Edge 209...

[Eight Rooks]

Oh, I can totally see Dragon Age on consoles getting a 5 from them. It's weird, I just now went back for a quick play on my Fallout 3 save while waiting to go out in a bit, and while Bethesda's game is riddled with bugs and glitches and I loathe the Elder Scrolls games with a hatred like unto a burning flame etc., etc., it really did strike me how little, well, how little fun Dragon Age is. It's strange - it's kept me glued to the screen, and there's lots I enjoyed, yet at the same time it's more comfort food than anything really substantial.

Taking the tangent further, there's at least one moral decision in Fallout 3 that's utterly throwaway and completely superfluous to the main plot yet still feels far more genuinely weighty, human and thought-provoking than anything in Bioware's entire game. They're like IW with No Russian, hellbent on getting you to think 'OMG this is a game which involves the killing of children WTF' over and over until you just sort of forget there's not really anything to these choices - they're still dealing in polar opposites, they're just not signposting them.

(I'd rate DA a 7 on PC, I think, though I could see Edge knocking that down to a 6 if they were being really, really harsh.)

[112]

Not a bad month of scores........... some decent games coming out then.........

I don't know 'owt bout Bayonetta, except its similar to Devil May Cry........ Can it really be THAT good? (waits for Spags to Clap back )

112

[spagmasterswift]

Not a bad month of scores........... some decent games coming out then.........

I don't know 'owt bout Bayonetta, except its similar to Devil May Cry........ Can it really be THAT good? (waits for Spags to Clap back )

112

Yes it can.

[fuse]

If that Bayonetta score is correct I'm STARTING a subscription to Edge.

I appreciate that being positive about Edge is pretty much outlawed in these threads, but I've always had a certain degree of respect for their reviews and this one reflects very well on them in my book.

Shows that the 40/40 in Famitsu wasn't (just) as a result of Sega ad money either.

[spagmasterswift]

Only recently read about this uber-combo, and have been trying it out recently. Quite frankly, it's beastly. It requires you to have Durga on your feet on weapon set #1 and Lt. Kilgore on your feet for weapon set #2. Doesn't matter really what you have for the hands, but preferably something quick like Shuruba, so you can get to the kicks portion quicker.

It's essentially the P>P>P>K combo (starting off with weapon set #1) and as soon as the flurry of kicks start, quickly switch to weapon set #2
By doing so, you unleash a whole barrage of Kilgore rockets. Devastating.

It's the very first combo in this video.



Now, some payback is due for Grace & glory...

Wonder if the Edge review touches on this at all..?

[Charlie]

I'm just pleased to see L4D2 and AC2 well received by Edge as those are the only two games left on my 2009 want list. Saying that, Bayonetta's 10 means maybe there's room for one more.

[_y_]

This is in absolutely no way a comment on Bayonetta as I haven't played the game, but I think it's fair to say that the gravitas associated with an Edge 10 disappeared a few of years ago.

It used to be that Edge only gave out a clutch of 9s each year, whereas now there seems to be at least one in most issues.

[losersclub]

Is this issue out in shops yet or just for subscribers? I'm intrigued

[TheForce]

excellent !! Bayonetta an 10 ! I was really looking forward to this game, especially after all the positive views I've read on the 1st play thread here !

[Team Andromeda]

Its a good EDGE this month , but I'm sorry there is just no way Bayonetta is better than God Of War, much less Ninja Gaiden I & II .
Ninja Gaiden combat system kicks them all into touch imo

[Sam The Man]

This is in absolutely no way a comment on Bayonetta as I haven't played the game, but I think it's fair to say that the gravitas associated with an Edge 10 disappeared a few of years ago.

It used to be that Edge only gave out a clutch of 9s each year, whereas now there seems to be at least one in most issues.

Yeah totally agree. Edge is way more lenient with their 10's than they used to be and coming from a person who's been reading Edge since issue 1 i think the mag is crap compared to its heyday in the 90s. Just an opinion remember.

[_y_]

I find the magazine fairly lifeless these days too, though I still buy it every month. My favourite period was early 2000s, I think - when it was Joao, Mark, David and Ste doing it all. The quality of the writing was streets ahead of pretty much everything in Edge these days.

[losersclub]

The Gaf thread on this is hilarious (as usual, the bunch of tools) they certainly got a lot of protective love for Bioware over there in the good ol' US of A

[PeteJ]

This is in absolutely no way a comment on Bayonetta as I haven't played the game, but I think it's fair to say that the gravitas associated with an Edge 10 disappeared a few of years ago.

It used to be that Edge only gave out a clutch of 9s each year, whereas now there seems to be at least one in most issues.

I don't agree, an Edge 10 is still very special indeed. I didn't particularly care about Bay before (I knew what it was, and was impressed by the Giant Bomb quicklook but wasn't planning on buying it), but now I'm completely in the frame of mind.
It's a bit like when Edge gave Halo a 10, which also came out of nowhere. Of course, they were 100% correct with that, so they may be with this too!

So why is it so good and so much better than DMC?

Wonder if the Edge review touches on this at all..?

I hope not!

[_y_]

But the Halo 10 came after Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time and Gran Turismo. It was the fourth ten in all that time. Since then we've had Half-Life 2, The Orange Box, Halo 3, Super Mario Galaxy, GTA IV, LittleBig Planet and now Bayonetta. So I'm not in any way suggesting that Bayonetta doesn't deserve the score or that it isn't a special title and I certainly am more interested in it now. I just don't think there is as much weight behind an Edge 10 as there used to be.

But surely, just by virtue of the number of titles receiving the accolade - an Edge 10 is not as special as it used to be.