yeah, pretty much. anytime a big exclusive gets a low score people come out with ridiculous statements like edge being a joke/irrelevant/edgy/try hard or what not. happened last time with days gone when their review came out. you would think people would be used to edge scoring games lower than the average, but i guess not.
This is true.
It is a very good game. At its core shooting shit with awesome weapons is more fun than ever. Lots of QoL improvements etc...
This is also true.
That depends on wether the writer feels like the series needs to change, though.
People keep repeating this but I'm not seeing anyone upset over the score. The problem with Edge is that their strict reviews are only strict for some games. Pokemon Masters is a 2 on the Edge scale, yet...
different people review different games. the person who reviewed gears thought 6 was an appropriate score, and that's a subjective opinion like every single other review out there. same with pokemon. there's nothing more to it than that. there's no conspiracy to go hard on certain games or boost other undeserving games.
The fact that this has to be said multiple times in literally every review thread from this site back to Gaf used to be annoying but it's been so long that it's whipped back to being hilarious
I am playing it right now and agreed, it is kinda putting me to sleep at times. Not very engaging. God of War was slightly better but not by much. At least it had slightly better writing.
Talking about obvious stuff: I can give my opinion on a forum.
Well back in the day they gave Gunstar Heroes a 6.
Thank you, that argument of change because we say so is so fucking stupid. If the game is literally one of its kind why the hell do you want it to change. Might as well go to smash bros and tell them to take a page from Killer Instincts book and add combo breakers and shit mixed with the two button commands... nobody wants that. Like, idc hoe much your tired of gears, but you can't sit here and tell me the gun play is stale. It never was, never will be, because there's nothing else like it. I'm not saying it deserves 9's and up but what I said should be kept in mind, because I guarantee you these people are going to smoke all of call of duty modern warfares "nostalgia" gameplay mechanics, ripped straight from 2011, and probably praise it as the best shooter. Someone book mark this, I'll put money on that.
Isn't it sort of strange to basically say "by all accounts BL3 is good if you can ignore something you may not like?"
Well days gone was objectively a 6-7 type of game, like when crackdown 3 came out you didn't hear anyone scream media bias, I mean it deserved better than those 2's it got but still... and I actually like cd3 a lot lol.
Sorry that we don't just slap a no-questions-asked 8 on everything.
I'm all for different opinions but I cannot help but š when someone says "objectively" about a games quality or related to review scores...
I've played and read my fair share of reviews for the game. I, personally, don't think the game is anything less than a 7 (barring game breaking bugs affecting your play through, of course).
That's not a UK thing, it's unbiased professional writing. Because the article isn't supposed to be about you or have personal biases. If we just wanted to read your musings then we could just read your forum posts.
The difference probably lies in how different the UK and US outlets treat the scale. UK sites don't tend to follow the US grading system because it's an American system that doesn't really translate over here.
In an ideal world, we wouldn't have scores at all, but the kiddies have to have their numbers.
No, I can see where the author is coming from on that point.
You can dress it up however you like, but all reviews are biased.
Aye, gaming being world wide leads to these divides in the scoring system (Canada here though).
Too much content is a bad thing? The MP modes are also pretty clearly labeled right from the main menu.
I think the argument is "change because it's getting stale or outdated". The games that fall into that category are going to change from person to person. Now I haven't read the Gears review so I don't even know if that was their main complaint or not. Just saying, some things do need to change because they're stale.
not sure if we read the same thread. doesn't really matter tho, i'm just saying it always happens when exclusives get low scores. even when a big exclusive got the excellent score of 8 people lost their shit and the thread had to be locked cuz they demanded a 9 or 10.
read my edit. they haven't been using that system for YEARS, so they're not really claiming those games are revolutionary. not saying they aren't, because many of those are excellent games that had big impacts on the industry. it's just that a 10 by edge doesn't necessarily mean revolutionary anymore.
Yeah, great avatar, right? Took me a little while to edit the lancer instead of the assault rife, but I think the end result wasn't bad.
Omg I have been too flat out with uni to post in any OT's lately or even play much games, so I haven't finished it yet š but I'll have heaps of time in a few days to finish it and post in the OT!!
did you like sayonara? i didn't see you in the OT š
PERCHED for your impressions after you beat the game. the ending is 10/10.
