Can No more Heroes 2 get a higher METAcritic rating than the Original?

[Torillian]

LordTheNightKnight said:

Torillian said:

trangentspree said:
How did Edge magazine ever come to give the original No More Heroes a 9?!

Not that the game doesn't deserve it, but EDGE MAGAZINE? I thought they were supposed to have a reputation for being overly harsh and low-scoring. Seems to me they couldn't be more inconsistent if they decided the score for a game based on throwing dice.

I find Edge just puts more emphasis on being new and different than most other sites do.  When I look at their scores with this in mind they usually make sense.

So even if a sequel is more polished and better overall, it's older so it sucks.

Still a dumb standard.

Now some could argue that the casual crowd turns down sequels, but they just see the name. Edge actually plays the games, so they don't have that excuse.

Indeed, I don't agree with their excessive weighting of being original, and sometimes they seem to base their scores on something different, but most of their scores seem to follow this theory.