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griffinA on 30 March 2009

Actually what I'd like it to be is Muramasa: The Demon Blade. But the genre and game itself is too niche for it to get great recognized scores.



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786_ali on 30 March 2009

lol the OT said chinatown wars is for wii.

but it'll prolly be Bioshock 2, Deus Ex 3 or Heavy Rain



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Onyxmeth on 30 March 2009
BxN said:

I'm going to say Bioshock 2, or maybe God of War if it manages to come out this year (I don't think this game will suffer the same faith as DMC and Ninja Gaiden since GOW has always more acclaimed and just plain better than the last two).

 

edit:

Why are you all answering GTA: CW ? Street Fighter 4 has the exact same score, so it should definitely be a tie.

The highs of each individual series, God of War, Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden Black all peak at 94 on metacritic.

Also Street Fighter IV is only 94 on PS3 and judging by the 360 score, it could be in decline. Basically the PS3 score lucked out for not getting included the lowest review from The Onion, which was a 67 but was only included on the 360 review list.

 



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BxN on 30 March 2009
Onyxmeth said:
BxN said:

I'm going to say Bioshock 2, or maybe God of War if it manages to come out this year (I don't think this game will suffer the same faith as DMC and Ninja Gaiden since GOW has always more acclaimed and just plain better than the last two).

 

edit:

Why are you all answering GTA: CW ? Street Fighter 4 has the exact same score, so it should definitely be a tie.

The highs of each individual series, God of War, Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden Black all peak at 94 on metacritic.

 

How about the average then ?

Ninja Gaiden: 91 94 88 83 81

Devil May Cry: 94 84 68 84

God of War: 93 94 91

 

As you can see, God of War is a lot more consistent and just plain better than the other two franchises.

 

 

As for Street fighter being lucky, maybe, but it's still sporting the 94 rating which is the same as Chinatown wars. They also have about the same amount of reviews listed (50 for chinatown, 58 for street fighter). As far as I know, the OP is using the metacritic standard so you can't really count those intengibles.

 

 



Onyxmeth on 30 March 2009
BxN said:
Onyxmeth said:
BxN said:

I'm going to say Bioshock 2, or maybe God of War if it manages to come out this year (I don't think this game will suffer the same faith as DMC and Ninja Gaiden since GOW has always more acclaimed and just plain better than the last two).

 

edit:

Why are you all answering GTA: CW ? Street Fighter 4 has the exact same score, so it should definitely be a tie.

The highs of each individual series, God of War, Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden Black all peak at 94 on metacritic.

 

How about the average then ?

Ninja Gaiden: 91 94 88 83 81

Devil May Cry: 94 84 68 84

God of War: 93 94 91

 

As you can see, God of War is a lot more consistent and just plain better than the other two franchises.

 

 

As for Street fighter being lucky, maybe, but it's still sporting the 94 rating which is the same as Chinatown wars. They also have about the same amount of reviews listed (50 for chinatown, 58 for street fighter). As far as I know, the OP is using the metacritic standard so you can't really count those intengibles.

 

 

I'm not disagreeing with the quality of God of War. Out of the three series, it's the only one I absolutely love. The other two could go away and I wouldn't bat an eyelash. However, by Metacritic standards they have all peaked at exactly the same number. GOW is more consisitent, but you said "GOW was always more acclaimed" which just isn't true. There was a time in each series lifetimes when they each shared a similiar amount of praise.

Regarding SFIV, I was merely saying I believe the PS3 version is going to soon follow the 360 version down to a 93. It's reviews are trending lower, and I feel someone soon will give it a quick stab with another 80 or so and drop the average.

 



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senortaco on 30 March 2009
Onyxmeth said:

I'm going to go with GTA: Chinatown Wars also. The game is already running a healthy 94 and doesn't seem to be going down at all. It only has two reviews outside of the 90's.

If it's not that then I believe it's an unnanounced game, because I can't see anything currently announced getting a 95 or higher.

 

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senortaco on 30 March 2009
griffinA said:
Actually what I'd like it to be is Muramasa: The Demon Blade. But the genre and game itself is too niche for it to get great recognized scores.

 

I don't think it will get enough reviews. =/

...But if it does I do think it will run in the 90's.



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BxN on 30 March 2009
Onyxmeth said:
BxN said:
Onyxmeth said:
BxN said:

I'm going to say Bioshock 2, or maybe God of War if it manages to come out this year (I don't think this game will suffer the same faith as DMC and Ninja Gaiden since GOW has always more acclaimed and just plain better than the last two).

 

edit:

Why are you all answering GTA: CW ? Street Fighter 4 has the exact same score, so it should definitely be a tie.

The highs of each individual series, God of War, Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden Black all peak at 94 on metacritic.

 

How about the average then ?

Ninja Gaiden: 91 94 88 83 81

Devil May Cry: 94 84 68 84

God of War: 93 94 91

 

As you can see, God of War is a lot more consistent and just plain better than the other two franchises.

 

 

As for Street fighter being lucky, maybe, but it's still sporting the 94 rating which is the same as Chinatown wars. They also have about the same amount of reviews listed (50 for chinatown, 58 for street fighter). As far as I know, the OP is using the metacritic standard so you can't really count those intengibles.

 

 

I'm not disagreeing with the quality of God of War. Out of the three series, it's the only one I absolutely love. The other two could go away and I wouldn't bat an eyelash. However, by Metacritic standards they have all peaked at exactly the same number. GOW is more consisitent, but you said "GOW was always more acclaimed" which just isn't true. There was a time in each series lifetimes when they each shared a similiar amount of praise.

Regarding SFIV, I was merely saying I believe the PS3 version is going to soon follow the 360 version down to a 93. It's reviews are trending lower, and I feel someone soon will give it a quick stab with another 80 or so and drop the average.

 

 

Oh, I'm sorry I didn't interpret your first post correctly then.

 

As for Street Fighter 4, you might be right, but then again, the same thing could very well happen with GTA as well considering the limited amount of reviews it received (most 90+ games usually end up with at least 70-80 reviews while both GTA and SF4 only have 50-60). Also, the amount of new Street Fighter reviews hasn't really really been overwhelming over the past two weeks. But as of now, they are tied and there's a good chance that it will stay that way.



Kzoellner on 30 March 2009
jammy2211 said:
Modern Warfare 2.

 

 For some reason I strongly agree



Onyxmeth on 30 March 2009
BxN said:

 

Oh, I'm sorry I didn't interpret your first post correctly then.

 

As for Street Fighter 4, you might be right, but then again, the same thing could very well happen with GTA as well considering the limited amount of reviews it received (most 90+ games usually end up with at least 70-80 reviews while both GTA and SF4 only have 50-60). Also, the amount of new Street Fighter reviews hasn't really really been overwhelming over the past two weeks. But as of now, they are tied and there's a good chance that it will stay that way.

It could happen to both, one or neither of them. I just believe it's going to happen to Street Fighter IV. It's nothing factually based, just a feeling I have.

 



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