Surprised at the low Fallout score. Edge have been generous to broken mess games at launch in the past.
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Edge Magazine #327 Scores - Tetris Effect, Gwent, Hitman 2, Smash, Fallout 76
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It's more of a retrospective but worth reading (I haven't done so in full yet) as it looks to explore elements of the game that were, in the opinion of Edge, exaggerated problems or misunderstood features, such as control issues and the like. It also delves into clever things that the game does that people might not realise, such as the fact that at the start, Trico is deliberately obstinate and cumbersome, whereas by the end he's traversing the environment without you having to shout at him, indicating that a bond has developed over the course of the game.
Interesting quote from Sakurai on Kid Icarus:
Question: You took a rare departure from Smash Bros when working on Kid Icarus: Uprising. The game has many passionate fans but also plenty of detractors. How do you feel about this game looking back on it?
Answer: I could say it was close to the most difficult project of my career in terms of both team and hardware. The team I gathered varied greatly in culture and ways of thinking so there were always confrontations. Additionally, we couldn't make use of the full power of the 3DS when developing the game. Whilst middleware improvements came, because we were developing the game early in the 3DS life, we had a really hard time making it do what we wanted" As an example I only found out that the Circle Pad Pro was coming out the day it was announced to the public by Nintendo. I wanted the game to support it but it was impossible due to performance related reasons People have asked for a modern-day port however I don't think this will be possible.
Question: You took a rare departure from Smash Bros when working on Kid Icarus: Uprising. The game has many passionate fans but also plenty of detractors. How do you feel about this game looking back on it?
Answer: I could say it was close to the most difficult project of my career in terms of both team and hardware. The team I gathered varied greatly in culture and ways of thinking so there were always confrontations. Additionally, we couldn't make use of the full power of the 3DS when developing the game. Whilst middleware improvements came, because we were developing the game early in the 3DS life, we had a really hard time making it do what we wanted" As an example I only found out that the Circle Pad Pro was coming out the day it was announced to the public by Nintendo. I wanted the game to support it but it was impossible due to performance related reasons People have asked for a modern-day port however I don't think this will be possible.
The common theme being that most of them are insanely good
No port, no problem. It's a sequel that the people want.
Somebody sell me on Tetris Effect. Is it just Tetris with cool effects or is there something else going on? I love Mizuguchi.
Still waiting on my import copy (ordering right before a postal strike was not a great idea...) but there are some impressions in the OT.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/11-11-memories-retold-ot-those-valiant-hearts.79751/
I dunno, would Legend of Belda have gotten a 10?
/s I never meant to imply that they were undeserved, just mildly amusing that they were all Mario and Zelda games.
From everything I've seen (and I've yet to buy the game), Tetris Effect seems to deserve that score.
😆 I mean I don't doubt it that's what Mizuguchi does
Maybe I'll just pick it up and see what happens.
If only Sakurai stopped by the Edge offices in 2001 to explain Jump, Jump, Up+B...
I'm trying not to hyperbolize - this is my first Mizuguchi game - but the journey mode in VR is seriously a mental health tonic for me.
Also the zone mechanic is a legit new Tetris feature, if you care about such things.
In any case it's the best $40 I've spent in 2018 and is my GOTY after God of War
Man... I need to get into Hitman! I'm just such a cynic, because I know it'll be cheap as hell in less than 6 months.
EDGE 328 is out featuring Kingdom Hearts III on cover. I know, you want the reviews :
Just Cause 4 - 6
Ashen - 6
Darksiders III - 4
Gris - 7
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden - 8
Desert Child - 4
Beat Saber - 8
The Haunted Island, A Frog Detective Game - 7
Thanks to rllmukforum.
Just Cause 4 - 6
Ashen - 6
Darksiders III - 4
Gris - 7
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden - 8
Desert Child - 4
Beat Saber - 8
The Haunted Island, A Frog Detective Game - 7
Thanks to rllmukforum.
Gwent has changes so many times during its beta phase. I logged in last week after a break of a few months and I need to completely re-learn the game.
Never known a CCG to change so many core mechanics so often.
Edge is not a person, you know?
Never known a CCG to change so many core mechanics so often.
Edge is not a person, you know?
Do you really believe i don't know? It was a joke, but i'm still disappointed they scored Darksiders III so low.
Make a silly comment, comment gets called silly. Plus many people don't know and I can't read your mind.
Curious what they say about Ashen. I love Souls and was quite excited by the game and reviews, but it left me really cold for quite a few reasons.
Happy with that Hitman 2 score. more people need to play the game.
Also I really want to read the F76 review :D
Also I really want to read the F76 review :D
Do they still not attribute reviews to individual authors (just "EDGE" instead)? I thought the whole idea behind that was so the reader would perceive it as a single entity rather than a disparate collection of writers.
It's not a single entity, though, regardless of how its presented, which is the point.
Unless it's the same person reviewing both games, of course.