Xenoblade Chronicles 2 First Review

[RockmanBN]

The review comes from Famitsu and is 9/9/8/9 [35/40]

It's as good as Sonic Forces!

For reference:
Xenoblade Chronicles got 9/9/9/9 [36/40]
Xenoblade Chronicles X got 9/9/8/8 [34/40]

https://gematsu.com/2017/11/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1512

 

[Starlatine]

ruh roh

a 35 from famitsu is bad

 

[KZXcellent]

What a fantastic score from the most reputable outlet around.

 

[DKHF]

Way worse than FFXIII-2 confirmed

 

[hans_castorp]

*insert worse than Nintendogs confirmed* joke

 

[cpcz]

Pre-order cance-- oh wait I haven't pre-order yet.

 

[PogiJones]

What did the first Xenoblade and Xenoblade X get from Famitsu?

 

[FiXalaS]

ah deal breaker score

I wonder if they are people who trust famitsu reviews in Japan

 

[Neiteio]

Not a perfect score? Either the check didn't clear, or even Famitsu feels it's too much anime!

 

[CeroMiedo]

What did the first Xenoblade and Xenoblade X get from Famitsu?

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36 and 34

 

[Acquiescence]

Wow, that's really good. 5 points more and it would've been a perfect score.

 

[Blackquill]

they really start to become harsh, man only 35 ????

confirmed bad game

 

[DPart]

What did the first Xenoblade and Xenoblade X get from Famitsu?

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XC: 9/9/9/9
XCX: 9/9/8/8

 

[tolkir]

Where are the checks Nintendo/40

 

[Dunban]

My second cousin at Famitsu told me they deducted a point for each pair of baggy pants in the game.

No, I'm hoping this isn't a portend of things to come, but... it's Famitsu. Difficult to take their scores at face value.

 

[Deleted member 8112]

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[Deleted member 2791]

7 points better than Demon's Souls, must be great !

 

[Spine Crawler]

ruh roh

a 35 from famitsu is bad

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1 got 36 and x got 34

 

[KingSnake]

Famitsu is totally irrelevant when it comes to reviews. I don't think they should deserve minimal attention.

 

[Yui]

Pretty sure the other two games got similar scores.

Edit: late

 

[PogiJones]

36 and 34

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Thanks. It's now clear it will be exactly, precisely halfway between the other two in terms of quality.

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(XCX was better than XC.)

 

[Cugel]

ruh roh

a 35 from famitsu is bad

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The first one got 36...

 

[Salty Rice]

No full 40 from famitsu?

Bad game confirmed.

Nintendo needs to write more checks.

 

[Starlatine]

Xenoblade Wii was 36, X was 34.

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so its just famitsu disliking xenoblade for whatever reason? famitsu likes everything

 

[Oddish1]

ruh roh

a 35 from famitsu is bad

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It's famitsu. It doesn't mean anything.

 

[Nathan.exe]

 

[RockmanBN]

Thanks. It's now clear it will be exactly, precisely halfway between the other two in terms of quality.

...
(XCX was better than XC.)

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Those are some fighting words.

 

[Deleted member 21693]

All jokes aside, John talking on the 8-4 Play podcast about it... I don't know. Sounded a bit disappointing to be honest.

 

[Supermanisdead]

I thought this would be an actual review, not nonsense famitsu numbers

 

[GinoFelino]

Famitsu isn't a review man, what is this clickbait nonsense

 

[silva1991]

Jokes aside, I always expected it to be between 1 and X as far as qualities goes.

No matter how uninspired this game looks, it just can't be as terrible as X even if they tried.

 

[signal]

For reference:
Xenoblade Chronicles got 9/9/9/9 [36/40]
Xenoblade Chronicles X got 9/9/8/8 [34/40]

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These scores are basically the same as the metacritic scores for these games. People shit on Famitsu too much. With just the numbers the scores are non-informative though I agree.

 

[Blackquill]

ruh roh

a 35 from famitsu is bad

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It doesn't mean anything to be frank

Famitsu has already gave less than 30 on game that are amazing and more to games that utterly suck. It just a different kind of review (and in my opinion, these reviews shouldn't be even acknowledge)

 

[shoemasta]

How did the original Xenoblade only get a 36? Its a decent game.

 

[PogiJones]

Those are some fighting words.

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I'm ready.

 

[GinoFelino]

Jokes aside, I always expected it to be between 1 and X as far as qualities goes.

No matter how uninspired this game looks, it just can't be as terrible as X even if they tried.

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That's some low quality bait

 

[Deleted member 2791]

These scores are basically the same as the metacritic scores for these games. People shit on Famitsu too much. With just the numbers the scores are non-informative though I agree.

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Famitsu reviews are literally tweets, they're the worst kind of reviews existing.

 

[Buffer]

Gonna sell my Nintendo stock before the crash.

 

[Comic Obsessed]

"Xenoblade Chronicles 2 First Review".

Oh!

"Famitsu".

Oh, come on!

 

[ShinUltramanJ]

I was expecting a review from a reputable source.

I'm going to have to watch some footage of this to see if I want to preorder.

 

[signal]

Famitsu reviews are literally tweets, they're the worst kind of reviews existing.

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Don't the magazines have at least minor blurbs from the reviewers? No one ever shares them but it's a bit more than numbers posted on Gematsu iirc.

 

[Dunban]

"Xenoblade Chronicles 2 First Review".

Oh!

"Famitsu".

Oh, come on!

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That's almost 'First Half Life, 3 screenshots' levels of deceptive.

 

[Exentryk]

I don't know why we even bother posting Famitsu reviews, lol.

 

[Starlatine]

These scores are basically the same as the metacritic scores for these games. People shit on Famitsu too much.

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if anything people dont shit on famitsu enough and still take their scores seriously

It doesn't mean anything to be frank

Famitsu has already gave less than 30 on game that are amazing and more to games that utterly suck. It just a different kind of review (and in my opinion, these reviews shouldn't be even acknowledge)

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always seen the opposite, famitsu inflating the score of every game know to man.
that they have some sort of grudge against xenoblade is surprising to me. checks not up to date?

 

[Deleted member 24550]

"Xenoblade Chronicles 2 First Review".

Oh!

"Famitsu".

Oh, come on!

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[Aristos Achaion]

7 points better than Demon's Souls, must be great !

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5 point lower than Nintendogs, must be bad

 

[PogiJones]

Why is there not an extensive review outlet industry in Japan like there is in the U.S. and Europe? Or, if there is, why do we only hear about Famitsu over here?

 

[signal]

that they have some sort of grudge against xenoblade is surprising to me. checks not up to date?

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What's the grudge? Again, the metacritic for the other games in the OP are right around Famitsu's scores.

 

[FiXalaS]

When will we get the rest? a week before release?

 

[Mark H]

Don't the magazines have at least minor blurbs from the reviewers? No one ever shares them but it's a bit more than numbers posted on Gematsu iirc.

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It's just 1 or 2 sentences from each reviewers so it's totally useless.
I have doubts that they've even played it to the end.