Spider-Man: Edge of Time - Part 3

[Eggyman]

Sounds about right. The game looks terrible.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

IGN lost my respect a long time ago.

 

[JaD]

Damn, a 4.5 on IGN!? I don't like to take everything IGN says too seriously anymore but wow, that's pretty low. I'll still be adding this to my game collection but still, that's pretty shocking actually. Shattered Dimensions was pretty awesome.

 

[The Overlord]

I don't get why they don't have the same person review the same games. This guy would have given Shattered Dimensions a two compared to the stuff he disliked in Edge of Time. But I don't listen to IGN anyway, they're ****.

Except IGN is usually too soft on games, rather then too harsh. If the guys who were willing to give free passes to things don't like it, its a bit of a red flag.

 

[TDK Joker]

I was just about to post the IGN review. I have to say I was really, really surprised when I saw the score. 4.5 is low.
Nothing against the new X-Men game, but I wasn't fussed at all by that, wasn't even going to rent it. I thought it looked very boring, but the IGN review for that got a 5.5. I just can't believe that that would be a better game (by a 1, sure) than this, according to IGN.

 

[socool]

Except IGN is usually too soft on games, rather then too harsh. If the guys who were willing to give free passes to things don't like it, its a bit of a red flag.

IGN is easy on top level games. You will never see a game like Gears of War, Halo or CoD get a bad score. Ever. That's what they are notorious for. They always give those kind of games 9s or higher. I haven't seen them give one of them an 8.5.

 

[The Overlord]

IGN is easy on top level games. You will never see a game like Gears of War, Halo or CoD get a bad score. Ever. That's what they are notorious for. They always give those kind of games 9s or higher. I haven't seen them give one of them an 8.5.

Except they give higher scores to almost everything, not just those types of games. IGN almost always gives a higher score to something then say gamespot This is like getting a bad review from David Manning. If the site that is overtly generous gives you a bad score, its not a good sign.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Manning_(fictitious_writer)

 

[Havok83]

IGN is easy on top level games. You will never see a game like Gears of War, Halo or CoD get a bad score. Ever. That's what they are notorious for. They always give those kind of games 9s or higher. I haven't seen them give one of them an 8.5.

and how often do you see those games get low scores elsewhere? They score high bc by and large, those are great games

I was just about to post the IGN review. I have to say I was really, really surprised when I saw the score. 4.5 is low.
Nothing against the new X-Men game, but I wasn't fussed at all by that, wasn't even going to rent it. I thought it looked very boring, but the IGN review for that got a 5.5. I just can't believe that that would be a better game (by a 1, sure) than this, according to IGN.

you cant necesarily compare different games to their score especially when reviewed by different peopple

 

[JaD]

I swear I had a conversation with my co-worker the other day about IGN and how I said "When did we get to a point where the first remarks about a game we're interested in brings up what IGN decided to give it so we can judge it through them?" We agreed their scores have been pretty WTF for a while too. I always find myself browsing their site and reading their reviews. It's kind of like TMZ with me, it's ridiculous but very 'Ohh I wanna read that..' *click*

 

[socool]

and how often do you see those games get low scores elsewhere? They score high bc by and large, those are great games

No, I usually agree, but I still find it weird just how many game get a 9. Just a 9. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but I still find it strange.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

But I don't listen to IGN anyway, they're ****.

Sounds about right. The game looks terrible.

Eh, looks better than SD, that crap was revered even by them
The moment he said "It's rare to have a good Spider-Man game, and SD is one of them" I turned off the review

IGN lost my respect a long time ago.

IGN never had mine

Except IGN is usually too soft on games, rather then too harsh.

Yeah, right

 

[The Overlord]

Yeah, right

How often have they been less generous then other sites?

 

[GamerSlyRatchet]

Yeah, the low score is probably due to a different reviewer. Greg Miller, reviewed SD and gave it a surprisingly high score of 8.0. It does seem inconsistent that the same site would give it 4.5 if it were the same reviewer.

And that bit about the story being straight-forward and boring is way, WAY off, considering what I've been spoiled about it.

 

[Superhero 101]

Didn't see this coming. i was expecting atleast a 7 or and 8 from IGN

 

[dtud]

Yeah IGN isn't the best site, but it's that the score was so low that shocked me. I can get behind that the environments seem bland and so on, but a 4.5 from IGN practically means that the game is broken beyond belief, which EoT certainly doesn't seem to be.

 

[GamerSlyRatchet]

Yeah IGN isn't the best site, but it's that the score was so low that shocked me. I can get behind that the environments seem bland and so on, but a 4.5 from IGN practically means that the game is broken beyond belief, which EoT certainly doesn't seem to be.

Indeed.

Plus, I loved how the review bashed this game for not being "episodic" and not having first-person moments.I'm sorry, but weren't these aspects that were CRITICIZED in SD? Don't get me wrong, I had no problem with them, but I do remember there being a lot of complaints about them.

 

[Drz]

Anyhow Gameinformer gives Spidey Edge of Time a 6,5/10 ah well maybe now Activision can give Beenox and others more time, alsong as noone is purchasing Silicon Knights' X-Men Destiny and Beenox's Spider-Man: Edge of Time, can't let the slacker distributor getting too much monayh. Ah well this is kinda good for me since theres already so many exciting games comign out.

 

[dtud]

http://www.1up.com/reviews/spider-man-edge-of-time-review B- from 1up. Seems like most think its a stellar game, although a bit worse then Shattered Dimensions. Even if there are extreme cases.​

 

[Gamma Goliath]

Just beat the game earlier, pretty fun all in all. Ill probably sell it soon.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Just beat the game earlier, pretty fun all in all. Ill probably sell it soon.

ill wait till its on clearance.... if you're done that fast, you should have just rented it.

 

[Nathan]

I'll probably get this for the PC. It's cheaper and can probably be modded so all the costumes can be worn by both characters.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

A 4.5 from ign is a little surprising, would of thought more around the 6 mark. It always looked like a less interesting Shattered Dimensions. Glad to see it get low scores and hopefully poor sale. Maybe that will force Activision go try a bit harder.

I did borrow this from work tonight, so I'll beat it over the weekend and see how it really is

 

[Nathan]

They'll probably decide it's the developers fault and look for a new one.

 

[Spidey_62]

They'll probably decide it's the developers fault and look for a new one.

Unfortunately, I wouldn't be surprised if Activision looks at it this way.

IGN's review is crap, though. A 6 would be the lowest score I'd reasonably imagine.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

They'll probably decide it's the developers fault and look for a new one.

And that may be best. Its on Beenox for the dumb premise of this game.