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Famitsu Review Scores October 20th

Famitsu review scores have been released for many games including Bayonetta, GTA: Chinatown Wars, and Tekken 6.

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RememberThe3575321d ago

I think you need to explain that one.

Elvfam5115321d ago

Tekken 6 scores a 8, 9, 8, 9

ndpad5321d ago

? Those seem like good scores to me.

AAACE55321d ago

I was always curious about Bayonetta because I liked playing DMC 4, but I kind of lost interest in it because I thought it might not be that good. But now I am interested in seeing what it has to offer.

Ghostflight5321d ago

Why? It scored 8's and 9's. Tbh I expected higher.

Noob5321d ago

Scored just as well as Haze.

NeoCloud5321d ago

I am happy to see a Sega game finally getting some good[correction Amazing] scores, lets hope it sells well too. But a prefect score, something's not right.

But Yakuza 3 and VC were Amazing Sega games but i dont think they got perfect scores.

barom5321d ago

Kind of skeptic about that Bayonetta score from playing the demo, it's a great game but a perfect score? I guess I'll wait for the game to come out and make better judgment.

Sarcasm5320d ago

"[PS3/360]Bayonetta 10/10/10/10

[PSP/PS3/360]Tekken 6 8/9/8/9"

Wow

SCThor5320d ago

Bayonetta gets perfect 10, I played the demo MANY times and in my eyes is no more that a 8 at best, and in other hand Tekken gets 8's and 9's , so adjusting Famitsu scores taking in consideration Bayonetta's, it REALLY scores 6's and 7's.

In conclusion, Tekken 6 should score way below average in my eyes (lets wait for a demo for confirmation).

Giant_Chibi5320d ago

@scthor

I don't necessarily agree with that. The game has definitely been awarded a 40/40 for a reason. Considering that this is from the guy who made Okami, I expect nothing less of him. The demo of okami wasn't representative of the entire experience as a whole as well, so, I believe it's in our best interests to experience the entire game first before making a claim that it's an 8.

nirwanda5320d ago

the psp version is rated as the same game as the ps3 and 360 versions, either they isn't much content or the game isn't that great on the next gen platforms to bracket it with the psp version

Ghostflight5320d ago (Edited 5320d ago )

BlazBlue (PS3/360, Arc System Works): 7, 7, 8, 8 - (30/40)
Street Fighter IV (PS3/360, Capcom): 9, 8, 8, 9 - (34/40)
The King of Fighters XII (PS3/360, SNK Playmore): 5, 5, 7, 5 - (22/40)
Virtua Fighter 5 (Xbox 360, Sega): 7 ,8 ,9 ,8 - (32/40)

Looks like Tekken 6 got a great score.

callahan095320d ago

OK, I decided to go check out the demo after seeing the 40/40 for Bayonetta. Wow. It's pretty fun, but I have no idea why it got that score. It's not even close to as fun as any of the God of War games, the Ninja Gaiden games, or the Devil May Cry games. It's a solid 8 in my opinion, but a 10 from all 4 critics? Only the 12th game EVER to get that score? I just don't see how it's possible. Granted, the demo isn't the full game, but I figure it has to be a decent representation of it. I mean, the level designs just seemed kind of sparse and extremely linear, and the action wasn't anything mindblowing when you consider those other action games I mentioned. Just seems really, really weird to me that they gave it that score.

Nikuma5320d ago

You really cannot judge a game based on a demo. I've seen games with great demos turn out to be crap, and I've seen games with bad demos turn out to be great.

MGSR THE HD VERSION5320d ago

If you're basing it off of that ps3 demo of bayonetta then no it won't look all 10s.

callahan095320d ago

Uh, it's got nothing at all to do with it being the PS3 version. It's got everything to do with the level design, enemy design, fighting mechanics, and presentation. The graphics were beautiful and the frame-rate was smooth, those were not the issues I had with the game.

poopface15320d ago

I had a feeling the Japanese would like this game, but I didnt expect that. Defiantly gonna give it a try if it gets scores like this from other places too.

Raz5320d ago

The perfect game has been discovered...and it's *Bayonetta*??!

I mean, she's got a sweet ass and delightfully improbable proportions; but damn. Must be lonely over there at Fapitsu.

I'll give it the benefit of a doubt: it may turn out to be as good as Okami in terms of gameplay, and with jiggle physics FTW! ..Or it might be an ill advised venture into Castlevania-meets-dominatrix-p orn territory.

Goomba125320d ago

Wow why was is different about the xbox version that it would recieve a perfect score and not the PS3 version?

Giant_Chibi5320d ago (Edited 5320d ago )

@callahan09

You say bayonetta is not as fun as devil may cry, but do you even realise that the original creator of devil may cry is also the exact same developer of bayonetta? His name is Hideki Kamiya.

Honestly, If you love devil may cry, then I can't possibly understand why you wouldn't like bayonetta. I mean, this guy's the one who created the dmc franchise, so whatever you liked in dmc, it's all in bayonetta and then some.

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because sadly, when sega handled the porting job, it had a few issues, like framerate and poor textures. Though i don't blame sega, since this is very common when a game is ported over from 360 to ps3, but less likely vice versa.

callahan095320d ago

"You say bayonetta is not as fun as devil may cry, but do you even realise that the original creator of devil may cry is also the exact same developer of bayonetta?"

Yes, I was aware of that. I just don't see Bayonetta as being an evolution of the genre. Devil May Cry started it all in a way. Bayonetta is no where near as revolutionary. And frankly, it isn't even as interesting in terms of level design, at least not in my opinion.

Just because the creator of one game makes another, similar game does not mean that his second creation will be as good or better than the original. Look at Major Minor's Majestic March. Nobody was saying it was anywhere near as good as PaRappa the Rapper, even though they're made by the same guy.

Giant_Chibi5320d ago

@callahan

and you've played the entire game? I just don't see how you can come to that conclusion without playing the actual game in it's entirety.

It's like someone only playing the village portion of resident evil 4 and walking away with the impression that the game is entirely set in a village fighting infected villagers. But there's more to it than that, like the castle or the old facility, and the other various monsters, like the insects or the iron maidens.

My point is that you can't really speak on a game that you haven't seen enough of to know what else it has to offer. And based on Kamiya's track record, I believe he deserves more credit than what he's been given. We haven't had a good, quality console title from japan in a long time and hopefully people will support a developer that has brought alot of originality to the videogame world, instead of another shooter.

callahan095319d ago (Edited 5319d ago )

I understand that, but if I was as underwhelmed by the demo portion as I was then I just don't see what the full game can possibly throw at me to make it a perfect-score worthy game. I mean, I thought the same thing with Resistance: Fall of Man. I thought the demo was very underwhelming. Eventually I bought the full game, and I had to concede that the demo was not a good representation of the full game, the full experience was much better. But I still felt that some of my initial opinions based on the demo held true, and that the game wasn't worthy of a perfect score. To display the opposite occurrence, I played the demo for Folklore, and thought "Wow! This game is incredible" and when I played the full version, all of those same feelings were there, and I was just as impressed by the full game as I was by the demo. I feel that demo versions are a good indicator of what to expect from a game, and if you're already noticing things you think are underwhelming or problematic with a demo, I'd say it's fair to expect the full experience to suffer from the same things.

I liked the demo. I thought it was pretty fun. Just not anything overwhelmingly special. To be only the 12th game EVER to get a perfect score from Famitsu? I'm not saying the game is bad with this, I'm just saying I don't see how it deserves a perfect score when so many others that could have deserved it didn't get it. The pioneers of this genre didn't get it. And let's face, this game isn't re-inventing the wheel here.

SCThor5319d ago

The gameplay will be the same on the full game, so there's no possible way of improvement over there. Maybe some different boss battles like the shown on the demo and some QTE, but the graphics quality (not good IMO) will be the same too.

In that kind of games, the demo is a good representation of the core of the game, is like a racing game demo were you get 1 or 2 cars to drive and if you don't like the way the cars move, response, etc., is almost 100% accurate to think that the full game will suffer the same problems but it will have customizations,multiplayer,wha tever that give the game a little extra that you may or may not like.

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saint_john_paul_ii5321d ago

Bayonetta got a perfect score? wow.

Gambit075320d ago

I don't think anybody thought this game would get perfect scores, Itagaki is shiiting bricks right now.

Noctis Aftermath5320d ago

the scores are unconfirmed, i'm willing to bet that bayonetta does not score 40/40, at best it will get 35.

RememberThe3575321d ago

But this Bayonetta score piques my interest.

DaTruth5320d ago

Seems like just one more reason not to trust them.

Noctis Aftermath5320d ago

"As of right now these scores are not confirmed, we will be marking this as rumor until further confirmation of scores is provided."

these scores are pure speculation until they get confirmation, people only reading the scores just make themselves look stupid.

Serial_EDX5321d ago

A perfect score for a multi-plat game. O.o

Wow, its awesome to be a gamer right now.

topdawg1225321d ago

Damn Bayonetta! you go girl.
Ima have to set you on my sexy ps3 this january girl

Elvfam5115321d ago

but whatever makes you sleep at night

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

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Vader822d ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel5d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow5d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1824d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie3d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin3d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere3d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX4d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney2d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno4d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno4d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii3d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno3d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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