DO NOT Trust Magazine's Review Scores

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makingmusic476 said:

sega4life said:

makingmusic476 said:

Why should we trust loltaku on this?

My only complaint with Famitsu to this day stems from their 29/40 score for Demon's Souls.  One guy gave it a six because it was "too hard".  Dengeki scored it much higher, giving it 85/85/95/85.

And they also (surprisingly) overrate some western games.  Both Haze and Lair got mid-30s.  It's like they review them thinking, "well, this is what western gamers probably like."

Haze and Lair are for a Japanese based company, Sony.

Not saying anything against Sony, just seems odd that in recent months (years), during Japan's lag spell of software/hardware sales, that a Japanese review mag is reviewing Japanese games publishers high scores to boost sales.

But I don't know why we should not trust Kotaku over your complaints of Famitsu?

Haze has nothing to do with Sony.  It was a joint venture between Free Radical and Ubisoft, one that went ps3 exclusive because ps3 was the lead platform and Free Radical were bleeding money (and thus went bankrupt).

And unlike Haze, Demon's Souls was published by Sony.  The idea that one game scored high and the other scored low is because of Sony is ludicrous.

So what you saying is, a Japanese Review Magazine, gave a game a higher score because it was exclusive to who? Sony? and Sony is based in what country?

When Haze came out, Japanese games sales were even lower then they are now with the next gen consoles, so to give it a push etc etc..