That... Actually makes sense. So do you think SO4 will be much more conservative on things like party size? Personally I would prefer between 3 and 6, because otherwise it would feel too cluttered.

So SO4/IU are actually quite similar? So really the IU game is like half of SO4 (Engine/design/some graphics and textures) with another half tacked on and sold as a different game?

I always felt like with the path IU has taken, that it would be a prototype for SO4 as well - in the same way that Eternal Sonata was a prototype for Tales of Vesperia.

 I didn't know that Hillary Goldstein was a guy... Am I the only one who didn't think of that at first?

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Comments and the actual review are important to judge many times of games. I will look into trying this game out.

Hmm, interesting about those other reviews. It might end up pretty good. I think I'll check out a second opinion, seeing as how a lot of people say this Hillary dude is an elitist fanboy, on the IGN comments, and here.

I'm planning on a rent anyway, so can't go wrong.

He might be a fanboy but he does make some valid points in his reviews

Hmm.

Appearently the Famitsu review has been posted/leaked. It mentions a bit more info about IU than what Goldstien's review had, and is far more positive about the game.

Upon beating it on Normal mode, you can unlock a Hard mode, that adds quite a bit to the game - new items, a dungeon (maybe), and other content.

Hillary's reputation has been earned by making incorrect statements about numerous titles.  A couple of those reviews were Lost Odyssey and Assasins Creed.  IGN readers know when we see a comment from Hillary about a slow frame rate that it probably doesn't exist or is not nearly as extreme as stated in his reviews. 

I would have like to have seen a second opinion from a different IGN editor, one whose reputation hasn't been tarnished as of late.

I would wait for sites as Gamespot and Gametrailers. I would be a lot dissapointed in my life if I used the scores of Famitsu for buying games and 360 Live never have heard about it.

Trust me, lol, I could make a scathing review of any game with plenty of valid points. Games aren't a series of wins and fails, instead they are an overall entity that should be judged based on the utility and enjoyment that entity provides.

In other words, every game has plenty of valid flaws. I could talk about how you can't side-strafe in RE4, or how un-scarey it was compared to other games in the series, but if I tack a 7.1 on at the end, those flaws don't make it so.

I'm not defending the game, I'm just saying I'll wait for a second review to confirm this one's findings, like we should with all games. In fact, I usually wait on 5 specific ones.