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Reasonable on 05 March 2010
Killergran said:
Reasonable said:
I have to say this caught me by surprise.

Given the game is technically fine, then for me it's at least limped to a 5 or 6 out of 10 right there. Reading the review I'm really surprised they didn't go for a 7 - which would be game is fine technically and okay for the genre but nothing special.

A 5 means the game has serious issues, which is pretty much going against the general views which seem to be the game is fine if somewhat linear and nothing new.

No, a five means the game is good but nothing special. Average. Ok. Passable.

It doesn't mean it has serious issues.

Of course, even with guidelines it's open to interpretation, but for me to be a 5 or less a game has to have actual technical plus gameplay issues.

For a game that seems on the evidence to be as well coded, etc. as FFXIII is to get a 5 is very puzzling to me.  I guess it depends how you bring technical competence into the mix (as a programmer of old it's important for me).

For me if the game works without bugs is technically competent, etc. then it's a 5.  if it's decent for it's genre it's a 7.  5 is very low for a title as polished as FFXIII and that's what I'm surprised by as for me it means that - in the view of this site - the game has serious gameplay issues.

Mind you, I'm not saying it DOES have such issues, merely that's the reading I'd take from the EDGE review and score.

 



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Reasonable on 05 March 2010
nordlead said:
just wanted to post in this epic 250 reply thread

Don't worry - my threads never get that big, they're all too reasonable!



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GodOfWar_3ever on 05 March 2010

EPIC MELTDOWN INCOMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING !

Dear God, I hope this doesn't happen to GoW III.. Do EDGE hate good games or what ?



jonnhytesta on 05 March 2010
kowenicki said:
well we cant even say they dont like JRPG's

they gave Demons Soul a 9/10

demons souls is not a jrpg. and yes they dont like them.



perpride on 05 March 2010
GodOfWar_3ever said:

 

EPIC MELTDOWN INCOMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING !

Dear God, I hope this doesn't happen to GoW III.. Do EDGE hate good games or what ?

This has to do with Western bias towards Eastern developed games. So God of War 3 should be safe ;)

@reasonable - well get ready for your first thrad to pass that mark buddy...cause this is going to send shockwaves across the internet.



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SuperAdrianK on 05 March 2010

You guys make a 5 sound like 2...




              

Gamerace on 05 March 2010

Well, those guys at Edge have some brass balls, I'll give them that. They sure as hell don't even bother trying to conform with popular opinion.



 

gustave154 on 05 March 2010

i actually agree with this review....
but other reviews like giving a 6 to an awesome game like Final Fantasy X is LOL
well.... EDGE have to EDGE i guess xD



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mai on 05 March 2010
GodOfWar_3ever said:

Dear God, I hope this doesn't happen to GoW III.. Do EDGE hate good games or what ?

They do hate boring games apparently. And FFXIII does look like a perfect victim for Edge reviewers ;) Doubt it will happen to GoW3, it's fun to tear smbd head off.



Killergran on 05 March 2010
Reasonable said:

Of course, even with guidelines it's open to interpretation, but for me to be a 5 or less a game has to have actual technical plus gameplay issues.

For a game that seems on the evidence to be as well coded, etc. as FFXIII is to get a 5 is very puzzling to me.  I guess it depends how you bring technical competence into the mix (as a programmer of old it's important for me).

For me if the game works without bugs is technically competent, etc. then it's a 5.  if it's decent for it's genre it's a 7.  5 is very low for a title as polished as FFXIII and that's what I'm surprised by as for me it means that - in the view of this site - the game has serious gameplay issues.

Mind you, I'm not saying it DOES have such issues, merely that's the reading I'd take from the EDGE review and score.

 

I'm not saying it has issues either. But I cannot in any way agree with you that a game needs to have technical issues to get a 5 or below. In my ears, that just sounds like madness. A game could have technical issues up over it's ears and still get a 9 or 10, or it could have no technical issues at all and recieve a 1. I'm not saying technical issues should not, or does not, affect the score. I'm saying that no score should ever imply or mean a game has them.

And EDGE works differently from how you do, obviously. For them, 5 really means a game that is decent for its genre. But this point has been debated for so long I feel almost silly for bringing it up.



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