Kowenicki, I would have to disagree with you here. In my opinion, Call of Duty: World at War is worse than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in every way (I don't play multiplayer shooters, so I wouldn't know about that part).

It tries to build up a game very similar to COD4, but it doesn't succeed to emulate the quality. In COD4, the first thing you saw was a first person execution. That really caught my attention. There's no story or gameplay element at all in World at War that has as strong impact as that scene, and Modern Warfare had more of the same quality. The supposedly dramatic scenes in World at War feel like thrown in solely for dramatic effect, and are all over very, very quickly. The weapons were more fun in Modern Warfare, and the setting was less familiar and more fun. Also, the singleplayer campaign in MW had a good structure, and you could often see why you were doing this mission, and how it connected to the last one. In WaW you are thrown around with no semblence of structure, only fighting one battle after another.

Yes, the engine is the same. I would still call MW the more beautiful of the two games though. It just looks better to me. World at War simply does not have the same feel of quality work as Modern Warfare does.

Add to this the fact that I didn't even enjoy Modern Warfare all that much, and you might come to the conclusion I think that the 6/10 might even be too high. And you would be right. Myself, I'd give it a 4/10, possibly a 5/10. The only time I really enjoyed myself was when the germans actually retreated, and I got to shoot them in the back.

I am really interested in reading why they gave Mirror's edge a 5/10. I thought it was the most innovative and esthetic game I've played on PS360.  I would give the game an 8/10, and I plan on buying it for PC when it is released.

Hmm, i guess shuanwhite's showboarding is better than Resistance 2. Seriously... they're being overly harsh to make an attempt to stand out from other reviewers. I'd like to see the reasoning behind a 6 for R2 and 7 for Fallout, it better be good.

I don't know if Barnes & Noble is in Canada but I know they carry EDGE.  I buy issues from them from time to time.  They are one of the only gaming mags I read nowadays.  Most of the ones I liked as a kid (EGM, Gamepro) have turned into garbage.  The only downside is they are kind of pricey, usually about $10+ US an issue.

My problem with this is Edge game Fable 2 a 9/10.

Now, I understand awarding innovation....but if you're reviewing "harshly" and giving Fable 2 a 9/10, then you are also reviewing ignorantly.

I loved Fable 2, but honestly, I don't think it's a AAA game, lol. I'm not a harsh critic. I'm not. I'm actually pretty much a fanboy critic. The clunky menus, short length, and a few other things would make me give the game a 8.9/10, because I just think that, while fantastic, the game could definitely have been a lot better.

Now, they give Fallout 3 a 7/10. Wow. I mean, I really think there is a line where things change from very valid opinion, to fact, and I think that the opinion that Fallout 3 is at least better than Fable 2, is teetering on that line of opinion and fact. Much less....significantly worse, as this review seems to indicate.

So, my issue here isn't harsh reviewing. It's consistency. It seems this magazine has different reviewers who don't exactly agree on their review scale.

In this issue, it seems the scale has been dialed down by about 2 points from the most recent issues.

Eurogamer, Edge's sister site, which usually agrees with their reviews, Gave both Fable 2 and Fallout 3 the same score. 100/100.

So, wtf happened this month.

It's not that everything is under-rated, but a few games definitely are, even by their usual scale. How the hell did they come up with these scores.

...Fallout 3 is not a 7/10, on any review scale. It makes me wonder why. Was it technical issues on the PC or PS3? WTF could have possibly led to that decision.

Not only is it the lowest review the game has ever gotten, but Fable 2....a worse game, which keeping in mind this is being said by a known "360 fanboy," got a 9/10!?

If either game had gotten an 8/10, then I could live with it, but as it stands, those reviews are just ridiculous.

Agreed,I dislike the weapon system,I dislike the small amount of clothing they have in game,i Dislike alolt about the game,to me its an AA game not AAA

That's what i have problem with their megazine. How fable 2 could be that much superior to the fallout3, when most websites say otherwise. I say it's their taste of games they like. Also, why almost always the games, that are being made in europe are being scored higher than games that are being made in u.s.

@Bod
I completely agree with you about the complaining of review scores. It must stop. Low scores overall are good, not bad. The game doesn't get worse if it gets bad scores, believe me.

Thank you for being one of the lone voices of reason in this thread. I don't agree with every review myself, but I respect the scoring more than most other publications. To paraphrase for everyone, it isn't Edge that's broken, it's everybody else. If you want your playable games to continue to be on a scale from 7-10 then go ahead and simply ignore this. At least Edge opens up the scoring to a more respectable level of seperation.

You guys defending edge have completely lost touch with the world, if you guys think Gears2 is 3 points of better shooter then WaW or R2 then i don't know what to think. And tomb Raider 2 points higher then both of them... Have you guys even played that game, i know i played the demo, and the game was shit from the get go, bad camera with unresponsive controls with graphics which are much worse then WaW or R2.

I have read EDGE before and quite frankly they are rubbish. When F1 came out on PS3 they gave it a 5 due to the fact the reviewer did not like F1 at all. Thats right there was not a lot wrong with the game he just found the actual sport boring. They are muppets. I know this as i have played Endwar and it not as good as most of those games on the list. I must let you know i have never paid for an issue since and never will again as i have played many games they have scored low just to find the complete opposite.