Wright said:
Why it would have been at least an 80 metacritic? No matter how many helping hands Sony would give to From Software, Enchanted arms would be bashed anyway for being derivative (which was the cause of the game getting bashed in the first place). Despite Microsoft throwing money at him, Sakaguchi came up with Lost Odyssey which is sitting at a 78 in metacritic because most critics consider it to be too conservative and derivative, so it doesn't matter whereas Microsoft helped or not, the core mechanic of both games wasn't up to the critics taste. Yet Lost Odyssey gets some love from players. Figure it out.
Or are you suggesting that a game that has "Only on Playstation" on the cover automatically gets more metacritic points? |
Sakaguchi could run circles around From Software when it comes to RPG's. He doesnt need Microsofts help let alone Sony. For Software though, its a different story. If Sony looks at a developer they are willing to take a risk on the chances are they will still help them develop if they need to creative push. If you look up the development of Demon Souls, that seemed to be the issue. It was essentially going to be another Kings field if it wasnt for Sony. Sony Japan helped them change it up.
No. I am not suggesting that if a game has Only on Playstation that it automatically gets more metacritic points. I am stating that Sony's level of development awareness is higher than that of Software and the push really helped. Demon Souls actually caught Sony off guard though, which is why Sony was afraid to publish it outside of Japan. The problem with Sony was that they were thinking too much about appeasing the west that they couldn't seen the quality in Demon souls at first.
