Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
I’m surprised it got a 6 in EDGE. Was expecting lower.
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Edge Magazine Review Scores | Issue #398
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Brigandier
Member
Best 6/10 game I've ever played then...
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Summer Olympics baby!
nemiroff
Gold Member
It's about nostalgia and the historical reputation of the magazine as "quality gaming journalism". So, because of this Edge Magazine is often used as a reference for objective truth, especially when their scores align with peoples sentiment. And thus when the opposite happens, the dissonance grows exponentially.
Times have changed, Edge is no longer the same, and in my opinion we're way on overtime to strip Edge from their unique status at gaf as a pinnacle of go-to.
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NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
It depends on how it scores certain games.
If they scored SB a 8, people would be questioning why Pixelly Indie Metroidvania #2379 scored a 9, but that’d be it.
It’s really just the same as people going into flame wars about a 0.1 Metascore difference between Totally GOTY and If This Doesn’t Win GOTY Over Totally GOTY Then Games Journalism Is Dead (references about the Great GOTY War of 2023 are completely intentional here).
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Edge gave Doom a 7. Yes, id Software’s Doom, for those who may have trouble processing the previous sentence.
Edge has been like this since forever. People going up in arms every other month about its scores have had a lot of time to get used to it, yet here we are still.
nemiroff
Gold Member
Good point, and more proof it never made sense to point at single entities as reference for objective truth.
tommib
Member
It will never happen. Edge is a network hub for devs and a who’s who of people working in games across all disciplines.
It’s the Cahiers of Cinema/Sight and Sound of video games.
GymWolf
Gold Member
Yeah i don't get why these dudes get a dedicated topic.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Wait, is this a dig at my OP? If you don't like these types of threads you better put them on ignore cuz I'll keep posting them whenever a new edge magazine issue is up lmao.
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Not specifically against you, i know you are trying to be a wish.comDraugoth so it's not your fault
Hey, at least my thread headlines have better spelling than his!
But in general (and this is not aimed at you). If you thread whine with no good reason expect that I'll hit back.
Punished Miku
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Hey, at least my thread headlines have better spelling than his!
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
He's very well versed in waifus trend,
I will give him that
GymWolf
Gold Member
Ok ok you get promoted to we have Draugoth at home, happy?
Hey, at least my thread headlines have better spelling than his!
But in general (and this is not aimed at you). If you thread whine with no good reason expect that I'll hit back.
You have a better avatar, i give you that
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Dr. Claus
Banned
Are you seriously comparing the Edge of 1993 to the Edge of 2024 as being the same company?
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MrRenegade
Banned
I want scores below 6. Let people burn and make them learn from their mistakes. Lots of trashy games nowadays need some extra treatment.
Little Chicken
Member
Great scores! 
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Are you seriously implying that Stellar Blade’s 6 is more egregious than Doom’s 7?
Dr. Claus
Banned
Context of the time and the writers of said review. Doom as a 7 was dumb, but not ideologically driven like Stellae Blades 6 and titles like Kenzaru/Volcano High’s bloated review scores.
So yes, stellar blades is more egregious.
John Wick
Member
They were a great mag for the first 10 years. I subscribed to it for years and had the first issue onwards. But during it's lifetime it started to change for the worst with clown reviews. I haven't taken it seriously for years now. It's just another useless biased review site now.Actual image of the Edge editor's mind as he played Stellar Blade:
Emotional damage.
Why the fuck would anyone still take these clowns seriously?
SidViscous
Member
Would have scored a 8 if the bunny outfit showed more boobs, just saying.
Mercenary09
Member
Guessing Edge was offended by Eve's body. Imagine giving some of them other games a higher score. Dumb reviewer.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
I'll just pop the post script for your enjoyment...
Post the whole review if its allowed? This is a magazine on sale afterall.
Post the whole review if its allowed? This is a magazine on sale afterall.
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Dr. Claus
Banned
Hope this shuts the defense force up. Edge is a joke and has been for over a decade. Imagine being afraid/offended by sexy women.I'll just pop the post script for your enjoyment...
Post the whole review if its allowed? This is a magazine on sale afterall.
SkylineRKR
Member
I was about to say a 6 could be justified if Edge would go about the story, some mediocre to bad platform gameplay and some unbalanced combat designs and some boring levels but there is no word about the gameplay and content in that review. Its basically a huge write up that can be explained in one sentence; they see the game as sexploitation.
This is the only time that I will comment in Neogaf, normally I just read the comments and news in neogaf. But this triggered me after reading that screenshot of the review. . WOW that pretty sums it up, this part of the article is already a red flag that it will not be un unbias review. I don't let journalist reviews influence me that much in choosing the games that I buy, since it is always subjective. But this review is so much bias. For me, this is not a credible review
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Fake
Member
I'll just pop the post script for your enjoyment...
Post the whole review if its allowed? This is a magazine on sale afterall.
Good lord...
They are as clown as people here defending Edge. 'BoTh SiDeS ArE AnNoYiNg'. Yeah, my ass. Folks here should be ashame of even take EDGE Magazine side.
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Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
That's not the review mate - EDGE do a post-script of every review as a side bar.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
To avoid any confusion I might have caused. The review:-
Punished Miku
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Dr. Claus
Banned
This doesn’t change anything I said before. If anything it only further cements how pathetic Edge has become.To avoid any confusion I might have caused. The review:-
Dick Jones
Gold Member
Punished Miku
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I'll take a PM if you're willing.
[Edit] nevermind
So it looks like they just talk about combat, level design, story, pacing in the main review. For Edge it's not really that outlandish. It reads like a slightly above average game in the text, and that's the score. I don't have strong feelings about the review either way because I haven't played it yet. Had some issues with the demo, but that's just the very beginning. I'll play it at some point much later. I seriously doubt I'd go as low as a 6, but this isn't too surprising from Edge honestly. Kind of what I expected.
Dr. Suchong
Member
Bought the issue today and read the SB review.
I echo your sentiment entirely.
The post script is where things get jarring for me personally though.
