LEVEL #26 review scores (MGS4, Boom Blox, more)

Coming from the latest issue of LEVEL #26, a Swedish gaming magazine...

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots: 10
Haze: 4
Boom Blox: 9
FFVII: Crisis Core: 8
GRID: 7
Iron Man: 2
Pool Party: 5
LEGO Indiana Jones: 7
Echocrome: 7

[Ri0tSquad]

MSG4 is shaping up to be another masterpiece in the series.

http://www.gamerankings.com... - MGS4
+
another 100 under it's belt.

Grid and Echochrome have some pretty low scores compared to the others.

http://www.gamerankings.com... - GRID

http://www.gamerankings.com... - Echochrome

[callahan09]

Iron Man - 2!! Heh.

MSG4 - 10! Sounds good to me.

[mistertwoturbo]

MGS4 is a PS3 exclusive. Which means to some websites like gamespot it will be automatically deducted -2 points. Of course with something like

"Cutscenes are too movie-like"
"Gameplay has too much variety"
"30 hours too long for Single Player"
"Not coming to Xbox360"

[DrPirate]

It'll have identity crisis for sure.

It doesn't know if it wants to be an action game, or a ninja game, or a stealth game, or Gears of War wannabe.

Verdict: 7.5/10

- Gamespot

[juuken]

Ooooh yeah!

[sonarus]

@mistertwoturbo, you forgot it has too much variety:D

Edit. NM dr pirate already got that covered

[xaphanze]

MGS4 FTW!

[AngryXbot]

Quote:

"'Metal Gear Solid 4 is Hideo Kojimas best and most touching game ever.'

'after 3 hours of playing, which was still a long way from finishing the game, but what I had played till that point already convinced me: Metal Gear Solid 4 is the best action game I have ever played, and can be considered an instant classic. There is no game at all that comes close to its quality.'

'It's so far ahead of its competition that its competitors seem downright pathetic - regardless if they're called Gears of War, Splinter Cell or Halo 3.'"

http://forums.gametrailers....

Fking hell... OWNED?

[perils]

oh my god i wish i was in a coma for a couple of weeks!!!!!!!! im off to lock myself in my freezer till june 12th!!!! will someone come over and thaw me when mgs4 comes out? anyone? all busy eh?

[pwnsause]

as what my freinds Crazy Ken and Kaz say, 18 days till Judgement day, ROFL

[Kaz Hirai]

18 days until METAL GEAR SOLID 4- The game that will send the FLOPbox 360 into it's well-deserved, URINE-SOAKED GRAVE!

18 days until Judgment Day, Nazisoft!

MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!

[LenHart]

NG2 is more like a FLOP GAIDEN 2

Doomsady approaches x360

18 days to go

[MK_Red]

WTF!? Grid 7!? The game is easily a 9/10 game.
At least they gave the correct score to MGS4. 10/10 baby.

[thewhoopimen]

Next to MGS4, Grid is a 7

[MK_Red]

I know, I see that their score is 7. To me, the game is easily a 9/10 and I think most sites and mags gave it 9s and 8.5s as well.

[InMyOpinion]

Judging by the demo of Grid I'd give it 6 or 7/10. The controls are way off, it feels like driving RC cars. I'm amazed it's getting such high scores in other magazines.

[TheHater]

I am getting the Collector Edition :)

[Condoleezza Rice]

Is doing well so far.

[Mercutio]

I haven't seen HALO accomplish that...

[OgTheClever]

Hey does anyone know how many reviews MGS4 has had now, because metacritic and gamerankings are only showing one.

[TheHater]

this make two.

Edit: wow, didn't know there was more reviews.

[PirateThom]

Current Review Scores:
Playstation Official Magazine UK - 10/10
US Official PlayStation Magazine - 5/5
PlayStation Magazine Italy - 10/10
Dutch Official PlayStation Magazine - 96/100 (same as GTAIV)
LEVEL #26 (Swedish Gaming Magazine) - 10/10

[OgTheClever]

Yeah but I'm sure I've seen a few other storys on here showing magazine review scores other than this and the official playstation magazine.

EDIT
thanks Pirate Thom, I'd already started typing before you replied (+ bubbles)

[PirateThom]

Ha, I've been keeping track of the review scores for the game as it comes out! Quick copy and paste there!

[HighDefinition]

"Current Review Scores:
Playstation Official Magazine UK - 10/10
US Official PlayStation Magazine - 5/5
PlayStation Magazine Italy - 10/10
Dutch Official PlayStation Magazine - 96/100 (same as GTAIV)
LEVEL #26 (Swedish Gaming Magazine) - 10/10"

Such a beautiful thing to watch happen.

Anyone who say this isn`t a contender for GOTY is lying to their self.
I personally think it will be between MGS4 and LBP.

[The Wood]

you know the drill;)

[clintos59]

I forgot what site it was called but the name was casual gamers or something like that. They gave MGS4 a 9.2

Im not sure or there reviews count but they had stupid reasons for docking points from the game.

Cons. Something about the story being too difficult to understand for new gamers who play the game. And also saying too much shooting in MGS4. Which are pretty dumb reasons to doc that many points for if u ask me.

[Angelitos]

oh yeah, MGS4 a 10!!!!!!

[Timesplitter14]

I just hope GTA4 didn't steal MGS4's chance to get 10's from sites like IGN. If they give MGS4 a lower score than GTA4, I.... I... I won't be happy

[beavis4play]

it has lots of glitches and the targeting system still sucks as bad as it ever did. i would have given it an 8.5-- but metal gear is looking better and better everytime i see or hear anything about it.

[TornRaptor]

I don't think it will affect MGS's score, and a 10 probably wouldn't be to far off the mark for what i've seen so far. (I haven't played it yet)

[Timesplitter14]

I'm not sure... IGN has only given like 3 10/10 scores ever since Zelda OOT (if we exclude Pokemon games on Gameboy). If they give 2 within 2 months, they may believe it'll be too much for them.

Well I hope they won't be affected by this

[Mr_Kuwabara]

IGN gave Ghost Babel a 10 (Not even canon to the MGS story) and the other MGS games have gotten great scores so a 9.5 or 10 is a realistic score from IGN.

[DrPirate]

That Grid and Echochrome scores are bullshit.

Nice job MGS4.

[PirateThom]

Meh, I can understand echochrome getting a 7, puzzle games have a limited appeal, but I have played the demo (full game not out in the UK yet) and it's something I need to play more of.

[DrPirate]

Fair point, I just ended up liking Echochrome alot more than I thought I would have.

[IzKyD1331]

MGS4 might beat GTA IV's metascore at this rate....we just have to wait for more reviews lol

[Anoxida]

To qoute the reviewer (who also reviewed GTA IV): "When the credits roll it feels like I finally understand what games are about" Dont think you can give a better praise than that.

[HighDefinition]

That`s quite a thing to say about it.

[HeavyweightInTheGame]

Metal Gear Solid 4 will be a great game come June 12.

[LarVanian]

360! Your time has come!
Your reign of terror comes to an end!
No longer will you make babies cry with the RROD!
No longer will you bore gamers with your Space Marine games!
You will burn in the fires of Hell for all eternity, like you burned all those poor citizen's homes down.

............Xbox 360...............Judgement day has arrived!

[2cents]

from sam fishers dad. lol

[kingOVsticks]

he is after all tenchu better looking, smarter, better at everything he tries to do older brother xD

[jkhan]

I read MGS4 and then I read Haze: 4 and I thought it was like version 4:P Then I said oh no its actual score is 4:P

[2cents]

sad but true

[Vino]

Kojima and his team worked hard on this MGS4, it deserves the praise, wonder what he'll do next.

[resistance100]

Hopefully ZOE3

[shysun]

amen to ZOE3!

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

Ironman is worse then Haze!

[Rims]

Now that the game of the 21st century has arrived, xbots and wiitards will learn their true master, not only with 30+ hours single player (longer than xbox & wii exclusive games combined) but an amazing ONLINE TOO.

PLAY B3YOND.

[heyheyhey]

Zelda= 60 hours

Super Mario= 40 hours if you stick with it

[Surfman]

yeah i like the fact that the single mode is 30+ hours and more of gameplay. I hate playing games with too short single play that you finish in an afternoon. We'll get alot for our money.

[AngryXbot]

arrives in June 2008 disguised as an old man.

[Reality]

first time in my life that I hear about this magazine. Probably nobody cares about it. lol

[J@D]

MGS4 got another 10 and more to come ;)

[kingOVsticks]

the first PS3 game that will transcend all sony bias? The first game that will give a swift kick to the solar plex for all those ps2 stragglers? The first third party japanese game this generation that will conquer the hearts of many american and european gamers? I really think this game is going to be that good :D

[heyheyhey]

MGS4 = GOTY

no doubt about it

[AngryXbot]

Xbots: "You dont need more space for games! More space is useless!"

Well Kojima seem to think differently bots.

Best graphics, unrivalled details, Huge open world maps, awesome textures, HDR, Unrivalled physics, UNCOMPRESSED True 7.1 DOLBY SURROUND SOUND, 1.000 pages of dialog, 40 soundtracks, superb transition from gameplay to cutscenes, 29 hours of gameplay & 15 hours of cutscenes making it a 44+ hours of runthrough, deep intriguing story, untold amounts of secrets and eastereggs.

What do you need all the space for? How about for the above, fking noobs.

Haha OWNED

[n4gzz]

More space is better, space counts when making big games. But You can make good game without 50 gb space.

[AngryXbot]

No 360 game will ever see the total package like MGS4 and KZ2. Because you cannot have all that I summed up above in a mere DVD disk.

Has it sunk in yet?

Know that no 360 game will ever approach the epicness of MGS4 because games like MGS4, FF13 and KZ2 are done on a Blu Ray disk and with the power of Cell.

Reality hits you hard on the head. Didnt you people say extra disk space is useless and not needed. Now what.

Who looks dumb now, bots. Its a major advantage to have extra disk space and youre retarded if you think game developers dont know how to take advantage of that.

[Reality]

don't expect too much or you are going to kill yourself in pain when this game gets an 8 range review from Gamespot and Eurogamer, etc.

[clintos59]

That will kill there credability and all sony fanboys will stop going to those sites. I think if any game site is going to lower the score it will come from one of those unknown game sites. Just like we seen with that game site called casualgamers. They gave it a 9.2 which aint bad but when u look at the cons for the game, it doesnt make sense to doc that many points for the cons they had for MGS4.

Cons. Story was too difficult for new comers <-- of course it is if u are going to play this game make sure u play the other 3, this game isnt made for u to just jump in and hope u can just understand everything kojima has written about. And the last con he stated was too much shooting? WTF last time I checked kojima said u can almost go through the whole game with out even killing anyone but then u would miss out on all the great things which make this game a masterpiece. This game is going to live up to its hype. I been saying it for months now and now reality check is starting to slap fanboys who dissed on this game. I cant wait june 12th will be a very special day for ps3 owners. :)

[kingOVsticks]

yeah your right its a german magazine called games-akutell they gave it a 9.2 for what you said the cons were more like pros to me a deep and complex story line with plenty of action is a good thing.They are just hating...hard

[StrboyM]

well for me anyway....june 9th i get my 3g iphone, june 10th is my birthday june 12th i get MGS4 june 13-16th im off of work...(having a massive party thrown for me on the 14th) then (will not sleep, play MGS4 til die) when my brother uses "life3" on me Im going on vacation to Puerto Rico on june 20th.

ahhhhh...its good to be me

[bootsielon]

It seems like there is something worth buying the Wii for, as Bloom blox got a 9. Kudos.

Anyway, it is saddening that Echochrome got a 7, I think it is the best puzzle game ever made. Whenever anyone doubts game are art, they should see this game. Black and white, classical violin music, minimalistic, smart and beautiful.

[eagle21]

And it hits June 12, 2008 WORLDWIDE. :)

[Perverted]

All the reviews seem pretty spot on. Looks like Haze will be an under-average shooter instead of above-average.
MGS4 will be the great hit everyone knew it was going to be and BB will be an under appreciated gem.

[Cartesian3D]

MGS4 GOTY FTMFW!!!

meta Score -(Gamespot) will be 10 ...

thx kojima,early reviews are all 10 .. Im so excited for 12 june.CANT F***in WAIT!!

[Surfman]

its sure that the pro-360 game-websites wont give a perfect score to MGS4, sadly. MS pays well gametrailers, gamespots and every websites like this, but Sony don't, which is good, but anyway...
I wish MGS4 will get good reviews if it deserves it, im sure it'll deserves it. 3 more weeks people..

[n4gzz]

Finally, something Decent to justify my ps3 purchase :D. Ofcourse, there are many other good games for ps3 but MGS4, killzone2, god of war 3 are the reason i brought PS3

[smurfie4]

Another failed attempt to try to cash in on a movie, and another good score for mgs4.

[J@D]

My PSN friend list will be full MGS4 hahahahaha. I can't wait... just 17 days left JUST 17 DAYS LEFT!!!.

[RSX]

This is getting me so pumped..at this rate ill end up buying another 40gig b4 the Snake bundle comes out

[Exia]

MGS4 is getting so many 10s from different sites! I can't wait until the big sites review it and see what it gets!!!

[Asurastrike]

MGS4 a perfect 10. I'd expect no less.

[Salta_nelas]

What you know? Another 10 and its not even a PS magazine.

[BobTable4Four]

A 9 for Boom Blox? Nice! So where are all the dudes that continually say *all* EA games suck?