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aryu on 12 February 2014

Scores are way too generous but at least they know what constitutes a bad game.



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outlawauron on 12 February 2014
wolfofthepack said:
am cod got so high scores something is really wrong with famitsu !!!!

COD is more popular than most JRPGs. FPS and GTA have really grown in popularity in Japan.



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Xevross on 12 February 2014
pezus said:

That dude that gave Resogun a 7 probably got destroyed on Master Rookie difficulty ;(

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naruball on 12 February 2014
Xen said:
ethomaz said:

Xen said:

Yeah... but it is Famitsu... their credibility is the credibility of dirt...

It's a decent selection, but pretty much nothing is a must-have thanks to cross-generation presense or lack of appeal to the JP market.

I think it is only here in the western that Famitsu seems to lack credibitity.

Their focus in Japan tastes and for that they really do a great job... these scores are maily focused to Japaneses... so that's why they differ a lot from the westerns reviews.

At extremely high scores for extremely flawed games consistently, their scores are not really molded to anyone I think. FF XIII for example. Nobody will argue that it's extremely flawed, even if it's a fan of the game, and yet, it got like 38/40 or 39/40 in Famitsu.

They are said to rate for hype, or at least that's something I remember hearing time and time again.

FF 13 wasn't perfect but I don't think it's a good example. I mean look at these scores http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/final-fantasy-xiii/critic-reviews

Did these magazines/reviewers lose credibility?

Also, some of the lower scores were written much later than the higher ones and were thus given after gamers rejected the game and said it was terrible. It seemed that reviewers wanted to please gamers or were affected by the hype/backlash. 



wolfofthepack on 12 February 2014
outlawauron said:
wolfofthepack said:
am cod got so high scores something is really wrong with famitsu !!!!

COD is more popular than most JRPGs. FPS and GTA have really grown in popularity in Japan.


but thats was the worst cod to date! its shame that the japs r excepting that as a good game! i still prefer jap games to western games



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pokoko on 12 February 2014
badgenome said:
I'm hoping against hope that Koei will use this opportunity when the PS4 has no gaemz to localize a Nobunaga's Ambition for the first time in forever.

Absolutely what I was thinking.  A new Nobunaga's Ambition would make me very happy.  Sony, go push Koei.



celador on 12 February 2014

Those scores are ridiculous. The average for that magazine must be around 8/10.



jacks81x on 12 February 2014
Xen said:
ethomaz said:

Xen said:

Yeah... but it is Famitsu... their credibility is the credibility of dirt...

It's a decent selection, but pretty much nothing is a must-have thanks to cross-generation presense or lack of appeal to the JP market.

I think it is only here in the western that Famitsu seems to lack credibitity.

Their focus in Japan tastes and for that they really do a great job... these scores are maily focused to Japaneses... so that's why they differ a lot from the westerns reviews.

At extremely high scores for extremely flawed games consistently, their scores are not really molded to anyone I think. FF XIII for example. Nobody will argue that it's extremely flawed, even if it's a fan of the game, and yet, it got like 38/40 or 39/40 in Famitsu.

They are said to rate for hype, or at least that's something I remember hearing time and time again.

Yea, but to be fair, a lot of Western reviewers also gave FFXIII high scores.

IGN - 8.9

Game Informer - 9.25

GameSpot - 8.5

CVG - 9.2

1UP - A-



vivster on 12 February 2014

Let's hope they can transform these scores into sales.



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Justagamer on 12 February 2014
Xevross said:
pezus said:

That dude that gave Resogun a 7 probably got destroyed on Master Rookie difficulty ;(

Fixed ;)


I think A 7 is very fair. It's small, bite sized fun, but well designed. But it does grow old fairly quickly.... And I don't get destroyed on master either.