Catlana said:
heedstone said:
rocketpig said:
It's still quite a difference but it's coming into perspective. The difference lies in a few PS3 games that Edge seemed to really, really hate. When you're dealing with less than 20 games, that can make a huge difference.
To me, the most surprising thing on that list is the Resistance games and Killzone. While I agree that they're rather unimpressive compared to some other shooters, when compared to the stupid-high score given to Halo 3 and the good score for ODST (meh, quite a mediocre game by Bungie standards), you'd think they would have fared a little better. That part makes no sense and I'd like to see who wrote each review.
On the other hand, Edge only gave Gears an 80. I don't think this is really a bias but maybe one or two reviewers are far more harsh on game ratings than their colleagues. When Gears gets an 80 from the same magazine that gives ODST a 90, it has to boil down to individual reviewers. I don't know of a single person who would agree with those scores when compared to one another.
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It's only within the past year or so that Edge has gone noticably pro XBox. What bugs me It's the system sellers that EDGE seems to mark down (Heavy Rain, Killzone 2, MGS4, Infamous, NSMBW, Mario Kart, etc.), while it consistently gives Xbox system sellers high marks.
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Take out the first person shooters Heedstone. You will be surprised.
Game / Edge rating / Meta (12/02/10) / Difference between Edge and Meta
Main 360 non FPS console exclusives :
Blue Dragon 60/ 79 / -19
Fable 2 / 90 / 89 / +1
Forza 2 / 90 / 90 / 0
Forza 3 / 90 / 92 / -2
Gears of War / 80 / 94 / -14
Gears of War 2 / 90 / 93 / -3
GTA episodes 90 / 90 / 0
Halo Wars 70 / 82 / -12
Mass Effect / 70 / 91 / -21
Mass Effect 2 / 90 / 96 / -6
Lost odyssey 70 / 78 / -8
Star Ocean 50 / 72 / -22
Banjo Kazooie 70 / 79 / -9
Total (13 games) : -115 points
Average -16.43 / game
Main PS3 non FPS exclusives :
Buzz 70 / 80 / -10
GT5 prologue 70 / 80 -10
MGS4 / 80 / 94 / -14
Ratchet ToD / 80 / 89 / -9
Ratchet ACiT / 70 / 87 / -17
Valkyria Chr. / 70 / 86 / -16
Disgaea 3 / 80 / 78 / +2
Heavy Rain / 70 / 89 / -19
Uncharted / 80 / 88 / -8
Uncharted 2 / 90 / 96 / -6
Demon's Souls / 90 / 89 / +1
LittleBigPlanet / 100 / 95 / +5
Wipeout HD / 80 / 87 / -7
Flower / 70 / 87 / -17
Infamous / 70 / 85 / -15
Total (15 games) : -140 points
Average -9.3 / game
FPS (Microsoft)
Crackdown 80 / 83 / -3
Halo 3 / 100 / 94 / +6
Halo 3 ODST / 90 / 83 / +7
Left 4 Dead / 90 / 89 / +1
Left 4 Dead 2 / 90 / 89 / +1
Perfect Dark 70 / 82 / -12
Total (6 games): 0 points
Average: 0 difference
FPS (Sony)
MAG / 60 / 76 -16
Resistance / 70 / 86 / -16
Resistance 2 / 60 / 87 / -27
Killzone 2 / 70 / 91 / -21
Total (4 games): -80
Average: -20 difference
Conclusion is pretty simple. Edge is under rating Sony FPS. All other Sony games are rated slightly higher or at least equal to their xbox counter parts.
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And there you have it. Pretty much what I said in my last post. For some reason, Edge doesn't like Sony's FPS games.
Why that is, I have no idea. Or maybe it's not that they dislike Sony's RPGs so much but instead it's that they like Halo so much. Either way, it's one review site made of individuals. I actually think I have less of a problem with them scoring Sony's FPS games so low than I do their inflation of Halo's scores. Given the generally harsh rating system employed by Edge, I see no reason to award Halo 3/ODST a score of 10/9.
Those are really the two scores that stand out the most to me. It sounds like they're a bunch of Halo fanboys, IMO. I actually have few problems with their other scores.
Oh, and for those of you that claim "numbers don't lie", I dare you to walk into a university and tell that to a statistics teacher, especially when you mention that you're also using a sample size of less than 20 items. They'll laugh you right out of the classroom.
