EDGE review scores in!

Left For Dead - 9

Gears of war 2 - 9 (gave original an 8)

Banjo Kazooie - 7

Fallout 3 - 7

COD : WAW - 6

Resistance 2 - 6

Mirrors Edge - 5

Warhammer online : AOR - 7

Tomb Raider Underworld - 8

Silent Hill Homecoming - 6

Red Alert 3 - 7

Shaun White Snowboarding - 7

Need For Speed Undercover - 3

Toms Clancys Endwar - 8

007 : Quantum Of Solace - 5

There are others but I not bothered about those

So a 9 for Left For Dead! Wow Im gonna pre-order it now

 A 9 for Gears 2! they gave the original an 8, so a 9 seems about right considering the improvement on the original

Woah a 7 for Fallout 3, they arent that impressed with this game, Oh dear a 6 for resistance 2

But the big surprise for me is the 8 for Tomb Raider, I might have to get this game now

Any one who disagree with these review ( and there will be) EDGE magazine make some very good points on why they have given these scores

Unless their reasoning was they reviewed the game high on shrooms, these review scores make zero sense. I thought last month's scores were bad (Motostorm getting a 7 among other **** ups) but i just plain laugh at these scores, EDGE magazine is a ***ing joke!

Fallout 3 - 7

COD : WAW - 6

Resistance 2 - 6

Mirrors Edge - 5

Need For Speed Undercover - 3

Unless their reasoning was they reviewed the game high on shrooms, these review scores make zero sense. I thought last month's scores were bad (Motostorm getting a 7 among other **** ups) but i just plain laugh at these scores, EDGE magazine is a ***ing joke!

Fallout 3 - 7

COD : WAW - 6

Resistance 2 - 6

Mirrors Edge - 5

Need For Speed Undercover - 3 

S0lidSnake

List does not complute. My head asplode. 

The only two scores that really surprise me are Need for Speed Undercover and Endwar.

Fallout 3 a 7.... Really? Are they stoned or something?GodModeEnabled

For some reason I assume that they would have rated it higher if that was the case. 

They are just trying to get attention or what? Only Yahtzee can bash games and actually get away with it >_>Silent-Hal

no they been doing this for the past 13 years they been out, they have be renouned for harsh reviews. personally i would agree with them.

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"]Fallout 3 a 7.... Really? Are they stoned or something?rragnaar

For some reason I assume that they would have rated it higher if that was the case. 

[QUOTE="rragnaar"]

[QUOTE="GodModeEnabled"]Fallout 3 a 7.... Really? Are they stoned or something?GodModeEnabled

For some reason I assume that they would have rated it higher if that was the case. 

:lol:... not at all... I loved/love Fallout 3.  Initially I thought I loved it enough to have it unseat Oblivion as my Game of the Generation, and while it has fallen a little short of that for me, I think the game is phenomenal.  It is an easy 9.0-0.5ish sort of game if I was to review it.  I was just thinking it might be even better if you were in an altered state of mind.

Unfortunately as I found in the System Wars forums, too many here are using American rating standards on a British magazine that uses a different standard. 7/10 from EDGE is not the same as 7.0 on GameSpot. People, especially North Americans who often frequent the boards, need to know how EDGE reviews games instead of making ignorant and fanboyish rants against a magazine they mostly never read before or even know little about. How many EDGE bashers here ever read the magazine and its reviews? I once took issue with EDGE over its reviews of Super Mario Sunshine and Mario Kart Wii which both received 6/10 scores, but when I learned that 6/10 does not mean "below average" according to EDGE's standards, I realized that I should not assume that every gaming publication uses the same rating standards. thom_noa

I agree, they review differently to other publications but I thought that it got released in America and was relatively popular there

Say what you want about there scores, but their reviews and very well written and constructed and they have awesome features and interviews, In fact they now put the score in brackets at the end as they prefer the writing the give the reader the score as to the number itself

but everyone look at the score anyway

oh and the design of the mag is genious and that is without question

Unfortunately as I found in the System Wars forums, too many here are using American rating standards on a British magazine that uses a different standard. 7/10 from EDGE is not the same as 7.0 on GameSpot. People, especially North Americans who often frequent the boards, need to know how EDGE reviews games instead of making ignorant and fanboyish rants against a magazine they mostly never read before or even know little about. How many EDGE bashers here ever read the magazine and its reviews? I once took issue with EDGE over its reviews of Super Mario Sunshine and Mario Kart Wii which both received 6/10 scores, but when I learned that 6/10 does not mean "below average" according to EDGE's standards, I realized that I should not assume that every gaming publication uses the same rating standards. thom_noa

Yeah well, 6/10 is 60% and in high school we flunked classes at 60%. 

If their standards for scoring games are different then why in the hell do we have a thread discussing the scores and not the review text?  

Unfortunately as I found in the System Wars forums, too many here are using American rating standards on a British magazine that uses a different standard. 7/10 from EDGE is not the same as 7.0 on GameSpot. People, especially North Americans who often frequent the boards, need to know how EDGE reviews games instead of making ignorant and fanboyish rants against a magazine they mostly never read before or even know little about. How many EDGE bashers here ever read the magazine and its reviews? I once took issue with EDGE over its reviews of Super Mario Sunshine and Mario Kart Wii which both received 6/10 scores, but when I learned that 6/10 does not mean "below average" according to EDGE's standards, I realized that I should not assume that every gaming publication uses the same rating standards. thom_noa

i thought they gave a '9' to super mario sunshine? 

Also take note Edge review in whole numbers and have only given 6 or 5 10/10 over 14 years lolsolidgamer

i thought they gave a '9' to super mario sunshine? 

just_nonplussed

Unless their reasoning was they reviewed the game high on shrooms, these review scores make zero sense. I thought last month's scores were bad (Motostorm getting a 7 among other **** ups) but i just plain laugh at these scores, EDGE magazine is a ***ing joke!

Fallout 3 - 7

COD : WAW - 6

Resistance 2 - 6

Mirrors Edge - 5

Need For Speed Undercover - 3

 

 

S0lidSnake

So 7 is the new 10?

I still can't wrap my head around the fact that a numerical score is more relevant than, you know, the actual review.

[QUOTE="solidgamer"]Also take note Edge review in whole numbers and have only given 6 or 5 10/10 over 14 years lolthom_noa

didn't edge change its staff recently? i'm not sure they have the same strict standards as before. mario galaxy recieved a '10' (fair enough), but then half-life 2: the orange box got a '10' as well, and i think halo 3 got a '10' didn't it? the number 10 doesn't mean what it used to mean in edge. 10 was reserved only for 'revolutionary' titles. now '10' seems to be like the old '9'.  

[QUOTE="S0lidSnake"]

Unless their reasoning was they reviewed the game high on shrooms, these review scores make zero sense. I thought last month's scores were bad (Motostorm getting a 7 among other **** ups) but i just plain laugh at these scores, EDGE magazine is a ***ing joke!

Fallout 3 - 7

COD : WAW - 6

Resistance 2 - 6

Mirrors Edge - 5

Need For Speed Undercover - 3

SciFiCat

EDGE may be known for high standards because they tend to lowball high profile games, but pretensions of intellect and credibility isn't the same thing as actually possessing those qualities.

EDGE magazine's predilection to score games lower than most, in my estimation, makes them as unreliable as a magazine or website that scores too high. I've read their little rag and frankly, it comes off as so much pretentious twaddle replete with self-indulgent editorials written by highbrow elitists who buy into their own PR bullcrap. They revel in their "high standards" and plenty of people buy into that notion but scoring a AAA game lower than most other sites and magazines doesn't automatically imbue that score with a higher degree of merit.

Also, your assertion that the Mirror's Edge review must be accurate because they were the first to highlight it is fallacious reasoning. Mirror's Edge is a polarizing game and a divergent experience but it's an impressive title regardless and easily one of the most unique games on the market. I completely understand why some people wouldn't like the game but scoring it a 5 is just plain ridiculous and suggests that the person who reviewed the game lacks even the most base, rudimentary objectivity and pissed all over it because they personally couldn't get into the game play.

Frankly, I'd lend more credence to a magazine that scored a slightly undeserving game a 10 versus a magazine that scored something truly different and well made a 5. Understand, I've got nothing against EDGE personally, but I really don't buy the notion that it's a sacred cow in gaming journalism.

[QUOTE="SciFiCat"][QUOTE="S0lidSnake"]

Unless their reasoning was they reviewed the game high on shrooms, these review scores make zero sense. I thought last month's scores were bad (Motostorm getting a 7 among other **** ups) but i just plain laugh at these scores, EDGE magazine is a ***ing joke!

Fallout 3 - 7

COD : WAW - 6

Resistance 2 - 6

Mirrors Edge - 5

Need For Speed Undercover - 3

 

 

Grammaton-Cleric

EDGE may be known for high standards because they tend to lowball high profile games, but pretensions of intellect and credibility isn't the same thing as actually possessing those qualities.

EDGE magazine's predilection to score games lower than most, in my estimation, makes them as unreliable as a magazine or website that scores too high. I've read their little rag and frankly, it comes off as so much pretentious twaddle replete with self-indulgent editorials written by highbrow elitists who buy into their own PR bullcrap. They revel in their "high standards" and plenty of people buy into that notion but scoring a AAA game lower than most other sites and magazines doesn't automatically imbue that score with a higher degree of merit.

Also, your assertion that the Mirror's Edge review must be accurate because they were the first to highlight it is fallacious reasoning. Mirror's Edge is a polarizing game and a divergent experience but it's an impressive title regardless and easily one of the most unique games on the market. I completely understand why some people wouldn't like the game but scoring it a 5 is just plain ridiculous and suggests that the person who reviewed the game lacks even the most base, rudimentary objectivity and pissed all over it because they personally couldn't get into the game play.

Frankly, I'd lend more credence to a magazine that scored a slightly undeserving game a 10 versus a magazine that scored something truly different and well made a 5. Understand, I've got nothing against EDGE personally, but I really don't buy the notion that it's a sacred cow in gaming journalism.

they arent the 'sacred cow of gaming' however they are the most professionally written and edited games industry magazine on the market

you make some valid points but I cant help but feel you havent actually read the magazine, if you had you would realise that every score it gives is justified by the writing that precedes it

Unfortunately as I found in the System Wars forums, too many here are using American rating standards on a British magazine that uses a different standard. 7/10 from EDGE is not the same as 7.0 on GameSpot. People, especially North Americans who often frequent the boards, need to know how EDGE reviews games instead of making ignorant and fanboyish rants against a magazine they mostly never read before or even know little about. How many EDGE bashers here ever read the magazine and its reviews? I once took issue with EDGE over its review Mario Kart Wii which received 6/10, but when I learned that 6/10 does not mean "below average" according to EDGE's standards, I realized that I should not assume that every gaming publication uses the same rating standards. Edit: removed Super Mario Sushine as it was a mistake.thom_noa

A 6 out of 10 doesn't mean below average on GameSpot, either. It means 'fair', a 5 is 'average' and only titles below that are below average. A 7 on GameSpot means it's a good game, the same as Edge. The only difference is that Edge is a bit stricter on games and as a European mag, some of the scores are going to be different than American. It's the same with Eurogamer, some titles get higher ratings in America and vice versa, those subtle cultural differences pop their heads every once in a while, it's only natural.

I don't mind Edge being Edge, but it would be nice to be able to read the actual review as the scores themselves don't really say anything at all.

they arent the 'sacred cow of gaming' however they are the most professionally written and edited games industry magazine on the market

you make some valid points but I cant help but feel you havent actually read the magazine, if you had you would realise that every score it gives is justified by the writing that precedes it

gillri

Given how mediocre gaming journalism actually is, asserting that EDGE is the best doesn't exactly impress, even if I agreed with that assessment, which I don't.

Also, I really don't give a damn if you think I've read it or not. EDGE has been a mainstay in the industry for some time and I have read several issues and numerous reviews. Again, I think it fosters a pretentious tone with verbose, at times pedantic critique of games and it's loyal fan base really buys into the notion of EDGE as a harsh and critically savvy publication, which I personally find laughable given how uneven some of their scores and reviews have been.

As somebody who has spent a fair amount of time deconstructing this medium in an academic manner, I find their review of something as unique as Mirror's Edge downright vulgar and thus a severe tarnish on their credibility. That said, if people find favor with their reviews then so be it, just don't expect that everybody will buy their swill or wants to be a part of the EDGE circle jerk.

By the way, everyone should trust Edge's Left 4 dead assessment. It's brain-munching zombie B-movie awesomeness. Buy it. Play it. Love it.

By the way, everyone should trust Edge's Left 4 dead assessment. It's brain-munching zombie B-movie awesomeness. Buy it. Play it. Love it.

UpInFlames

*Shrugs* Edge's reviewers would have to radically improve to work their way up to incompetent, but even a stopped watch is right twice a day.

*Shrugs* Edge's reviewers would have to radically improve to work their way up to incompetent, but even a stopped watch is right twice a day.CarnageHeart

That post was more of a shameless Left 4 Dead plug rather than an Edge defence argument. :P

I always thought Edge was harsh. They always gave the Phoenix Wright games a 6. That's unforgiveable in my eyes!!! :twisted:

I've always been in favor of 5 being the average game, as a 7 seems to be the median now which just clumps the good games on too narrow a scale.  Giant Bomb seems to have taken a step in this direction with their limited scale.

That said, some of the relative ordering of some of the Edge scores really makes me scratch my head, even after reading the copies of the review.  They seem overly critical to some titles that just rub them the wrong way, and are a lot more fair/foviging for other titles.  Consistency is a good thing.

Left 4 Dead getting awesome reviews, thats what Im talking about!

SH: H gets dumped on in every review... it was so good!

[QUOTE="SciFiCat"][QUOTE="S0lidSnake"]

Unless their reasoning was they reviewed the game high on shrooms, these review scores make zero sense. I thought last month's scores were bad (Motostorm getting a 7 among other **** ups) but i just plain laugh at these scores, EDGE magazine is a ***ing joke!

Fallout 3 - 7

COD : WAW - 6

Resistance 2 - 6

Mirrors Edge - 5

Need For Speed Undercover - 3

Grammaton-Cleric

EDGE may be known for high standards because they tend to lowball high profile games, but pretensions of intellect and credibility isn't the same thing as actually possessing those qualities.

EDGE magazine's predilection to score games lower than most, in my estimation, makes them as unreliable as a magazine or website that scores too high. I've read their little rag and frankly, it comes off as so much pretentious twaddle replete with self-indulgent editorials written by highbrow elitists who buy into their own PR bullcrap. They revel in their "high standards" and plenty of people buy into that notion but scoring a AAA game lower than most other sites and magazines doesn't automatically imbue that score with a higher degree of merit.

Also, your assertion that the Mirror's Edge review must be accurate because they were the first to highlight it is fallacious reasoning. Mirror's Edge is a polarizing game and a divergent experience but it's an impressive title regardless and easily one of the most unique games on the market. I completely understand why some people wouldn't like the game but scoring it a 5 is just plain ridiculous and suggests that the person who reviewed the game lacks even the most base, rudimentary objectivity and pissed all over it because they personally couldn't get into the game play.

Frankly, I'd lend more credence to a magazine that scored a slightly undeserving game a 10 versus a magazine that scored something truly different and well made a 5. Understand, I've got nothing against EDGE personally, but I really don't buy the notion that it's a sacred cow in gaming journalism.

Here are a few examples of what you call high profile games getting lowballed by Edge: Wipeout HD: 8 Crysis Warhead: 8 De Blob: 8 Warhammer Online: 8 Fifa 09: 8 Little Big Planet: 10!!! Nothing gets more high profile than LBP and it got a 10 because it is truly something different and well made. Mirror's Edge may be like an Assasin's Creed case were it is a "Love it or Hate it" kind of game and as that game it is getting mixed reviews as well. Again, Edge's scores don't have to be directly compared to GameSpot's scores. For GameSpot a 5 means mediocre while a 5 for Edge just means middle of the road average. And for Christ sake, reviews are just consumer recommendations. The guy that wrote that review had his opinion on the matter, you don't have to pay attention to it if you don't want to, just buy the game, play it and decide for yourself.SciFiCat

Numbers don't really say much, its the text that matters, and Edge's reviews are horribly written.  I don't remember the numerical scores, but they spent their Bioshock and God of War 2 reviews complaining about trivial stuff and pretending said trivia broke the games, whereas I've seen them spead in glowing terms of far worse games such as Mark of Kri and P.N.03. 

The best reviews talk about a game's strengths and flaws (if a reviewer has a different opinion of how thing balance out than I do, that's fine) whereas Edge's reviews sometimes ignore whatever facts don't support the picture the reviewer is trying to paint.  That is a common tendency among videogame reviewers and one I really hate.  As countless others, have said, demos are worth their weight in gold because too many videogame reviewers don't even try to be professional.

Unless their reasoning was they reviewed the game high on shrooms, these review scores make zero sense. I thought last month's scores were bad (Motostorm getting a 7 among other **** ups) but i just plain laugh at these scores, EDGE magazine is a ***ing joke!

Fallout 3 - 7

COD : WAW - 6

Resistance 2 - 6

Mirrors Edge - 5

Need For Speed Undercover - 3

 

 

S0lidSnake

Unless their reasoning was they reviewed the game high on shrooms, these review scores make zero sense. I thought last month's scores were bad (Motostorm getting a 7 among other **** ups) but i just plain laugh at these scores, EDGE magazine is a ***ing joke!

Fallout 3 - 7

COD : WAW - 6

Resistance 2 - 6

Mirrors Edge - 5

Need For Speed Undercover - 3

S0lidSnake

Fallout 3 - 9

Mirrors Edge - 8.5-9

I have played both of these games and i rank them in the top ten best ive ever played theyve got to be brain dead to give these games that low of scores.