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ZenfoldorVGI on 22 August 2008
Soriku said:
trestres said:
@Soriku: I did, and loved it. The thing is the game wasn't mine, so I had to return it and I didn't have enough time to play it properly. I just played the first 3 hours or so. I was to busy playing TLoZ:WW and I missed the chance to play this game.

 

Then...buy it this time.

 

Yes, I completely agree. Buy it. You'll never regret it, if you're talking about ToS, or TotA, that is.



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Riachu on 22 August 2008
Shadowblind said:

I know scores really don't matter...but there are more people out there who look at a final score then read the review. Raichu is right; by how they scored it it should be getting an 8.8-9.0

Well whatever. All I know is I'm getting it and hope that it does very well sales wise. I'm just worried that low scores effect sales sometimes...

8.2 is not a low score.  In fact, 8.2 is actually a fairly high score.  Sales wise, well, it depends if Namco-Bandai actually use commercials for the game this time

 



 

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brute on 23 August 2008

thats a great score,but im not much of an RPG fan



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trestres on 23 August 2008

@Zen and Soriku: I would, but it's a damn hard task, nearly impossible I'd say to find GC games in Argentina... Everyone here owned modded PS2's, GC owners were the minority and there are almost no GC games left on the market. =(



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ZenfoldorVGI on 23 August 2008
Riachu said:
Shadowblind said:

I know scores really don't matter...but there are more people out there who look at a final score then read the review. Raichu is right; by how they scored it it should be getting an 8.8-9.0

Well whatever. All I know is I'm getting it and hope that it does very well sales wise. I'm just worried that low scores effect sales sometimes...

8.2 is not a low score.  In fact, 8.2 is actually a fairly high score.  Sales wise, well, it depends if Namco-Bandai actually use commercials for the game this time

 

 

I think he meant that when casuals see a game and see 8.2, the think, "Meh, I like to buy 9s."

We're talking about a very specific group here. The ones smart enough to look up reviews, but who don't know enough about the industry to acutally know about the "Tales of" series, or pretty much any jrpgs.

They're the ones who know the big headlines only, but couldn't tell you who Jaffe was, or if Mike Capps hates the Wii or not.

That group might have a small portion that would turn away from an 8.2, but to an internet smart, that visits this site, I'd imagine that the 8.2 would make their mind up in the other direction, and could actually gain the game a few sales.



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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.

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Shadowblind on 23 August 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Riachu said:
Shadowblind said:

I know scores really don't matter...but there are more people out there who look at a final score then read the review. Raichu is right; by how they scored it it should be getting an 8.8-9.0

Well whatever. All I know is I'm getting it and hope that it does very well sales wise. I'm just worried that low scores effect sales sometimes...

8.2 is not a low score.  In fact, 8.2 is actually a fairly high score.  Sales wise, well, it depends if Namco-Bandai actually use commercials for the game this time

 

 

I think he meant that when casuals see a game and see 8.2, the think, "Meh, I like to buy 9s."

We're talking about a very specific group here. The ones smart enough to look up reviews, but who don't know enough about the industry to acutally know about the "Tales of" series, or pretty much any jrpgs.

They're the ones who know the big headlines only, but couldn't tell you who Jaffe was, or if Mike Capps hates the Wii or not.

That group might have a small portion that would turn away from an 8.2, but to an internet smart, that visits this site, I'd imagine that the 8.2 would make their mind up in the other direction, and could actually gain the game a few sales.

 

 Thats what I'm afraid of. Internet savvy people are far in the minority, and tales loving 360 owning smart internet users are in the far minority ;) Score was actaully the reason I didn't get Lost Odyssey a while back.



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Riachu on 23 August 2008
Shadowblind said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Riachu said:
Shadowblind said:

I know scores really don't matter...but there are more people out there who look at a final score then read the review. Raichu is right; by how they scored it it should be getting an 8.8-9.0

Well whatever. All I know is I'm getting it and hope that it does very well sales wise. I'm just worried that low scores effect sales sometimes...

8.2 is not a low score. In fact, 8.2 is actually a fairly high score. Sales wise, well, it depends if Namco-Bandai actually use commercials for the game this time

 

 

I think he meant that when casuals see a game and see 8.2, the think, "Meh, I like to buy 9s."

We're talking about a very specific group here. The ones smart enough to look up reviews, but who don't know enough about the industry to acutally know about the "Tales of" series, or pretty much any jrpgs.

They're the ones who know the big headlines only, but couldn't tell you who Jaffe was, or if Mike Capps hates the Wii or not.

That group might have a small portion that would turn away from an 8.2, but to an internet smart, that visits this site, I'd imagine that the 8.2 would make their mind up in the other direction, and could actually gain the game a few sales.

 

Thats what I'm afraid of. Internet savvy people are far in the minority, and tales loving 360 owning smart internet users are in the far minority ;) Score was actaully the reason I didn't get Lost Odyssey a while back.

Ever played Mass Effect?  That game was rated by reviewers as AAA and I personally didn't like it that much

 



 

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Riachu on 23 August 2008
Shadowblind said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Riachu said:
Shadowblind said:

I know scores really don't matter...but there are more people out there who look at a final score then read the review. Raichu is right; by how they scored it it should be getting an 8.8-9.0

Well whatever. All I know is I'm getting it and hope that it does very well sales wise. I'm just worried that low scores effect sales sometimes...

8.2 is not a low score. In fact, 8.2 is actually a fairly high score. Sales wise, well, it depends if Namco-Bandai actually use commercials for the game this time

 

 

I think he meant that when casuals see a game and see 8.2, the think, "Meh, I like to buy 9s."

We're talking about a very specific group here. The ones smart enough to look up reviews, but who don't know enough about the industry to acutally know about the "Tales of" series, or pretty much any jrpgs.

They're the ones who know the big headlines only, but couldn't tell you who Jaffe was, or if Mike Capps hates the Wii or not.

That group might have a small portion that would turn away from an 8.2, but to an internet smart, that visits this site, I'd imagine that the 8.2 would make their mind up in the other direction, and could actually gain the game a few sales.

 

Thats what I'm afraid of. Internet savvy people are far in the minority, and tales loving 360 owning smart internet users are in the far minority ;) Score was actaully the reason I didn't get Lost Odyssey a while back.

Are there a lot of Internet savvy people in America?  I know that teens use the Internet a lot.

 



 

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konnichiwa on 23 August 2008
Riachu said:
Shadowblind said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Riachu said:
Shadowblind said:

I know scores really don't matter...but there are more people out there who look at a final score then read the review. Raichu is right; by how they scored it it should be getting an 8.8-9.0

Well whatever. All I know is I'm getting it and hope that it does very well sales wise. I'm just worried that low scores effect sales sometimes...

8.2 is not a low score. In fact, 8.2 is actually a fairly high score. Sales wise, well, it depends if Namco-Bandai actually use commercials for the game this time

 

 

I think he meant that when casuals see a game and see 8.2, the think, "Meh, I like to buy 9s."

We're talking about a very specific group here. The ones smart enough to look up reviews, but who don't know enough about the industry to acutally know about the "Tales of" series, or pretty much any jrpgs.

They're the ones who know the big headlines only, but couldn't tell you who Jaffe was, or if Mike Capps hates the Wii or not.

That group might have a small portion that would turn away from an 8.2, but to an internet smart, that visits this site, I'd imagine that the 8.2 would make their mind up in the other direction, and could actually gain the game a few sales.

 

Thats what I'm afraid of. Internet savvy people are far in the minority, and tales loving 360 owning smart internet users are in the far minority ;) Score was actaully the reason I didn't get Lost Odyssey a while back.

Ever played Mass Effect?  That game was rated by reviewers as AAA and I personally didn't like it that much

 

Well it deserved those high scores though =p.  But it is hard to compare to a JRPG.

 






iclim4 on 23 August 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Oh snap, on my IGN, TotA actually only got an 8.3, which is almost dead even with ToV!

I'll go ahead and say it, I think ToV could have the potential to be considered the best in the series in a few years time.

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Yeah, seems I was mistaken.
It was 8.3...
Better prospects for ToV then.

 




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