Why? Because I’m actually using some FACTS that back up my arguments about other people’s ignorant assumptions?

There’s plenty of reviews that EDGE write which I don’t agree with; games I think were rated too highly, games I think were rated too low, games I enjoyed despite an average score by the magazine.

What’s *funny* and entertaining about most people’s replies is how they act like the magazine is some sort of try-hard, deliberately controversial magazine because it doesn’t always agree with *their* opinions.

ecu pretty much hit it on the nail. Most people commenting don’t even seem to realise how EDGE’s score system works, and that 7 is considered a decently polished, quite enjoyable game with a few niggling flaws. And they act like over-defensive fanboys because they assume that means the magazine thinks the game is shit.

Maybe they should start realising that it’s other magazines with the fucked up scoring system. Any game that scores under 70 in those is assumed to be of unplayable quality, and they seem incapable of understanding why 5 might = average and every above it = good.

Of course, there’s the fact that most magazines are so reliant on the very industry they’re reviewing for profit that if they ever started being HONEST and CRITICAL, they’d go bankrupt.

EDGE and GamesTM are the only magazines left on the shelfves that 1) have a mature understanding of the industry, 2) can actually write like professionals.

“if another Mario came out they would simply give it a 10 regardless of shiteness.”

EDGE have rated many of the gimmicky Mario games quite poorly, the most recent example being Mario Kart on the Wii. So no, they don’t give Mario games a 10 “regardless of shiteness”

“Flower gets a 7 next to Kilzone 2?!”

Yeah, imagine them liking a charming, relaxing game over a first person shooter. HOW DARE THEY!

You do realise that 7 in EDGE = quite a good game with some noticeable flaws but is still quite enjoyable. Wait, you obviously don’t. You’re clearly bred on the outdated attitude the gaming press has where 7 = shit.

“edge also gave mgs4 an 8. i’d say they love the 360s a bit”

That’s why they gave LittleBigPlanet a 10, right?

And how does 8 make them 360 fanboys? An 8 means that the game is extremely good bar some small flaws, which sounds pretty accurate in reference to MGS4.

“Published Troll Extraordinaire!”

It’s become increasingly common over the years for the internet to equate anything that makes a critical analysis of a popular product to labelled as “trolling”. And we all know how sensitive the fanboys get when someone doesn’t agree with them.

There’s a thread on the EG forum discussing these scores where you can learn what they said about KZ2…

I’ll find it if it’s out there.

But as I understand it you’re on a blackout so that probably wont help.

Especially since I haven’t read it. All I know is the number. If they are just cross with it being a shooter without a gimmick, then I don’t care as much.

If there is glitches and other details other reviews glossed over, then I am worried.

I just don’t understand the discrepancy.

Will the rest of the game be reviewed on hype, or is it actually the 9/10′s it’s been receiving?

The demo is not an extensive enoguh marker to make a judgement on the whole game for me. Reviews fill in the gaps.

Unless of course the demo didn’t convince you as much as you’re letting on.

I gotta nsay, I found Killzone 2 DEMO really fun, and apparently that’s the least interesting and most scripted part.

Maybe they only played the first level….

That is a doozy, wow.

And no chav jokes please. I drank a couple of Stella’s since it’s all we have.

Published Troll Extraordinaire! This won’t end well.

I guess I can just wait and play it for myself. It does kill the hype though, which I was quite happily indulging in.

Can’t understand why everyone is getting into a pickle, it is their opinion after all. They don’t have to conform to consensus.

Whatever, I’ll judge it for myself.

But… Fear 2 better? No.