G4TV gives Crisis Core a 4 !

[Bodhesatva]

If the quality of dialogue and gameplay is subjective, blaydcor, then I'd insist that everything is subjective (which is true) and that therefore all reviews are simply one guys opinion and don't really matter much anyway. That's certainly a valid position to take -- I just want you to be aware of what that position means.

But I do agree with the rest of your point here, Blayd. Again, it seems like most people seem to agree, to greater or lesser extents, that the faults X-Play notices are genuine faults. Kingofwale, above me, seems to admit that the game does have faults and that it may even deserve a 70% (implicit in his statement that the game may not "deserve a 5.... or even a 4."

The argument, instead, seems to just be that the flaws aren't THAT bad. I'm not saying they're wrong, but it's a fruitless argument. It's like arguing about whether the F word is a REALLY bad word, or just a bad word -- there isn't really a correct answer. So let's just drop this, guys? We seem to agree on most of the fundamentals, and are arguing a difference of degree, not of kind. I'm dropping it, and I hope others will, too.