one of the most respected reviewers in the world, and now they've stooped to this.

I'm not saying that NSMBWii does or doesn't deserve 40/40, that's hardly the point.

I agree, Famitsu use to be more strict.  And I came right out and said this game shouldn't have been given a perfect score.  Its not the best Mario game ever made or even the best game of this year, let alone 'perfect' material.

Just stating that Famitsu has started rating games based on bias, like many reviewers now adays.  Frankly, I wish they'd go back to rating like they did in the past.  Heck, this is the magazine which downscored all the Dragon Quest games each year, the most popular games in Japan.  And now they gave DQIX a 40/40.  Not that I can say that's a bad thing yet because I have yet to play DQIX yet.


My point is just that there's a difference between 'being a joke' and not being as strict as before. I agree wth both of you. They were always the most respected and that is possibly sliding, but to call a mag a joke because of giving 40/40 is hardly fair.