Final Fantasy Forum

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Eh, gamescores never impact whether or not i'll buy/play a game. FF13 looks good to me and i'll check out, that's all that matters to me.

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" @JJOR64: 39/40 is still a good score, but when games like nintendogs and monster hunter 3 are "better" it makes you question. Its just nerdrage "

LOL John you're so melodramatic. Famitsu scores haven't really mattered for the past 5 years or so. Also this is myself personally but I believe the actual text of a review is more helpful in if I need an opinion on the game than some arbitrary score. Especially when games media in particular doesn't realise if they are using a 10 point scale that the worst a game can get is 0 and a 5 is average. (usually 7 is considered more average) I'm looking forward to EGM coming back soon.  Now there is an awesome videogame magazine that is highly regarded but was unfortunatly closed in Janurary because their parent company went bankrupt, hopefully the tradtition of fine journalism continues in it's revival though. 
 
Either way I disagree with the afront on FFXII that was a fine game and a drastically different take on the same basic combat engine. Also, while eventually it did turn into group of teens has to save the world the story had this interesting political drama to it as well that again was something that hadn't been seen in a long time.

Although I realise different strokes for different folks and that quite a few people didn't like FFXII because it was too different from the same formula they have been using for the past ones and the seeming loss of control of having only one player in direct control at a time. The same thing happened with FFVIII when all the newcomers that got into Final Fantasy after VII were all weirded out when it was much different and none of them cared to figure out drawing (even though once you did it was so exploitable I was doing like 2K damage by the end of disc 1) and missed out on the awesomeness that occured. The whole game was one set piece after another, whether it was the Battle of the Garden, The Lunatic Pandora, Edea's Parade, etc. Oh and the way the cut scenes transitioned from the game, the soundtrack. That game was so amazing especially in comparison to VII, which is the most overrated Final Fantasy game ever. 
  
Reviews are always subjective there is no such thing as an objective review. Everyone has their own opinions and biases based on their own likes, dislikes and events that have happened to them. So no matter what a review is just that it's an opinion and all you can do is try to find someone with the same tastes as you that reviews [insert entertainment product here] for a living and if they say it's good chances are you'll probably enjoy it. I mean take this who article for an example, some of the people here (myself included) think that you're totally wrong about FFXII being undeservant of the highest score and some people have even said FFVII was one of the best games in the series (IV, VI, VIII, XII, X, [X and XII are tied for me] V, VII, X-2, IX,  I, III, II) *Not including XI or tatics since they are fairly different from the mainline* where I would say it's about the middle for me. 

Anyway the point is.
 
Don't believe in the you who believes in reviews! Believe in the you who believes in the game!