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The EDGE 10/10 list - What are your thoughts on it?
- Thread starter Phendrift
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I would remove:
Halo 3 (2007)
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
LittleBigPlanet (2008)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011)
Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
Bayonetta 2 (2014)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
Drop7 (2009)
I would probably include Super Mario World, Minecraft, Counter Strike and WOW.
Not a bad list, but Mario Odyssey is criminally overrated in my opinion (I'm the biggest Mario fan, but that one I really didn't feel anything while playing it), LittleBigPlanet at the time honestly made sense but it just did not age well. I also love to death Skyward Sword and I fully back that 10.
I disagree with most of their reviews, but this list is OK in my book.
I disagree with most of their reviews, but this list is OK in my book.
GTA IV was amazing indeed. The solo of V is so bad comparing to this (and the same goes for RDR).
LBP is really weird. There was a promise, sure, and I like this game. But not a perfect score.
As I was reading the list, I was like:
sure
I can understand that one
Oh, I get it
That one seems mandatory
*record scratch* Skyward Sword?!? Wtf were they thinking?!?
sure
I can understand that one
Oh, I get it
That one seems mandatory
*record scratch* Skyward Sword?!? Wtf were they thinking?!?
Odyssey, Breath of the Wild and Skyward Sword should be nowhere near that list. Nor should Dark Souls for that matter.
Odyssey is IMO completely deserving of the 10. I know, to each his own, but when I remember how much actual joy I had playing that game I can't fathom anyone begrudging it that score.
My problem with Odyssey specifically was that for every good world there was a boring/badly designed one, eg desert/snow/lake ones. I never really felt that way after finishing the Galaxy games for example
I liked Halo 3 but it's not a 10. Neither is Breath of the Wild. Still, some really good games on that list.
Bizarre number of people think it should be a 10. As good as it is, it's a more flawed game than a lot of other Zelda's.
I honestly loved the desert area. The only underwhelming area for me was the snow area, but even that was far from being a badly designed area, it just wasn't up to the quality of the others.
The funny thing about the too many games argument is that it takes just a second to metacritic and see that high scoring Nintendo games arent unique to just Edge.
7 out of the top 20 of all time belong to Nintendo. It's almost as if they make high quality games.
Everybody has preferences I get that but when dozens of publications converge on giving something like BOTW a perfect score it's worth considering if your individual opinion is the outlier.
Some games aren't for some people but the majority of other people might see those games as classics.
7 out of the top 20 of all time belong to Nintendo. It's almost as if they make high quality games.
Everybody has preferences I get that but when dozens of publications converge on giving something like BOTW a perfect score it's worth considering if your individual opinion is the outlier.
Some games aren't for some people but the majority of other people might see those games as classics.
It felt like one of the most accepted and obvious of Edge 10s given the general critical and player acclaim.
69 metacritic perfect scores out of 109 critic reviews and some people still can't accept that a lot of other people think it's a GOAT level classic.
My favorite is by far Half Life 2, but even back in the day I wouldn't have rated it a 10 out of 10.
So I apparently disagree with all the titles on the list.
I used to buy Edge back in the day. Loved their articles, they went into depth on the PlayStation/Saturn/3DO etc in ways other magazines didn't, but I pretty much ignored the reviews. I vaguely recall them giving Doom something like 6 out of 10 because you couldn't talk to the monsters, and now that's a 10 out of 10 game if there is one.
So I apparently disagree with all the titles on the list.
I used to buy Edge back in the day. Loved their articles, they went into depth on the PlayStation/Saturn/3DO etc in ways other magazines didn't, but I pretty much ignored the reviews. I vaguely recall them giving Doom something like 6 out of 10 because you couldn't talk to the monsters, and now that's a 10 out of 10 game if there is one.
Alot of personal emotion goes into grading a game.
Obviously given enough time some grades will seem odd, but at the time the game would of felt like a 10 to the writer.
Animal Crossing being this positive game about togetherness and helping each other, coming out in a time where a virus is driving us apart, will have some influence on grades for some critics.
A grade is, ultimately, how we feel about a game and not some objective scale.
Obviously given enough time some grades will seem odd, but at the time the game would of felt like a 10 to the writer.
Animal Crossing being this positive game about togetherness and helping each other, coming out in a time where a virus is driving us apart, will have some influence on grades for some critics.
A grade is, ultimately, how we feel about a game and not some objective scale.
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Edge have never exactly been big on jrpgs (arguments about Souls games classifcation aside), although I think they gave the original an 8 which was honestly more than I was expecting from them
I think there's good arguments for retroactively removing:
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
LittleBigPlanet (2008)
Rock Band 3 (2010)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011)
And as far as additions:
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising (2003)
Advance Wars: Dual Strike (2005)
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (2008)
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
LittleBigPlanet (2008)
Rock Band 3 (2010)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011)
And as far as additions:
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising (2003)
Advance Wars: Dual Strike (2005)
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (2008)
Thats fine , everyone has their own opinions, but I feel with P5 , it's an objective great game that deserves a spot on this list (epecially seeing has how games like LBP, GTA4 and Mario O are on it).
I think it's fair to have one of the guitar accessory games on there, it was really good fun for that time they were popular, whether that one should be Band 3 I can't say
My own personal list of 10/10s would only include 2 that overlap with Edge's, Ocarina of Time and Dark Souls
Very PC gamer mentality to remove Halo 3, Breath of the Wild, GTAV, Bayonetta 2 and Mario Odyssey (probably the best games in their respective genres) and then put in CSS lmao
I feel a bit wierd with the Bayonettas. Like both are 10/10 but none of the Devil May Crys are? I've only played Bayonetta 1 and not sure how it is so much better than DMC, they feel very similar except that I like the demonic lore and story in DMC better.
That's not shitting on Bayonetta, it is a great game, I just wonder what makes Edge raise Bayonetta above DMC and indeed all other games for a perfect score.
Other than that, maybe all 3 Halo's being perfect is a bit wierd I personally thought Halo 3 was a step down a touch from Halo 2.
Also Skyward Sword lol get out.
For the retroactive reviews...where's Perfect Dark! That game was astounding.
That's not shitting on Bayonetta, it is a great game, I just wonder what makes Edge raise Bayonetta above DMC and indeed all other games for a perfect score.
Other than that, maybe all 3 Halo's being perfect is a bit wierd I personally thought Halo 3 was a step down a touch from Halo 2.
Also Skyward Sword lol get out.
For the retroactive reviews...where's Perfect Dark! That game was astounding.
Skyward Sword is a very uneven game, it has some excellent aspects and others that let it down.
It's perplexing to be in that list while masterpiece like Metroid Prime and F-Zero GX are absent.
Other games are there only due to their popularity at the time (Rock Band 3 and GTAIV)
It's perplexing to be in that list while masterpiece like Metroid Prime and F-Zero GX are absent.
Other games are there only due to their popularity at the time (Rock Band 3 and GTAIV)
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just checked metacritic, and yeah they very rarely have given a JRPG a 9.
these are the only ones i could find:
mario & luigi: bowser's inside story
final fantasy 12
xenoblade chronicles
persona 4 golden
dragon quest 9
there's also a few japanese tactical/strategy RPGS that they've given a 9 to:
fire emblem: awakening
disgaea: hour of darkness
fire emblem: fates
final fantasy tactics: war of the lion
fire emblem: three houses
Skyward Sword is a 7 at best. Other than that the list is decent from the games I've actually played.