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Edge Xmas Scores

Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 2:01 pm

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The Christmas issue of Edge magazine is now out, with some bit PS3 games in the review mix, notably Resistance 2 and a rather crushing score for Mirror’s Edge.  The full review list is below, and the magazine includes a preview of White Knight Chronicles if you’re feeling a bit demoralised by the scores.

PS3 Exclusives:

Resistance 2 - 6
Socom Confrontation - 5
Valkyria Chronicles - 7

PS3 / Multi-format:

Fallout 3 - 7
Call of Duty: World at War - 6
Mirror’s Edge - 5
007: Quantum of Solace - 5
Tomb Raider: Underworld - 8
Guitar Hero: World Tour - 7
Silent Hill: Homecoming - 6
Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip - 7
Tom Clancy’s Endwar - 8
Need for Speed Undercover - 3

Other formats (not on PS3):

Left 4 Dead - 9
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - 7
Gears of War 2 - 9
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning - 7
Animal Crossing City Folk - 7
Ninjatown - 6
Command & Comnquer: Red Alert 3 - 7
Manhunt 2 - 4

Source: GAF.

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nofi

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30 Comments For This Post

  1. GamerRiley Says:

    Oh my, not to good then for the Playstation 3 exclusives. Resistance 2 only 6/10, that’s awful for such a big title. The massively hypeed COD5 doesn’t fair any better with the same score. So it’s either Tom Clancy’s Endwar or go and buy a 360 with Gears 2 if you want some quality gaming over the crimbo period. Me..I’ll just stick with that beta I’m playing, it’s even keeping me away from that sackboy game….thingy ma jig planet!

    Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)

    n_duffy_91 Says:

    Endwar looks very shit! Too tactical

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  2. Roarster Says:

    For fox sake, can we please have some consistency with the Resistance 2 scores? For every 9 out of 10 it gets, it seems to get another 6 out of 10! Does anyone know for sure if this is worth buying or not?

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

    edgefusion Says:

    From what I’ve played of the beta I’d say no.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

    cc_star Says:

    I thought the beta sucked, more than any other PS3 game I’d ever played.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

    Roarster Says:

    Yeah, I heard a lot of bad things about the beta but then looking at Metacritic there seem to be tons of 9 out of 10 reviews (and a few with even better scores). I could understand the discrepancies for a game like Mirrors Edge which understandably is getting a wide variety of scores but I’d expected a straightforward game like to R2 to score fairly consistently.

    I’m undecided between picking up R2 or CoD:WaW though both seem to be picking up widely varying scores. Maybe I’l just wait for Killzone 2…

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

    n_duffy_91 Says:

    Get CoD, the storyline is quality and the online is top notch, i would give it a 10/10 ten times out of ten lol

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  3. Pixl1983 Says:

    BAH HUMBUG!

    Edge have always been massive scrooges.

    Only problem is I trust their scores most of the time. :/

    MERRRY CLUSTERF**K!!

    Rating: 4.0/5 (2 votes cast)
  4. colossalblue Says:

    But animal crossing gets a 7 and the 2 biggest non-PS3 games both get 9?

    Rubbish.

    Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)

    cc_star Says:

    Animal Crossing FTW

    Rating: 3.0/5 (2 votes cast)

    n_duffy_91 Says:

    Wdf is animal crossing, it gets a better score than cod? either its an amazn game or the people rating these games are assholes!

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  5. Eldave0 Says:

    to me that list of reviews is a god send for my wallet.
    every score I read under 7/10 my wallet does another backflip for joy…. its a very talented wallet

    Rating: 5.0/5 (5 votes cast)
  6. RocketSOL Says:

    ps3 exclusives rarely fair well with edge. i dont like there reviews anyway. it obvious gear 2 will get a good score, i havnt played it but it looks good. but left 4 dead…a 9. are they serious!?!? its got a fun co-op mode, but thats about it. is that all it takes to get a good score these days!?

    Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)

    dairylee Says:

    I think you’re forgetting about the Versus mode in Left 4 Dead which is a lot more enjoyable than the Co-Op mode which in itself is great fun to play. So if all you need to get a good score is good solid gameplay, with well implemented multiplayer, and some of the best co-op play any game has to offer then that sounds fair enough to me.

    Rating: 1.7/5 (6 votes cast)

    cc_star Says:

    GoW2 is the same as Gow, but takes the bigger and better approach rather than anything new

    Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast)

    n_duffy_91 Says:

    i heard it was the same too, i would much rather play a realistic story game rather than 1 with aliens, no offense R1 and R2

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  7. stefhutch20 Says:

    WTF? That’s all I’m saying.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (3 votes cast)
  8. Gamoc Says:

    Hell…Resistance 2 got a 6. Socom a 5. Damn.

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  9. online4ntagonist Says:

    EDGE SMEDGE

    Rating: 3.9/5 (8 votes cast)
  10. andytorr Says:

    Why are these scores completely different from anything else on the net? CoD - 6?!? But as usual Edge are brown nosing Microsoft.

    Rating: 3.0/5 (8 votes cast)

    nofi Says:

    What a ridiculous thing to say. What makes you say that?

    Rating: 3.0/5 (6 votes cast)

    Eldave0 Says:

    last time i checked cod is multiplatform… :S?

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

    Michael Says:

    Over recent years I’ve always thought Edge had a pro-Sony edge (ahem) to its prose. I’m not suggesting a sinister bias or what-not, but that’s the feeling I always got from their features dealing with the big 3.

    Anyway, Resistance’s 6 is probably like our 6 for Pacific Rift. Some people are obviously loving Pacific Rift, so I wouldn’t be too concerned that R2 is going to be pap.

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  11. colossalblue Says:

    I think the obvious advice would be for people to ignore Edge if you think these scores are a bit skewed and trust the TSA reviews when they come, at least with TSA you can talk to the person who reviewed the game and get some justification for their scoring if you don’t agree with it.

    We’re great.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (6 votes cast)

    ShovellyJoe Says:

    What score would you say is appropriate for Resistance 2 then? (Question aimed at all TSA guys) I’d buy it regardless but even without playing I can say it’s worth more than a 6.

    Rating: 2.7/5 (3 votes cast)

    nofi Says:

    I’ve personally not played the full game yet, so you won’t get a score from me until the review is out, sorry.

    How you can say it’s worth more than a 6 WITHOUT EVEN PLAYING IT completely turns my brain inside out.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (3 votes cast)

    colossalblue Says:

    I don’t think anyone can give a reliable score without having at least a good few days with the finished product.

    I thought that the beta was rubbish but that has more to do with the other people in the multiplayer than the software itself.

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  12. funkyellowmonkey(ps3 id) Says:

    Ditto dat! Either try the game via demo urself and make a judgement or wait for more reviews’n check metacritic.

    Rating: 3.0/5 (1 vote cast)
  13. 3shirts Says:

    Sometimes Edge seem to take the public hype into account when rating games. If it’s had too much, they seem to feel they have to balance it out with their score. Personally I thought the Mirrors Edge demo was great and a really fresh idea. I know that was only a demo, but they’d have to have really dropped a bollock in the rest of the game for it to be only worth a 5

    Rating: 5.0/5 (3 votes cast)

    colossalblue Says:

    Good point, well made.

    Excellent use of the phrase “dropped a bollock” too.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast)

    dillonradio Says:

    The force unleashed demo was good too, but the game was terrible.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

    colossalblue Says:

    The game was worse than the demo? I thought the demo was pretty awful.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)
  14. rSp8 Says:

    Looks like the magazine got out bed on the wrong side from those scores. They are quite different from other scores that are around. Never been into Edge, always thought it was a bit up it’s own ass!

    Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)

    cc_star Says:

    Yep I’d agree with that last statement

    Use metacritic, until real life gamers get chance to thoroughly play through it and post a review on TSA

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  15. Barnabe Jones Says:

    I have Resistance 2!! It’s great. They have improved the game in every way. I would easily give it a 9… and at the very least an 8.5 maybe. A 6 is a slap in the face. I would love to know there reasoning behind it. If you do some digging on the web, most reviewers were very pleased with it.

    Rating: 3.0/5 (2 votes cast)
  16. ross_k Says:

    ive always found edge a tad biased against the PS3 but maybe thats the reviewers opinion but resistance 2 must be more than a 6/10, ive played it and read other reviews and it has too be at least an 8, i agree with socom review though, the game needs fixed BADLY

    Rating: 3.0/5 (2 votes cast)
  17. Hodgi92 Says:

    Mirrors edge…5!!!??

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)
  18. YOURMUMANDME Says:

    the best thing to do is trust your own judgement
    The only time I haven’t was for trophy whoring !
    If you liked FoM then buy it’s sequel
    If you liked CoD series , buy it’s sequel
    If you like a change of gameplay , buy ME
    Same goes for everything else , I’ve seen plenty non-biased reviews that say R2 just beats GoW2 but …… It does beat it ! So for EDGE to say that makes me SERIOUSLY QUESTION THEIR FUNDING !!!!!! xxx

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)
  19. DoucheVader Says:

    Those scores seem to have a real XBox bend.

    At the very least R2 is on Par with Gears. Now SOCOM may not be the most beautiful game, but I wouldn’t give it a 5.

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  20. thelastguy Says:

    Hmm i’m really a bit worried about R2 now, it was going to be my big Christmas day game but 6/10???? Edge gave Kane and Lynch 6/10..I think there is the strange internet phenomenon of insomniac games being rated badly maybe because they are PS3 exclusive. Edge get scores really wrong and seem biased against Ps3 like when they gave God Of War2 a 7. Edge are quite full of themselves. I rate them QUITE LOW.
    It looks like my biggest fear for R2 may have truth in it, I have zero interest in online FPS I only like story mode or campaign as it is more usually known as now, i always think just how great games like R2 could have been if Insomniac had been able to put all their effort into the story mode instead of wasting all that time and effort on online. I dont see any point in online fps running around shooting anonymous people for no reason.Its boring.I rate the original Resistance story mode very highly I really enjoyed it and I constantly see people slagging it off on the internet so i will ignore the negetives and get it anyway,and take a risk, its not like im paying for it. I cannot believe that Insomniac have messed it up so badly unless all the effort went into the online part… OH i hate online!

    Rating: 3.0/5 (3 votes cast)

    bigwhiteyeti Says:

    Resistance 2’s campaign is even better than the first, without being drawn out too long. It’s graphics are upped in every way imaginable and boss battles like the Kraken and Leviathan are epic. Believe me, while the online is awesome, the story mode stands by itself easily.

    Added bonus: no annoying narrator or crappy picture-based cutscenes!

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  21. cc_star Says:

    Here’s my review

    TSA - 10
    Metacritic - 10

    Edge - 4

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)
  22. colossalblue Says:

    Well, f*ck them, I just went out and bought CoD5. HA!

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  23. Mick939 Says:

    Wow odd that resistance everywhere else even ps3 hating ign gave it a ten, glad i couldn’t give two shits about boring old stuffy edge.

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  24. fredrikpedersen Says:

    EDGE’s opinion < My opinion. That about sums it all up.

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  25. Dash Says:

    NFS - 3? How could they have messed it up so much?

    Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
  26. MarkSawbo Says:

    i think its coming to a time where we should give up on ps3. im not goign to yet. but i buy all my games for ps3 and dont buy xbox games. i feel cheated.

    Rating: 1.0/5 (2 votes cast)
  27. online4ntagonist Says:

    I’d feel cheated when I pay €65 for a game and then pay again to play it online.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast)
  28. seedaripper1973 Says:

    Bloody elitist EDGE, as the others have said up top, i think that they sometimes fall for their own hype, ner ner, industry standard etc…and they charge a fortune for what is essentially a very boring read..i like a bit of humour injected into my reviews (hence me swinging by TSA for that) and not stuffy, overlong diatribes on the idiosycrancies of video games…they are the conservative party of reviews (whereas TSA is the monster raving mad party) ;)
    sod ‘em, i dont trust ‘em… can i get a ‘word up’ ?

    Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast)
  29. Brodiesan Says:

    I used to be a huge proponent of Edge. Monthly subscriber - the works. Then I started to detect the usual theme of haughtiness started to really go overboard.

    Then there are the review scores which can be sometimes baffling. This is the magazine that gave 6/10 to GTAIII and Heavenly Sword. To me these games were not “average” which is what this mark in Edge accounts for. HS is by no means a perfect game; its length, the sameness of the combat (despite the number of combos), the loading times issue which is almost criminal (not being able to skip through some of the same movie clips you have to watch over and over again) but all these issues do not detract from the fact that the game is fun, has wonderful production values, amazing animations and a well told story. 6/10? The LEAST this game should get is a 7. I’d personally give it an 8.

    The fact is: Edge is becoming more and more irrelevant. In five years I can’t even see it selling half its current distribution as more and more people are getting their gaming news (and reviews) online. As someone else says here: it’s also handy to be able to comment to the reviewer and get a response.

    I’m disappointed with the 6/10 for R2. I had problems with the beta but I thought it was fun enough. As for Mirror’s Edge getting a 5/10 - that just boggles the mind. I haven’t played it yet but I know a few people who have and have said: “Yes, it’s not perfect but it’s great fun. A nice departure from the normal FPS format.” How does that equate to “below average”?

    Edge is officially out of favour in my house now. It’s been heading this way for a while and I just want to say that it’s not just the bizarre scores that are turning me off the magazine. The articles have also become really tired and hackneyed. Ah well, it had a good run …

    Rating: 4.0/5 (1 vote cast)
  30. bigwhiteyeti Says:

    In my opinion has become an Xbo360 hype engine. It gave 9 to Gears of War 2, which I played. And beat. in 6 hours. It is undoubtedly a good game, but it felt like more of the same from Gears 1, with minor visual and technical improvements.

    Resistance 2, on the otherhand, scored a 6. This is complete bullshit. Resistance 2 looks just as good, if not better than Gears 2, has a more interesting storyline (aliens in WWII! Awesome!) and has some of the most innovative gameplay I’ve ever seen, with 60 player online skirmishes and the co-op campaign. While it’s not perfect, I certainly would rate it higher than Gears, which was essentially a remake of the first game.

    Disappointment.

    Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)

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