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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Mass Effect 2 vs. Final Fantasy XIII (Metacritic Predictions!!!)

Pristine20 on 22 December 2009

Congrats Pepride, looks like you bested S.T.A.G.E on ffxiii week 1 sales in JP. I dont know why he'd think a numbered FF will do less than a mil week one.

On topic, I think ME2 will be rated higher at least in the west (EA has "connections" y'know) so I'm gonna go with

ME2: 9.5

FFXIII: 9.1



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perpride on 22 December 2009
Pristine20 said:
Congrats Pepride, looks like you bested S.T.A.G.E on ffxiii week 1 sales in JP. I dont know why he'd think a numbered FF will do less than a mil week one.

On topic, I think ME2 will be rated higher at least in the west (EA has "connections" y'know) so I'm gonna go with

ME2: 9.5

FFXIII: 9.1

Thanks :D

Soon, when I have the time, Stage will have an FFXIII avatar and signature :D

And with that vote the total comes to 22 - 9 in favor of Mass Effect.



Son1x on 22 December 2009

I'd say:
ME2: 9.3-9.5
FF XIII: 9.2-9.4

And if FFXIII gets 9.4, ME2 won't get 9.3, so they will either be tied, or ME2 will be one or two ahead (well three according to my predictions,lol).



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dobby985 on 27 December 2009
perpride said:
CGI-Quality said:
perpride said:
It seems like practically everyone is expecting both to be AAA games!!!

And IMO, that's what really matters. Both games will be seen by the public as "must haves". This is a larger reward than any grade they receive.

It's cause these developers always deliver!

Bioware made one of the worst sequels of all time.

As for Square Enix, just look at any their recent work. Nuff said.

 

My Prediction

FFXIII - 89

ME2 - 92



perpride on 27 December 2009
dobby985 said:
perpride said:
CGI-Quality said:
perpride said:
It seems like practically everyone is expecting both to be AAA games!!!

And IMO, that's what really matters. Both games will be seen by the public as "must haves". This is a larger reward than any grade they receive.

It's cause these developers always deliver!

Bioware made one of the worst sequels of all time.

As for Square Enix, just look at any their recent work. Nuff said.

 

My Prediction

FFXIII - 89

ME2 - 92

Yeh but I've yet to play a game in the main installment of Final Fantasy and not enjoy it. Not to mention they have one of their best teams working on this and they've worked four years to deliver.

As for Bioware, they also gave us KOTOR and Mass Effect 1 so I can't see how they can mess this up.



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perpride on 27 December 2009
RolStoppable said:
If FF XIII wasn't a multiplatform game, this would be an easy prediction. But since the game is also coming to the 360, FF XIII might actually have a chance to score higher. Then there's FF XII which was a downright terrible game, but still got a very high metascore. I guess because it was more like a WRPG when it came to battles.

I think I'll go with:

FF XIII - 90
ME2 - 93

I don't understand...why would the game score higher because its multiplatform? I thought it worked the other way around nowadays. It's easier for exclusives to get good ratings but multiplatforms are starting to struggle (there's obvious exceptions).



huaxiong90 on 27 December 2009
perpride said:
RolStoppable said:
If FF XIII wasn't a multiplatform game, this would be an easy prediction. But since the game is also coming to the 360, FF XIII might actually have a chance to score higher. Then there's FF XII which was a downright terrible game, but still got a very high metascore. I guess because it was more like a WRPG when it came to battles.

I think I'll go with:

FF XIII - 90
ME2 - 93

I don't understand...why would the game score higher because its multiplatform? I thought it worked the other way around nowadays. It's easier for exclusives to get good ratings but multiplatforms are starting to struggle (there's obvious exceptions).

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perpride on 27 December 2009
huaxiong90 said:
perpride said:
RolStoppable said:
If FF XIII wasn't a multiplatform game, this would be an easy prediction. But since the game is also coming to the 360, FF XIII might actually have a chance to score higher. Then there's FF XII which was a downright terrible game, but still got a very high metascore. I guess because it was more like a WRPG when it came to battles.

I think I'll go with:

FF XIII - 90
ME2 - 93

I don't understand...why would the game score higher because its multiplatform? I thought it worked the other way around nowadays. It's easier for exclusives to get good ratings but multiplatforms are starting to struggle (there's obvious exceptions).

Protip: "Do not trust people with Kim Possible avatars."

Dude it's impossible to tell when they are serious or joking sometimes!



brojac on 22 January 2010

how much u wanna bet that mass effect 2 will have a higher score on metacritic than FF13 ????

cuz it will LOL

i mean the first reviews for ff13 arnt as good as mass effect 2's



Recon1O1 on 24 January 2010

FF XIII - 90 Some probs with linearity and lack of exploration I hear. JRPG's not quite so popular.

ME2 - 92 RPG purists voting it down as a TPS, some bugs inevitable w/ BW and new engine.

I think we can assume Square produced a beautiful bug-free product but Bioware are innovating on the conversation system, have fixed tec. issues and quests. Plus wrpgs are it with the western press now. Even the MS haters won't risk cred. by giving this 7s. FF might struggle staying AAA if long time fans don't like the comparison with prev. FF. ME2 has only one game to improve on.