Famitsu gives Team Sonic Racing a 34/40

[Sir_Bumble_Bee]

Wasn't there a time in the 90's when Famitsu giving you a good review meant your game was basically God Tier? IIRC Mario 64 was the first game to get a perfect score from them, and the (UK at least) gaming media flipping out. I'm sure I didn't imagine that... what the hell happened?

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That was before games like Peace Walker and Final Fantasy XIII-2 got perfect scores. Now nobody overseas takes their scores seriously (although, the written thoughts form the reviewers is still useful).

 

[Zubz]

Not here it wouldn't. I'm not challenging whether there's cause for doubt in Famitsu, just very confident in how this place comes down on Sonic and bandwagons Crash.

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After the N. Sane Trilogy, I thought that was most of the Internet.

 

[mclem]

While they're not going to be that useful, do we have Famitsu scores for All-Star Racing and Transformed?

(And do the records go back far enough for Sonic R... and even Sonic Drift?)

 

[Camjo-Z]

While they're not going to be that useful, do we have Famitsu scores for All-Star Racing and Transformed?

(And do the records go back far enough for Sonic R... and even Sonic Drift?)

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I can't find anything about ASR but Transformed apparently got a 33/40 with 7/9/9/8.

EDIT: Oh, just realized - there aren't any Famitsu scores for the original ASR because it didn't get released in Japan.

 

[supkid]

That was before games like Peace Walker and Final Fantasy XIII-2 got perfect scores. Now nobody overseas takes their scores seriously (although, the written thoughts form the reviewers is still useful).

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Thanks, I've obviously had my head under a rock for the past few years! Ha.

 

[G_Shumi]

For comparison, Sonic Forces got a 35/40 and Mania a 32/40.

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And that's how you delegitimize yourself.

 

[spman2099]

LOL did they really gave Forces a higher score than Mania?

These scores truly are useless.

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Remember, any throwback game has the chance of being accused of being...

• ...nostalgia bait
• ...archaic
• ...unambitious

It doesn't matter how good the game in question is. You can see this in the way a lot of excellent indie games are instantly disregarded by people. Hell, there are certain individuals who seem to see bashing these types of games as a holy crusade whenever they become popular.

 

[MikeH]

Didn't even beat Nintendogs score.... will pass.

 

[Tokyo_Funk]

Eurogamer said it is Recommended.

Eurogamer Review

 

[maximumzero]

Sumo does good work.

 

[Mars People]

Why do we still post Famitsu scores when everyone just accepts they mean sweet fuck all?
Isn't it super pointless?

 

[Deleted member 13155]

Thier scores are useless because they tend to give good scores to universally panned games like Quantum Theory and Left Alive which got 8/8/8/7 or something. FFXIII, which isn't a bad game a near perfect 39/40 I think and XIII-2 a perfect score. Then they also had controversial stuff with Peace Walker being heavily advertised while getting a perfect score.

It doesn't add up with their scores in the past, where they seemed to be more credible.

 

[RockmanBN]

Must not be good then

 

[FormatCompatible]

For comparison, Sonic Forces got a 35/40 and Mania a 32/40

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I remember them loving how 'cool, dramatic and hype' the story of Forces was.


...I don't trust them on anything.

 

[GeekyDad]

That's quite the high score. Damn.

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For Famitsu? Isn't that like their version of a 4 out of 10?

 

[Opa-Opa]

They only matter when it's 40/40.

Then the list shows up, everyone freaks, damage control in one side, hype in the other.

 

[Romain]

Here's Gameblog's review, written by yours truly: http://www.gameblog.fr/tests/3401-team-sonic-racing-ps4

I gave it a 7/10.

It's good, I loved the team gameplay. But it's not perfect. And the SEGA All-Stars are truly missed.

 

[E_i]

They gave Mania a 32? WTF!