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ZenfoldorVGI on 29 July 2008

You should also note that despite the less than 9 review, this game did recieve the IGN editors choice award:

The IGN Editors' Choice Award is a sign of excellence reserved for only the best products. The award signifies excellence in entertainment value, performance, design, originality, and lasting appeal. A product bearing this award has our unequivocal recommendation and is sure to become a classic in its field.

 

A full list of EC recipients can be found here for the 360:

http://xbox360.ign.com/index/choice.html

 

Or here for the PS3:

http://ps3.ign.com/index/choice.html



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ZenfoldorVGI on 29 July 2008
Skeeuk said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Skeeuk said:
Zucas said:
So if the PS3 version feels better and whatnot... why give them the same score. I hate that they give some of the PS360 games the same score and then tell which version is better in some areas. It's just hypocritical to what they are trying to do.

Anyways not a bad score. 8.7 was around where I expected the game to get. Sounds like a fluid fighter.

 

if the 360 version was quicker and more polished, they would have bumped the ps3 score down.

ps3 version has way better controlls for this type of game, so its obvious i will be buying ps3 rendition.

darth vader > yoda

 

What is up with all these consipracy theories against the PS3 lately?

its usually the case with ign.

regarding the game, i thought it may have recived higher scores, but as it pans out i dont think it will be quite AAA, in fact i dont think fighters of this kind will reach AAA they are not as big as they used to be. still 8.7 is a good score and the game is well worth getting.

 

 

Yeah, but just look at some of the games lately that didn't pull off AAA because they were supposedly "derivitive."

 

The World Ends With You

Final Fantasy IV

Uncharted

Rachet and Clank Future

Core Crisis

Persona 3: FES

Elite Beat Agents

 

If you don't have the budget of a Gears of War, GTAIV, or MGS4, it's hard to even get ranked AAA today.

Just look at that EC list at how many 360 games have ranked over a 9. Not many, especially lately.

With games like Galaxy, MGS, Brawl, Bioshock, and GTA coming out rarely but surely, it's getting harder and harder to score really well with games that are only given normal development cycles, because those games are just so much bigger and better than we've grown to expect.

However, that doesn't mean that some games(like the ones I listed) aren't REALLY, really good.

 

When MGS4 can only pull off a 92.5, that just puts that much more emphasis on where games that fall in the upper 80's range of reviewers stand in relatively quality.

A few people might claim they are "dissapointed" with a 8.7, but these people are probably living in the past, and they don't realize how the review system has evolved over this current generation. 8.7 is, in a word, wtfbbqwin for a game with such relatively small hype and consideration, imo.



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

Skeeuk on 29 July 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Skeeuk said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Skeeuk said:
Zucas said:
So if the PS3 version feels better and whatnot... why give them the same score. I hate that they give some of the PS360 games the same score and then tell which version is better in some areas. It's just hypocritical to what they are trying to do.

Anyways not a bad score. 8.7 was around where I expected the game to get. Sounds like a fluid fighter.

 

if the 360 version was quicker and more polished, they would have bumped the ps3 score down.

ps3 version has way better controlls for this type of game, so its obvious i will be buying ps3 rendition.

darth vader > yoda

 

What is up with all these consipracy theories against the PS3 lately?

its usually the case with ign.

regarding the game, i thought it may have recived higher scores, but as it pans out i dont think it will be quite AAA, in fact i dont think fighters of this kind will reach AAA they are not as big as they used to be. still 8.7 is a good score and the game is well worth getting.

 

 

Yeah, but just look at some of the games lately that didn't pull off AAA because they were supposedly "derivitive."

 

The World Ends With You

Final Fantasy IV

Uncharted

Rachet and Clank Future

Core Crisis

Persona 3: FES

Elite Beat Agents

 

If you don't have the budget of a Gears of War, GTAIV, or MGS4, it's hard to even get ranked AAA today.

Just look at that EC list at how many 360 games have ranked over a 9. Not many, especially lately.

With games like Galaxy, MGS, Brawl, Bioshock, and GTA coming out rarely but surely, it's getting harder and harder to score really well with games that are only given normal development cycles, because those games are just so much bigger and better than we've grown to expect.

However, that doesn't mean that some games(like the ones I listed) aren't REALLY, really good.

 

When MGS4 can only pull off a 92.5, that just puts that much more emphasis on where games that fall in the upper 80's range of reviewers stand in relatively quality.

A few people might claim they are "dissapointed" with a 8.7, but these people are probably living in the past, and they don't realize how the review system has evolved over this current generation. 8.7 is, in a word, wtfbbqwin for a game with such relatively small hype and consideration, imo.

 

yes i agree some people think that if a game gets an 8 lets say, it somehow isnt a good game when in fact it is.

i would say 7 or over is a good game worth getting, but it depends most of all on your own personal review of the game.

i recently went into my local asda, as was stuck in choosing battlefield or ferrari challenge, after a while i thought sod it il buy ferrari challenge, and took it back after 5 mins because my heart was more set on battlefield. then a few days later i got hold of ferrari cahllenge through a trade and paid £20 on top.

battlefield has got better reviews than ferrari challenge but i play ferrari challnge much more, in fact im on it all the time, its simply superb they way they have set the game up, everytime you win a ferrari it feels like a true acomplishment. lol its the first game ive seen with a built in top-trumps game(to those who know what that is)

so an 8.7 for SC means its a very very good game. and i advise people not to turn thier noses away from a game simply on the fact that it didnt get a 9/10

 



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HanzoTheRazor on 29 July 2008

I can't believe so many people put so much faith into reviewers like IGN. Are they gods? is their word final? Can people still think for themselves?

After all, they are just other peoples ideas of what is good, are they not?

I must say though, some of my all time favorite games have only scored 8. Anyway, just my 2 cents.



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ZenfoldorVGI on 29 July 2008
HanzoTheRazor said:
I can't believe so many people put so much faith into reviewers like IGN. Are they gods? is their word final? Can people still think for themselves?

After all, they are just other peoples ideas of what is good, are they not?

I must say though, some of my all time favorite games have only scored 8. Anyway, just my 2 cents.

 

My favorite game so far this gen has been Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, and I think gamespot gave it a 6.5/10.



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

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ToastyJaguar on 29 July 2008

360 optional install should make it run as smooth as the ps3 version but does it really need it?




Staude on 29 July 2008

best fighter will be the next tekken ;)

but ill deffo get this the day it comes out... in 2 days.



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Cypher1980 on 29 July 2008

Ps3 version gets Darth Vader as its icon.

What ever did SONY do to be associated with the "Dark Side" and "Evil Empire"

Meanwhile on board the Sony Death Star

Analyst : Your sad devotion to the Cell hasn't recovered the companys public image or given you vision enough to develop and innovate like Nintendo

Sony PR Guru : I find your lack of faith disturbing.

and then the choking starts.



colonelstubbs on 29 July 2008
Staude said:
best fighter will be the next tekken ;)

but ill deffo get this the day it comes out... in 2 days.

 

 Tekken hasnt been good for years. Tekken Tag Tournament was my first ever PS2 game, and i hated it. Yeah it had spiffing graphics, but it had a lack of real fighting moves (grabs, throws) that was over-compensated for by its ridiculous 37 button combos



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LOL MATURE on 29 July 2008

CoD4, GTA4, Burnout, DMC4, and now this... sweet.