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Persona 5 Reviewed By Edge Magazine, Scores Lower Than Persona 4: Golden

Edge Magazine has reviewed Persona 5 in their latest issue and the score for it has been revealed.

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DeadSilence2978d ago

Other EDGE scores in comparison:

Dragon Age - 5/10
Mass Effect - 7/10
Jade Empire - 7/10
KotOR - 9/10
Neverwinter Nights - 9/10
Baldur's Gate 2 - 8/10
Fallout 3 - 7/10
Oblivion - 8/10
Morrowind - 6/10
Fallout - 7/10
The Witcher - 5/10
The Witcher 2: Assassin's of Kings - 6/10
Arcanum - 5/10
Temple of Elemental Evil - 4/10
Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines - 6/10
KotOR 2 - 7/10
Neverwinter Nights 2 - 8/10
Diablo - 7/10
Diablo 2 - 6/10

NewMonday2978d ago

8 is great from Edge

Night in the Woods [8], now this is interesting, game was flying under my radar

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VincentCastle2978d ago

They are needlesly harsh with a lot of games. I was surpised they gave breath of the wild a ten, although for me the game is a ten, as well as the witcher 3, and they gave it an 8, sure it's a good grade, but come on, that game is brilliant.

generic-user-name2978d ago

Nintendo games ALWAYS get a pass.

Edge gave Breath of the Wild a 10, fair enough, it appears to be a classic in the making, but they also gave Skyward Sword a 10 and Twilight Princess a 9. Frankly, the Nintendo bias in the industry is repulsive.

Witcher 3 is definitely a 9 or 10.

TheFirstClassic2978d ago

Twilight princess definitely deserved a 9 tho

_-EDMIX-_2978d ago

The fact that they gave breath of the wild a 10 is what makes it so suspicious in the first place.

You're talking about a game with numerous performance issues in which the majority of the characters just speak through text, a plethora of borrowed features from other games.

Spenok2978d ago

I wouldn't say needlessly harsh, they just don't believe in the current BS industry standard scale, where 7 is mediocre (which SHOULD be a 5... you know... middle of the road), and anything good is an 8.5 or 9.

They use the 10 point scale properly

TheKingKratos2978d ago (Edited 2978d ago )

Didn't they give Horizon zero dawn 9/10 ??

And the last of us 10/10 ..don't know what they give for uncharted 4 though.

they don't seem harsh to me at all.

andrewsquall2978d ago

@VincentCastle You have missed the biggest problem for A LOT of Breath of the Wild reviews and certain gaming journalist outlets. Simply, EDGE scored Skyward Sword a perfect 10/10.
Now going by that alone, what COULD they have possibly scored Breath of the Wild??? A 13/10 or maybe a 17/10? It was hardly going to score anything lower and leave one of the worse main series Zelda games in years getting a higher score (for people that don't believe me, look at IGN and other's "Top Zelda Games" lists, Skyward Sword is beaten by even the portable ones on most of them and doesn't even make IGN's "Top 10 Zelda games" list in 2014.............even though they scored it a 10 lol).

So many other journalists faced this problem when it came to reviewing BOTW.

@generic-user-name Lol you beat me to it. :)

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Dark_Overlord2978d ago

I've always said Edge's review scores were a joke, it's why I never even bother reading their reviews anymore.

joab7772978d ago

They seems to be the most inconsequential and bias.

Relientk772978d ago (Edited 2978d ago )

Diablo got a 7 and Diablo 2 got a 6

Seriously? What a joke.

Liqu1d2978d ago

Is that Dragon Age Origins?

bluefox7552978d ago

Who does their reviews? Non-gamers?

PhantomTommy2978d ago (Edited 2978d ago )

Apart from the Diablo games, I'd say those scores are all fair, especially by today's standards. You left off the only Edge review I have a serious problem with: 7/10 for God of War 2...... Insanity!

InMyOpinion2978d ago

The Witcher - 5/10
The Witcher 2: Assassin's of Kings - 6/10
Diablo 2 - 6/10
Dragon Age - 5/10

For shame, Edge, for shame...

Movefasta19932978d ago

Which dragon age did they give 5/10 to?It can't be origins...

joab7772978d ago

Kotor2 scored better than Morrowind and Arcanum 1 point below TW2. Hell Witcher was just 1 pt below TW3. Very arbitrary.

Chaos_Order2978d ago

To be fair, I think every gamer on the planet has at least a few unpopular opinions, so I don't think too much of these outlying review scores. Different preferences are inevitable. (Even if the 6/10 for Morrowind had me reeling in agony...)

Also, don't forget that 10/10 they gave Rock Band 3! :P

Rachel_Alucard2978d ago

I think they just don't review high as easily as most of the review status quo that so many major publications seem to reinforce. Think of it like with movie critics they tend to score way lower on average and in movies a 60 is considered good. However, in gaming people generally like to think anything below 8 is bad, but it actually means its the best it could be.

VincentCastle2978d ago (Edited 2978d ago )

_-EDMIX-_ well, the performance issues aside, let's not forget gta 5 on ps3 and xbox 360 still got a ten from most reviewers, them included, and it was not the most stable game:)))). same with the witcher 3 from most reviewers(still a 10 for me even with the frame drops and lots of glitches).
What i love about breath of the wild is that it barely has any bugs or glitches, compared to most games, but yes, the frame drops are still there.
In the end, to each their own, i love how persona 5 looks, and i will probably love it to death, i just hope it's even better than 3 and 4.

_-EDMIX-_2978d ago (Edited 2978d ago )

I agree but Grand Theft Auto V in The Witcher 3 in my opinion did not deserve perfect scores because of the numerous issues that they had in regards to Performance.

Don't even get me started on The Witcher 3 I had two saves get corrupted because of that games and numerous issues.

even going back and trying to play it now had experiences where people's arms were disappearing in their faces were disappearing or floating in the air and a whole bunch of other crap.

Don't get me wrong it's still a decent game except I just don't believe it deserves the Perfect Score because of the plethora of issues that plague the game.

Based on how they reviewed games in the past I Believe by default something like breath of the wild could not receive a perfect score because of its performance issues and because of how dated some of the concepts are.

Persona 5 is it day one for me regardless. I already know that many reviewers are not going to give it a perfect score likely due to its dated Concepts.

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Christopher2977d ago

***Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines - 6/10 ***

Can never take them seriously ever again /s

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Relientk772978d ago

Diablo 2 is a masterpiece, and my favorite PC game of all time

I don't know how anybody could give that amazing game a score THAT low. That's just ridiculous

chris2352977d ago

maybe because its overly repetitive nature? not every human mind is capable of shutting off while playing a game.

S2Killinit2978d ago

Considering how harsh these guys are.

Lime1232978d ago

Yep, looks like Persona 5 will be 6th PS4 exclusive this year with metascore 80+. Xbox One is still waiting it's first.

remixx1162977d ago

I think it's 7 the, I'm sure it'll be 90+

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Kyizen2978d ago

1-2 Switch got a 6 that ruins their credibility for me...

DialgaMarine2978d ago

There's clearly some sort of deal between them and Nintendo.

Relientk772978d ago

Of course the harsh reviewers from Edge give it an 8/10

The lowest score I've seen besides this is 9.5/10. Persona 5 is getting insane reviews

PhantomTommy2978d ago

To be fair, the only reason I bought Persona 4 on PS2 was the 9/10 Edge sticker that was plastered on the box. They were championing this series for a long time.

The 10th Rider2978d ago

It barely has any reviews up . . .

robtion2977d ago

Has been out for ages in Japan and has heaps of reviews there, all of which are very good. Lots of import reviews too, also all good (check YouTube). The game will have a very high metascore, just wait and see.

The 10th Rider2977d ago (Edited 2977d ago )

I really doubt Relientk77 has been reading the Japanese reviews or import reviews because there's some below a 9.5: https://videogamesuncovered...

If he'd been looking at those reviews, he would likely have seen one below a 9.5. On top of that if he can read Japanese and had been reading Japanese reviews he could just import the game. I don't doubt the game will have great reviews. I don't think it will break a 93 though, as some people say.

robtion2974d ago

Cough, cough...Ahem ;)

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darthv7279d ago

Personally, I'd rank Pacific Rift in my top 10. It's the best of the series.

badz14978d ago

We desperately need Motorstorm back. Evolution is no more though and this makes me sad

Cacabunga78d ago

Sly Thieves in Time
Stay the Party
Portal 2
Dj Hero
Demon’s Souls
God of war Ascension

rudero78d ago

2 of those games got railed through the “gaming media” during release.
Sly and god of war.
Both of which were fantastic games.

Cacabunga77d ago

Ascension is VERY underrated. Remake please!

Venoxn4g78d ago

Decent list.. I would put the Castle Crashers as well..

1Victor78d ago

Yes it’s a decent list of popular games with a heavy hand on FPS and no Warhawk or Starhawk 2 of the best games (not sale wise) on ps3.
I would buy a Starhawk again even if it didn’t have a graphics upgrade hell I would even take a new one with micro transactions 😱🤯

Profchaos78d ago

I've noticed a recent nostalgia for the PS3 and I don't get it for me it's been my least favourite generation to date and I've been gaming since the NES I just feel like the ambition of the developers outweighed the capabilities of the consoles so I remember lots of games running in the lower end of 20fps range and I remember for the first time ever actually disliking the duelshock 3 and it's curved triggers

Sure there were some standouts and great games but that's the only gen I switched entirely to PC gaming

darthv7278d ago

Maybe the recent nostalgia is because pretty much all of its games are trapped on that console. People want to play them on more modern hardware. hell... if XB can do it then so can Sony. there are competent emulators out there that can run on PS4/5 hardware but Sony just wont let them become official... why is that?

If we are talking least favorite generations (personally) then this one is certainly mine. i had more fun playing 8th, 7th and 6th gen stuff than 9th. And it isnt like i dont have access to do so... the heavy hitters just havent shown up anywhere close to those previous gens. The few here and there just doesnt cut it compared to the likes of constant good games that showed up in 6th, 7th and 8th gen. hell.... I'll even throw in 5th gen has been better than this one.

Profchaos78d ago

I tend to agree there's lots of amazing games locked to the PS3 like GTA IV or mgs 4 but then again my issue was never with the content the PS3 had but rather it's performance many other people have said the PS3 felt like it couldn't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time using PSN and downloading a game could take a few minutes to just start a download.

I typically don't worry all that much about performance I've never had a problem with games that run at 30 but games like crysis 2, Skyrim are good examples where the performance was so unstable you would never even touch the top of the frame cap and the hitching was worse than say Goldeneye on the n64

I think emulation is more than possible on the ps5 though it's just that Sony has no incentive to rush it's development it will likely be a ps6 feature if it ever happens at all.

But yeah the 9th gen has been so bad from a content perspective thats a given I see constant articles where people are frequently expressing their disappointment around the industry as a whole right now to much live service competition that sinks longstanding studios and consumes Devs time less ambition and games cost so much to make they have to play it safe.

The 5th gen was easily better than the 9th we had some all time greats crash, Spyro, Tony hawk, mgs, Mario,64, Goldeneye, Mario kart 64 the list goes on. The 5th gave us a new dimension and I remember being blown away by how much more open gaming had become the 4th gen with the mega drive and SNES was great and very easy to still revisit some of the greatest games of all time came out like earthbound, secret of mana, sonic , Mario world etc but saving our games was still not a standard function or a given so gaming was still evolving but it was very impressive to see some of the tricks Devs used like dithering to give us new experiences those earlier gens limitations bred innovation.

Michiel198978d ago

if XB can do it so can sony? I didn't know xbox had a cell processor in their older consoles, that's the reason why ps3 was so cool, but also the reason why games are hostage there and no, xbox did nothing similar even though their backward compatbility is good, they always had a similar architecture to their consoles.

darthv7277d ago

Sorry Michael... I guess you missed the obvious part where i said there are already emulators out that do this. and that is what XB is doing... emulators for OG and 360 games. Its why the full slate is not BC on XBO/Series.

coolbeans78d ago (Edited 78d ago )

The list is missing Folklore.

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