This month’s EDGE review scores include Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Bayonetta 3, Overwatch 2, and more.
Overwatch 2's newest update for Season 10 comes with big changes and additions to the game's competitive matchmaking and progression.
Blizzard Entertainment has recently announced the discontinuation of the Hero Mastery Gauntlet mode in Overwatch 2.
They will probably focus 100% on the pvp because if Marvel Rivals steals their spot it will be very hard to recover it
Marvels IP roster is much more interesting than overwatch's... and I'm willing to bet a better developer than actvision/blizzard. If Rivals has a PvE mode its over.
Microtransactions have gotten ridiculously overpriced in recent years, with titles now offering cosmetic skins worth more than some games.
There never was, the only time I paid for a microtransaction was on Blacklight Retribution (PS4) and it was because I enjoyed the game a lot so I felt the devs should get something for all that entertainment (€5 "membership")
I couldn’t believe what Blizzard charged for horse armor and cosmetics in Diablo 4…
I remember back in the day when a season pass was $15 and you got everything included in it. Now, I see them at $60 and you still don’t get everything.
As soon as gaming wasn't deemed nerdy anymore, and reached the casuals this happened. We're smart, but casuals play mobile games and other stuff, and don't really have anything to compare. They think gaming is supposed to be like this and pay for in game purchases.
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope – 8
A Plague Tale: Requiem – 6
I guess everyone is entitled to an opinion...
If Bayo3 is a Sony game, EDGE will be very quick to focus on the performance issues but it's a Switch exclusive, so performance doesn't matter.
They should seriously start rating games based on categories. You can't pit low-budget indie games with AAA multi-million dollar budgets and movie-like experiences, together, and then give the jump-jump-shoot 2d platformer a 95 because it is good at jumping and bomb the 200-dev AA - AAA game because it wasn't in the level of God of war or Grand Theft Auto, WHILE THEY ARE RANKED IN THE SAME SYSTEM.
For instance:
Chicory: A Colorful Tale - a 90 on metacritic, with a lot of reviewers giving it 100 ... it's a draw within the lines with a brush game.
Mad Max - a 73 on metacritic, a masterpiece of open-world game design and aesthetic.
Hollow Knight - a 90 on metacritic, ... it's a souls like 2D platformer, with limited movement - almost no story and repetitive gameplay.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst - a 69 on metacritic ... bashed for being too generic and sterile.
And yet Mirror's Edge 2009 - a 79 on metacritic ... the literal god of 3d AAA platformers.
But it's no much for FEZ - a strong 90 on metacritic, released some years later ... featuring a pseudo-3d 2d-movement effect and simple puzzles 🤣🤣🤣
This industry is a joke.