EDGE smashes Blue Dragon, Transformers and Hour of Victory in reviews

The newest issue of the British magazine EDGE is in stores as of today and its always interesting to see which games were reviewed and what scores they got. This month some interesting titles have been reviewed, such as: Blue Dragon, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Transformers and GRAW2 for the PS3.

Apparently EDGE didn't really like Transformers and Hour of Victory as both games got 2/10 from EDGE. The British don't really like Blue Dragon and Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 as well as both games 'only' got 6/10. Zelda: Phantom Hourglass did really well as it scored 9/10. Check out all of this months reviewscores below.

Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (NDS, Nintendo): 9
Blue Dragon (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 6
Transformers (Xbox 360/PS3/Wii/PS2, Activision): 2
Odin Sphere (PS2, Atlus): 6
Ouendan 2 (NDS, Nintendo): 8
Monster Madness (Xbox 360, Southpeak): 5
Exit 2 (PSP, Taito): 7
Hour of Victory (Xbox 360, Midway): 2
Tenchu Z (Xbox 360, From Software): 6
Calling all cars (PS3, Sony): 6
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (PS3, Ubisoft): 6
More Brain Training (NDS, Nintendo): 7
Anno 1701 (NDS, Disney): 8

[ShiftyLookingCow]

2 for hour of victory is well derserved, but 6 for Blue Dragon and GRAW2 PS3

[edit] yeah Lair was supposed to be there I guess.

[marinelife9]

All the nintendo games got higher scores.

[Rythrine]

Where's the rumored Lair review? Next month maybe? I'm surprised Odin Sphere got a low score. It deserves more than that.

[Vojkan]

Yes Odin Sphere is at least 7, i gave it 7.5

[Rythrine]

Agreed. It should be somewhere there. Personally, I gave it an 8 and I was being greedy already.

[ngg12345]

Oh well.

[Tommie]

That Lair review, 6/10, was from EGM, Electronic Gaming Montly. This is EDGE, a British magazine!

[ngg12345]

edge was supposidly giving lair.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

he was refering to this http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News... "Rumor: Lair gets a 9 from Edge Magazine and Gamezone"

[Tommie]

Its not in the mag, so thats fake as hell.

[Zhuk]

looks like the lair rumour was another desperate lie by Sony fanboys to try and save face over what is a disappointing game

[ngg12345]

Looks like lair, and blue dragon are subaverage games.

[TheExecutive]

What makes you say Lair is a subaverage game here? Because blue dragon got a 6? Anyway I dont agree with these guys reviews anyway. They can keep Zelda.

[kewlkat007]

from the likes of this:

"According to an un-named source, two reputable gaming magazines/websites have reviewed Lair and have each given it 9 out of 10. EDGE magazine is one of the these sites which reviewed Lair and gave it a score of 9 out of 10.

While this has not been confirmed yet, the availability of EDGE magazine and Gamezone will be available in a few days in which we will know if this rumor is true."

Well there goes the Forum Articles up to No good. I should of known when I seen "un-named source"

I hear that Odin's sphere is actually a good game. I said would not buy PS2 games anymore. Blue Dragon, I will still get but I wanna know what they didn't like.

I'm old-school and I do like turn-based RPGs. I've gotten a little bored with FFVII, it has become to automatic with the Gambits.

[Loudninja]

Man,Tenchu Z is to high

[kevoncox]

Got the same score. Come on.
I have both demo's....Trust me the polish on both games aren't anywhere close to each other.

[achira]

blue dragon is crap, like expected. another hyped ms game, which does not deliver ?

[tplarkin7]

There's something wrong with Edge. Reviews should not soley be based on "opinion". If they don't like JRPGs, then they should review JRPGs. I don't want a review by someone that hates JRPGs because I like JRPGs. I want a review by someone that understands the genre.

[xhi4]

Lol man thats one angry reviewer...

[Rama26285]

Has anyone noticed how all the games for Nintendo get high scores and all the rest get low low scores.

Out of curiosity, can anyone tell me what is being said about GRAW2? Why only a 6?? And lastly, what did the 360 version get???

[ItsDubC]

Maybe, just MAYBE, this could be because the Nintendo games reviewed this month are better than the others? I dunno, that just seems like the most logical and obvious reason. Ouendan and Brain Training are great game series, and we all know how well Z:PH scored in other mags.

[Nervsys]

Can't rememember what the 360 review was, but I think it was higher than 6.

There's probably no difference in the two versions, but the reviewer may have already played the 360 version several months ago and just scored it lower because it didn't seem like anything new. I guess thats always a risk if one console gets a game earlier. BTW this is not a dig at the PS3.

[TheExecutive]

lair review is fake then. Well good, maybe they decided to wait for a finished game, like some other reviewers should.

On another note: Zelda got a 9? Give me a break I played the Twilight Princess for the Wii and it felt like a ps1 experience. Im guessing this cant be that good. I can tell you that I will enjoy GRAW2 and I enjoy Calling All Cars way more than I ever would Zelda.

Hell this reviewer could give Lair a 2.0 and I wouldnt believe a word he said. We obviously have way different tastes.

EDIT: at VirusE... nah my brain isnt broken lol, just not my cup of tea. I didnt think the game was immersive at all. I guess I have grown out of some of the ninetendo games(no offense meant for anyone that loves ninetendo).

[VirusE]

I also played zelda TP and it was amazing. Maybe your brain is broken, tp got good reviews from EVERY single mag that reviewed it.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

These guys should make videos like Angry Video Game Nerd except with some usual british accent and release them on DVDs, I will buy them on day one

[johnnywit]

I don't trust these scores. I mean Odin sphere is way to low. Every other Mag praised that game.

Also blue dragon got like 35/40 in famitsu. If they rate an rpg high then I know i'm going to like it.

[riksweeney]

I can't believe Transformers got such a low score. It looks really really cool! And, by extension, the gameplay must be great too!

Does anyone think Edge is being unreasonable?

[Infernus]

I heard the game is terrible. It may look good but other than transforming the gameplay is just smash and blow stuff up over and over and over again. It's not a good game. The film is good; the game is not. I watch epilepticgaming and they gave it a 3 or 4 I think. Smashing stuff up may be fun for a bit but I'm sure it gets boring and that's where this game falls.

[Gil]

I played Transformers and it sucked in ways that I never thought a game could suck. It was completely horrible.

[Wile]

and what's the deal with PS3 GRAW getting a 6 too. Wow tuff crowd those EDGE people. The 2 for the tranformers game I think is to high tho :p

[macalatus]

Tough crowd...you're right about that one. If I remember, they gave God of War II a "7" score.

[Snake_Doctor]

They could have listed the games by platform and then said
DS = Good
Else = Suck
kthxbai

Short sweet and to the point

[TheExecutive]

yeah lol... its quite a coincidence that the DS is hugely popular right now. Its also a coincidence that by nature humans like to read, hang out with, talk to, etc... people who agree with them. Hmmm... maybe it isnt a coincidence after all.

[johnnywit]

Come on Techu Z and Monster madness is the same as GRAW, Blue Dragon, and Odin sphere??? Something is not right with that.

[LSDARBY]

Lair doesnt come out over here (UK) until October so they probably dont review imports. Im suprised GRAW2 got such a low score, what was the 360 version scored at?

[Wile]

They scored it a 7

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

An excerpt:

"For dedicated Ghosts GRAW 2 is a no-brainer. For the rest of us it's just the exact game "Advanced Warfighter" should have been and would have beeen if the clock wasn't watching; Ubisoft rewriting history and charging us twice for the privilege. [May 2007, p.89]"

[WafflesID]

well that settles it. Edge are Teh SuK

[WIIIS1]

I don't fancy jrpgs that much so I can't say I got much of a kick playing BD, but judging it by that genre, I'd say BD deserves at least an 8.

[Jack Bauer]

their reviews were nullified when i looked at the GRAW 2 and Odin Sphere scores....Blue Dragon...if you like Jrpgs...it's spectacular.

[AllroundGamer]

i agree with them, the demo of Blue Dragon wasn't so great, and i really like JRPGs, waiting rather for the Eternal Sonata and Lost Odyssey.

[LeShin]

lol I'll never...ever...EVER trust Edge's reviews again. Back in the day, when I used to buy the magazine, one issue still stands out in my mind......the issue where they gave Super Mario Allstars 99%!!!!!!!!!!

99%?! Are you crazy?! After that day, that was it for me. It was a good game but 99%?!

Bloody fanboys

[riksweeney]

I stopped trusting Edge reviews after they gave Halo 10/10

[Kleptic]

haha they really gave halo a 10/10? I never understood why it would get such ridiculously high scores...don't get me wrong I loved the first 2...but it was never the best fps I ever played...

[Rythrine]

With that story of yours, I'm beginning to think that they favor Nintendo games better. C'mon, Zelda got a 9 while Odin Sphere a 6? Pfft.

[WafflesID]

I'm with you on halo. DEFINATELY not the best FPS I've played. Not by a long shot.

Halo 1 has some of the worst levels I've had to suffer through. But the good parts of the game make up for the few bad levels.

[VirusE]

I think that mario allstars is a perfect game. Halo got scores like this from quite a few other mags it was hardly off base. Go to metacritic and look up halo and halo 2 they both got tons of perfect or near perfect reviews. Keep in mind these reviewers play games for all of the systems so of course there scores are going to piss off fanboys; they lack the extreme bias that most single systems owners display.

[Kleptic]

haha thank you VirusE for pointing out their lack of biased opinions...and I owned Halo 1 and 2...so if anything I should be biased towards it...

I was excited for halo 2 in late 2004...bought it off a pre-order...played the crap out of it...that very same time period was the release of Half Life 2...which completely destroyed it imo on every single level...yet Halo 2 in a lot of cases got equal or better scores from reviewers...and no one that has been playing shooters since the beginning would agree with that...

not that this has anything to do with the discussion...but BioShock is a 360 game that looks absolutely stunning...and halo 3...Unless it is radically reinvented...I got my fill of the franchise a while ago...

[VirusE]

I have played just about every shooter since the dawn of time and to be honest I didn’t think half life was as great as you make it out to be. If you doubt that I play pc games we can see who has the better gaming pc and I think you will be silenced very quickly. I have been an avid pc gamer for years and I just don’t agree with what you are saying. The vehicle parts sucked hard, moving barrels to lift the boat sucked, hell most of the goofy slow down the pace physics puzzles sucked and after playing halo 1 I started to dislike the "DOOM" weapon system used by half life. I like being able to shoot toss a nade and hit someone with my gun without switching to another gun. Half life sticks 100% to the very tired DOOM formula that most pc fps games stick to. The multiplayer in halo2 was BY FAR better than half life 2s. The single player design was better in half life 2 but as a complete package I preferred halo 2. After using the matching making systems and playing a game where EVERYONE has a mike I just didn’t see how people could still play half life 2 online. It’s a doom death match with better graphics. It’s all about running for the biggest gun as fast as you can. Halo added new elements to the fps genre half life was a mod and half life 2 was nothing more than half life 1 with shinny graphics and physics. Halo 2 got rated better because it was a better game and obviously the gaming press is on my side.

[Kleptic]

well now wait...what exactly did Halo 2 do so much better than Halo 1...had Halo 1 started with XBL...halo 2 only really brought the dual wielding smgs and some other small stuff...and the graphics were actually the same...

you criticize Half Life 2 as being a prettier Half Life 1...when halo 2 didn't really add much to halo 1 at all...it added online (something that made it better than halo 1, but that was MSs doing with launching XBL...not with Halo 2 as a game)...and I agree on the single player...I felt that Halo 2's single player was even worse than halo 1...which is saying something...I since day 1 have thought that Halo is worthless as a single player game...its cheesy/childish giggly enemies drive me crazy...worthless friendly AI (very decent enemy AI for the time though) and a relatively idiotic story never impressed me...

I guess that is what I am getting at...I played the beta at a friend's numberous times for halo 3...and it added a few cool things...but nothing that really stuck out as unbelievable to me...then everyone was like "wait for the single player, wait for the single player"...which was a point where I knew my love for the franchise had expired...I loved the first 2 at the time...but the third one simply doesn't appear to add enough for me to get back into it, hype aside...

I know you are a fan of the series, I have read numerous posts of yours on the subject...which is fine...they are very well made games...where you prefer the at the time new stuff like melee and one hand grenade/one hand weapon...i was still happy with the less realistic your dude can carry 15 weapons type of stuff...I don't dislike halo by anymeans...i simply never looked at those little innovations as such a big deal...I still like faster paces, and now have started to prefer a faster pace with some of Halo's stuff like a one hit melee kill...

In either case to each their own...but in regards to your extremely feeble attempt at "silencing me" because you may or may not have a better PC than me..what is that about?...I couldn't care less what kind of gaming rig you have, and that has absolutely nothing to do with how much of a fan of PC games you are...I owned every single high profile PC fps since Wolfenstein 3D (even though that was shareware, so you never really "buy" that, as well as Doom 1) to Half Life 2...I haven't upgraded my PC since HL2, and kind of fell out of it after anyway (only big FPS to come around since then was FEAR,and Quake 4, which I played through the 360 and PS3 since anyway)...I have never had a really impressive gaming PC, but it played the games well...and that is all that mattered...just because you have invested a lot in apperantly an impressive PC, does not mean you have played more or less PC games than me...

if you think you watch more movies than me lets compare home theaters and I bet you will be silenced...see how poorly that works?

[achira]

ppl calm down, this are only subjective ratings. to look only on one rating is hilirious. if 10 reviews say it is a 2 then this is clear. when 5 reviews say it is a 8 and 5 reviews say it is a 2, then its not so clear, and you should rent it. that is very simple. it seems that EDGE is a little biased torward nintendo, but who cares, as long they are not biased to ms ? war is between ms and sony, nintend has already won.

[Wile]

Achira, you are hilarious. No more than hour ago in this thread (post 6 to be exact) you are more than happy to slate Blue Dragon as a failed MS game.

quote (case you try to edit it):
"blue dragon is crap, like expected. another hyped ms game, which does not deliver"

then you now post this (again quoted in case you try to edit it):

"ppl calm down, this are only subjective ratings. to look only on one rating is hilirious. if 10 reviews say it is a 2 then this is clear. when 5 reviews say it is a 8 and 5 reviews say it is a 2, then its not so clear, and you should rent it. that is very simple. it seems that EDGE is a little biased torward nintendo, but who cares, as long they are not biased to ms ? war is between ms and sony, nintend has already won."

So which is it? Does one score reflect a games real worth? Or does it reflect the games worth only when you can cherry pick it to further your fanboy needs?

@ snake doctor:
LOL, your right, what was I thinking! *grabs a hammer, takes aim at the square peg*

[Snake_Doctor]

@Wile

You fail. You are trying to fit your logics into his fanboy (square peg, round hole)

*shakes head*

[Kleptic]

ha usually you have to dig into another thread to find someone blatantly contradicting themselves...this is probably the funniest example I have seen in a long time...

[MK_Red]

Well, no word of Lair (The rumored 9) is a bit discouraging. Also, they gave both Calling All Cars & Odin Sphere, two top ranking games 6 so that doesnt really make Blue Dragon worthy of 6 but with that 6 from EGM.
Its also unfair that both Transformers and Hour Of Victory got 2. If Trans deserves 2 (Which it may) then Hour shoud definitly be 1 or 0. THE worst excuse for a WWII shooter IMO.

[RadientFlux]

Could have been that they just they liked Blue Dragon more then EGM

[Rythrine]

A 0 (Zero) for Hour eh? You're more bitter than those EDGE reviewers lolz. That was funny, you sir deserves a bubble.

[TL24]

Lair dosn't come out till October for the UK/Europe regions... Could be why the review isn't on this issue...

[TheMART]

HAH

So the so called rumour for the 9 on Lair in EDGE is indeed

FALSE

Stupid PS3 fanboys rumours. It just got a 6 from EGM. It's bad.

And GRAW 2 for PS3 a 6 also? Calling all Cars also a 6?

Ouch. At least the 360 gets Bioshock that just got a 9.5 and a 10 out of 10

[Zhuk]

yeh bioshock pwns lair they're not even in the same league

[TheExecutive]

who cares what edge has to say... they obviously prefer NInetendo over any other console. AS you know one review doesnt make a game good or bad, especially if the review wasnt even from the final game.

Yeah bioshock got a 10/10 from the official xbox magazine...

I will agree with you that it looks like one heck of a game though.

[ParaDise_LosT]

MS wins August?
the war begins o_o
*activating anti troll shield*
teehee, so whats up next?september?...
what comes out this september?
hrrrmm....I wonder.... :D

[okcomputer]

Seriously mart, do you post anything but flame? Its funny, you really do seem to enjoy flamewars with ps3 fanboys more than actual gaming itself.

[nasim]

the x360 version is wayy in ferior graphically ....since the PC version was reviewed on a 8800 GTX.

Bisoshock is an extremely slow paced FPS.

LAIR pwns BIOSHOCK /x360 games irrespective of reviews.

LAIR makes you halo 3 and ME look like cartoon wii games.

dont trash LAIR boys.

BTW:- official xbox magazine oXM would ofcourse be giving BIO a good score.

But not others...BIO is an extremely slow paced games.

BOTS;_ dont think sporadic bad reviews would deter the consumers from BUYING IT

[Odion]

Ok Tenchi Z is not as good as Blue Dragon by a LONG shot

[ParaDise_LosT]

Blue Dragon.....I never liked dragon quest so I didn't really connect with BD
The JRPG I'm waiting for is Lost Odyssey :D

[midgard229]

u can tell that edge are only zelda fans and nothing else. i mean blue dragon 6??? ODIN SPHERE 6???? i give odin sphere a 9, especially if u get everything, dang the end is good ;p

[J@D]

Bad news for Blue Dragon. The producer it gonna get reallly mad right now this the bunch of review that are coming lately... poor guy. Now, where is the Lair review?.

[Bathyj]

Man, no one likes Tenchu but me. :(

[okcomputer]

I used to love the tenchu series. The first two were awesome, and the ps2 one was solid. Then they made absolutely no progress with the series at all with tenchu z. Its still a decent game, but at its core its the same exact game we played back in 1997. The ai is still at the same braindead ps1 level it was 10 years ago and thats just unforgivable.

[hotshot1237]

lair. which by the way ign.com liked and XPLAY. so i'll wait 4 those reviews

[Wile]

O really, see post 21.1, I think both sides have tried to get their licks in. As much as one would like believe the people on their "side" are the victims, there are no innocent victims or conspiracies here.

[bung tickler]

well see the thing is the 360 already has AAA games... so one 360 game expected to be AAA and already released once in japan (where it sold well and got good reviews) gets a low score it aint too bad, but the ps3 has no AAA games so each one that doesnt live up to its super AAA hype is kinda big.

[Whoooop]

GRAW was going to get better reviews..

Blue Dragon too as it was praised as the best RPG the 360 would have.

I just hope that LAIR gets better reviews so I can let slide the motion control issue.. (personal issue I might add).

[DrPirate]

So Lair still sucks even though it wasn't reviewed?

I'm not going to advocate how good (or bad) it is, but I would recommend waiting for additional sources before going on about how terrible Lair is. I just got my EGM and the review is very poorly written. They don't nail the story, graphics, sound or any of the production values. The review sounds like they played the game for 10 minutes and threw it down.

Regardless. I stand next to all of you when I say the reviewers at Edge are off their knockers and on the Nintendo payroll.

[PS360PCROCKS]

What an Idiotic review...I hate JRPG's and they obviously do too...all JRPG's should only be graded by japanese magazine's so we know if their good Japanese games. No one in any other country understands them.

[hotshot1237]

is bcuz lair's graphics,story,and SOUND alone would get at least a average of 9.5 and then the gameplay which i like bcuz of such diverse places and different dragons and killer moves, could only bring it 2 probably a 8.5.
lair will get good reviews from ign.com and xplay. or gamespot. wait 4 those reviews.

[360Sheep]

mmmm onions.. OPIonions.. so good. You have seen the graphics on blue dragon right. I understand the graphics on the character models.. the cool blue dragon effects, but next time you see a video, focus in on the background, focus in on the environment that you are playing in... and this was done on 3 discs.

[PlayStation360]

it seems Halo 3, Killzone 2, Bioshock, MGS4, and every other (assumed) AAA would be lucky to get a 7.5+ score. These dudes are brutal. I guess EDGE's motto is "if it ain't nintendo, it must be bad".

[okcomputer]

Yea, can't wait to see what they give the new metroid. My guess is a 9 at least, no matter how good or bad it really is. I like nintendo and all, but I'm getting kind of sick of the same old holy trinity of mario, zelda and metroid getting glowing reviews like they can do no wrong. Zelda has been practically the same exact game rehashed since the n64 version.

[mastermindnate]

Blue Dragon and Lair are not good games.. its that that stupid magezine EDGE. Can we say they favor Nintendo. Bunch of BS if you ask me

[WIIIS1]

If it turned out true that they gave Lair a 9, I'd tend to agree with you that EDGE is BS.

[Whoooop]

For 2 reasons

first: It's looking good and gameplay looks like it's going to be fun and interesting

and the most important reason IMO: You get to use the wiimote for it. I know reviewers will enjoy aiming in a first person shooter..

Then again they are not liking moving the sixaxis for LAIR, so who knows??

[RadientFlux]

Odd that there are discussions on 2 games that weren't even reviewed by Play (Lair & Bioshock).

I also find it amusing that for some people when a PS3 game get's a bad review (ie Lair) it's given the benefit of a doubt but when a x360 game get's a bad review (ie Blue Dragon) the game is a total disaster.

Whoooop I agree completely with sh!t happens on both sides. I've seen many threads about a PS3 game ruined due to xbox360 fanboys. Fanboys in general suck.

[Whoooop]

but that sh*t happens in both sides.. PS3 and 360 fanboys do the same thing.

Now on the LAIR and bluedragon issue: LAIR bad reviews have come from the motion control issue. Gameplay appears to be good... and visuals?? no need to say it.

I'm personally dissapointed about the motion fu*king thing, but what can I do?

[darkequitus]

You are a prat of the highest order. And you know it.

You are not a true ganer just an idiot.

PSWii360 gamer

[AngryTypingGuy]

Blue Dragon could only ever be a huge hit in Japan. The Japanese like mediocre games with happy, flashy characters for some reason. Hour of Victory is a broken game. It has so many glitches that it's virtually unplayable. I don't know what the publisher was thinking when it released it in that condition. They better be working on updates if they want it to sell.

[RadientFlux]

I don't think Blue Dragon is mediocre (it would have gotten worse reviews a 6 for Edge magazine is decent score) it just looks very generic. Sort of like 80% of the JPRGs that come from Japan.

Hour of Victory was complete crap though, I couldn't get past the first lvl before I returned the game to blockbuster. It was the first FPS that I've played in awhile were the bullets felt slow.

[ParaDise_LosT]

This is what happenes when People toss around the title "AAA Game"
If you simply name every 1st party game a 'AAA' Expect to be VERY VERY disappointed, why?
Because Unlike reviewers... we Fanboys(or Pro'X' console to make it less offensive )are Completly baised towards our own system, thats why we let interviewers such as EGM,Rdge,IGN, ect. to
Rate our games, not ourselves because if you post your own opinion
all you will get is negative feedback because people know what system you go for...

You all are acting stupid
The reviews are automaticlly baised if they perfer a game against another? wtf is that?
I bet as soon as one Mag or interviewer shows Lair with atleast a 8-9
(regardless of their fame ) they will praise the Mag(or site)

We leave the Flaming and Expectations
we leave the Ratings to the Pros...
we leave the Game to the developers...

Keep it that way :|

[IQUITN4G]

A 6/10 from Edge is a good mark but one that suggests Blue Dragon doesn't do anything incredible - this shouldn't stop anyone getting the game if they enjoy the franchise because what Edge is saying here is Blue Dragon is a good game , just don't expect anything life changing.A 6/10 in any other magazine is more a concern however.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Not good news for those trollin for good LAIR reviews

[CodeMonkey]

Hook a bro up with some bubbles please. I will forever be in your debt. I like cheeseburgers with onions and mustard

[ElementX]

hook you up with bubbles? all you do is criticize people. you tell me you hate my stupid face. Lets see your true face, hiding behind some stupid icon.

Bro? do you hate me because i'm a gay white person? I could call you a homophobic racist. You claim I'm a racist, but you have no proof to back it up.

[H-V-H]

Fanboys are insane !!!

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

I'm still thinking of what games to buy this holiday. My most anticipated game is Rockstars new supposely for the PS3. I want some sick new IP's. I'm disappointed in gaming right now, it's not different enough from last gen.

Not to mention a lot of the current house hold names are going multi platform because of development costs and more level competition. I want game developers to be more ambitious. Multi platform games suck. We need new IPs.

[Sayai jin]

Well, everyone needs to remember that reviews are opinions, just like ours. As far as Blue-Dragon is conderned, this is a Japanese style RPG. The Japanese tend to like diffrent games than those who live in Europe or North Aerica (world). No better or no worse, just diffrent. So I am not suprosed that it got lower scores, but this is only one review. If you ever see your favorite game(s) get a bad review, don't get mad ,especially as long as you like it.

Ps. A word of wisdom...There are a lot of great games on the horizon for all three current new systems. I know everyone is salivating over games (Killzone 2, Halo 3, Zelda, etc), but try not to get to hyped up by traiers, hoopla etc. Becuase even if the games is good, but not what you imagined, you will probaly dissapointed. In retrospect, if you would have not been standing on needles waiting for particular game then the same game would have been outstanding.

[DarkVincent]

They gave Tenchu Z the same score as Blue Dragon (DarkVincent starts runnig and jumps off a cliff to very bloody death)

[DarkVincent]

They gave Tenchu Z the same score as Blue Dragon (DarkVincent starts runnig and jumps off a cliff to a very bloody death)

[Rhezin]

most reviews for graw 2 on 360 were nine's I don't see why it got a 6 on ps3.

[DarkVincent]

my bad dudes

[Umbrella Corp]

its a great game some people just dont know

[bootsielon]

Perhaps because Sony spread the word that Lair would get delayed. Perhaps they want to add an option to control the dragons without having to look like a Wii player.

[Madlink]

This thread and all of the fanboy bile being spewed everywhere, really does make a convincing argument for getting rid of scores in reviews completely. Read the actual words the these magazine reviewers have written. That's where you'll find out what the reviewer really thinks of the game, and hopefully, if the review is written intelligently you'll have a better understanding of whatever game is being reviewed.

Let that be discussed, not these stupid numbers.

[greed]

See thats what i don't get with xbox fanboys if a mag rates a game low or lower then expected for no good reason on a ps3 its yeah i told you that game was going to suck see its in the mag but if its one of your games ahhh they don't know what they are doing this is a great game everyone said so. If you think about it Blue Dragon was in the same boat as Lair two largely hyped games so could someone explain whats the difference I for one even with all the negative critisizem will pick up Lair and check it out for my self but now will the xbots pick up Blue Dragon? I WONDER!

[Raptors]

I personally thought the Blue Dragon demo sucked, but then again RPG's aren't really my fav genre. I'm still shocked about Lair though because PS3 fanboys were really counting on that game so they could start bragging about the ps3. Guess not lol

[skylar2000]

Sorry Halo fans! Yall better off playin half life or sumthing.

[surferace22]

man it's like edge is being fed some nintendo soul food, they sure do like the ds and wii more look at most of the ds and wii ratings, they are alot higher than other systems.

[HeavyweightInTheGame]

Those are some pretty low scores. I think they should get new people to rate these games because I'm pretty sure that alot of them deserve alot more than what they received.