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New EGM scores
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Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Wario64 said:
I'd like a Katamari on the rocks, please.
8.5 across the board and an msrp of $19.99...better than sex this game seems.
Kumiko Nikaido
Vindication...sweet.
Rodriguez said:
WTF is up with this baloney!??? *mad*
siamesedreamer
Banned
Well, Che did kinda warn us about the Fable review a couple weeks back.
Not really my point.Speevy said:
The easier a magazine's content can be found for free, the more it might prevent Average Gamer from buying the magazine. It's pretty much the exact same reason we don't do magazine scans (short of Famitsu, Jump and the ilk) here.
How do you think Shoe gets his money?
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
Member
"Not that I'm complaining about Katamari's scores or anything, since 8.5s are far from bad... But I can guarantee you that months or years from now, these reviewers (and anyone else who plays it) will look back much more fondly on Katamari Damacy than any Sly Cooper nonsense.
Case in point: Rez got 8.5, 7.5, 7.5. Parappa the Rapper got 8.5, 8.0, 7.5. And, just to pull one out of a hat, Rally Cross 2 got 9.0, 8.5, 8.0. I bet those guys can still remember almost every detail of Rez, and could probably still sing every song from Parappa to this day. I seriously doubt they could recall a single thing about Rally Cross 2, though."
So Sly Cooper is nonsense because it got a higher score than a cult game? You ARE complaining about its scores. Ranting actually. Rez and Parappa are fun and stylish, but to a lot of people, there is not enough meat and longevity to them, which is why they get those medium/high scores. You may play them over and over, but it is possible to like and appreciate them and only get 2 hours play.
Just because a game is mainstream doesn't mean it can't be good. Reviewers can't score games based on what they think they will remember fondly in years to come.
Case in point: Rez got 8.5, 7.5, 7.5. Parappa the Rapper got 8.5, 8.0, 7.5. And, just to pull one out of a hat, Rally Cross 2 got 9.0, 8.5, 8.0. I bet those guys can still remember almost every detail of Rez, and could probably still sing every song from Parappa to this day. I seriously doubt they could recall a single thing about Rally Cross 2, though."
So Sly Cooper is nonsense because it got a higher score than a cult game? You ARE complaining about its scores. Ranting actually. Rez and Parappa are fun and stylish, but to a lot of people, there is not enough meat and longevity to them, which is why they get those medium/high scores. You may play them over and over, but it is possible to like and appreciate them and only get 2 hours play.
Just because a game is mainstream doesn't mean it can't be good. Reviewers can't score games based on what they think they will remember fondly in years to come.
Late Stage Marxist
Member
OH NO YOU DIDN"T!Rodriguez said:
OMFG!
SHOCKER!
Atari's Games as of June 21 2004 according to Gamerankings
90% - None
80% - 1
70% - 8
60% - 9
50% - 5
40% - 2
20% - 1
T3 redemption joins Atari Xbox classics:
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 64.2%
Unreal® II - The Awakening 64%
Trivial Pursuit® Unhinged 62.4%
Dead Man's Hand 61.6%
Test Drive® Off-Road 60.7%
Terminator®: Dawn of Fate 60%
Taz 59.2%
Furious Karting 59%
Zapper 54.7%
MONOPOLY 50.3%
Loons 50%
Superman 41.9%
Terminator® 3 41.9%
Nickelodeon 22.2%
The Faceless Master
Member
bomb!
T-1000_Model3
Banned
Flatbread said:
I remember shaking my head when reading the EGM review for serious sam on the Xbox. Don't remember the folks who did the review but they were all poor in their conclusions. One reviewer stated it was a poor dreadful PC translation. WTF? The game looked great and had a consistantly great frame rate. What bothered me was that in the past they have made statements that they don't compare versions of games that are on other formats,yet they did so in the butchering of this review. I wish I remenmbered more of the review to be honest,but none the less it was an invalid review anyway. I'll give you that the game had a visual problem where the graphics-they would sort of have this tearing issues when you moved the camera around wildly,but it was hardly anything bad so to speak. The game was a complete fun filled homage to Doom,yes that game is eons old now but I don't think Serous Sam deserved anywhere near the 4 and 5s it received because of that. Since then I don't bother trusting these people though. They have deadlines and its not really a loving hobby when you have to rush through a game to meet them.
Serious Sam is just one example of that.
rod furlong
Member
you're that dude from croteam aren't you?
Saint Cornelius
Banned
T-1000_Model3 said:
Can't forget Deathrow.
Between EGM's one-paragraph, one-critic review of Deathrow, and Game Informer's hatred of the Mario Party series, I don't give two shits about magazine reviews anymore. Either my tastes are so different than everyone elses or these vg critics just have no clue.
JackFrost2012
Banned
rod furlong said:
Drinky Crow
Banned
Rez I'll give you, but Parappa? Just because you liked a song or two in it doesn't mean the GAME was good. Fuck, I can still hum the first and second level themes of Capcom's old shooter Sidearms, and that was a pretty mediocre game.
Also, Rally Cross 2 ROCKED. I'd take it over Parappa any day. Mmmm, Rally Cross.
Also, Rally Cross 2 ROCKED. I'd take it over Parappa any day. Mmmm, Rally Cross.
rod furlong
Member
JackFrost2012 said:
bleh, so? Still played 'em. I suppose you played through Parappa 50 times?
bobbyconover
Member
rod furlong said:
At least!
I wasn't trying to dis NHL 2K3, honest. Or Sly Cooper, for that matter. Those examples were supposed to illustrate the fact that sky-high scores are generally given to big name, big budget games, and rarely to the ones that those same editors (or, at least many that I've spoken to) are giddily excited about at the end of the day. It's always funny to see those lists that inevitably come out of the Top 10 this and Top 100 that, because often times they're populated with those exact same so-called underground cult hits that the exact same editors gave mid-range scores to when they were released.
Also, this is one of those situations where I firmly believe the MSRP should be taken into account when calculating a score for the game. I have no doubt that these guys would've given Katamari 8.5s if it were priced at $40 or $50, so why not up the score since it's $20? I know that dropping the price doesn't make the game "better," but a score, at least to me, is more a measure of the overall value of a game than anything. I guess that's another big potential debate, though, and probably one that has already been waged about 50 times on here.
wow, this reminds me of when FABLE GOT A VERY GOOD SCOREbobbyconover said:
seriously ... 8.5 x 3 and you're complaining? it's a quirky game conspiracy!
sometimes 8s are the most lovable games. i can think of a lot of 8 games that i love to tiny little bits, katamari included.
Mr_Furious
Member
Those scores are odd when compared to IGN's which was 7.7border said:
Mr_Furious
Member
I actually bought the game when it was on sale at Fry's but haven't had the chance to spin her up. But I figured how can titties ever be wrong.BenT said:
Bizarro Sun Yat-sen
Banned
Uh... it's like FFXII, only one more?
There have been other bad reviews (1/5, 0/100) that say that even the trivia component of The Guy Game is fucked up. Apparently most of the games are like that show "Street Smarts" where you have to guess whether some drunk sorority slut answered a question right. That's pretty lame, IMO.
There part where players are actually asked questions and that might not be so bad.
That given, I'm assuming that they are still knocking off a couple of points for the fact that the game is somehow shameful to the gamer community....I can't imagine it being as terrible as something like Mortal Kombat Advance.
There part where players are actually asked questions and that might not be so bad.
That given, I'm assuming that they are still knocking off a couple of points for the fact that the game is somehow shameful to the gamer community....I can't imagine it being as terrible as something like Mortal Kombat Advance.
Jonnyboy117
Member
A buddy of mine bought The Guy Game today, and we've been having some fun with it. There are some cool features, and at its core, this is NTN bar trivia combined with Girls Gone Wild. In other words, it's fun for short periods and gets kind of boring if played too long.
I would probably consider it worth buying at a reduced price. It's not a game I would put down into the depths of 1.0-score range. All I can figure is that the EGM reviewers didn't play the game with friends and weren't consuming alcohol at the time.
I would probably consider it worth buying at a reduced price. It's not a game I would put down into the depths of 1.0-score range. All I can figure is that the EGM reviewers didn't play the game with friends and weren't consuming alcohol at the time.
rod furlong
Member
just wait until you play it the next time...and realize the questions and answers don't change. Yes, nothing gets me ready to stare at some tits like a nice bit of memorization.