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[GigaBowser]

Reviews:
Final Fantasy XVI - 7
C-Smash VRS - 6
Oxenfree II - 5
Aliens: Dark Descent - 8
Trepang2 - 7
Master Detective Archives: Rain Code - 6
Synapse - 7
Roto Force - 8
Dordogne - 7
Venba - 8

 

[Duchess]

Aliens: Dark Descent - 8

Did not expect that..!

 

[DenchDeckard]

Did not expect that..!

Deffo giving it a go at some point

 

[amigastar]

Trepang2 a 7? Not bad.

 

[Punished Miku]

Deffo giving it a go at some point

Launched at $40 too. Really gotta admire that.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Launched at $40 too. Really gotta admire that.

Any idea if it's OK with a controller? Might pick it up for the Ally.

 

[Punished Miku]

Any idea if it's OK with a controller? Might pick it up for the Ally.

Impressions have all been pretty positive. Seen some people slightly annoyed with minor things like the voice acting, or lack of music in the hanger, but nothing on the controls.

 

[alstrike]

Ooof that Oxenfree II score...

 

[ShadowNate]

Oxenfree 2. Ouch. Why so low

 

[TVexperto]

oxenfree 5??? just cause they hate netflix

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Damn. Redfall just missed that FFXVI score.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Every time I look at these threads it just shows that Edge has bad tastes in games.

 

[graywolf323]

Damn. Redfall just missed that FFXVI score.

for a while now it’s really seemed like Edge just tries to be edgy with their scores

 

[MMaRsu]

FF16 isnt that amazing guys. The boss fights are dope, the music is great. The characters are boring and the world itself is empty, boring, no interesting quests etc. Very linear.

 

[Sanepar]

Did not expect that..!

Why? The game is really good.

 

[RaptorGTA]

Oxenfree 2. Ouch. Why so low

Not what I expected. Hmmn

 

[FoxMcChief]

for a while now it’s really seemed like Edge just tries to be edgy with their scores

From what I’ve played, FF16 plays like a solid 7-8 game.

 

[SantaC]

What did they give FF15?

 

[FoxMcChief]

What did they give FF15?

Why?

 

[SantaC]

Why?

Why not?

lol it got a 7 as well.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Why not?

lol it got a 7 as well.

That sounds about right for when it released as well. I just think it’s silly to compare reviews from different games, that came out at different times, and likely by different people.

 

[Ozzie666]

FF16 score seems about right.

 

[SkylineRKR]

I take EDGE at face value concerning FF this time. They tend to hate the Nomuraverse, but they loved FFXII and XIV. XVI should've been right up their alley too, but I think, considering its Edge, the 7 is deserved from what I played so far. Its a beautiful world with good characters, VA and music, but the game itself is rather shallow with pacing issues and bad side quest design.

If they scored FFXV a 7/10, I would say they over scored. XIII was a 5/10 and FFVII R a 7/10 and with both I would agree. FFXV is a 5/10 to me as well. As for FFXVI, i hoped it was a bit more of an RPG.

 

[tmlDan]

FF16 isnt that amazing guys. The boss fights are dope, the music is great. The characters are boring and the world itself is empty, boring, no interesting quests etc. Very linear.

Wrong. The characters are not boring, they're the best part of the game alongside the boss fights and combat.

Since when is linear a bad thing? Most FF's are linear.

Edge living up to it's name feeding off troll energy

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

From Edge's review of FF16

For all the grand sweep of the story, on foot the game often feels parochial. Most of your time is pent padding between villages, through flooded plains and forests linked by corridors. These environments are exquisitely rendered but the world feels forlornly underpopulated. After an arresting first act, Final Fantasy 16's pace slows considerably, with a trickle of sidequests and ponderous main missions.

The absence of people of colour is notable in a game about slavery. The team's well-publicized that black and brown people did not exist in European medievil times does not hold up - they did. Ice dragons, flame spewing Godzillas and rideable chickens however did not.

The world feels underpopulated? I felt there were a great amount of NPCs to interact with. More than a lot of other JRPGs. A lot of NPC chatter that updates and evolves with the narrative.

Also would they have scored it an 8 or 9 if the game black/brown characters?

 

[SJRB]

Is Edge the last bastion of reasonable review scores?

 

[FoxMcChief]

Is Edge the last bastion of reasonable review scores?

Depends on if they fit a persons agenda at the time.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Wow nice. Looks like Edge actually use the full 10 point score system instead of just using 8-10 like everyone else.

 

[SmokedMeat]

A 7 for Trepang. I wonder how that compares to scores they’ve given to other FPS titles?

 

[graywolf323]

From Edge's review of FF16

For all the grand sweep of the story, on foot the game often feels parochial. Most of your time is pent padding between villages, through flooded plains and forests linked by corridors. These environments are exquisitely rendered but the world feels forlornly underpopulated. After an arresting first act, Final Fantasy 16's pace slows considerably, with a trickle of sidequests and ponderous main missions.

The absence of people of colour is notable in a game about slavery. The team's well-publicized that black and brown people did not exist in European medievil times does not hold up - they did. Ice dragons, flame spewing Godzillas and rideable chickens however did not.

The world feels underpopulated? I felt there were a great amount of NPCs to interact with. More than a lot of other JRPGs. A lot of NPC chatter that updates and evolves with the narrative.

Also would they have scored it an 8 or 9 if the game black/brown characters?

wow so they dinged it because of that? they’re as bad as Eurogamer

Is Edge the last bastion of reasonable review scores?

based on this no

 

[Sub_Level]

7/10 is a fine score for FFXVI, but did EDGE play a different build? I am pretty sure there’s a whole region of brown people. I also don’t know why black characters have to be in the game because the story is about slavery. There’s whole histories and cultures of black people not related to slavery lol

 

[peish]

i love ff16 but i can see why edge gave it a 7.

ff12 still remains the 'mature' big adult ff, at least for 60 % of the game until matsuno fall out due to stress.

yoshi p is better manager than matsuno. but matsuno is better story teller director

 

[adamsapple]

i love ff16 but i can see why edge gave it a 7.

ff12 still remains the 'mature' big adult ff

My man.

 

[Rran]

"The team's well-publicized that black and brown people did not exist in European medievil times does not hold up - they did. Ice dragons, flame spewing Godzillas and rideable chickens however did not."

Ugh, I don't know what's worse, this spurious reasoning or the idea that the author believed he was making a witty and clever observation.

 

[Denton]

Between Aliens and Jagged Alliance 3 the fans of tactical action strategy are fucking eating these days

 

[peish]

"The team's well-publicized that black and brown people did not exist in European medievil times does not hold up - they did. Ice dragons, flame spewing Godzillas and rideable chickens however did not."

Ugh, I don't know what's worse, this spurious reasoning or the idea that the author believed he was making a witty and clever observation.

can we check if the edge reviewer also hail from Eurogamer? like they do help outsource reviews to uk publication, already caught them in guardian and another uk magazine dinging on this same issue, non-issue.

look i do agree with a 7 for ff16 because of some underwhelming design choices and lack of script proof reading, but no way should this poc polygon stirring shit be at the forefront

 

[systemr123]

FF16 isnt that amazing guys. The boss fights are dope, the music is great. The characters are boring and the world itself is empty, boring, no interesting quests etc. Very linear.

Awesome game, pretty linear but everything else is top tier. And no it’s not DMC quality fighting, but it’s also not a DMC game. It’s suitable for what it needs to be.

 

[MMaRsu]

Wrong. The characters are not boring, they're the best part of the game alongside the boss fights and combat.

Since when is linear a bad thing? Most FF's are linear.

Edge living up to it's name feeding off troll energy

The only interesting characters are benedicta, cid and the relationship between Joshua and Clive.

The others? Absolutely boring

 

[tmlDan]

The only interesting characters are benedicta, cid and the relationship between Joshua and Clive.

The others? Absolutely boring

so you played the first 5 hours of the game then? there are others are far more interesting.

 

[MMaRsu]

Awesome game, pretty linear but everything else is top tier. And no it’s not DMC quality fighting, but it’s also not a DMC game. It’s suitable for what it needs to be.

Top tier fetch quests? Top tier HD towns? Top tier side characters with deep sidequests?

Not saying its not an awesome game. But an 8 would suffice.

 

[MMaRsu]

so you played the first 5 hours of the game then? there are others are far more interesting.

Some of them.. Mostly aren't or are fetch quests. There are only about five quests that are genuinly interesting.

The antagonist is also boring. Should have kept Benedicta in the game longer. Ultima is very boring.

 

[SlimySnake]

7/10 is a fine score for FFXVI, but did EDGE play a different build? I am pretty sure there’s a whole region of brown people. I also don’t know why black characters have to be in the game because the story is about slavery. There’s whole histories and cultures of black people not related to slavery lol

To Edge, brown people are practically white.

 

[Neilg]

7/10 is a fine score for FFXVI, but did EDGE play a different build? I am pretty sure there’s a whole region of brown people. I also don’t know why black characters have to be in the game because the story is about slavery. There’s whole histories and cultures of black people not related to slavery lol

According to some, they're not dark enough - more like tanned white people.
It's so stupid. I cant imagine being the kind of person who can play such a spectacular rollercoaster of a story and sit there thinking how problematic it is.
FF16 side quests are also over in 5 minutes. you play them for the dialogue. you go somewhere, do a fight, come back - yes, the actions are very basic, but thats not the point, the writing is.

 

[Fbh]

"The team's well-publicized that black and brown people did not exist in European medievil times does not hold up - they did. Ice dragons, flame spewing Godzillas and rideable chickens however did not."

Ugh, I don't know what's worse, this spurious reasoning or the idea that the author believed he was making a witty and clever observation.

If that's part of the review then I can't take it seriously or believe that it was done in an impartial way.

 

[LordCBH]

FF16 a 7. Edge, as usual, sucks lol. Game fuckin rocks.

Edit: just read that excerpt posted above. Lmao. Fuck off, Edge.

 

[Mr Moose]

It's July...?

 

[BrunoCoel]

I fount the Edge reviewer!

 

[Fake]

7/10 is a fine score for FFXVI, but did EDGE play a different build? I am pretty sure there’s a whole region of brown people. I also don’t know why black characters have to be in the game because the story is about slavery. There’s whole histories and cultures of black people not related to slavery lol

Is Edge after all. We can't spect much from them after all.

 

[Fake]

I fount the Edge reviewer!

Freak.

 

[Neilg]

I fount the Edge reviewer!

What does he think people from the middle east look like? They're not that dark skinned on the whole...
We're not talking about central Africa.