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Shaunodon on 06 September 2018
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Cerebralbore101 said:
method114 said:
"The best Spider-Man game ever made… but only just, since it fails to move the superhero video game genre forward in any important way." - 7/10

lol what kind of review is this? Not only do you have to make good game but your better move the genre forward in an important way. That's quite a challenge devs have on their hands when making games.

That's what happens when you have reviewers that have never worked in the industry or even learned the process of creating games. Imagine if other things were reviewed with that mindset. 

"This car has excellent gas mileage, but since it doesn't allow me to fly I give it a 7/10."

"This CPU is competitively priced, has a eight cores, hyperthreading, and a  4.3 ghz clockspeed equal to the competition. But since it doesn't go any faster than competitors I give it 7/10."

"This weightlifter just benched 1075 lbs, but since that isn't anything more than the current world record I give him a 7/10."

Basically what this reviewer is saying is that Spider-Man can't just be a top-quality game. No, no, no! It has to move the definition of quality even further along! I don't have a problem with a score of 7/10. That's fine. But the idea that games have to perpetually improve or else they won't get top marks is ridiculous. If someone told me that there was a new JRPG as good as Chrono Trigger I'd be jumping for joy. If that same person said, "Oh, but it's only as good as Chrono Trigger, and that's a 20 year old game, so I'll pass", I'd smack them across the top of their head. 

This idea that games must not only match the best in their genres, but somehow continually improve on them, is what I'm coining "The Edge review mentality". Why? Because Edge Magazine has had this mentality for years. And they are one of the worst review publications I have ever read. Their scores make zero sense whatsoever, even when they hand out good scores. 

Edit: Ok, the reviewer in question actually had more real complaints. But his final line, blurb, or whatever you call it is horribly written,and gives the impression that he has the Edge review mentality. But my above comments still apply to Edge wholeheartedly. 

Ironic example to use here. The reason Chrono Trigger is so highly praised is because it was revolutionary for it's time and is known for pushing the boundries in several ways. If someone just made a game of the same standard as Chrono Trigger today it'd still be a great game, but you couldn't put it on the same level since it wouldn't have the same significance.
Not saying Spider-Man is just a clone of the Arkham games, or that the Arkham games were wholly original themselves, but this definitely builds on the framework that was set by them, and apparently doesn't do enough to be praised as groundbreaking in it's own right.

Not sure why people can't swallow that this game is only great.

Last edited by Shaunodon - on 06 September 2018