Originally posted by Race Idiot
I have a request!
XENOSAGA
This looks like the only game I am looking forward to (apart from GT4, if it comes out this year) this year.
I've got this game, but it's a tough game to review. (not to mention I'm finishing Dark Cloud 2, and Zelda:TWW before I tackle it.)
In the first 3 hours 40 minutes there is about 40 minutes of play and 3 hours of amazing cut scenes and story lines. There are things that left me with my mouth open as much as Id dropping the submarine onto Bart in Xenogears did. It seems heavy on the story (but it's a great story so far) so if that isn't your bag I'd steer clear.
AdvanR, Gamespot has only given out 4 perfect scores to my knowledge in all the years it has been around. TH3, Chrono Cross, Legend of Zelda
OT and Soul Calibur.
Thier definition (and mine) is as follows:
"10.0: "Perfect"
This exceedingly rare score refers to a game that is as perfect as a game can ever aspire to be. A game that receives this rating could not reasonably be improved upon in any meaningful way. "
MGS2 had oodles of room for improvement, especially in the length department.
If anything, Gamespot is the harshest Critic (except for Famitsu.) IGN is the one that kills me every time. Flashy Graphics and mediocre gameplay almost always equal a 9.0 or better.
And $20 isn't so bad, I subscribe to both of these sites. The bandwidth is worth it, especially when you want a patch without waiting on fileplanet.