While the only videogame reviews that really matter are the ones on Destructoid.com, when a game gets a perfect score in Japanese publication Famitsu, people listen.
And that’s exactly what Metal Gear Solid 4 just accomplished: All four reviewers in the popular magazine gave the upcoming PlayStation 3 game a 10, bringing its overall score to a perfect 40. While the opinion of four people is not the final word on whether a game will be good or not, I have always been fascinated by the games that receive perfect scores in Famitsu.
Over the years, only seven other videogames have accomplished this feat: The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, Soulcalibur, Vagrant Story, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Nintendogs, Final Fantasy XII, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Although varied almost to the point of being random, I adore each and every one of these games. It is neat to know that Metal Gear Solid 4 (the first PS3 game!) will be joining this exclusive club.
The only bad news: This does not help with the agonizing wait until next week when the game finally hits store shelves.
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4:08 PM on 06.04.2008
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Anyway, next week cannot come soon enough.
just to let you know all members of the wisemen comity of the patriots are kitteh
...and this perfect 10 just lost credibility (with me).
Exactly. :)
Judge #2: Yes, it killed me with Deliciousness!!
Anyway, not surprising. If any game is worth a perfect score, I'd put my money on Metal Gear Solid 4.
Fuck you, Japan. Srsly.
But imo, Final Fantasy XII definitely did not deserve a perfect score.
So which hardcore publication do you believe more? Actually that doesn't matter all I know is that I must have this game!
you might want to try reading previews and stuff.gameplay has changed for the better.
but for real though, this game will rock..hard and i for one wont put it down...at least till soulcalibur 4 comes out.
It means something to the person who reads it and has his opinion changed, doesn't it?
Doesnt me i dont want the game more than a bee wants pollen!!!
p.s Chad is really reall really ridicuosly good looking!
Also, isn't it weird that there isn't a single Western developed game that got a 40/40?
Are you Seriouis? Famitsu gave Red Steel a 40/40? Look, I love my Wii and all, but Red Steel sucked hard, even for a launch title.
The Japanese must have really low standards when it comes to shooters.
how surprising.
Anyway, metacritic > all (except dtoid, of course!)
Well maybe here if Rev reviews it, whatever the case, MGS is a franchise that can't be touched, much like anything Nintendo games and Final Fantasy, its looked at with rose tinted glasses, no matter what flaws the final product might have, not a single reviewer will point them out, just slap an 11/10 on it, gush on how it changed your political and religious views and be done with it, the key is to praise the game without actually talking about it.
And Famitsu is a fucking joke, I remember when people used to say that getting a perfect score from Famitsu was some honor or some shit, they gave a perfect score to Nintendogs of all games, a title that was just a 40 dollar tech demo.