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Edge review scores issues #379(GoW:R, Pentiment, Sonic, CoD:MW2, Gotham Knights, etc.)
mansoor1980
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Topher
Identifies as young
Exceptions and not the rule. Also, that doesn't show the lowball scores and that is what I am talking about.
Not sure which comments you are referring to, but that was a shit review and I'm not talking about the score. I posted quite a bit about how bad the actual written review was. It is ok to criticize reviews.
There are a lot more Nintendo games there than PlayStation games.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
I know. But should not be in there even as option. Maybe in extreme case under "accessibility" for people without the right arm.
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Perhaps they don't agree with your statements. That's the point.
Topher
Identifies as young
Gameplay is not the issue people/reviewers had with God of War: R.
ReBurn
Gold Member
You were right, though.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Judging from the scores it's obvious they should have.
Certinty
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The worst part is I'm about 10 hours further than you in the game and the bit you just mentioned has been the only highlight so far. The last three or four hours have genuinely been painful for me.
Topher
Identifies as young
Nothing obvious there at all. You just disagree.
Imru’ al-Qays
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What IS Pentiment
SLB1904
Banned
It's OK. I would be jealous as well if the games I'm playing are colour books
SmurfMustard
Member
I can't follow your logic. How could anything I said make you think I'd be sixteen? I've been playing point'n'click adventures before they were point'n'click and just parser based. So I wish I were that young again. And the comparison to Disco was even refuted by Josh Sawyer as they are not that similar.
Punished Miku
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It's a point and click style murder mystery investigation set in late medieval Bavaria (Germany). There's some minor exploration and a few mini-games, but most of it is dialogue with a lot of choice and variation in outcomes. The whole thing is designed to look like medieval illustrated artwork. Emphasizing the history of Christianity as well. For people that don't mind reading, and love history. Made by Obsidian, Fallout New Vegas director/writer. Will absolutely remain a niche game that's not for everyone.
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Topher
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I started googling past review scores for Edge and seems they give low review scores for most games. I mean low as in a bit lower than metacritic typically. So I'm probably wrong in making it about PlayStation.
Oof85
Banned
Add in characters who WON'T STOP TALKING EVER.
It's like Woody Allen tier rambling.
SLB1904
Banned
Sorry I ask. It is a rough year
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Yes, it is ok to criticize reviews whether its a 7 or a 10.
But I'm talking about the flippant hostility towards the reviewer from various gaffers, at least no ones devolved to that so far.
8 Nintendo and 10 Playstation games (both including otherwise multiplat games as well) in Banjo's post if I read it correctly.
Low Moral Fibre
Member
I was glad when Ragnorok was over but I was sad when Pentiment was over.
Pentiment is definitely a 9/10 or a 0/10 game though as a lot of people will hate everything about it.
Pentiment is definitely a 9/10 or a 0/10 game though as a lot of people will hate everything about it.
Kokoloko85
Member
Yep. “Walking Sims” and ”Cinematic” when Playstation does it but everyone forgets WRPG’s are just a bunch of bad voice acting/talking with bad combat….
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Topher
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That's a seven page thread. Do you have a specific example? I was in that thread and the only hostility I recall was that of some other people somewhere on the internet.
I was talking about PlayStation first party games, but I clarified above that I am probably wrong there.
Very deep analysis
MAX PAYMENT
Member
Totally agree. Lack of enemy variety and story elements that get built up to end up nowhere really detract from it for me.
Interfectum
Member
It's because they are obsessed with that "one camera shot" gimmick. It lead to a YouTube style of non-stop chit chat.
Interfectum
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I mean, there's examples just a few posts into the first page. I'm not gonna scan all 7 pages to quote each, but you get the idea:
That ain't it chief
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sainraja
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And some walking too
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People have different tastes and the audience of Edge might lean more towards those who have a 'different' taste in gaming. Nothing wrong with that.
I haven't completed Ragnarök yet (have put in 20 hrs so far though) and I have to disagree with some of the criticisms people are leveling at it but still everyone has the right to think how they want. I just wish they'd explain their opinions in a way where one could easily see why they feel that way — or have people forgotten how linear games use to be?
Ragnarök has the perfect blend of everything and a narrative that is interesting enough to pull you through.....so many games fail at this. So far in my play-through, I haven't felt like they have taken control away from me at random. I don't expect to be able to control during a cutscene and they have delivered narrative in different ways, sometimes I felt like they should have just done a cutscene but they let us have control and the characters around us would be talking. To each his own but can't say I can understand many of the criticisms I have read.
Also, the game is a sequel to 2018. It's not going to reboot the entire series lol. Just like God of War 2 didn't, it just gave us more of what we liked the first time around.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
…. What? One is a character action game and the other is an adventure game/visual novel. Come on.
Next time anybody criticizes some game’s gameplay I’m gonna respond like “oh… oh yeah, well you like Day of the Tentacle and that game doesn’t even HAVE gameplay, I’m trying so hard not to laugh at you right now!”
SirTerry-T
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Pentiment doing the Lord's work in ths thread, siphoning out the Heathens and the great unwashed.
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Imru’ al-Qays
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Interfectum
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GOW 2018 was a perfect blend of old school God of War, a bit of Metroid, a bit of Zelda mixed with Sony's cinematic (aka sad dad) presentation.And some walking too
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People have different tastes and the audience of Edge might lean more towards those who have a 'different' taste in gaming. Nothing wrong with that.
I haven't completed Ragnarök yet (have put in 20 hrs so far though) and I have to disagree with some of the criticisms people are leveling at it but still everyone has the right to think how they want. I just wish they'd explain their opinions in a way where one could easily see why they feel that way — or have people forgotten how linear games use to be?
Ragnarök has the perfect blend of everything and a narrative that is interesting enough to pull you through.....so many games fail at this. So far in my play-through, I haven't felt like they have taken control away from me at random. I don't expect to be able to control during a cutscene and they have delivered narrative in different ways, sometimes I felt like they should have just done a cutscene but they let us have control and the characters around us would be talking. To each his own but can't say I can understand many of the criticisms I have read.
Also, the game is a sequel to 2018. It's not going to reboot the entire series lol. Just like God of War 2 didn't, it just gave us more of what we liked the first time around.
GOW:R has all of those things cranked up but nothing feels tuned properly. The pacing is off, the story is bloated, action to puzzle ratio is way off balance and it all feels more paint by numbers than the first one. The designer said the entire game was made using this mega-spreadsheet and you can definitely feel it. You can see where things are stitched together... oh here is combat part, two puzzle parts, ride animal part, story beat part, back to combat part, etc. The first game didn't feel like this as the parts were properly blended and randomized so you didn't notices as much. This game is very predictable in what gameplay part is coming next.
SmurfMustard
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GHG
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And this is where you're 100% missing my point. I have nothing negative to say about Pentiment, it clearly does what it sets out to do with excellence, and that is what games should be judged on (does it achieve what it set out to achieve, not whether or not it fits your tastes). I'm also yet to play it so have no basis upon which to critique it.
I'm just pointing out the fact that those who have claimed to live and die by "gameplay" are somewhat caught in a pickle here. There is nothing wrong with having eclectic taste but when you back yourself into a corner like they have it ultimately ends up looking a bit foolish.
A "mediocre" game doesn't get the reviews and fanfair that GOW has. Try again.
And you clearly have nothing at all so say. Take your own advice.
The people who are getting upset by this know I'm talking about them.
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Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
They actually use the full 1-10 scale which is nice.
SafeOrAlone
Banned
Imo, because all of those elements are literally being dragged through a crevice every ten steps.
But to go further, the characters weren’t all that brilliant and the gameplay pacing brought the whole thing down.
Too many puzzles. I like puzzle-games but I don’t want puzzles to be 1/3rd of the GoW experience, alongside climbing and combat. I think combat deserves a larger chunk of the pie.
It’s also a matter of quality - the puzzles aren’t brilliant enough to be sprinkled so heavily throughout. Many of them are just carried over from the last game.
They also sort of break immersion, in the way they limit the capabilities of Kratos. I get why Nathan Drake needs to find a lever to lower a bridge, and doing so as him helps immerse you in his adventure. Why Kratos can’t just jump across. I have no clue. Yes, it’s a game, but they want us immersed in this world and journey, so context like this matters.
Characters had really trite dialogue, imo. Their personality and their humor didn’t fit within the world. Why were they making puns about identity theft? It doesn’t lend itself well to this world, imo.
They are constantly slowing you down with dialogue or exposition and I don’t think it’s justified in the way it steals so much time from the actual engaging elements of the game, like combat.
If the story were fantastic, I’d go for it, but it’s not. It’s just…okay, with great voice acting, so it ends up feeling like a waste of time.
Oh, and don’t forget the constant rowing, or the teleporting, which is a multi-step process every time.
The combat has issues too but it’s still a blast overall. I miss the arcade aspects of the old trilogy. They knew what they wanted to be an excelled at that. This feels like it’s trying too hard to mature something, needlessly, and failing.
Just my opinion in contrast to yours. I’m glad that you’re able to overlook my issues with the game and appreciate the package in it’s entirety. Enjoyment is subjective.
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Punished Miku
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/scribble noise, erase
Pentiment doing the Lord's work in this thread, siphoning out the Heathens and the great unwashed.
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Topher
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Oh....so you were just talking about a few petty insults? lol....ok
Team Andromeda
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EDGE Mag is a joke.
SmurfMustard
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DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Seriously, this would be like if some film reviewer criticized Hotel Transylvania 7 for not being very funny, and some triggered Adam Sandler fanboy responds “oh yeah? Well you gave Schindler’s a list a good score and that movie didn’t even have ANY jokes at all! Clearly you contradicted yourself. I’m really getting a kick out of your breathtaking cognitive dissonance”
SLB1904
Banned
Mediocre with a 94 on metacritic sold over 5mil copies in 2 days. So what does that make the xbox games release in past 20 years?
Gamerguy84
Member
I don't even care about the 7 but then pentiment a 9 from everything I've seen and read. This is why I put no weight on video game journalism.
Weeb mag.
Weeb mag.
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