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makingmusic476 on 11 June 2008
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a.l.e.x00 said:
makingmusic476 said:
a.l.e.x00 said:
makingmusic476 said:
It's because Eurogamer and Edge gave it 8s. Both of which gave MGS3 8s as well.

Wait for more reviews. IGN NA, 1UP, etc. haven't reviewed it yet.

NOT just Eurogamer, and Edge, but also "games" (yeah, good name... "games"... I don't know... Go to Metacritic... But "games" also gave it a score of 80).

Okay, so three reviewers, gave it a score of 80. Okay. Now, "WHY" did they give it a score of 80? Especially, this early on, when hype, naturally drives one to give a higher score, this early, before the game has even launched.

Wait for more reviews to come in? See, that's the thing. Later reviews, are always of lower scores. I'm sure 70's, and maybe a 60, or two, will come in, later on. If three reviewers gave the game 80, when the game hasn't even launched, that definitely tells you the game is not what it's supposed to be, and it will end, far lower than what it should have been.

But hey, screw the reviews, right? They don't know anything. Okay... But are they simply "imagining" such flaws, to give scores like 80? Prove me wrong. But hey, I don't know. We'll have to wait and see.

Scores will not improve. They will be lower, throughout time, so 80's now, is an ignominy for a MGS game, with only EIGHT reviews! 


You assume that all reviews will only be lower from here on out.  It's not definite.

Also, why is it horrible that MGS4 is recieving similar scores to MGS3 (and better, in many cases, such as GameInformer)?  It doesn't matter what order the reviews were released in.  Edge and Eurogamer gave the same score to both games.  GamePro did as well, only a 10 in both cases rather than an 8.  GameInformer gave it a higher score than MGS3.  That sounds great to me. 

And I don't even know who GamesTM is...

I assume, because usually, I am right.

 

It would not be horrible that MGS4 receives similar scores to MGS3. That would be awesome. But it's not. It only has a similar score to MGS3 "right now," but the reviews of MGS3 have already rested, a long time ago. Its score is going nowhere. It has already reached "sea-level." That's it, while MGS4 "may not" rest at 91%. If it stays at 91%, that's awesome. It's a masterpiece. But it may not. With only 8 reviews, I wont be surprised if it rests at 85%? 86%? Is that bad? No, but that's not my point. My point, is that MGS4, if you go by the reviews, is not the game it should have been.


I'm talking individual reviews.  From Eurogamer's, Edge's, Gameinformer's, etc. perspectives, the game is just as good if not better than MGS3.  I'd certainly trust them.  IGN will make the score go up as well (IGN UK gave the game a 9.9, and IGN AU gave it a 9.5, but only IGN NA is counted).