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EDGE #319 Review Scores
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Yeah the lowest score for the game is 8, it's pretty amazing.
i mean, no matter what they do it wont change the perception, but its good to have context when reading their reviews regarding how they scale games.
Not at all I actually laughed but people takes everything seriously especially when it comes to video games somehow..
I don't see this as an issue, actually. I think that Metacritic and other aggregates have done a lot of damage to the value of individual reviewers. I much prefer doing some shopping around and finding a few critics with tastes that generally align with yours and looking to them for their thoughts on games instead of looking at some monolithic MC number that lacks any context. If EDGE is going against the grain and using their own scale for reviews, that just encourages you to actually read them and dissect their thoughts on the game in proper context.
Let's tone down the embarrassing hyperbole reactions to a great review score - especially when the game is already available and can be considered critically acclaimed going by the dozens of other reviews.
In some respects Switch is right because you guys give so much power to that Edge review. It's kind of ridiculous and you know that Edge is quite aware of much people anticipate it.
Fair enough. It's their opinion.
I think Sea of Thieves is a lot worse than a 7 though.
Just speaking for myself, I was comparing EDGE's score with my own opinion on the game.
There's no shortage of fucking weirdos who put personal investment into such bullshit.
An eight is fine. That's a 4/5, which remains a stellar game in most opinions. I'm playing GoW now and there are the usual sections (as in UC or any grand action spectacle) where the pacing is off or it's pure gaminess without the cinematic hook. So I understand the score.
That 7 for SoT, which was basically launched in alpha state is baffling though. I played it on PC for one gruelling hour of complete unfunness. Opinions though. No one is expected to share mine and Edge certainly didn't.
That 7 for SoT, which was basically launched in alpha state is baffling though. I played it on PC for one gruelling hour of complete unfunness. Opinions though. No one is expected to share mine and Edge certainly didn't.
Yes let's pretend like this doesn't happen with every single game that has hype behind it.
Come on.
Sorry don't care to be on either end of an M40. Odd comment...
EDGE is probably the only publication that has a scale that makes sense and it's not 7 to 10 and people riot.
*shrug*
*shrug*
I assure you that EDGE doesn't give a fuck what internet forums think of their review scores. It's a gaming magazine with a more niche, specialized audience. We don't buy magazines. We get mad at "please disable adblocker" pop-ups.
Mad? I just find it rather baffling and amusing, how their scores go up and down against the majority of reviews. Not only GOW, but SOT as well.
Can be further expanded to internet and even further to humanity!
So it will likely end up a 94 instead of 95. Oh the horror of it all....
Any one currently melting just stop.
Any one currently melting just stop.
""When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves"
Probably one of the few games that deserve a 10 score
LBP is one of the most unique and innovative console games i've ever played, regardless of the fact I never really used it to its full potential.
I meant "issue" in that its the reason for some people unable to reconcile it with other reviews, not that its inherently a problem.
And that's how games used to be reviewed before aggregate scores. But as they became concentrated for users to just go to an easy overall number and collection of websites, that is how the perception changed into putting all the weight into that number. Basically like rotten tomatoes.
Edge has the most well-argumented and consistently well-written reviews in the business.
Don't make a fool of yourself, and read the magazine before bashing it.
Also, the whole 'but they gave game X an X, therefore Y' is tired, lazy and sad. Don't be that person.
Don't make a fool of yourself, and read the magazine before bashing it.
Also, the whole 'but they gave game X an X, therefore Y' is tired, lazy and sad. Don't be that person.
I don't know about a way out, but FC5's gameplay wasn't very good. It was also rather unpolished in my experience.
Sot has good core gameplay, and seems more polished, there is just a lack of variation currently.
That might explain the difference, also EDGE has several reviewers, and they don't have to judge a game the same way.
All credit to the people making both games, there is a lot to like in both, and I'm sure they all worked hard.
Not really. Gamers with attachment issues are the real mistake.
I thought Edge would be the first publication to give GoW a mixed review, glad I was wrong.
That makes it 97 positive (green) reviews on Meta.
That makes it 97 positive (green) reviews on Meta.
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