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#1 almossbb
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So i went to the critic score section in gamespot for SMG2 and it says that EDGEmagazine gave it a 10/10 and Game informer gave it a 9.25.

Opinions?

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#2 AfterBurnerZ
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Didn't Game Informer dock it points because it was too hard? lol.

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#3 Kenny789
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Didn't Game Informer dock it points because it was too hard? lol.

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Lol they did? :lol:
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#4 Luigi12901
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[QUOTE="AfterBurnerZ"]

Didn't Game Informer dock it points because it was too hard? lol.

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Lol they did? :lol:

Wow, they just had to find SOMETHING to complain about, didn't they? Either way, that's still a great score.

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#5 Foulcry
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God for bid Critics can't find atleast one thing wrong with a game.

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#6 DaBrainz
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I think too hard is a +++.

Besides I think its going to have that thing thats let you skip levels if you can't beat it like in nsmb wii.

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#7 deactivated-5e9044657a310
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8.5 on Gamespot
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#8 eXarX
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no surprises there.

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#9 almossbb
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8.5 on GamespotNuck81

i doubt that, Super Mario Galaxy got a 9.5, i dont think it would go that low compared to its predecesor.

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#10 Litchie
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Sounds good. To know why they gave the game these scores would be nice, though.

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#11 kjata123
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If it gets an 8.5 on Gamespot. I'll laugh.

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#12 dorkvoid
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doesn't edge give hard reviews? Didn't FF13 get a very low score? GI is a very pro sony mag, which isn't a bad thing but it is what it is. This kind of score coming from Edge sounds impressive.

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#13 almossbb
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Sounds good. To know why they gave the game these scores would be nice, though.

Litchie

it only said that game informer gave it a 9.25, there were no links or anything to a review.

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#14 almossbb
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doesn't edge give hard reviews? Didn't FF13 get a very low score? GI is a very pro sony mag, which isn't a bad thing but it is what it is. This kind of score coming from Edge sounds impressive.

dorkvoid

thats true. i would still buy and play this game regardless of the scores on any website anyway.

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#15 BrunoBRS
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doesn't edge give hard reviews? Didn't FF13 get a very low score? GI is a very pro sony mag, which isn't a bad thing but it is what it is. This kind of score coming from Edge sounds impressive.

dorkvoid
FF XIII got a 5/10 MGS4 got a 7/10 galaxy 2 got a 10/10 they sold me the game (not that i wouldn't buy it before :P)
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#16 elbert_b_23
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this is Game Informer we are talking about no one should take them serious
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#17 Elian2530
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doesn't edge give hard reviews? Didn't FF13 get a very low score? GI is a very pro sony mag, which isn't a bad thing but it is what it is. This kind of score coming from Edge sounds impressive.

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I believe so.. but hard to tell by just judging from FF13 review.. as it got low scores from several sources. I wouldn't expect anything less than a 9.0 for SMG2. A first true sequel.
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#18 intro94
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8.5 on GamespotNuck81
first party game?nah Gamespot doesnt have the gutts to do that. They know if they do the players will think they are incompetent.
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8.5 on GamespotNuck81
Yup, spot on.
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#20 Shottayouth13-
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[QUOTE="Nuck81"]8.5 on Gamespotintro94
first party game?nah Gamespot doesnt have the gutts to do that. They know if they do the players will think they are incompetent.

You'd be surprised. I can bet they'll mark it down for being 'more of the same' and 'too hard'. And then I'll look at the Super Street Fighter 4 review and laugh.
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#21 TheHighWind
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Remember when just looking at the back of a game made you decide whether or not to buy it? Ah, the good old days.

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#22 BrunoBRS
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Remember when just looking at the back of a game made you decide whether or not to buy it? Ah, the good old days.

TheHighWind
you used to do that because you were young and obviously wouldn't read reviews, which resulted in potential purchases you probably regret.
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#23 linkoot98
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Remember when just looking at the back of a game made you decide whether or not to buy it? Ah, the good old days.

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YES! That's awesome. I remember that's how I picked out Banjo Kazooie, and it's still one of my all-time favs.
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#24 bob_newman
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[QUOTE="TheHighWind"]

Remember when just looking at the back of a game made you decide whether or not to buy it? Ah, the good old days.

BrunoBRS
you used to do that because you were young and obviously wouldn't read reviews, which resulted in potential purchases you probably regret.

OR, and much more likely, there WERE no reviews when we were kids. You're young, it's ok.
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#25 wiifan001
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What's to comment? Don't see a written review so some number isn't going to take me anywhere into this.
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#26 Sepewrath
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If your really into reviews, Game Informer is not the place to go, They rate everything high, especially if its a big market game. Why? Well that's what happen when your a magazine owned by a game store. The higher the score you give a game, the more likely someone is to buy it. And speaking of the old days before the interwebz, back then even without a means of constant pre release information. As a kid I never did get the crappy games, always got the good ones. Its interesting that now with all the information available, people are more apt to get a bad game. Maybe its all the marketing and media hype that comes with that information availability.
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#27 kontejner44
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Remember when just looking at the back of a game made you decide whether or not to buy it? Ah, the good old days.

TheHighWind

Actually this is how I bought Zelda alttp, my first zelda game. "It seems nice" lol

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#28 BrunoBRS
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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="TheHighWind"]

Remember when just looking at the back of a game made you decide whether or not to buy it? Ah, the good old days.

bob_newman
you used to do that because you were young and obviously wouldn't read reviews, which resulted in potential purchases you probably regret.

OR, and much more likely, there WERE no reviews when we were kids. You're young, it's ok.

nintendo power was out with the NES (biased, but whatever, it's a review). sure the industry was small, but magazines about games were always around. sure the more serious ones took a while to show up, but they were still there. and it doesn't make the fact that just looking at the boxart to get it would lead to many regretable purchases.
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#29 AmayaPapaya
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I read teh review. The guy comments on how SMG2 is basically teh same as SMG1, SMG2 barely innovates, and then say that the best things in the game were the old things or something like that. The guy kind of contradicts himself. It wasn't a very good review basically.

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#30 Scythes777
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I read the review, and the reviewer did complain about it being to hard. Also, GI is the worst mag I have ever read, their quality is worse than IGN's.

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#31 bob_newman
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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="bob_newman"][QUOTE="BrunoBRS"] you used to do that because you were young and obviously wouldn't read reviews, which resulted in potential purchases you probably regret.

OR, and much more likely, there WERE no reviews when we were kids. You're young, it's ok.

nintendo power was out with the NES (biased, but whatever, it's a review). sure the industry was small, but magazines about games were always around. sure the more serious ones took a while to show up, but they were still there. and it doesn't make the fact that just looking at the boxart to get it would lead to many regretable purchases.

You assumed he was young and didn't read reviews. How do you know that? When I was a kid the only magazine that anybody ever saw -- either in stores or at people's houses -- was Nintendo Power, and let me tell you, reading their reviews lead to many regrettable purchases.
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#32 painguy1
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If gamespot gives it anything below a 9 it will prove that they are biased against the wii

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#33 Crazyguy105
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Wow.


Game Infomer gave it LESS points because it was too hard?

They probably didn't want it scoring close to Red Dead Redemption because some games can't be as good as it. -.-

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#34 JAB991
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Great score. Not so great source.

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#35 dorkvoid
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this is Game Informer we are talking about no one should take them seriouselbert_b_23

I've felt that same way since I saw their review on Mega Man 8, which I think deserves at least an 8 ;)

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#36 maxgil2
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Didn't Game Informer dock it points because it was too hard? lol.

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If you're correct then WTF?? ..that's just sad..

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#37 painguy1
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[QUOTE="AfterBurnerZ"]

Didn't Game Informer dock it points because it was too hard? lol.

maxgil2

If you're correct then WTF?? ..that's just sad..

yeah its true

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#38 BrunoBRS
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[QUOTE="maxgil2"]

[QUOTE="AfterBurnerZ"]

Didn't Game Informer dock it points because it was too hard? lol.

painguy1

If you're correct then WTF?? ..that's just sad..

yeah its true

i can't help but laugh at the situation :lol:
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[QUOTE="Nuck81"]8.5 on GamespotShottayouth13-
Yup, spot on.

I see what you did there. :P