That's your opinion. Though to call Drake's Fortune better than Drake's Deception, I dont even know what to say to you.

As for best exclusive, in my opinion it was God Of War III by a mile, wih Uncharted 2 and TLOU also being some of the best. Demon's Souls was meh, nothing else.

Also, Heavy Rain is a third-party exclusive not first-party.

THIS.

@ OP

Beside the article being cherrypicked, the real problem is twofold. 

First, it seems that reviewers have started to go back to a normal rating scale as they had before.  One where 5/5.5 is average, 6/6.5 is above average, 7/7.5 is good, 8/8.5 is great, 9/9.5 is excellent, and 10 is perfection (or as close as you can get to it.)  This is in contrast to the ridiculous one they, for some reason, adopted last gen where 7-7.5 was average, 8-8.5 was good, 9-9.5 was excellent, and 10 was supposed to be near perfect, but your game could still have a bunch of bugs and still get this rating. 

Bascially, they adopted a school grade system, where anything score below 8 was looked down on and anything below 7 was regarded as a piss poor game.  This meant an average game, that some could still enjoy, were seen in the same light as bad as games that got a 1 or 2, which were broken pieces of crap that barely work.  Unfortunately, I feel they have been a little overly harsh on games this gen to compensate for it, while also not informing their readers (who have are still on the old review scale) of the change.

And two, some reviewers are using low scores to either try to make a point or, worse, for clicks to their site.  It's obvious that more clicks means more ad revenue, so I don't really need to explain that one.  For making a point, some will give it a lower rating if they don't like that type of game, maybe they prefer another game in the same genre, or maybe they didn't get their goodie bag with the game.  We see this with people giving games that, objectively speaking, should be getting at least (above) average reviews, getting 1s and 2s, scores that should be reserved for games that are riddled with bugs and with (below) average graphics/gameplay. 

Really, if a game has very few bugs and meh-average graphics/gameplay/sound, that should be enough to get into, or very close to, to the 5-5.5 range.  From there, you add 1/2 points or whole points for things the game does above average (graphics, sound, story, gameplay/mechanics, control.)

They need to work a little bit with the gameplay mechanics, don't get me wrong! the games are solid! but killzone is just a FPS, Knack is just an action platformer, Driveclub just an arcade racer, The order just tps. I don't expect innovation on every game, but some kind of twist or mechanic can do a lot for a game. For example, Splatoon, just a cartoony tps, but the "ink and squid" changes the game completely.

Half of these aren't first party. Doesn't seem like the author knows what he's talking about. Bloodborne making a recovery? Hard to do that when it's 3rd party

Oh, thanks for pointing that out. I've been operating under the assumption that Sony owned Quantic Dream.

But, please, there's no need to make a comment like "that's your opinion." It's quite clearly my opinion. Just like your post represents your opinion.

You're more than welcome to engage with me in debate over the quality of a particular game -- in fact I'd welcome it -- but stating things like "that's your opinion and "I don't even know what to say to you" contributes next to nothing to the conversation.

LOL. Most of the upcoming Ninty games are sequels too. Are you ok? Hell most of the Ninty games that have been released for Wii U so far have been sequels. Or rereleases, they still havent put out an original IP yet. And give me examples on innovationg gameplay. Ill wait.

I don't think he intends to be unconstructive but just really disagrees with you that Uncharted 1 is better than 3. You really think that? I know it's about personal preference but I enjoyed 3 almost as much as 2 which I found way more enjoyable than 1.

@OP: I can't give a better answer to this thread than Conina's so I'll quote that as well.

Splatoon, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Bowser mode in Mario Party 10, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker.

And even though it's a remake Majora's Mask is a unique game. There's nothing like it.

And read my post, it's only one sentence, sequels aren't bad.

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