I don't care about the reviews I'll play any Tales game just like I'll play any sonic game, I got the 360 Sonic the Hedgehog sitting, havent' opened it yet but I will soon...
| Stats87 said: Best RPG on the 360 according to some of those reviews, interesting. The reviews are higher then I thought they would be and it looks like it will have a better average then Lost Odyssey. |
I know. I still think LO got the shaft with its reviews. It was so much better than the score.
outlawauron said:
I know. I still think LO got the shaft with its reviews. It was so much better than the score. |
To some degree many of the problems reviewers had were rectified in the retail release. That would improve it by a few points. However, unfortunately the game was too nuanced and character driven to appeal to most reviewers.
I think that can be said for most any JRPGs now-a-days.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
Watched the Gamespot review, and it definitely looks like they wanted to give it a 95% since they had so little to say that was wrong. It almost sounds like a perfect jRPG from that review.
Unfortunately, public bias comes into play on the reviews of these games. I think they are afraid of the repercussions that would result if they gave it the score it deserves. 90% of the public in the West won't touch a cel-shaded jRPG. If they say it's as good as Gears, Mass Effect, MGS, or FF, they will get a bunch of angry people that bought it on review that simply don't like the genre. That's my opinion of the issue.
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| FinalEvangelion said: Watched the Gamespot review, and it definitely looks like they wanted to give it a 95% since they had so little to say that was wrong. It almost sounds like a perfect jRPG from that review. Unfortunately, public bias comes into play on the reviews of these games. I think they are afraid of the repercussions that would result if they gave it the score it deserves. 90% of the public in the West won't touch a cel-shaded jRPG. If they say it's as good as Gears, Mass Effect, MGS, or FF, they will get a bunch of angry people that bought it on review that simply don't like the genre. That's my opinion of the issue. |
I said that exact same thing on Soriku's wall.
Reviewers see Tales as a guilty pleasure. There is nothing special about the game, besides the fact that it has great anime characters, with aged but fun gameplay.
However, the game is just plain fun, and you really can't stop yourself from wishing it would go on forever.
Reviewers feel they would lose credibility for giving a guilty pleasure anime based game like this, that has been done many times before, a AAA rating, right up there with the super-evolved neo-juggernauts like Gears of War.
So, they give it an 8/10 or an 8.5 and rave about how much fun it is in the review article, and how everyone should pick it up.
It's 60 hours of sheer joy, and a lot of these reviewers obviously recount it as one of their favorite HD games. But in their eyes, their "favorite" game doesn't make it the "best" game, and giving points for doing new things, instead of rehashing old, proven, fun ones, has been a standard in the review industry for quite a while.
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.
Picko said:
To some degree many of the problems reviewers had were rectified in the retail release. That would improve it by a few points. However, unfortunately the game was too nuanced and character driven to appeal to most reviewers. |
They obviously have bad taste in RPGs if they think a game being character driven is a bad thing
| FinalEvangelion said: Watched the Gamespot review, and it definitely looks like they wanted to give it a 95% since they had so little to say that was wrong. It almost sounds like a perfect jRPG from that review. Unfortunately, public bias comes into play on the reviews of these games. I think they are afraid of the repercussions that would result if they gave it the score it deserves. 90% of the public in the West won't touch a cel-shaded jRPG. If they say it's as good as Gears, Mass Effect, MGS, or FF, they will get a bunch of angry people that bought it on review that simply don't like the genre. That's my opinion of the issue. |
You bring up some good points, that likely behind rating some games.
As long as fans bear this in mind, reviews don't go to waste.
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ZenfoldorVGI said:
I said that exact same thing on Soriku's wall. Reviewers see Tales as a guilty pleasure. There is nothing special about the game, besides the fact that it has great anime characters, with aged but fun gameplay. However, the game is just plain fun, and you really can't stop yourself from wishing it would go on forever. Reviewers feel they would lose credibility for giving a guilty pleasure anime based game like this, that has been done many times before, a AAA rating, right up there with the super-evolved neo-juggernauts like Gears of War. So, they give it an 8/10 or an 8.5 and rave about how much fun it is in the review article, and how everyone should pick it up. It's 60 hours of sheer joy, and a lot of these reviewers obviously recount it as one of their favorite HD games. But in their eyes, their "favorite" game doesn't make it the "best" game, and giving points for doing new things, instead of rehashing old, proven, fun ones, has been a standard in the review industry for quite a while. |
I just hope they still take points off a game that feels rushed or unpolished, even if it is revolutionary
Riachu said:
I just hope they still take points off a game that feels rushed or unpolished, even if it is revolutionary
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Some do, some don't. Check the review list for Assassin's Creed.
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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