EDGE rant

[heedstone]

Catlana said:

heedstone said:

@ Catlana, I'm not pissed at EDGE for one crappy review of MAG, there's a whole host of other absurd reviews they do. for example:

 ....................EDGE ..............METACRITIC

Killzone 2 .........7 .......................91
Halo ODST ........9 .......................83
MAG .................6 ........................76


Crackdown ......8 ........................83
Infamous .........7 ........................85

mario kart wii ...6 .......................82
Banjo kazooie
nuts and bolts ..7 .......................79 


It's easy to find PS3 and Wii games that have recieved distinctly low scores from EDGE. Does anyone know of any 360 games that EDGE should of marked higher? I honestly can't think of any, and will be happy if someone can prove me wrong....

Edge gave the original Mass Effect (one of my favorite games) a 7 while its Metacritic sits at 91. Btw, I also really like Borderlands and Edge gave it a 6. To me and my friends that play together, the game is at least a 9, while metacritic the game is at 84. Edge also gave Blue Dragon a 6 while Metacritic sits at 79. So what can you tell from above, Edge simply tends to vary the score more. I very, very much disagree with some of their scores, but they are only 2% of a metacritic number on average.

Note: if you do not like Edge then do not subscribe, I don't. However, I try not to get too upset over reviewers that I disagree with. Threads like this just generate more attention for Edge and sell more copies.

 Obviously borderlands doesn't count as it is a multi-platform release.

True, Mass Effect does deserve more than 7, but I'm pretty sure Mass Effect and Blue Dragon were over 2 years ago, when EDGE was harsh, but uniformly so, they gave pretty low scores to Wii, PS3, and 360 alike, which didn't really bother me.  I'm pissed that they're continuing to mark down PS3 and Wii games, but are becoming more and more lenient towards the 360 exclusives (eg. Halo ODST-9, GTA episodes-9).