Famitsu: Upcoming Game Reviews

Ready Set Heroes 8/7/7/6
Etherborn 7/7/7/7
The Church in the Darkness 8/6/7/6
Ghost Blade HD 7/7/6/7
Divinity Original Sin 2 8/8/8/8
Luigi Mansion 3 9/8/8/8
Persona 5 Royal 9/9/10/9
The Sinking City 8/8/7/9
Mario & Sonic at the Olympics 9/8/8/9
Model Debut DNicole 7/7/8/7

[TheGamez100]

Famitsu is....odd when it comes to reviews which is why I dont really rely on them. They gave p4g a 35 compared to p5 base at 39, and I loved p4g way more. Theyve also given nintendogs, skywards sword, ff12, and ff13-2 perfect scores and 39s for kh3, tales of xillia, and resident evil 6 lol...and great games that have had low scores. Wonder what fan reviews will have to say, hope this doesnt mean any actual downgrade to the base game.

[HeisenbergX]

I’m not defending this site but YOU.. didn’t love P5 more than P4 and imo there is no contest 5 is much better.

[notachance]

gameplay wise sure,
but p4g is way more relatable, they feel like real students. They hang out, goes on vacation, having fun with each other, helping each other face their shadow...

P5 group feels to me like they got a stick up their ass all the time, even on that beach vacation all they can talk about is the shadow world, hang out in the coffee shop? shadow world, after school? shadow world. They feel more like robots than human, such a waste considering the burden on each of them was heavier and has more potential than their p4 counterpart.

[TheGamez100]

I found p5 to be quite a disappointment when it came to the whole school student and social life aspect. Also like the characters and story better than 4. At least there werent any characters put in the back with no screen time like Haru. Relationships and characters felt much more genuine. P5 has the better gameplay and visuals of course. P5 focused too much on the phantom thief thing I guess. For me, the dungeons were more memorable in p4g than p5....which is just sad cuz p4s dungeons are randomly generated.
But hey, its just preference, both are great games.

[NiteX]

Yeah I didn't like any of the characters in P4.

[NukeDaHippies]

Story and characters are better. There's plenty of contest to be made.

[Eonjay]

Ff13-2 is a perfect game though...

[franwex]

It was actually cool. I think just because its ff13. I actually thought ff12 deserves the perfect scores too. They are just different style. And P5 IS better than P4.

To each their own I guess.

[TricksterArrow]

They gave a great score to Umbrella Corps too. Umbrella Corps.

[CrimsonWing69]

This is why game reviews are such a joke.

It's the same game with more content and somehow that's worse than the game it is?

[Darkwatchman]

While I agree most game reviews are a joke and mainstream journalists complain about stupid things, more content does not equate to better game. In the case of DQ 11S, where all the extra content is optional stuff and the main game content is untouched, sure. It’s better because it’s more to dig into.

In the case of P5 Royal, where a lot of content is being added to the main story and a whole ass main character is added to the gang, that can have an adverse side effect that impacts the story itself, its writing, and its pacing. That and the dungeons were remixed. Maybe the remixed dungeon designs aren’t as interesting as the originals? There are so many variables in something like P5 Royal that can absolutely make it a worse game.

That said, I’m getting it Day 1 because its graphics are being upgraded on the standard PS4 on top of PS4 Pro enhancements, which were missing in the vanilla release. I’m thinking of it as more of a remaster, finally looking how the game should have looked upon release.

[CrimsonWing69]

My point is that it's the same game, with additional content. It shouldn't be given a lower score.

We can speculate the quality of the additional content, but I highly doubt any of it is enough to justify a lower score. I've never seen any game that reviewed well and had additional content drop the score of the game.

I think Atlus needs to cut the crap on releasing 2 different versions of a game, or at the very least, give the additional content as DLC for the base game, but that still wouldn't justify a lower score, in my opinion.

[Kribwalker]

maybe they feel paying full price for the game with just added content isn’t worth it if they’d already played the original game

[CrimsonWing69]

I get that, but I don’t think that’s a fair criticism as I mentioned before. The reason being for people who have never owned a copy how does that help inform them of a Purchasing decision?

[Xavi4K]

I don’t get when this happens..its like the same game but with better sounds more stuff to do and new characters ... it should be either the same or higher score

[SamPao]

Well. Tbh you could also score it lower because they force you to buy the game for fullprice again. Which for me is a pretty big no go.

[bluefox755]

Sure, but that's not a critique of the game, but rather the business practice of the publisher. They're supposed to be reviewing the game, not the publisher.

[SamPao]

Well. I would review definately both. Especialy with all the dlc and microtransaktions of todays gaming

[AnotherGamer]

Famitsu is not really reliable when it comes to review scores honestly.

[knifefight]

Yep. I keep this timeless link handy for threads like this one:
https://www.gamerevolution....

[CrimsonPheonix]

It deserves the lower score for being the same game rereleased on the same platform for full price

[whitbyfox]

Persona 5 was a let down in the end. Story went nowhere. They might have realised this.

[bluefox755]

That's stupid, it's obviously a bigger and more complete game, clearly it's going to be better. These days I take any and all "game journalist" reviews with a grain of salt. They seem to be wrong more often than they're right.

[NukeDaHippies]

Was it even reviewed by the same people?

[Suzyp]

Please don't let reviews dictate your preconception of the game.

[formanbradley]

I mean, more isn't always better. I consider vanilla P4 to be the definitive edition, for example. Even though everybody thinks Golden is, because "it has more".

[rob-GP]

Thing is, despite the game having new content, it’s been a few years since P5 came out and other games have launched which are, subjectively, better. So, comparing a score to a game today to one from a few years ago is pointless.

Just look at most remasters, they usually score less these days than when it originally launched. It doesn’t mean it’s a bad game, as it’s the same, but based on what’s out now and how the market as shifted, it may not be as original and impactful as it was originally.

[CrimsonPheonix]

it deserves a lower score for being the same game rereleased on the same platform at full price

[AK91]

Wow that's surprising.

[TheColbertinator]

Cancelled my pre-order

[BlaqMagiq1]

Famitsu is a not a site I would trust. They've given high scores to games that don't deserve it.