Edge: Ninja Gaiden II walks all over DMC 4 and God of War

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baph72 said:
I don't have to use aggregate reviews, Zen. I can go use IGN's reviews and demonstrate much the same rankings in regards to the games as what Metacritic uses. The only difference is the IGN scores for the other games I mentioned are much higher in comparison to NG II as the Metacritic scores make them out to be further demonstrating that the God of War series walks all over Ninja Gaiden II.

Furthermore, you say you know far more about this subject than I do. Well, let's go look at a source that knows far more about video games than Edge Magazine. Play magazine the direct descendant of the Greatest American Video Game Magazine of All Time DieHard Gamefan. In his review of Heavenly Sword, Dave Halverson gives Heavenly Sword a 10. There recent review of NG II makes the game out to be no more than a 9 at best, so then, even Heavenly Sword walks all over Ninja Gaiden II.


"If you want a definitive answer here, you're not gonna get one. In web 2.0, I know it's not the norm to listen to people who like Edge who probably know a lot more about this particular subject than you do, and just switch to aggregate reviews when it suits you, but like the Wii library talking point, your "evidence" here simply wont' stand up to scrutiany, and is completely bogus."

 

Anyway, yeah man, when the bulk of your arguments lie in mainstream critical concensus and not your own experience, why is there even an argument. I might as well go argue with my computer screen with gamerankings.com pulled up. There really is no argument for him, except

"more people agree with me."

 

Well, I'll respond:

"core people agree with me."

Edge magazine, also agrees with me, apparently.

 

As for this new cherrypicking review sites, just don't. No reason.

 

Now, I think GoW sucks. However, you don't want to get into opinion, obviously. Not your or my opinion, anyway. Instead you want to use Dave Halverson's opinion. You just go ahead and enjoy Dave. I'm going to stick with the only opinion that I know is going to suit my tastes.

The only opinion of yours that I actually know is that you trust review numbers much more than the text in the review. You refuse to discuss games outside of their numberical reviews, even though quantifying games strictly by the numbers owns a number of games that you undoubtedly wouldn't want "owned" by someone like me.

 

So, by keeping yourself completely outside the conversation, you seek to protect yourself from me. You seem to have done a pretty good job. I literally don't have anything to get you own, outside of the fact that you pretty unabashedly claim that aggregate reviews are the end all comparison for games, and anyone who says different is using damage control.

I would ask you to talk some more, so I can find an opening in your logic and reasoning. Please, here is a topic for discussion: What is your favorite game, and which consoles do you own?