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SmokedHostage on 24 November 2009
--OkeyDokey-- said:
What are the chances of Final Fantasy XIII not getting a perfect score?

Very low.



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noname2200 on 24 November 2009

If only Famitsu scores meant anything nowadays.

Ah well, it's still a great game.



mai on 24 November 2009

Not saying that NSMBW didn't deserve this, but devaluation of game reviews rating system sure is common trend. All these 40/40 from Famitsu and 90+ smth from western media make those ratings more useless than they used to be. That's why I like Edge, no matter what everyone says.



noname2200 on 24 November 2009
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
Well, I'm happy about the score, but at the same time it's hard to appreciate as much since Famitsu have vastly ramped up their perfect scores lately. What is it, with this one, 7 in the last two years?

According to Wikipedia:

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, Nintendo, for Nintendo 64)
  2. Soulcalibur (1999, Namco, for Dreamcast)
  3. Vagrant Story (2000, Square Co., Ltd., for PlayStation)
  4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003, Nintendo for Nintendo GameCube)
  5. Nintendogs (2005, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)
  6. Final Fantasy XII (2006, Square Enix, for PlayStation 2)
  7. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Nintendo, for Wii)
  8. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008, Konami, for PlayStation 3)
  9. 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de (2008, Sega, for Wii)
  10. Dragon Quest IX (2009, Square Enix, for Nintendo DS)
  11. Monster Hunter Tri (2009, Capcom, for Wii)
  12. Bayonetta (2009, Sega, for Xbox 360)
  13. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009, Nintendo, for Wii)

So yes, over half of the perfect scores they've handed out have come in the past two years.

Does anyone know what 428 is? This is the first I've heard of it.



TheThunder on 24 November 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famits%C5%AB#Perfect_scores

More perfect scores in 2008-09 than in 1998-2006

Those guys make IGN look like the academy awards and that's saying something



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Gnizmo on 24 November 2009
noname2200 said:
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
Well, I'm happy about the score, but at the same time it's hard to appreciate as much since Famitsu have vastly ramped up their perfect scores lately. What is it, with this one, 7 in the last two years?

According to Wikipedia:

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, Nintendo, for Nintendo 64)
  2. Soulcalibur (1999, Namco, for Dreamcast)
  3. Vagrant Story (2000, Square Co., Ltd., for PlayStation)
  4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003, Nintendo for Nintendo GameCube)
  5. Nintendogs (2005, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)
  6. Final Fantasy XII (2006, Square Enix, for PlayStation 2)
  7. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Nintendo, for Wii)
  8. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008, Konami, for PlayStation 3)
  9. 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de (2008, Sega, for Wii)
  10. Dragon Quest IX (2009, Square Enix, for Nintendo DS)
  11. Monster Hunter Tri (2009, Capcom, for Wii)
  12. Bayonetta (2009, Sega, for Xbox 360)
  13. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009, Nintendo, for Wii)

So yes, over half of the perfect scores they've handed out have come in the past two years.

Does anyone know what 428 is? This is the first I've heard of it.

Some murder mystery, or detective game of some sort I believe. Similar to Hotel Dusk.



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Killergran on 24 November 2009

First 11 years, no perfect scores. Next 10 years, 6 perfect scores, last two years, 7 perfect scores.

Something is very wrong with that. Then again, I haven't read Famitsu, Haven't played most of the games they score, and I haven't read any of the japanese game magazines at all, so I'm not really in a position to judge.



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Majin-Tenshinhan on 24 November 2009
noname2200 said:
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
Well, I'm happy about the score, but at the same time it's hard to appreciate as much since Famitsu have vastly ramped up their perfect scores lately. What is it, with this one, 7 in the last two years?

According to Wikipedia:

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, Nintendo, for Nintendo 64)
  2. Soulcalibur (1999, Namco, for Dreamcast)
  3. Vagrant Story (2000, Square Co., Ltd., for PlayStation)
  4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003, Nintendo for Nintendo GameCube)
  5. Nintendogs (2005, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)
  6. Final Fantasy XII (2006, Square Enix, for PlayStation 2)
  7. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Nintendo, for Wii)
  8. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008, Konami, for PlayStation 3)
  9. 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de (2008, Sega, for Wii)
  10. Dragon Quest IX (2009, Square Enix, for Nintendo DS)
  11. Monster Hunter Tri (2009, Capcom, for Wii)
  12. Bayonetta (2009, Sega, for Xbox 360)
  13. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009, Nintendo, for Wii)

So yes, over half of the perfect scores they've handed out have come in the past two years.

Does anyone know what 428 is? This is the first I've heard of it.

A visual mystery novel or something like that for Wii. I believe it got ported to PS3 later.



Azelover on 24 November 2009

I think we're at the end times. Famitsu is just giving perfect scores like crazy, what's up with that?



Lafiel on 24 November 2009
Gnizmo said:

Some murder mystery, or detective game of some sort I believe. Similar to Hotel Dusk.

game? afaik it's an "interactive" novel