You have Bloodborne rune as avatar, so you should remember that Edge gave a 10 to Bloodborne. When they think a game is great they give it the score it deserves according to the full 1-10 scale, nothing edgy about that.
I think maybe his arguement is that if people just look at a numeric score and make their initial opinion from that (as you mentioned), wouldnt it be better to drop having numeric scores overall, even if 99% of the outlet using them? Then such "problem" (for a lack of better word) wouldnt be there.
Yep.
If that's what you think when you see a 5/10 review of a game, then when you say "I respect opinions", you're incorrect. You don't. You respect opinions as long as they closely align with yours, and the moment they're a bit off, your instant reaction is to question the validity of the opinion and suspect that the entire review is a lie.
Yeah. I got it for $3 on the Argentina eshop and still feel it was too short.
To be fair edge is like any other publication, the people behind it have very clear biases when it comes to from software and rockstar games. Not that it's bad or anything but there's no need to put specific publication on pedestal because reasons
True enough, but its not really about Edge in specific, its more about reacting to review scores in general. Some outlets has dropped the numeric review score because they want people to read their conclusion instead on mainly looking at the numeric score alone (at least i think this is the reason).
This is why Edge are so respected, they don't care how it goes down.
They don't have to love a studio's work, but they should not have a bias against the core gameplay.
This is even more ridiculous, "If the reviewer won't like the game he shouldn't review it".
Well they clearly failed in "fairly review their games" as so many people in this thread have stated that the score is harsh.
