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Cactus on 18 February 2009
mrstickball said:
Cactus - Given user reviews for some of the said titles vs. official reviews, I'd say reviewers are marking scores down.

Tales of Vesperia is unarguably the best the franchise has ever seen. Yet it's been reviewed lower than Symphonia. Why? It's better than Symphonia. ToV has also garnered 9.0+ scores from most fan aggregates, but reviewers still have it low (Game Informer being the worst of the bunch).

So because of that, and just about every other JRPG getting poor scores, I think that reviewers are looking for something in JRPGs that just aren't there. JRPGs are a totally different breeds, with entirely different focuses. What could a reviewer hate about Tales of Vesperia? Valkyria Chronicles? Yet they've reviewed both games massively lower than Fallout, or Mass Effect.

 

Exactly. And with the way many gamers are today where score is everything, many of these games, which are very well done, will never be as popular as they should.



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lolita on 18 February 2009

What reviewers don't get is that those things they don't like makes it a JRPG and they seem to have more an issue with the genre than the game itself. They should hire someone who actually likes the genre instead.

I know I like JRPGs and Star Ocean isn't a bad series so I'm not worried at all, I know I will like this game. From the videos I've seen, it looks amazing (especially the battle system



g-value on 18 February 2009
Cactus said:
mrstickball said:
Cactus - Given user reviews for some of the said titles vs. official reviews, I'd say reviewers are marking scores down.

Tales of Vesperia is unarguably the best the franchise has ever seen. Yet it's been reviewed lower than Symphonia. Why? It's better than Symphonia. ToV has also garnered 9.0+ scores from most fan aggregates, but reviewers still have it low (Game Informer being the worst of the bunch).

So because of that, and just about every other JRPG getting poor scores, I think that reviewers are looking for something in JRPGs that just aren't there. JRPGs are a totally different breeds, with entirely different focuses. What could a reviewer hate about Tales of Vesperia? Valkyria Chronicles? Yet they've reviewed both games massively lower than Fallout, or Mass Effect.

 

Exactly. And with the way many gamers are today where score is everything, many of these games, which are very well done, will never be as popular as they should.

Also jrpgs are made from a completly different culture then ours, they grow up in a anime-like culture.And just like jrpgs don't sell in the america wrpgs don't sell in japan.In fact jrpgs sells better in america then wrpg sell in Japan 

 



Rei on 18 February 2009
hayeya_k said:
@ Rei ,,,

Take it easy man,,, didnt you see the smiley at the end of my phrase ???? I was just joking about the microsoft thing,,,

About the AAA thing,,, any Rpg fan that played VK VK2 SO3 knows that those games are AAA, Triace are Gods in Rpg making!

 

 Oh really? I guess thats why you've trashed the game based on this one review score then? or am I mistaken and you have already played it?

   And about AAA status: AAA usually means 90+ average in reviews. Dragon Quest VIII is not AAA.



Riachu on 18 February 2009
Rei said:
hayeya_k said:
@ Rei ,,,

Take it easy man,,, didnt you see the smiley at the end of my phrase ???? I was just joking about the microsoft thing,,,

About the AAA thing,,, any Rpg fan that played VK VK2 SO3 knows that those games are AAA, Triace are Gods in Rpg making!

 

 Oh really? I guess thats why you've trashed the game based on this one review score then? or am I mistaken and you have already played it?

   And about AAA status: AAA usually means 90+ average in reviews. Dragon Quest VIII is not AAA.

The game got a 90% average on gamerankings, therefore, its AAA.

 



 

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Rei on 18 February 2009
Riachu said:
Rei said:
hayeya_k said:
@ Rei ,,,

Take it easy man,,, didnt you see the smiley at the end of my phrase ???? I was just joking about the microsoft thing,,,

About the AAA thing,,, any Rpg fan that played VK VK2 SO3 knows that those games are AAA, Triace are Gods in Rpg making!

 

 Oh really? I guess thats why you've trashed the game based on this one review score then? or am I mistaken and you have already played it?

   And about AAA status: AAA usually means 90+ average in reviews. Dragon Quest VIII is not AAA.

The game got a 90% average on gamerankings, therefore, its AAA.

 

89 @ metacritic. Therefore, it is not.

 



Alic0004 on 18 February 2009

silliness apex REACHED.



 

Riachu on 18 February 2009
Rei said:
Riachu said:
Rei said:
hayeya_k said:
@ Rei ,,,

Take it easy man,,, didnt you see the smiley at the end of my phrase ???? I was just joking about the microsoft thing,,,

About the AAA thing,,, any Rpg fan that played VK VK2 SO3 knows that those games are AAA, Triace are Gods in Rpg making!

 

 Oh really? I guess thats why you've trashed the game based on this one review score then? or am I mistaken and you have already played it?

   And about AAA status: AAA usually means 90+ average in reviews. Dragon Quest VIII is not AAA.

The game got a 90% average on gamerankings, therefore, its AAA.

 

89 @ metacritic. Therefore, it is not.

 

Metacritic can't translate letter scores into number scores correctly so I trust Gamerankings a lot more.

 



 

http://www.youtube.com/user/InvaderZimGuy1?feature=mhum

g-value on 18 February 2009
Riachu said:
Rei said:
Riachu said:
Rei said:
hayeya_k said:
@ Rei ,,,

Take it easy man,,, didnt you see the smiley at the end of my phrase ???? I was just joking about the microsoft thing,,,

About the AAA thing,,, any Rpg fan that played VK VK2 SO3 knows that those games are AAA, Triace are Gods in Rpg making!

 

 Oh really? I guess thats why you've trashed the game based on this one review score then? or am I mistaken and you have already played it?

   And about AAA status: AAA usually means 90+ average in reviews. Dragon Quest VIII is not AAA.

The game got a 90% average on gamerankings, therefore, its AAA.

 

89 @ metacritic. Therefore, it is not.

 

Metacritic can't translate letter scores into number scores correctly so I trust Gamerankings a lot more.

 

True

 



hayeya_k on 18 February 2009

@ at Rei,

its pointless to explain anything to you it seems,,, i am a huge star ocean fan and when a highly anticipated game from my best developper gets a 7, its frustrating.

But it seems that you know everything, from AAA definition to Fanboys detection, weird



 

 

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