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They gave Metal Gear Solid 4 a 40/40 too.
i think we already established that this games plays to every current japanese gaming fad, so this shouldn't be a surprise
Title should've read "Famitsu finally discredited"In the past few years they've been handing out 40/40 like nobody's business. Come on. I'm sure Peace Walker is a fun game, but wow.
Quote from: startselect on April 21, 2010, 12:49:22 AMTitle should've read "Famitsu finally discredited"In the past few years they've been handing out 40/40 like nobody's business. Come on. I'm sure Peace Walker is a fun game, but wow."Finally?" They lost that credibility years and years ago. Then you had Synthesizer Patel's classic GAF post detailing the truth behind their Final Fantasy Dirge Of Cerberus score.
Quote from: Good Day Sir on April 21, 2010, 01:38:57 AMQuote from: startselect on April 21, 2010, 12:49:22 AMTitle should've read "Famitsu finally discredited"In the past few years they've been handing out 40/40 like nobody's business. Come on. I'm sure Peace Walker is a fun game, but wow."Finally?" They lost that credibility years and years ago. Then you had Synthesizer Patel's classic GAF post detailing the truth behind their Final Fantasy Dirge Of Cerberus score.link?
GAF (a popular gaming forum) contributor Jackfrost 2012 speculates with the following comment: "a 7777--delayed THREE times from the official release date--sends a different message. It says, 'You're the publisher and we're the Japanese press and we have to do what you say, but we're not even going to pretend there's a single person out there who could like this piece of shit. You're getting the lowest possible score from all of our reviewers that still nets you your Silver [award].'"
FAMITSU CROSS REVIEW: DIRGE OF CERBERUS(Image removed from quote.)7 - "It was hard to choose a score, as I've never played an FPS before. Then again, I've never played any of the games I review."(Image removed from quote.)7 - "This game should appeal to fans of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, as well as anyone else skilled at the art of incredible self-deception."(Image removed from quote.)7 - "So the levels are lackluster and the controls are completely ass-backwards--did you see Yuffie's creamy thighs?"(Image removed from quote.)7 - "Rest assured, I write all of my reviews with the same careful attention to detail that Square Enix brings to each of their A-list titles."
American publishers do not have final say over what American reviewers write. American publishers are generally more immune to threats of withdrawn advertising than Japanese publishers. Japanese "reviews" say exactly what the Japanese publishers want them to say; no more, no less.When you see reviews that are a mix of somenegative, some high--like Dirge of Cerberus--what it means, universally, is that the game sucks, but the publisher argued the magazine into having a few higher scores to balance out the average/overall score and create the illusion that the game is, in some ways, not terrible.THE GAME IS STILL TERRIBLE.
I don't believe any reviews at all. I get my gaming recommendations from Evilbore.
Quote from: Good Day Sir on April 20, 2010, 11:07:14 PMThey gave Metal Gear Solid 4 a 40/40 too.Well deserved.
