Edge Xmas Scores
PS3 big hitter Resistance 2 gets 6/10. Need for Speed gets LULZ.Published 14/11/2008 at 14:01 by nofi
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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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GamerRiley | 14/11/2008 14:13
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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!
n_duffy_91 | 19/11/2008 18:38
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Endwar looks very shit! Too tactical
Roarster | 14/11/2008 14:23
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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?
edgefusion | 14/11/2008 18:21
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From what I’ve played of the beta I’d say no.
cc_star | 14/11/2008 19:00
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I thought the beta sucked, more than any other PS3 game I’d ever played.
Roarster | 14/11/2008 19:15
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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…
Pixl1983 | 14/11/2008 14:26
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BAH HUMBUG!
Edge have always been massive scrooges.
Only problem is I trust their scores most of the time. :/
MERRRY CLUSTERF**K!!
colossalblue | 14/11/2008 14:29
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But animal crossing gets a 7 and the 2 biggest non-PS3 games both get 9?
Rubbish.
cc_star | 14/11/2008 21:15
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Animal Crossing FTW
n_duffy_91 | 19/11/2008 18:44
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Wdf is animal crossing, it gets a better score than cod? either its an amazn game or the people rating these games are assholes!
Eldave0 | 14/11/2008 14:30
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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
RocketSOL | 14/11/2008 14:30
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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!?
dairylee | 14/11/2008 14:44
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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.
cc_star | 14/11/2008 19:02
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GoW2 is the same as Gow, but takes the bigger and better approach rather than anything new
n_duffy_91 | 19/11/2008 18:47
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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
stefhutch20 | 14/11/2008 14:44
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WTF? That’s all I’m saying.
Gamoc | 14/11/2008 14:55
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Hell…Resistance 2 got a 6. Socom a 5. Damn.
online4ntagonist | 14/11/2008 15:00
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EDGE SMEDGE
andytorr | 14/11/2008 15:19
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Why are these scores completely different from anything else on the net? CoD – 6?!? But as usual Edge are brown nosing Microsoft.
nofi | 14/11/2008 15:23
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What a ridiculous thing to say. What makes you say that?
Eldave0 | 14/11/2008 15:27
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last time i checked cod is multiplatform… :S?
Michael | 15/11/2008 18:39
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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.
colossalblue | 14/11/2008 15:24
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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.
ShovellyJoe | 14/11/2008 16:17
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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.
nofi | 14/11/2008 16:18
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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.
colossalblue | 14/11/2008 16:51
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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.
funkyellowmonkey(ps3 id) | 14/11/2008 15:29
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Ditto dat! Either try the game via demo urself and make a judgement or wait for more reviews’n check metacritic.
3shirts | 14/11/2008 16:55
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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
colossalblue | 14/11/2008 16:56
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Good point, well made.
Excellent use of the phrase “dropped a bollock” too.
dillonradio | 14/11/2008 17:02
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The force unleashed demo was good too, but the game was terrible.
colossalblue | 14/11/2008 17:24
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The game was worse than the demo? I thought the demo was pretty awful.
rSp8 | 14/11/2008 17:04
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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!
cc_star | 14/11/2008 19:06
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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
Barnabe Jones | 14/11/2008 17:38
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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.