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arsenicazure on 02 February 2010

umm..isnt a magazine something u put in a gun...

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Pingu on 02 February 2010

They are no better or worse than anyone else, most reviews are fine but there are a few that stand out and look daft (Wii Sports Resort, Killzone 2 etc) but the same can be said of any other site, what i find more puzzling is why they have somehow become THE review site whose opinion matters so much more than others they are nothing special!

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peachbuggy on 02 February 2010

Pingu said:
They are no better or worse than anyone else, most reviews are fine but there are a few that stand out and look daft (Wii Sports Resort, Killzone 2 etc) but the same can be said of any other site, what i find more puzzling is why they have somehow become THE review site whose opinion matters so much more than others they are nothing special!

This just proves that whatever they are doing to annoy people, they are doing it right.

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BHR-3 on 02 February 2010

at least they got Uncharted 2s right they gave it a 9 out of 10 unlike many others that gave it perfect 10s

its to be expected not every1 will have the same opinion bout a game that u do

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retroking1981 on 02 February 2010

Pingu said:
They are no better or worse than anyone else, most reviews are fine but there are a few that stand out and look daft (Wii Sports Resort, Killzone 2 etc) but the same can be said of any other site, what i find more puzzling is why they have somehow become THE review site whose opinion matters so much more than others they are nothing special!

this is the whole point. edge has/had a massive cult status in the UK as a gaming bible.

Just look at all their perfect 10/10s:

Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64) - E35 (1996)
Gran Turismo (Sony PlayStation) - E55 (1997)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64) - E66 (1998)
Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox) - E105 (2001)
Half-Life 2 (Windows PC) - E143 (2004)
Halo 3 (Xbox 360) - E181 (2007)
The Orange Box (Windows PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) - E182 (2007)
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - E183 (2007)
Grand Theft Auto IV (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) - E189 (2008)
LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation 3) - E195 (2008)
Bayonetta (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) - E209 (2009)

as you can see their standards have clearly dropped over the last 2-3 years. If they liked Bayonetta that much Devil May Cry should have been their 10 in that genre, same could be said for GTA3 against 4. Titles that truly push a genre forward was the only thing that would get rewarded with an edge 10 not merely refining a genre. I honestly dont think any of the italic games should have got a 10.

like you said they are now 'nothing special'