Forget 7 - EDGE given FFXIII a 5!

[Reasonable]

Killergran said:

Reasonable said:
I have to say this caught me by surprise.

Given the game is technically fine, then for me it's at least limped to a 5 or 6 out of 10 right there. Reading the review I'm really surprised they didn't go for a 7 - which would be game is fine technically and okay for the genre but nothing special.

A 5 means the game has serious issues, which is pretty much going against the general views which seem to be the game is fine if somewhat linear and nothing new.

No, a five means the game is good but nothing special. Average. Ok. Passable.

It doesn't mean it has serious issues.

Of course, even with guidelines it's open to interpretation, but for me to be a 5 or less a game has to have actual technical plus gameplay issues.

For a game that seems on the evidence to be as well coded, etc. as FFXIII is to get a 5 is very puzzling to me.  I guess it depends how you bring technical competence into the mix (as a programmer of old it's important for me).

For me if the game works without bugs is technically competent, etc. then it's a 5.  if it's decent for it's genre it's a 7.  5 is very low for a title as polished as FFXIII and that's what I'm surprised by as for me it means that - in the view of this site - the game has serious gameplay issues.

Mind you, I'm not saying it DOES have such issues, merely that's the reading I'd take from the EDGE review and score.