FFXII Scores Max In Famitsu 101
Famitsu, the premiere Japanese videogame magazine, evidently really likes Final Fantasy XII. From the Insert Credit post: "Meanwhile, Final Fantasy XII has scored a perfect score of 40 -- all four reviewers scoring it 10 out of 10 -- from Japanese gaming bible Famitsu. It joins the club of five perfect-scoring games, one of which is a fighting game with a sequel that's better (Soul Calibur), two of which are Zelda games (Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker), and two of which (Nintendogs and Vagrant Story) didn't even make it onto Famitsu readers' top 100 list."
Famitsu, the Final Fantasy Fanclub? (Score:1, Interesting)
Yeah, that really sounds like unbiased reporting there. Gee, a magazine that apparently has a hard-on for Square-Enix games rated the latest Square-Enix game perfect. That's almost as surprising as the Official PlayStation Magazine saying that the PlayStation port of a game is superior to the "lesser XBox version". It's almost as surprising as O'Reilly defending Republicans.
Wake me up when some relatively unbiased reviewers rate that game. I've played the demo, Square-Enix has a long way to go before I'll believe that the game is worth more than a coaster.
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They must get a better demo (Score:4, Interesting)
"Yech" is about the only word I can come up with for it. If that demo is an accurate representation of the final game, I want to know just how big a bribe it took to get the rating these reviewers gave it.
Re:They must get a better demo (Score:3, Interesting)
It's a pretty large leap from the traditional interface (and possible scenario setup), which might irk some people. But, it is that sort of thing that is refreshing to others. Personally, I enjoyed it quite immensely, but then again I also very much enjoyed the archeypes for the system (presumably a variation of the FFT/A scenario system and a battle system akin to FFXI's).
Re:"Burn the demo disc" (Score:1, Interesting)
The whole reason anybody cares about Famitsu scores in the first place is because their reviews are famously accurate and impartial. They have a six-person review team (high and low score are thrown out, meaning a game that gets a 40 was rated 10/10 by at least 5 of those 6 reviewers) that are very highly regarded by the Japanese gaming public. The Japanese press isn't immune from payola, but Famitsu? You're treading on thin ice to imply that.
Side note: Don't turn into one of those guys that spreads lies about popular things you've barely even heard of before, just for the sake of seeing your own words on DA INTARWEBZ. It would be pathetic if most people cared, but since they don't, it's just annoying.