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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Can No more Heroes 2 get a higher METAcritic rating than the Original?

LordTheNightKnight on 22 January 2010
Torillian said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
Torillian said:
trangentspree said:
How did Edge magazine ever come to give the original No More Heroes a 9?!

Not that the game doesn't deserve it, but EDGE MAGAZINE? I thought they were supposed to have a reputation for being overly harsh and low-scoring. Seems to me they couldn't be more inconsistent if they decided the score for a game based on throwing dice.

I find Edge just puts more emphasis on being new and different than most other sites do.  When I look at their scores with this in mind they usually make sense.

So even if a sequel is more polished and better overall, it's older so it sucks.

Still a dumb standard.

Now some could argue that the casual crowd turns down sequels, but they just see the name. Edge actually plays the games, so they don't have that excuse.

Indeed, I don't agree with their excessive weighting of being original, and sometimes they seem to base their scores on something different, but most of their scores seem to follow this theory.

Reminds me of something Confused Matthew said when he reviewed the second Alien vs Predator movie.

"It doesn't matter what a film is rated! It only matters if a film is good!"

So I'll paraphrase that. "It doesn't matter if a game is original! It only matters if a game is good!"



A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.

Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs

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Torillian on 22 January 2010

Well I think originality (when a game is good) will always factor into reviews. There's something particularly special about playing something not just great, but something new and different. I'm not sure if I would think that games like Katamari Damacy and Flower were as good as I thought they were if they hadn't been original experiences.



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LordTheNightKnight on 22 January 2010

"Well I think originality (when a game is good) will always factor into reviews. There's something particularly special about playing something not just great, but something new and different. I'm not sure if I would think that games like Katamari Damacy and Flower were as good as I thought they were if they hadn't been original experiences."

Not denying there is a wonder factor in something new, but if they had been poorly implemented and unpolished, the newness would not have mattered.



A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.

Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs

shadowD on 22 January 2010

yea it cant do worse than the first and that was a good game. ign already gave it a higher score i think.