IGN.com Reviews Bayonetta - MAJOR Score Difference!

[themanwithnoname]

KylieDog said:
The reviews are worthless.


360 -

Presentation - 9
Graphics - 9
Sound - 9
Gameplay - 9
Lasting Appeal - 9.5

PS3 -

Presentation - 4.5
Graphics - 7.5
Sound - 9
Gameplay - 8.5
Lasting Appeal - 9


See what is wrong?

- Load times and framerate fall under presentation, which is a lower score on PS3. Fine.

- Graphics are said to be almost identical yet the PS3 a whole 1.5 lower.

- Sound is the same. Fine.


The next two are really wong though.

- The gameplay for both should be identical, there is no difference how the game plays (seeing that load times/framerate is already covered in Presentation).

- Lasting appeal should be identical also, the 360 doesn't have anything extra the PS3 does not.



Cannot even be consistant on the areas of the game that are consistant on both versions. Same reviewer so cannot use that excuse.


Worthless review(s).

The categories are not as clearcut as you'd like to think they are. Why on earth isn't gameplay going to be lower when there's slowdown in a game where slowdown really hurts it? Yes, it does affect how enjoyable the gameplay is and whether it works as well as it should. Also, the appeal doesn't have to be identical, as the reviewer thinks the technical issues in the game renders himself less likely to play it longer on the PS3 due to technical issues than he does on the 360. If you actually read his explanations of the scores, you will see that a lot of them cross over. But hey, if you wanna just write the review off as worthless without taking the time to read it, openly accusing the reviewer (who I will again state is on the PS3 team) of doing it just for website hits, when you haven't played both versions all the way through or have any substantial proof in your accusation other than "this score should be the same!"...hey, more power to you.