Eurogamer: Fat Princess Review

Eurogamer writes: "Much like the cakes that the princesses so greedily scoff down, the game is delicious at first, an overwhelming confection of bright colours and varied flavours, but the sugar rush wears off much too quickly, leaving you bloated and exhausted. There's the basis of a really enjoyable and original multiplayer experience here, but it's simply too chaotic to encourage the co-operation required to keep the gameplay moving. Packed with lovely ideas, yet lacking focus, balance and pacing, it's little more than a guilty snack".

[skynidas]

ouch.

[vickers500]

Eurogamer is a well known biased website against the ps3, who wouldn't know a good game if it bit them in the ass. Reading a review for a game on Eurogamer is like reading a game review from a food critic.

[happyface]

ouch for this ps triple exclusive

I thought this would be a decent game, wonder what went wrong?

[Information Minister]

That's what went wrong (as usual).

[poopsack]

"I thought this would be a decent game"

lol right.

[Milky]

It may be harsh but I do agree with most of it. Most of the time it is just a load of kids running around killing each other.

Some of you guys are ridiculous, just because its eurogamer it is obviously biased because someone doesn't have the same opinion?

Read the review, it makes sense.

[Rampant]

You got Castle Crashers and Braid though, two really great games.

[A_Little_Girl]

it dont matter, its still a fun game and thats whats count

[hay]

Dunno, I've played the game probably more than the reviewer and I can say it's fun under the adorable-gore setting. Gameplay is simple and fluid, and there's always a lot of action.
But I agree, it's often too chaotic and free-for-all type of cooperative. Either way, if "OK" game is 5, the game can be 6/10 considering it a good game.

[ultimolu]

Lol, Eurofail.

This game is really good but what did I expect from a site like this anyway?

[gaffyh]

Eurogamer...always give a PS3 title a lot lower than any other review site. This game deserves at least 8/10.

[CryofSilence]

They're wrong. This game is excellent.

[raztad]

Havent played Fat Princess so I dont know about the game BUT EuroLamers is such a lame. They gave 7/10 to inFAMOUS that is something I cant forgive, being inFAMOUS one of the best gaming experience for me this gen. EuroLamers is such a joke, they have a particular preference to underscore every PS3 exclusive, definitively no the right site if you want an accurate, bias-free review of PS3 exclusive games.

[Bnet343]

Dang, I did not expect this game to score that low. I will see what other reviews say.

[HDgamer]

They did rate MGS4 low and other ps3 exclusives. If it was multiplatform it would've been higher.

[MmaFanQc]

the game have review scores between 8 and 9/10 EVERYWHERE....

as usual Eurogramer show their lack of rational and unbiased reviews on ALL the ps3 exclusive games.

i bet they would give at least 9.5/10 if it was on the 360.

[Biggunz]

don't worry, IGN gave it a 9/10 like it deserves.

[Marojado]

Eurogamer also gave Uncharted a 9, Killzone a 9, Wipeout HD a 9 and LBP a 9 so I dont think they're that bad... Maybe they just weren't a fan of this particular game?

[GameGambits]

When it comes to reviews for games I only take into consideration 3 places, and if 2 of the 3 give it 8+ then it's probably worth my time.

IGN
Giantbomb
Gametrailers

Each of them fail from time to time so I never base it off just one. Then again there's only 1 game I can safely say or think of in the past 16 years that I bought that was a complete waste of 60 bucks so I consider myself a pretty great judge at quality for my gaming tastes. ;) (That game was KoF12, and fortunately I got a full refund for it. That's what I get for not waiting for reviews and buying it off a Gamestop employees word...)

[RememberThe357]

They're as consistent as Famitsu.

The only reviews I trust are Game Trailers, GameInformer, IGN, and Only The Games. And even then, I have a mind and I can make my own decisions.

[BkaY]

i was like ok... eurogamer and ps3 exclusive hummmmmmmm

yep a 6.

and damn i was right..

peace..

ps: they hate ps3 with passion...lol

[thereapersson]

This is Eurogamer. The answer is a clean, resounding "no".

What a joke of a website.

[Syronicus]

If they give it a 6 then you know it's worth at least an 8. It's a good title for them money. A quick fun romp IMHO.

[Montrealien]

I am curious, what sites will give it a fair review and are not biased against the PS3, just so we know before the other reviews actually do come out. Or are the sites biased the minute that are not in accordance with your opinion?

I have not gotten this game yet, it looks like a decent game I will get it when I get to it.

[Boody-Bandit]

Personally the only review I care about is a few select group of friends and my own. With that said I have seen only 3 reviews so far.
Gamesonsmash - 9.0/10
Cheatcodecc - 8.6/10
And this one above 6/10

I have a feeling most of the review scores for this title will be 8 or above even taken into account the online issues. Which is kind of annoying that Fat Princess and Socom took a hit for connection issues but I can name one huge title where reviewers took a blind eye for having serious online issues. Some of which are still present to this day.

[mastiffchild]

I'm not one, as a former and fully trained journo myself, to cast aspersions over the homesty of fellow hacks but even I find Eurogamer a bit much to take.

They've been caught before giving a 2/10 to an MMO they played for about 10 mins in the past and they always mark PS3 exclusives way below Metacritic averages-which is a bit sus imo. Edge are always likely to give exclusives, of any playform , a lower than normal score but that's just for hits and seems to be a policy but EG are really pushing it as every PS3 exclusive seems to be marked down by them.

Personally, having seen them (and this reviewer IIRC)give igher scores to some less than stelly games of late I do find a 6/10 a little vindictive for FP which I doubt they've put the time into in any case.

[Syronicus]

If you do not that list by now bud, then you will never know it. Seeing you on this site for some time now I would have thought you could have easily pointed out what sites are obviously bias against the PS3.

[Boody-Bandit]

Gamer Limit 9.3/10
http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

Are you starting to see a trend here Montrealien?
Gamer Limit 9.3/10
Gamesonsmash - 9.0/10
Cheatcodecc - 8.6/10
Then you have: "Eurogamer 6/10"

[Montrealien]

To be honest, the only trend I see are people saying they like a game then giving it a review score followed be circle jerking saying its a good game with a good score. Then someone saying they don`t like it, followed by people saying he is wrong and that its a bad score, bad review and a biased site. That happens for games on any consoles.

I think this is a great game, if there is a review score I don`t agree with, its just a score I don`t agree with, it ends there. I have been playing Crimson Gem Saga lately which got railed by many gaming sites, did it hinder my enjoyment of the game? hell no. I guess my point is that the only review that should matter is your own, and that this crying over review scores everytime you don`t agree with it is getting kinda old. I mean people are saying the site is not credible, its bad, and is biased, yet they are the first to click the link.

[Baba1906]

lol 6/10? yeah right. nothing below a 8 for this small but awesomely fun game.

[PirateThom]

What a sur....

Oh, it's Eurogamer. Carry on. Stick about 2-3 points on it.

[Montrealien]

All this bias crap is confusing to me, since I accept that people have an opinion and I respect that. What sites are fair with sony? Everytime some site gives an average score to a sony game there are always people crying foul here on N4G.

[freitox]

well you just need to compare the eurogamer from other countries to know that they are very bias against all things sony..

[Cenobia]

I don't know if they're biased or not, but their scale is different from other sites. They score around two points lower than every other site for every review of theirs that I have seen. They just take the 10 point scale more to heart. 6 is still a good game for them where it would be an 8 for anyone else. Also, they seem to be extremely negative a lot.

Their scale is fine and I don't really care, except you know the fanboys are gonna be all over this despite the fact that Fat Princess it a great game. It's a bit depressing.

I could tell it was a game that wouldn't really go anywhere. Team work is essential and a lot of people just won't contribute. The same thing is an issue with Warhawk though, and that game is still a hell of a lot of fun. You can always turn the tables with a clan or a few decent players.

Everyone should just read the words rather than the score. If the issues he brings up are things that break the game for you, then just don't buy it.

[commodore64]

@ Montrealien

While I may or may not agree with the 6/10 score, you have certainly got a point about the eurogamer hate.

I have witnessed eurogamer publishing objective comparisons and fair reviews, with factual data, on nearly every occasion.

It seems strangely odd that the eurogamer website is so hated purely because they have the guts to call it like it is - a shining beacon in defiance of journalistic conformity.

Gamers should be glad that reviewing websites find fault occasionally, as this will ultimately give rise to higher developer standards.
With this in mind, I say we actually need more of the eurogamer objectivity on n4g.

My guess is though, that really, the people who complain about eurogamer, kotaku, lot... etc ... simply have their egos intertwined with their choice of gaming console and cannot bear to hear ANY criticism of it.

[FrankenLife]

@4.4

Working hard to look for fault isn't a sign for journalistic integrity. It is just a sign of pure spite. A review isn't supposed to be a collection of the reviewer's negative thoughts. A review is an overall assessment as to whether the game is worth the time, energy, and money investment. Even during Yahtzee's review of inFamous he pointed out that if he had to work that hard at finding faults, then it really was a damn good game. Eurogamer has a very consistent history of scoring big PS3 games much lower than all the other reviewers out there. When someone is consistently on the outlier like that, they loose credibility.

[OhReginald]

did they smoke crack before they wrote this review?

[Mo0eY]

Another eurogamer review, another plea for hits.

Pass.

Edit:
It's also funny to read the comments on the review. They actually don't question this reviewer at all. "Money saved, thanks..." - how close-minded they are, much like the reviewers of that site. Good thing these peons aren't ruining my online, chaotic fun.

Eat the cake, Fatty!

@Edit again:

I left a comment and within 10 seconds I got 4 negatives, LOL. Fun stuff.

[Mo0eY]

I'm waiting for the bots to come in here and slam Fat Princess now because of this joke of a website, lulzies.

[SnuggleBandit]

eurogamer rates all ps3 exclusives low seems like

[PStu'rd]

Finally a sony troll who admits N4G is a joke. Sony even your overpaid viral marketers are rebelling against you now.

Nice to see Sfags are back @ square 1 aka crying about websites being anti nongamin.........err anti sony games

[Mo0eY]

I was referring to Eurogamer. You should really try for MENSA. Your comments just ooze intelligence.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

You can't expect everyone to grow up at the same pace.

Some people take around forty years to get into the swing of things.

He's still using the word "turd" to describe something he doesn't like.

Maturity at its finest.

[Boty]

Make sure your mommy doesn't find out your on the internet with strangers.

[DonCorneo]

and edge, which will also give this game a 6.

They are a bunch of xbots when it comes to reviewing ps3 exclusives.

Plus, they rated demon's soul 9 because They knew there was no chance it was not going to see the light of day outside japan/asia so it's okay to highly praise it. Thanks to atlus it's coming to NA but still not to europe.

[LiquifiedArt]

...because i'm very very careful at buying DOWNLOADABLE GAMES. Since I would own it forever!!! The game has to be completely feature filled so there is tons of replay value.

I learned my lesson early with PAIN. Warhawk was still one of the best purchases I ever made. I just played it tonight and its freakin EPIC. Since this game is not only DOWNLOAD ONLY but its also ONLINE online, which means if the community does not last the game is dead, and your stuck in "Skirmish mode" which isn't cool. Online only Titles (especially downloads) need to offer 4 play split screen and be entertaining to boot, otherwise it'll become wasted space on the HDD.

I don't think a 6/10 is appropriate. The price tag is about 5$ too high as well. Glad I stuck with my gut and passed it by. I'm sure its still a blast to play and this reviewers experience was directly affected by "NEW PLAYERS". WHich is obvious since it just launched.

(Re-review it in 3 weeks)

[AXAXAX]

Well they've lost my hits for ever. This game absolutely rocks!

[Kain81]

This guy was the funniest actor in my opinion only sahan gökbakar is close to him (Recep Evedik)^^

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[ngg12345]

2nd page has probably the best lol stuff in ages.

"During one such fruitless tug-of-war match, I eventually gave up, put the controller down and went to make tea. Not a cup of tea, mind you, but cooked tea. Dinner, if you want to be posh. I cooked and ate an entire meal, returned to the joypad and the match was still going on. Neither team had made any progress. As games drag on, I've found more and more characters are just left standing motionless, as players clearly drift away to do something else.
"

"Part of the problem seems to be that a lot of players just don't seem that interested in the teamwork that is essential to victory, but it's equally plausible that the game simply offers so many different tasks to perform that it's a Herculean task trying to impose some kind of purpose on a gang of strangers, each seemingly more interested in their own score than the victory conditions of the map.
"

"It's not entirely fair to decry a game for the behaviour of its players, but at some point the design of the game has to become a factor. Titan Studios has boasted that the experience has been designed to be as intuitive as possible, with players able to grasp what needs to be done without overt direction, but judging by the experience since launch, that's not been the case. Unless you happen to have 15 friends online, it's really the luck of the draw whether you end up on a team of mindless idiots or not, and, combined with the limitless lengths of the Princess modes, that can't help but make the multiplayer core of the game feel frustratingly inconsistent. What should be a gleeful battle royale becomes fruitless drudgery.
"

"Even then, combat is complicated by the fact that, with their hats on, everyone looks much the same. Get into a scrum of more than four or five players and everything just becomes a splurge of red and blue. The lock-on feature feels flaky under such conditions, unable to keep up with characters dashing on and off screen, and the square button takes the brunt as you bash away at the mass of pixels, hoping that your vaguely disconnected attacks are doing something useful."

These quote are awesome. Game Industry media at its finest. I wonder if eurogamer will fix this review in 3 days time. If they should complain about that stuff might aswell complain about not getting into games which is my huge complaint. Most of their assanine assessments will change ovvertime when gamers figure out how to play the game. Eurogamer shouldn't have done this but oh well it is eurogamer who always tries to be ahead of the curve and usually doesn't even put in enough time to review the game properly. Anyway, my advice don't buy this game atm. It is basically broken and the community still hasn't learned how to play the game.

[poopsack]

they must be smoking, this overabundance of tasks is what ultimately leads to winning, do they think that in war there is only soldiers and medics? the soldier ranger and mage battle and defend, the priest heals and the worker builds defenses and creates ways to get inside. simple for people that arent complete morons.

Also it seems that this reviewer blames many of his ability to suck on the game, dont want to die in the middle of group mashup? dont get in it.

[Sigh]

Thanks for taking some of those quotes from the site and posting it on here, saved me the trouble from reading their full lame review. Those quotes are hilarious!

[mephman]

So their criticism is about the people who play the game, not the game itself. Bravo Eurogamer, bang up job there. I wonder if they've ever actually played a game online before.

[cyberwaffles]

i agree. if i were to give a rating for bad company 1 when it first released (for example) i would've given it like a 5/10. i had no effing clue how to play the game right. i didn't know where the enemies were shooting from, i couldn't understand how to kill people, everyone always did some kind of air strike or camped in the tanks; my first time playing bad company was a cacophony of cluster f***!

but once i started understanding the game mechanics and strategies, i ended up falling in love with the game. i'm sure that's the same thing with fat princess, people are playing it like cod where all you do is run around looking for kills instead of using teamwork. i'm still on the fence about this game though, i'm not sure if it's worth the price just yet. does anyone know if there will ever be a demo of this?

[mastiffchild]

As I said they have a known history of not giving games enough play time to have a clue about how they really play. They also have a history of being over tough on PS3 exclusives-and I've heard that they may be part funded by MS in some way but I have no idea how true that may be to be honest.

Whatever, I don't think that even Edge are biased but EG and GR do seem to take relish in marking down PS3 exclusives to the point where it's got very suspicious. The site doesn't need to be biased but if the editor knows that a reviewer has a preference it's easy for him to manufacture lower scores for certain games, isn't it? What worries me with EG, though, is that they always seem to makr/review PS3 games well below their meta scores which doesn't happen with their 360 reviews-and certainly never to the same degree.

If there isn't anything odd going on then they certainly make it look like there might be.

[Shaka2K6]

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[PStu'rd]

Good jon, sony!! The only game gamers were genuinely looking forward to on your useless failed system and you unsurprisingly manage to f@ck it up.

Nintendo 1st party>>>sony failed trash this gen

"Since when does Sony make games?"

:O

Sfags are finally seeing the light??

*Stands up and claps slowly*

[Mo0eY]

Since when does Sony make games?

Fail harder.

[PirateThom]

?

Sony have an extensive first party, thus, are making games?

[thereapersson]

Why are you guys even responding to PSTu'rd?

[SnuggleBandit]

@ reapersson

ya that guy must have some serious problems(if he actually believes what he wrote)

[xcox]

"Nintendo 1st party>>>sony"

oh i get it: you meant "Nintendo 1st party fails to catch up with sony's invincible 1st party"

nintardos are cute :)

[Mo0eY]

I wish there were two other classes in this game:
A thief or spy-like character that can disguse himself as an opposing enemy
A digger that can dig underneath the castle walls so they can tunnel
Throw that in with a king of the hill mode (chaotic fun right there) and some other modes, and this game would be best digitally distributed game of the year.

[callahan09]

There is a king of the hill mode, sort of. There's a mode where both teams start with a couple hundred points, and then you go out and capture outposts. At any time that your team has more outposts than the other team, the other team's score starts to fall. Game over when one team reaches 0 points, the other team wins. Basically a king of the hill. Control the outposts. Right? It's sort of like a Warhawk Zones match, or the like.

[Rob0g0rilla]

http://www.gamerswithjobs.c...

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

http://www.vg247.com/2009/0...

These guys have dropped the ball too many times. Most games I own weren't even purchased from reviews but I know a lot of people depend on them for downloadable games. After all, its not like you can rent this game.

[thereapersson]

And you know what's worse? There is a legion of stupid fanboys and pseudo-intellectuals who agree with them. Funny enough is that EDGE and Destructoid are the same way.

Though to be fair, I did observe that most of the negative commentary on that article recieved a healthy share of downranking. It doesn't change the fact, however, that people are stupid enough to say that crap in the first place.

[A HiFi]

FYI, Eurogamer's MMO section re-reviews MMO games to keep reviews fresh.

Darkfall was increased a whole two points from 2/10...and the Grand Slam Tennis copy was due to their Debug unit being faulty.

In the case of the AoC re-review, not a lot of sites put in that effort. In the case of Darkfall, it went from 2/10 to 4/10. Wow. At least they re-reviewed. And as for the debug unit, that can happen to any gaming sites.

Should we forget Gamespot's Shenmue debacle or that Kane and Lynch review?

What about IGN US' Sports Editor reviewing Football Manager/Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009 and giving it 2.0 because he didn't understand football/soccer, while IGN UK's review gave it 9.1. US review was then pulled completely with NO re-review.

You can have your preferences, but they're not all perfect.

[JonnyBigBoss]

This is the best download game I've played, ever. Eurogamer really is full of it.

[xcox]

those brit poodles are so dependable
and they poop where they're told to

here's a bone for ya

[PLAYINB3YOND]

it's a good game, i just don't like the fact the devs thought they knew better and did nothing to improve the game after the beta feedback, they must of surely known how impossible it is for any team to win capture the princess. Its ridiculous really, what were they thinking not having dedicated servers?

[Bordel_1900]

I think Fat Princess is really good, it's a lot of fun and very addictive. It's at least an 8 out of 10.

[shutupandplay]

Ohhhhhh boy. I may just stay out of the line of fire for this one...lol.

[Mo0eY]

You surely must. Like if you actually commented something negatively, it would hurt your sweet, precious feelings.

[joel_c17]

I loved this game, it will be perfect when they patch a few small issues. Anything below a 8 is pure bs

[devilhunterx]

(insert smelly French and Bad teeth English joke)

[The Wood]

if the developer was British the score would of been higher. Just check their scores for their compatriots games. They're full of ****

[cyberwaffles]

now that you mentioned it, didn't killzone 2 get a 9/10? funny now that you say that as killzone 2 was made by a european development team. now i'm interested in what games edge/eurogamer rated highly.

P.S. killzone 2 deserved the 9/10 either way.

[The Wood]

ALL above the average score and unless the playstation exclusive is developed by a dev from europe or specifically england they crap on it... its why they gave LBP its real score instead of their normal crap. pretty much everything else gets crapped on. They are clearly in MS's corner this gen so i I say eff em for that and the fact i previously mentioned. There's nothing wrong with looking after your own an all but when it comes to journalism a line should be drawn. Its a pity they obviously cross it.

[cyberwaffles]

wow,i looked up wipeout HD and they gave it a 9/10 and it was developed by SCEE studio liverpool. battlefield 1943 got a 8/10 and it was made by EA DICE (a swedish development team.) arma 2 got a 8/10 and it was made by Bohemia Interactive Studio (Czech Republic.) i'm sure there are more games but i must say that i'm shocked. i still think those scores are reasonable but it is pretty messed up how they give such low ratings to some games that are more deserving than others.

[The Wood]

they score most of sony's exclusives BELOW the average unless they meet the criteria mentioned. I used to read edge nearly a decade ago. I will never trust them or their writers. the channel 4 teletext games team are also under the same umberella. The writers from each intereact, write, work with the others. I've dubbed them the eurotrash team. Im from the uk btw so its not a hate thing

[Azigos]

The game rocks, it's awesome and at 14,99€ it's a masterpiece of this generation you just can not buy, according to me.

I've read the review... it's... absurd. I think he doesn't know the game, he played something like 15-20 minutes in which he wanted to do something else and then write something just 'cause he had to do.
Really a shame. :) Personally I give from 9.2 to 9.4 at this game. It's the funniest game I've tried in this gen, I always hear someone who laugh in the voice chat and I laugh too. It's funny, a thing that a lot of videogame just forgot to be. And the artistic style is sublime.

EDIT: something > someone. Sorry for my english!

[DelbertGrady]

Eurogamer/Botaku/EDGE/IGN/Game spot/Game Informer/Gametrailers

All 360 biased crap sites with poor journalists. This game is 10/10 and any REAL PS3 owner knows this!!!

[coolirisGB]

Bots are stupid what do you expect. Fat Princess will walk all over shadow complex. Stupid botz

[shutupandplay]

PSN arcade > XBLA

[DelbertGrady]

What is Shadow Complex?

XBLA only has 1 or 2 games coming out this year whereas PSN has already had Fat Princess and Trine. Both certified AAA experiences that are only possible thanks to the Cell.

[shutupandplay]

"thanks to the cell" haha I needed that. I`m getting grumpy waiting for the new fallout 3 DLC this morning.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Soda's trollin' again.

What's up, man?

[DelbertGrady]

I'll be getting the Fallout 3 DLC on my PC thank you very much!!

[Boty]

He's really a Xbox fanboy making fun of Ps3 Fanboys.

[GamerPS360]

I don't take reviews seriously anymore. I am a victim of these so called professional review(er)s. Brought too many crappy games 'coz of high review score and was missing too many good games 'coz of poor review score.

Check gameplay on youtube, play demo, watch trailers and make your own mind.

edit: Haven't played this yet 'coz 1943 is keeping my busy at the moment. But it looked very interesting to me looking at some gameplay on youtube. :D

[peeps]

it can be v chaotic but a little tip.... play with less players in the room lol it's a great little game anyway, if i was giving a number score i'd say about 7.5-8/10

[Madis007]

Eurogamers = xbox fansite !!!

Resistance 2 = 6/10
Fat Princess = 6/10
Metal Gear Solid 4 = 8/10

Halo 3 = 10/10
Gears of War 2 = 9/10

[PirateThom]

Why is it when there's a good PS3 game the same people always latch on to the single low score, which is always EDGE or Eurogamer, and ignore the x number of good reviews?

Oh, I know, because they're idiots.

[Nanisimo]

Eurogamer is always same f*cking crap!

[rockerboy]

of course eurogamer are biased < what makes me laugh is the people on this site who think there not just because there proffesionals, there is more than a wiff of anti ps3 sentiment on most of these sites.

[DanSolo]

Basically Fat Princess is a great little game. Theres quite a bit to do, its fun, and if you get a decent team together you can squeeze even more enjoyment out of it.

Could it be better?
Of course it could, every game could be better. But this is a small downloadable game that I personally would say is about the best of the PSN titles I've played so far.

I am sometimes left with the idea that in spite of having tons of different things to do, that with just a few more additions Fat Princess would be one of those games that be almost impossible to put down (as it is I've racked up quite a few hours.)

Its not a game that anyone can realistically complain about (other than a few connection issues which often plague new releases), sure if its not your kind of game its fair enough if you mention that, but to whinge about it when it is basically a small budget downloadable title is going a bit far.

All I can say is, this is the first one, if there is a Fat Princess 2 that could be fvcking awesome!

[DanSolo]

Oh and as an afterthought, when the whingers complain about the game getting repetitive, just think about all those full price sports titles out there;
Fifa: a football pitch with little dudes running back and forth kicking a ball in a net.
Fight Night: Two blokes beating the sh!t out of each other in a boxing ring.
ect ect

Theres not exactly a big variety in any of those games except in how you play the game, but you don't hear too many gaming sites complaining about that, even though we have had like 20 different versions of the same game at full price from EA over the years now.

[divideby0]

the author is one of the BIG reasons, there are issues with the game..another lame gamer who takes up space in a game and does not play because he is out doing something and does not drop from the game.
2 big issues are, as he stated...
game length...silly and boring to long
cant distinguish your character in a scrum.
developer needed to make larger maps and have more display uniques to each character so you can tell them apart
6/10 is to low...BF1943 to me is a 7 and this game should be at least a 7

[No_NaMe]

Go Ps3 Go!!

LOOOOL

[callahan09]

This game is seriously one of the best downloadable games I've ever played. It is like an RTS where each character is controlled by an individual. The graphics are saccharine-sweet, the music is great, the personality oozes through it, there is strategy, there is chaos, there are tons of game modes/types, and a huge amount of maps. I didn't expect to get this much content out of it, and I honestly can't understand how a professional critic, someone who's supposed to have an objective eye for game design quality and execution, doesn't see how great this title is.

[Ven1000]

If you want to be super critical about the connection issues then 7.5 but 6 is ridiculous. Titan is already setting out the patch to fix connection issues and other things they found which will boost the game to a 8.5 - 9 in my book.

[clintos59]

Guess since braid & cc are making their way to psn their angry & have to lower the score for fat princess. Seriously I stopped taking these IDIOTS reviews serious ever since the bad review these brainless turds gave MGS4 the most EPIC game to come out this next gen. Oh & fat princess is tons of fun. Maybe the one reviewing it was offended by the name? Who knows lol.

[LightofDarkness]

It's a fun game, I'll give it that. But the author makes a lot of valid points. People are choosing to ignore the review because it's Eurogamer and I also see plenty of PS3 fans in here blindly defending the game. Either many of these "gamers" have never actually played the game yet and defend anything bearing the iconic symbol of the gods ("Sony"), or they're simply ignoring the flaws of the game to belay the boogie-man threat of negative 360 fanboys.

I can tell you right now that the game is a lot of fun, probably not worth €15 though. If it was €9.99, it would be understandable, but the amount of content in the game and the myriad of issues present from launch do not justify the price-tag. There are still issues connecting to online games, the game becomes a cluster-f**k when numerous players are present in the same area and there is a design flaw in the game which in effect causes players to completely ignore the objectives at hand. There's a sort of disconnection with the rest of your team, very seldom have I played with or against a focused group of players. At points where the game becomes hectic and it's hard to find your own character amongst the chaos, wouldn't a simple overhead arrow or luminous aura suffice to fix the problem? And the lock-on system is difficult to control as well, a simple measure of using the other analog stick to switch between targets would make a world of difference.

If you have to choose between this and Shatter, go for Shatter. It's a more engaging and enjoyable title at a perfect price point (half the price of FP). Personally, I wouldn't give a game arbitrary scores, but this "feels" like a 7/10 game. It's good, there's a lot of fun to be had, but it has a number of flaws that prevent it from being as great as it can be.

[callahan09]

Why are you accusing people who disagree with this review of blindly defending it because it's published by Sony? I bought Fat Princess, and I think the game is great. It has tons of maps (I expected like 4 or 5 to be honest, and got significantly more than that). It has more than a few gameplay modes and types. It has all the different character classes to master. It offers a great deal of fun with a healthy dose of both chaos and strategy. The graphics are pretty, the music, sound, voice acting, etc. are all great and the game just oozes personality, from the art style straight through to the announcer's voice.

The Eurogamer reviewer has a ton of complaints about the game that are just plain and simply BS. It's like he doesn't even understand the mechanics of the game. There is a lot of strategy in it. And every online game EVER has idiots playing it that don't know how to play effectively for their team. So it's just ridiculous that most his complaints have to do with the other players not playing in an effective manner. Don't enjoy running into a group of enemies and getting killed? Then don't do that! Pick a different class! If you play as a priest, you can make sure that your team survives the skirmishes. If you play as a worker, you can make sure your crew is decked out with more health and better skills. You need to capture and hold outposts, and use your workers to build up the shortcuts.

All of his complaints are the same five-year old style whinings that come along when someone just doesn't understand how to play a game well. It's not the game's fault that he got stuck with morons and that he himself is a moron at playing this game. I've played plenty of games of Halo, Gears of War, Resistance, Warhawk, Unreal Tournament, Call of Duty, etc. where I got stuck on a team full of idiots. But that's not the game's fault. You can't just play an online game and do what you want to do. A good player will adapt to the needs of the team. If everyone on your team is playing a warrior and just going head-first into battle, then maybe you should play it smart and be a worker to help upgrade the classes for your team, or play as a ranger or mage and work from a distance, or perhaps play as a priest and help keep your team alive. Just because you want to be a warrior doesn't mean you can if you also want to play effectively.

Like in FPS games that I play, I like to go after the flag in CTF modes as much as anyone, but if I notice that nobody on my team is defending the flag, I play it smart and stay around our base to play defense. It applies in Fat Princess just like it applies to Halo 3. You have to adapt to the circumstances, and if you see that your teammates are leaving open a role that needs to be filled, then you need to get in there and fill that role!

This reviewer completely ignores the fact that all of the flaws he mentions about other people and how they play the game could be applied to ALL online games. He just wants to see it as a fault here more than elsewhere because he didn't jump right into this game and start winning. Well, I've so far got a 100% win rate in Fat Princess. Never been on the losing team. Why is that? Maybe it's because I understand how to support my team, and I do what needs to be done. Yeah, this game requires strategy. Eurogamer just doesn't get it.

[LightofDarkness]

But you haven't really rebutted many of the points made. And no, not all the complaints are about how people play the game, that was one complaint that the reviewer correlated to a design flaw in a second paragraph. What you've done here is created a straw-man argument in order to further a point that wasn't necessary to be made.

Wouldn't you agree that a simple arrow or luminous outline would come in handy during hectic scenes (perhaps toggle-able via an option)? Or an improved targeting system which allows you to switch between targets, instead of targeting only the nearest player you're facing? Or that there are bloody obvious match-making issues (it still takes a good 5-6 attempts to connect to a game). Come on, the game has faults. Ignoring them doesn't make them non-existent.

[callahan09]

I've got no problem with spotting my avatar in the game. I am perfectly capable of keeping track of where I'm sending him to trot about the world. I keep my eyes peeled. I don't understand the argument that you can't keep track of him, I really mean that. I haven't experienced difficulty there, not even once. About target locking, well, it serves its purpose, and it works. For me, anyway. I haven't been frustrated by wanting to lock onto a specific enemy and not being able to do so. I think the lock-on is a good thing. It requires a bit of strategy and skill to use the lock-on effectively.

The game is meant to take a long time before anyone wins. Matches are supposed to last a while. People die and in 5 seconds they re-spawn, this is the way it's supposed to go. Think of it like an RTS. If you send a lot of your troops right into a whole slew of the enemy's troops, you're going to see a whole lot of dead bodies on the battlefield. You have to play more strategically, otherwise you'll just die a lot.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the game is perfect. But I am saying it's a well-designed and very fun game, with a lot to offer. I'm saying that a lot of the complaints are either BS or mostly insignificant and simply being used to obscure the good qualities the game has. Any good review will point out the things that could've been better in a game, but this review mostly ignores all of the unique qualities that make this game fun and just focuses on the negative.

I don't think I've misrepresented Eurogamer's opinion, as you state that I have. I don't agree with Eurogamer's assessment that some of these things are design flaws. I think they're chalking it up to that because they don't want to get used to playing the game the way it needs to be played.

As far as connection issues, well, yes, they're certainly annoying. But the review doesn't even mention those as a reason for scoring it down. Connection issues haven't ruined the game yet. If it remains difficult to connect indefinitely then I will agree that will hurt the game's long-term value. But right now, I'm still able to connect to matches, albeit with some annoyance, and I can only have faith that this update that's been announced to be coming soon will resolve those issues. What online game doesn't come out with connection issues at the start? It's very rare for big games to come out and actually get scored down for connection issues, because they get corrected as time passes more often than not.

[Unicron]

Even "valid points" in most reviews today are a matter of opinion. I find reviews interesting... since I could bring up any number of points of things that COULD have been done better, even in "10/10" games like Gears. (You can that cheap crap a final boss? They COULD have....) It's really up to the individual's discretion, which is why I abhor review scores, as it attempts to quantify a person's unique OPINION.

I really wish "journalists" would do away with such arcane reviewing measures, and I wish fans/gamers/fanboys would stop allowing them to dictate their purchases. What some idiot who writes down this whinings says about a game won't influence MY entertainment.

[themyk]

I CALLED IT. BEFORE I EVEN CLICKED ON IT.

i read eurogamer review.

i said i guarantee they gave it a 6.

sure enough.

[bleedy eyes]

I can't play this online at the moment just single player, what's up with that?

[Jerk120]

Oh god, what's this? There's this.. noise.. in my ear.. God, what's it saying to me??.. .. .. Fat princess.. yes.. .. is.. a.. ..FLOP?

CAN'T SAY THAT I'M SURPRISED, LOL.

[Morituri]

is my own.

It's awesome being a free thinker and not getting upset by silly little reviews / comments_section_rants/tantrum s

[Unicron]

Careful man, that's crazy talk. Game reviews are law. If ONE person says its a 4/10, then it's a flop dude. Don't you know ?!?!

[Keowrath]

Meh...

I already bought the game, am happy with my purchase.

Same sh!t different game eh Eurogamer...

[Tex117]

He does make one good point.

You can get into those stalemate situations.

Hopefully a patch can be created in the single player game that can allow for some type of overall order you can give to your units. The stalemate thing is really annoying.

As for the online, I caught up with a good team and we wrecked shop.

[-MD-]

Mooey was on damage control for this one.

[Mo0eY]

Yup, I handled it proudly. No bot gets past my droid sensors.

[tiamat5]

Same old story. Everyone is alway waiting n the shadows to say that a Sony exclusive is no good. Up to this point I haven't heard anyone say that Shadow Complex could be complete garbage and potentially fall. Of course not. No one to say that Alan Wake looks exactly like the failed Alone in tghe Dark game But as soon as you hear the words "Sony exclusive" it seems to set off a switch in an Xbots and Nintendo Crusaders heads that makes them to stubborn to admit that the game is just as good as anything that they have. Of course Halo OSDT will suceed but there is no way in heaven or hell that Uncharted 2 or Ratchet and Clank or GT5 could do well. I don't mind admitting that Microsoft and Nintendo have some good stuff on their side but why is it so hard to believe that Sony does too? It was only a short time ago that Sony was on top and if not for the price difference this generation it would have been on top again.

[steck67]

So since this is Eurogamer the score basically translates to about a 9.

[arsenal55]

lol i read some of the review.. basically its to hard for him so he gave it a 6... fail

[Biggunz]

This is the best 6/10 game I've ever played. My only complaint is the server issues otherwise the game to me is a 9/10.

[ll_UNDERSCORE_ll]

9/10 definitely for $15 , better value than BF1942 ( regret buying ) by far. 6/10 score is laughable.

[jarhead906]

I'm not going to even consider buying this game unless I have access to a demo. What the hell are game companies thinking.

[Gun_Senshi]

everyone on psn is saying its amazing

[AXAXAX]

SO this Eurogamer says that he came back 'later' and the scores were still the same.. neither team was in the lead...
So that makes football/soccer a bad game? Pathetic!

[Saaking]

Eurogamer fuking sucks. It's more than obvious they are biased against the PS3. Seriously why don't they just change their name Xbox 360 Eurogamer and stop bringing down PS3 exclusive's rating?

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

plenty of you guys rave about this game, I really love Castle Crashers on my 360 and this game looks like it has the same style, I love it. I want to get it.

But I keep getting logged out of HOME randomly it's p!ssing me off, and I haven't used home in a while... I can only download spaces 1 at a time and I keep getting "download scene error" like ALL THE TIME!. Im so mad, because I haven't got to play BUZZ with any of my friends cause it won't download it... Im losing my cool with this stuff man wtf!

[silverchode]

flop, i dont even know wtf this game is about.

[XDF]

Just noticed some of the scores recently:

WipEout HD: Fury 9/10
Yakuza 3 8/10
Demon's Souls 9/10
White Knight Chronicles 8/10
Flower 8/10
KZ2 9/10

Maybe, just maybe, they didn't like Fat Princess...it is just a guess.

Oh, they are so bias. LMFAO at Sony fanboys again.

[Mantiz]

Eurogamer is like siskel and ebert used to be if they don't like it it probably rocks

[Obama]

I don't think it's even a question that Europe Gamer is biased against the ps3. The game is getting 9 and 10 everywhere else and once again EG gave a ps3 exclusive a low score. This has happened NUMEROUS times already.

[CaitSith]

That's no surprise since they gave MGS4 an 8/10. I mean, seriously - an 8?! A bit TOO harsh there with PS3/PSN exclusives, Eurogamer?

[Gun_Senshi]

Playing an MMO for 30 minutes with server logs as proof and rating game 2/10!