mepaco said:I think this is something that is being ignored by too many people who are determined to love the game no matter what. I bet you did enjoy the demo but pay attention to what the reviewers are criticizing the game for ... specifically all the things that cannot be determined from a demo. Repetitive, too short, etc. These problems won't show up in a demo so even if you loved the short time you had with it, renting first is still probably the best option.
Lain said:The game magazine I used to read (it was the best Italian magazine imho but closed some years ago) gave one of the games I liked the most (Blood Omen:Legacy of Kain) a 6.5, but the text of the review highlighted every feature of the game, so to me that game, which I was anticipating, still looked like the game I wanted, and I bought it and I loved it.
So while I didn't agree with the score, the text was informative, without the reviewer's opinion getting too much in the way and clouding the "reporting" about what the game did and how it did it.
That's why I believe that numbers don't mean much, and the text is what matters. Not even the opinion of the reviewers, unless one knows what their general likes and dislikes are and if they are similar/different from his own, but what they are able to convey to us through the review about the flaw and perks of a game, as the only real opinion I need to decide if I want to buy a game is only mine (because I'm simply too awesome to accept someone else's opinion =p).
I dunno what you're talking about, because he gave the king of action games, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, a 9.3.![]()
yeah. it's not a terrible score. the problem is that it was hyped as a AAA title, and it wasn't the skeptics that did that. it was the press and sony fans.Jon_Danger said:a 7 is pretty good, seems like the gameplay is kinda blah
well, at least the story is good!
Vyse The Legend said:I dunno what you're talking about, because he gave the king of action games, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, a 9.3.![]()
f_elz said:God Hand = king of action games? :lol
http://ds.ign.com/articles/812/812842p1.htmlNomarTyme said:7 is a good score.
Absinthe said:Reviews won't kill the hype. The demo did its job in the sense that it sold a lot of people on the game. It will definitely end up being one of the highest selling, if not the highest selling, game on the PS3 so far.
vertopci said:Damn right. Wanna make something of it?!
Jive Turkey said:I have been waiting for the reviews since the Sony conference at E3 06. The thread went something like this:
Sonyfan_1: OMG @ Heavenly Sword!!!
Sonyfan_2: OMGOMGOMG!!!
Sonyfan_3: I think I just came!
Jive Turkey: Looks pretty but I don't see anything special...
Sonyfan_2: GTFO TROLL!!!
Sonyfan_3: WTF? Get that shit out of here!
Sonyfan_1: Oh God! So fucking sold!!!
Sonyfan_1: Die in a fire Jive Turkey!
Yeah...
Mamesj said:Godhand can have that title among the marginal weird folks on the internet, but Ninja Gaiden is and always will be the true supreme chinpoko royal crown champ.
drohne said:i really liked the combat in the demo, so this is a definite buy for me, but i'm worried by the information that a good chunk of the game's brief playtime is spent sniping with kai, using some gimped non-heavenly sword, etc. i wish games would stick to what they do best. forget reviewers and their 'repetitive'
Jive Turkey said:I have been waiting for the reviews since the Sony conference at E3 06. The thread went something like this:
Sonyfan_1: OMG @ Heavenly Sword!!!
Sonyfan_2: OMGOMGOMG!!!
Sonyfan_3: I think I just came!
Jive Turkey: Looks pretty but I don't see anything special...
Sonyfan_2: GTFO TROLL!!!
Sonyfan_3: WTF? Get that shit out of here!
Sonyfan_1: Oh God! So fucking sold!!!
Sonyfan_1: Die in a fire Jive Turkey!
Yeah...
bounchfx said:glad as fucking hell I didn't buy a ps3 yet. The wait is on.
Warhawk? Uncharted? Ratchet? Let's see how you do.
I have lots of faith in ratchet and Uncharted.. been hearing mixed stuff about warhawk... and lately I'm REALLY hyped for Killzone.
Been trying to justify buying a ps3 but it's just not there. One game I want (resistance), the rest I already have on 360
Absinthe said:Reviews won't kill the hype. The demo did its job in the sense that it sold a lot of people on the game. It will definitely end up being one of the highest selling, if not the highest selling, game on the PS3 so far.
Mamesj said:Godhand can have that title among the marginal weird folks on the internet, but Ninja Gaiden is and always will be the true supreme chinpoko royal crown champ.
You mean you've heard a shitload of good stuff from almost everyone who's tried it before, and 1 PSM reviewbounchfx said:I have lots of faith in ratchet and Uncharted.. been hearing mixed stuff about warhawk... and lately I'm REALLY hyped for Killzone.
plagiarize said:why people have been hyping HS more than Uncharted and Ratchet and Clank has never made sense to me.
Guy LeDouche said:any mention of HELL mode or whatever it is?
I thought the gaming sadists were looking forward to the challenge. Didn't NT have to have one of their testers beat the game in front of some Sony reps to prove it could be done because Sony's testers couldn't beat it on the hardest difficulty?
ex0du5 said:Haven't played GodHand...
But DMC3 > NG.
DMC3 has more flexibility in the combat, has better characters, better level design, far better bosses, tighter controls (though that's just a design decision), and better presentation. Only thing NG could possibly have over it is it's combo system.
Slavik81 said:So... Heavenly Sword = Gears of War? Beautiful, short and repetitive...?
That doesn't sound so bad to me.
But this seems to be a game I'll be buying when the price drops.
J-Rzez said:Rachet and Clank is going to be the real deal, more than just a passing "solid" title :lol ... There's just so much to that game, and with Insomniac's pedigree with their games (especially Rachet), it's gonna be AAA no doubt, the ultimate mix-n-match of fun with shooting, platforming, story, pure fun... Though, i can't wait for the sub 9 reviews for it because reviewers tend to hold PS3 games to a higher lvl for some reason... It could very well be GOTY worthy though...
As a starving student enjoying Madden 08 on his old ass PS2, whether these games are a 7 or a 8 or a 6.9 or whatever doesn't really matter to me at this point and thus I don't really follow the next-gen stuff beyond the news, I just thought the HELL mode was supposed to be a big draw for the hardcore, along side the graphics and junk.Trevelyan said:Seriously. The main replay incentive for me is harder difficulty settings, and not seeing anyone comment on it really me gets me thinking about the reviews.
I really haven't seen this hype for HS that you are talking about. I expect HS sales to be a pretty big disappointment. The preorders for HS have been very light.Absinthe said:Reviews won't kill the hype. The demo did its job in the sense that it sold a lot of people on the game. It will definitely end up being one of the highest selling, if not the highest selling, game on the PS3 so far.
AltogetherAndrews said:Just watch Ratchet get dogged on for sticking too close to the trodden path though. And it will probably get another few points cut for lacking competitive MP. I can already tell that Ratchet will be reviewed in a real strange and seldom used light.
jrricky said:How much did ninja gaiden sell?
7 is the new 9NomarTyme said:7 is a good score.
Wouldn't the controls be responsible for the gameplay and gun play?J-Rzez said:Uncharted is gonna be a wildcard... Everything looks ace with it: graphics, gameplay, gun play, platforming, sound, story... and ND is one hell of a talented dev... If they polish up the controls (the only neg that we've heard "some" bicker on), it can very well have the awe-factor of RE4 when it hit...
ex0du5 said:You know what I realized? From what we've seen from the story, and from what we've played...it doesn't seem like this should get much lower than God of War 1.
Better art/visuals than GoW, better presentation, better story (maybe? though GoW2 was bitchin!), better combat, less refinement, same length.
Cubsfan23 said:
Duck said:Wouldn't the controls be responsible for the gameplay and gun play?