EDGE needs to stop reviewing immediately! Enough is Enough!

[ZenfoldorVGI]

psrock said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:
Here's the thing. Bayonetta is a AAA game that despite not having the graphical capabilities of GoWIII, did enough to push the genre forward to stand out as a AAA title by itself. You will see ideas from Bayonetta in God of War IV.

Now, I'm not sure, but it is very likely that the formula for GoWIII is very similar to its predecessors.

I can't speak for GoWIII's review score, but imo, Bayonetta on the Xbox 360, was as perfect as an action game can get. It innovated, it didn't take itself seriously, and it had amazing set pieces and the deepest combat system yet invented in a game, while still managing to be relatively userfriendly.

I think it's obvious to a lot of reviewers why Edge, and Famitsu, and a ton of other sites gave Bayonetta a perfect score. I mean, it IS a AAA game afterall, and it didn't need graphics or hype to achieve that, so WTF, why the hate? Just because you don't get it doesn't mean it's not there to get. For instance, I never will understand why God of War is so popular.

I got a chance to play some Bayonetta on the 360. A lot of fun, almost too powerful, weird like. But one thing is clear, It's no AAA game. Maybe the next will be, hope they slap a better story though.

The only thing that's clear in this instance, is it's commonly accepted that a game with a score of 90 or greater on Metacritic is considered a "Triple-A game" on this and most of the internet, and Bayonetta does have a score of 90 percent on Xbox 360, so whatever your opinion might be, it doesn't change the fact that Bayonetta for the 360 is generally accepted as AAA by the most common definition.

Your opinion, or mine, doesn't matter in this instance. Now, I'm sure you've mistaken either my intent when I called it AAA, as me stating an opinion, or perhaps you weren't aware, or cared to refute the most commonly accepted definion of "AAA" but either way, you'd have been wrong in my humble opinion.

This is probably a simple mistake. However, if you wished to stick to your guns, let me say this. To me, anything can seem clear. It is clear to me that God of War isn't a very good game, and it is clear to me that the Playstation 3 has tons of overhyped and mediocre exclusives as does the Xbox 360. It is clear to me that PC gaming's graphical advantages are vastly overhyped while the disadvantages of the platform are ignored, waved off, or downplayed, and that these inconsistancies are never refuted due to console gamer ignorance. It is clear to me that motion controls aren't all they were hyped up to be, and they are mainly targeted towards casual gamers. It is clear to me that Nintendo games aren't as good as they used to be, and it is clear to me that most people in this thread are biased in favor off God of War III. However, those things are just opinions, and no matter how clear I think they may be, that doesn't change the fact that no one cares what I think, because they have their own opinions, and they don't need mine.

What they might need, is my reasoning and my deduction, and that is what I try to provide, only giving my opinions as a point of reference from which those deductions originate.

.......plus, you can't really watch "some" of The Godfather, and realize why it's a great film.