6/10 for Ratchet & Clank PS3, 9/10 for Super Mario Galaxy among GamesTM Scores

Scores from the British gaming magazine GameTM:

PS3

Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction - 6
Pixeljunk Racers - 8

360

Orange Box - 9
Timeshift - 5
Thrillville - 7
Tony Hawks Proving Ground - 7
Smackdown vs RAW 2008 - 6
Ace Combat 6 - 7
FIFA 08 - 8
Pro Evo 2008 - 7
Jericho - 5
Conan - 6

[MK_Red]

OK, they've officially beaten GameSpot and EDGE in retardness. PixelJunk Races getting better score than Ratchet!!
At least they think like GameSpot and give same score to both Conan and Ratchet. Idiots.

British gamers are among the best and they deserve a much better magazine than this.

[shmee]

some mags dont even know what they are doing

Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction - 6
Pixeljunk Racers - 8

Pixeljunk > Ratchet???????????????

lol

[TnS]

I can't understand why people care so much with review scores. ;)

[MK_Red]

TnS, I understand what you say but sadly some people only buy one or few magazines and their review is like law for them. Many GamesTM subscribers would see this review and without checking the net for better reviews (Many people don't even check the GameSpot let alone others) think the game (Ratchet here) is bad and won't buy it.

There is nothing more painfull to me than seeing a game Ratchet flop or sell few copies while likes of Wii Sports and Wii Play stay in the top 10 for months.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

edit: anyways I removed the link to that trap, its a little too cruel, esp when you try to close it. This review sucks major donkey balls and PS3 will do fine(funny right now the best thing I like about my PS3 is its BC)

[The Brave 1]

and people say theres not a conspiracy against the ps3

[resistance100]

'British gamers are among the best and they deserve a much better magazine than this.'

Agreed we are the best, however there are far better magazines in the form of Edge. The Official magazines here (OPM, OXM and ONM) all done by same publisher and are all very well respected and tbh give unbised and honest reviews. Computerandvideo games are also a very reliable source for reviews and previews.

[Snipes20]

And another one goes,
And another one bites the dust...

Lair, then HS, now this.

Do they really hate Sony that much? Come on. I'm a Wii60 fan most of the time and I know Ratchet and Clank is better than a 6.

Maybe the magazine editors are angry that game companies don't release their top titles in Europe first...

[Bathyj]

I hear what you're saying. After this year I'm beyond giving a rats arse what these "proffessional reviewers" think. More and more they seem to me like snobby food critques who dont allow themselves to be impressed by anything. Have you seen Ratatooie?

The reason some people still care about review scores is because I had some idiot the other day try to convince me R&C was a 7.5 game when it obviously isnt.

He'd forgotten already the perfect 10's, the many 9.5 and 9's and even the odd high 8. Suddenly in his mind the game was only a 7.5.

The force has a strong influence on the weak minded and unfortunately some people still take reviewers words as gospel. These reviewers need to realize how much power they are wielding and stop being so flippant with their scores.

You ever get the feeling some of these reviewers just want to stand out by being the ones who didn't give a good game a good score. Most people never heard of these people before, but I bet alot have gone out of their way to find out about them now. Its sad that when it comes to web site hits, popularity and notoriety are virtually the same thing. Just as long as that get that extra number on their counter it doesn't matter what they had to say to get you to click there.

[ATLRoAcH]

They gave Pixel junk racers an 8 ans gave Ratchet a 6.These reviewers are dumb.

[BrianC6234]

I never pay attention to actual reviews in their magazines. They seem to have terrible taste when it comes to games they like. Pixeljunk Racer gets an 8 and R&C a 6? Wacky Brits.

[QuackPot]

It's easy to spot the BIASED fanboy sites these day wrt R&C

Average critics score: 9+

Biased fanboy site: < 8

[InMyOpinion]

Let's put this thing in perspective. Pretend you were a movie reviewer.

All of your friends tel you that you have to watch the movie 300. They say it's the best movie ever made and they know you will love it. So you start watching it and notice that it's a piece of "facist-art" with half-naked, bearded men screaming and fighting in slow motion(homo-erotic?) for 117 minutes. Ok, that's my opinion, if you enjoyed 300 then replace it with some other movie you did'nt like. Just an example.

Here's the deal. After you've watched the movie your supposed to write a review of it. Some of your friends might get upset if you give it a bad review. So what should you do?
Should you review the movie and write what you actually thought about it, or should you give in and become a puppet and write what your friends want to hear?

Now, would it be better if the reviewers at Gamespot and GameTM wrote what the majority wants to hear instead of writing what they actually thought about the game itself?

If you don't like their reviews, read someone elses. Go for IGN or something. Find one that you think has the same taste as yourself in games.

Or...we could force all reviewers to think alike. And why not make all politicians think alike as well. Let's create just one party. And let's call that party the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. lol!

[DolphGB]

This review is probably more to do with not getting enough advertising revenue than the game itself. There's a lot of stuff in magazines that only gets printed because of the money that moves around.

When R&C is getting 9 and 10 out of 10 almost everywhere, getting a 6 just shows that magazine or website up as foolish.

This is also why we don't do 'reviews' or give scores at PS3 Attitude - we'd prefer to say how we felt about a game when we played it and let you make up your own mind.

[pswi60]

6 things that need changed NOW in game reviews

http://pswi60.wordpress.com...

have a read...

[commadore65]

'Or...we could force all reviewers to think alike. And why not make all politicians think alike as well. Let's create just one party. And let's call that party the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei.'

LOL! rare I actually laugh out loud at comments made on this site.

Reguarding reviews they are personal opinions. People should actually read the reviews though to find out what the reviewer says about a game.

If your interested enough to buy a game you'll want to find out more about it first, and the reasons that a reviewer has the opinion they have.

[RelloC]

Very, very well said my friend. +Bubble.

[gamesR4fun]

a solid game and the very best platformer ever made. No gamer could give this less than a decent score. So whos reviewing these over there? M$ execs?

[wil4hire]

6 means they just hate platforms.

[shmee]

the graphics alone in R&C makes it get 9

[socomnick]

I must be like gamestop then too because I played it and stopped playing it just ass fast. I spent more time on the 2nd folklore demo the 1st folklore demo sucked. 2nd one was pretty nice.

[ruibing]

I find it hard to believe that you actually spent the time to play the game. What in the world were your criticisms after you played it? No multiplayer doesn't count.

[forum_crawler]

Graphics alone make it worth a nine?

What if the game was about picking your nose? would perfect photorealism make it worth 9/10? I don't think so.

[DolphGB]

I'd actually pay good money (well, £1.99 at least) for a photo-realistic nose picking game. It's a much underused genre in my opinion.

[MK_Red]

The funny thing is that they say they gave 6 to Ratchet because of the lack of innovation. If that's the case then Tony Hawk's PG should have gotten 1/10 or 0/10.

Table Tennis Wii getting 8/10, only one behind Mario Galaxy!?

[SofaKingReetodded]

the same as Ace combat tells you ALLLLL you need to know about these hacks.

[forum_crawler]

Is it possible that it plays just like the first one did? If it does, then it offers very little in the way of innovation. Graphics alone don't account for innovation since every other game is pushing the polygon count and what not on the PS3.

I'm NOT picking up fights, I'm just pointing out why they might say what they say...

[lonestarmt]

thats meaningless. It does play like that first couple of games, its more like a love song to those type of games. It playing like the last ones is a mute point. A game doesn't have to be completely different to be leaps and bonds better. Just more refined. Better story, better gameplay. Its damn right stupid, look at halo 3 its the game just with what? new story, and better gameplay supposedly( beaten all halos except this one). I guess super mario 3 isn't very good since you still jump around from left to right?? Its the same thing just more refined, extra stuff, new stuff,longer, and updated graphics, better controls. Thats what this new rachet and clank is. Anyone who can't understand this is only hating on the system. Look at contra 4 on the DS, is the same style as the much older contras, but lots of people are exicted about it. I guess since its very similar then it should get a 6 and not worth your time.

[QuackPot]

The obviously they must have rated Halo 3 low.

It's just a prettier version of H1 & H2.

[ngg12345]

GameTM is to nintendo as gamepro is to sony. They gave almost every ps3 game a low score, rfom a 6, heavenly sword a 6, warhawk a 5, and motorstorm a 8. It is hard to say that they are harsh on reviews, because they gave super paper mario a 9, mp3 a 9, zelda tp a 10, gears of war a 10, halo 3 a 9, etc.

[MK_Red]

Wow, they gave Resistance 6/10 and Warhawk 5/10!? They really need to see a doctor ASAP.

[Grassroots]

I guess some people just don't enjoy great games!

[stevenhiggster]

Seriously you'd have to be making love to an xbox to give warhawk a 5, or maybe just dead from the neck up! What total retards.

[Bathyj]

Thats all I need to hear to never give them my attention.

[Daishi]

Every site needs to give the same exact score for the same games and have the same opinion, that way people who hate sports games will have to pick them up just because of all the high scores. I hate opinions they are just so different from one another...

[the worst]

Pixeljunk Racers higher than Ratchet & Clank
leave the drugs alone b4 reviewing a game
im playing Super Mario Galaxy now so far 9.5 for me
Ratchet & Clank so far 9.5

[FirstknighT]

Everybody is biased...yada yada yada...yeah yeah yeah*

[Baba1906]

not everyone but this totally unfair and you know it.

[InMyOpinion]

...but I don't see many 360 fans whining in here.

The PS3 is in a weak spot, desperate for such silly things as good reviews. That's why PS3 fanboys can't accept the fact that not everyone shares their opinion.

Everyones entitled to their own opinion? Even reviewers, right?

[SuicidalTendencies]

Nintendo biased much? At least they gave Orange box a 9.

[Spike47]

biased

[razer]

This isn't going to sit well with some people.. Time to add another to the ever growing list of banned sites/magazines that don't score games the way the fanboys want.. Nice to see Conan is as good as R&C.. I was wondering how that game was..

So is this magazine biased or do they simply don't know what their doing? I'm sure the commentors will answer this question.. OH, forgot one, they might of been paid off by Microsoft.

[ngg12345]

Look at gamepro, clearly biased to sony, gamestm clearly biased to nintendo, and gamespot clearly biased to microsoft. It is like themart is clearly biased to microsoft, or nasim is clearly biased to sony. These writers like the people here, are biased to a console. They are human beings, and all of them will believe that 'x game is better then y game' before they even play the game or review it. No one will have a blank slate before playing the game, except probably non gamers. If reviews weren't subjective why isn't every review have the same score. Not one game had an acceptance of 100%.

[riqued]

Conan sucks man, it's trying to be a God of War style of game and sucked!

If they want to give R&C 6 they need to say they hate platforming or sony because that's not possible!

@9.1 But they are journalist I would expect them to be professional about their preferred or hated console

[pwnsause]

IM sooo high!!!!

[MK_Red]

They gave 8/10 to Fifa but 7/10 to PES! I haven't played them but my friend who got Fifa said it was terrible and way weaker than Pro Evo.

[Ares84]

He has both and he said that PES08 is way better than FIFA08. So here is another site/mag that gamers should not look to!!

Where do people get these morons to review games??

[LSDARBY]

GamesTM is an awful magazine. SO SO biased. I remeber i bought the P3 launch issue and they said Resistance was a poor FPS with bland level design. Which is blatantly a lie.

[Ares84]

So they can go hand in hand with GameSpot!

[wil4hire]

Lack of games.
Price.
Incapable hardware.

Its all pretty much a wrap. Its all been 100% debunked. Now all of us ps3ers are sitting with our stable hardware playing great games.

[Ares84]

Too right !! :D

[wageslave]

Hm, my hardware is stable as hell. And all the machines have had their early heat issues covered via warranty. No worries. New machines have the heat issues fixed.

And, the games are better. More games, better regarded games.

You cant wish something into existence son. There is no debate.

[timmyp53]

Exactly.

Too bad it got so many reviews of 9+ too actually make this credible.

[crazy25000]

these pieces of sh!ts are a joke!!!

omg either they are smoking something or just paid off

[novaIS350]

Who are these guys? A bunch of nobodies apparently. Who the hell cares what these guys think, they're a up and coming magazine/website with zero credentials. We're better off letting a bunch of blind people review a game. No offense to the blind folks reading this<----lol j/k

[IntelligentAj]

Once again I don't know why people are getting so bent out of shape over a review. These people probably don't like Ratchet and Clank hence the reason why it was given a 6. Those who have played the game feel it deserves a 9.5 or 10 but remember that's their opinion and those are like a$$holes, everybody has one.

[wageslave]

Exactly. Just like yours. When your employed to give your opinions, it will matter.

[remix]

they might taunt us or w/e but the fact remains that this review is bull.

resistance a 6 and warhawk a 5. seriously. anyway this doesnt bother me. im think im gonna cancel my account, this whole fanboy thing ruins my gaming life, with all these reviews and crap, i had ALOT more fun never looking at them. peace

[Ri0tSquad]

joke

These clowns need to find a new hobby.

[Sssamba]

"We just plain don't like video games!"

[MK_Red]

Awesome comment. Bubbles for you.

[Darkiewonder]

I don't know. A lot of review sites hated that game. got nothing higher than a 6 until now? o.o

SCAREEEEE

[DrPirate]

Well, it's back to renting games to see if they're good.

[Ju]

I went the rent first route, too. But simply because there's so much out there, that you can't possible buy all of those games. And the good titles I keep, which is usually 5 bucks cheaper then retail. And can still give the have baked ones a go for $17 a month - which is more then enough to play them.

BTW: Pixeljunk Racer 8 - Ratchet 6, well, pressed the wrong key, hah ? LOL

And, well, I think something like that should kill the reputation of a magazine. They can do things like that, but then they should publish an objective rating system, and apply and comment to each criteria and justify the rating. Its a profession after all, not just someone who gets payed to have an opinion...

[remix]

for example the 60 something gears got somewhere, its just the way things are. or the 2/10 that halo 3 got in japan somewhere, WHO CARES.......................MO VE ALONG PEOPLE

[MK_Red]

Good point although that 2/10 for Halo 3 was fake. But really, there is always a reviewer trying to get attention, who gives 6 to BioShock, Halo 3 and now there is someone giving 6 to Ratchet. I'm not comparing Halo 3, BioShock and Ratchet, I'm just saying that there is always an attention whore.

[Hapimeses]

I'm stunned. R&C is significantly worse than PixelJunk Racers? That's insane. I have PJR, and it's okay, but it's hardly a great game worthy of critical acclaim. Certainly not worth an 8 by any measure I'd use. And the R&C rating is even dafter. I think I'll stick with OPM-UK reviews, and ignore this magazine completely. OPM-UK game R&C a 9 and PJR a 5, which seems pretty much spot-on to me.

[DeZimatoR]

Bah, no need to look any further...they rated FIFA 08 higher then PES 2008....LOL!

And they rated Conan 6, so I guess Conan is just as good as R&C...

Man this mag is a freaking joke!

[AllroundGamer]

lol you just can't trust reviewers these days, dark times are coming to the game reviewing...

[wageslave]

The reviews are just opinions. The neutral ones end up here:

metacritic.com dont worry about one or two (in this case) but the average.

[lonestarmt]

ok, in that case rachet and clank is 90% haha, so its a great game, not a 6... lol

[MK_Red]

The reviewer of Ratchet must have been Jack Thompson thinking that the Groovatron or something (The dance / disco gun) would turn our youth and children into mindless dancing killers.

[Vojkan]

Well they only give bad scores to PS3 exclusives, and i dont mean "bad" by giving 8 or 7s, but 6 and 5s. Like they have grudge on PS3.
Meh who cares. To be honest i care less and less for reviews.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

"Biased! Biased! their being payed by MS"

[stevenhiggster]

ya tit, no one has said anythin about them being microsoft biased, as even someone who is still knows R&C is worthy of more than a 6/10, we're just complaining about this mag's shi7 reviews.

[IQUITN4G]

6/10 does seem a little harsh considering the review averages.I havn't played Ratchet but i imagine it's an extemely polished if similar experience to the last one.

I trust Edge's score of 8/10

[The Wood]

that this mag is trying the EDGE approach then i saw pixeljunk with 8 and realised that they had mixed the scores up.

I live in the uk but this magazine doesn't seem familiar. Oh well. Who really cares what they think now anyway. I feel everybody who cares about r+c had made their minds up already. TOP GAME if you like the genre.

[bootsielon]

Retardation

lol, they also gave 6 to resistance and 5 to warhawk. OK, so being below the mean may make some think you're biased. Being significantly below would probably make you biased. But being significantly below every average of nearl every AAA (or almost) PS3 game is that: Retardation.

[wageslave]

Sony Defense Force! Go! Go! Go!

Quick, start the apologies! Everyone is out to get the PS3!

[SofaKingReetodded]

you monumental idiot

[stevenhiggster]

you nipple, no one was asking for your opinion you fan boy retard.

[TheMART]

Even I wouldn't give R&C a 6...

[AnalFace]

did u just say that...?

Screen Shot!

[TheMART]

Nah... I wouldn't give it a 6... I would give it a 5!

Nah just joking! I see games as what they're worth. I would give a solid 8 to R&C based on what I played from it. Might play it soonish again to see if the 9's that have been given are my updated impression also.

[bluhefner]

Holy crap Mart has a gf? I guess theres hope for everyone afterall.

[The Wood]

has limits to fanboyism. shame on that mag tsk, tsk

[power091999]

I appreciate honesty.

Bubble for you, as I know your a 360 guy.

On topic... a 6... seriously? ..lame

[Almighty]

LOL, I OWNED EVERY PSTARD IN THIS WEBSITE.

Take that, n00bs.

Ratchet& Clank: B- game

[macsto]

How did you own them?

[AnalFace]

I hate kids games...

[Big Jim]

You're imaginary.

[ParaDise_LosT]

The Wii is Slowly invading and degenerating the human mind
Quickly! Destroy your Wiis before its too late!!!!

j/k xD

[Vojkan]

To Sony haters. Dont worry, even if it got 10 more 6/10 it is still going to sell like crazy(as it is doing at this moment), and all you can do about is, to drop dead!

[Almighty]

Only a desesperated and pathetic PStard could EVEN compare a crappy game like Ratchet & Clank to a game of the year contender like Mario Galaxy.

Sorry PStards, you have to face it, even if it hurts. You guys don't have anything to play! Get instead a Xbox 360 or something else.

[stevenhiggster]

dont talk shi2 you moron.

[Big Jim]

I have an xbox 360 but I haven't used it at all since Bioshock and, with the exception of Mass Effect, I don't expect to use it again until late 2008 when Gears of War 2 comes out. Thats right, I don't think I will use my 360 for an entire year. (I'm not playing Halo because I don't like bad space operas with pink vehicles and weapons, designed for 12 year olds.) What I will be playing between now and December 2008 are Uncharted, R&C, Little Big Planet, MGS4, Killzone 2, God of War 3, Call of Duty 4 (superior version), and so on and so on, all PS3 exclusives. Aside from Mass Effect, can you name me one good 360 exclusive coming out between now and late 2008? I didn't think so. You, sir, are a fool.

[Grown Folks Talk]

since you asked for only 1, i'll say alan wake looks pretty damn promising.

[FullyLoaded420]

Then why does my local gamestop and gamecrazy have USED copies of the damn game??!!

Is it a "Beat it and Put away on the shelf game??"

hows the replay value??

I have a PS3 sitting here collecting dust...I was gonna go buy a copy of Ratchet and Clank...but after this review, I might just go RENT it first.

[resistance100]

simple really, its not to everyones taste. TBF R&C has always been better recieved in europe and japan and thats where most its fanbase is.

You can also ask the question 'why has my local gamestation got loads of preowned copied halo3? It's simple really not everyone likes every game

thats my 2 Pennies for now

[FullyLoaded420]

didn't Ratchet and Clank just come out?!!

[bluhefner]

Just b/c a game that has no multiplayer doesn't mean it has no replay value. MGS's or GTA's never really had multiplayer but I and most other people still play em. I can't say much about people returning Rachet and Clank, but i doubt b/c of replay value.

[wangdiddy82]

everything got bad scores except orange box.. Some people just dont know what good games are.. And i can tell you rachet and warhawk are 2 of the best games i have played this year on any console..

[forum_crawler]

Are amongst the best games out there. Even the first HL has great replayability, but you have to play on PC.

The orange box is a great deal, you get HL2 + episodes 1 & 2. Valve is sure doing the right thing packaging these masterpieces together.

[otherZinc]

goes down. When SONY makes a good game, please tell us, then get some people to buy it because no one is buying these so called AAA a titles.

[xg-ei8ht]

R&C is already a AAA title.

Get your facts straight fanboy.

As far as i'm concerned.

R&C AAA
Motorstorm AAA
Resistance AAA

If you'd play these games, then you'd know that.

Whats next for wii.

Bubble Blowing. Blow as many as you can before they pop, and it'll get a 9 - 10.lmfao.

Wii - Its a child thing!

[killercam19]

damn so much for it being a killer app its gotten mediocre reviews from almost everywhere just face it maybe its not that good

[stevenhiggster]

It's got an average score of 9 from everyone except this poncy mag, if ou call that mediocre then your a spaz

[lonestarmt]

wow, ignorance is bliss isn't it?? just for that I hope someone takes a bubble away from you. Regardless of what you think, its getting great reviews, check gamerankings, megacritic.

[segasage]

whine whine whine just like the ps3 devs

like little girls...

[Big Jim]

Mediocre reviews? Are you retarted? Its gotten exellent reviews from almost every magazine on the planet.
P.S. Use punctuation in your posts.

[skagrerrrr]

are you doing reading this?

go buy R&C!

[ASTAROTH]

...that shows how trustfull the reviewers are.

First...Halo 3...same game as H,and H2 with just improved graphics. A short single player experience and extremely overhyped. Lack any innovation and it got lots of praise from the press.

Second Mario Galaxy... A tired platforming formula with dated (But I admit colorful) graphics... it seems to make good use of the Wii control...but a possible GOTY, over BIOSHOCK? over other candidates?? a better game than Ratchet and Clank? I still have to play MG so I reserve that.

Third.. Ratchet and ClancK Future. A game that has the best graphics this gen. BETTER than anything you can compare. Pixar like graphics moving at 60 FPS. Great use of the SIXAXIS. Incredible fun and adictive with lots of things to do. Yeah it doesnt innovate too much over the PS2 games and still I preffer Up your Arsenal...but why dond use the same stick to measure this game? Why Halo3 deserves a 10 and its just an improvement not an innovation and RCF had the same complaints as H3 but only gets a 6?? Why MGalaxy is a platform goodnes and colorful game with an overdose of cuteness but then the KIDDIE game is RATCHET AND CLANK??? I really dont get it..

I as a gamer enjoy all the games but there are things too obious to let others decides wich game is better for my tastes.

Best FPS until now...Bioshock
Best Grapphics...RCF
Best platformer...RCF
Best Story Driven game.. Heavenly Sword

Most anticipated in my list..

MASS EFFECT
UNCHARTED
COD4
HAZE

The nintendo Wii...LOL!!

FANATICS...

[Wii60PS3DSPSP]

lol you say "fanatics" yet look at your crazy post...

[KeiZka]

Fanatics are those who tend to write essays into comments, only to bash other systems/games that are not to their liking. They seem to be the worst type... But guess what? Guess into what category you belong? Just there, amidst other fanatics.

I cannot understand the zeal that has taken over people who visit this site.

[trane07]

And I thought gamespot were ridiculous dumbasses. This one just takes the cake and eats every piece of it.

OMG you have got to read their review!!

"RATCHET & CLANK Future: Tools of Destruction. Verdict 6/10 (dated but enjoyable)

"Better than Vexx, Worse than Mario Galaxy"

"It would be nice to focus on these good points and say that change simply isn't needed, but other recent games that have made their home in this genre have made such a comment impossible. Obviously, we speak of Mario Galaxy, which has shown how platforming can be an attractive and innovative affair, all while still appealing to long-term fans of the series. All this on a platform that should by all rights, not come close to what is possible on PlayStation 3. Mario Galaxy has raised the bar for platformers and there can be no excuses from such a seasoned studio to deliver a stale experience such as this."

Yeah thats right. In their review they do nothing but speak about how great mario is. And they say there arent any biased reviewers.

[KidMakeshift]

RUN!!!

[BLow]

I've been playing it since it came out and it's by far the best "6" game I've ever played. What I find amazing is how this game has got really good scores across the board and this score comes out and all the haters say they game sucks. Makes no since to me whatsoever. How can you hate the PS3 that much is beyond me.......or any system for that matter. I wonder if some of these people who commented actually seen the countless
other score this game has gotten. Good scores might I add. Amazing........

[DolphGB]

Fact is, there's a load of great games coming out for all platforms right now.

As far as PS3 exclusive games go, R&C is just perfection. But whether you speak of multi-platform titles or PS3/X360/Wii exclusives, the simple truth is that it's a great time to be a videogame fan.

There's an awful lot of unadvised tripe written here by over-zealous fantards who really ought to take a look at the bigger picture.

The games industry will outsell the movie industry this year - that's how great it is for all of us. If you have a good feeling about one console over another - fine. Go buy that console. Go run a website about that console. I did.

But don't spend all your time finding people who bought THE OTHER console and waste your energy dissing perfectly good games. You're only showing yourself as uneducated and having a serious lack of debating skills.

[wageslave]

You can't win them all. R&C may be a fine game, but its not a master-work. Its a passable game. Its going to end up 8.5-7 on metacritic. Somewhere just above Resistence, but still the best PS3 exclusive title to date.

[sak500]

LOL i can see the headline: JUNK is better than Ratchet..

[FF7numba1]

British Mag: Ratchet doesn't have a futbol.

[RiceFiend]

Either they don't know what they're doing or they are quite critical in reviewing. If the latter case is true, then Super Mario Galaxy with a rating of a 9 must be godly.

[Enigma_2099]

... now what problems did they have with the game... or did they bother to say?

[caffman]

sick of review stories?

[timmyp53]

If it still ranks 9.0 why do they bother? Temporary satisfaction?

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

[mesh1]

barely scraaping AAA nhing special

PLAY BEYOND

[Wii60_FTW]

Mario > R&C

[Judge Mental]

I would give R&C at least an 8.5.

I have owned every damn console since the Vic20 (if you want to call that a console), and I have to say these guys are out of their minds!

This may not be everyone's taste in games and yes it has basically been done before. This game however is a MASTERPIECE! Is it perfect? Certainly not, but the major grievances FEW people have with this game are completely trivial. They ignore the major accomplishments this title achieves in next generation gaming. These so called reviewers are basing their score off MINOR details which do not accurately reflect overall game experience. What they say may be true, but the scope of these issues are a mere pittance compare to the good this game achieves!

Conclusion:

I would say based on my near 30 years gaming experience I am at least as qualified in reviewing games and these jokers. In my opinion, this magazine IS clearly biased.

Focus on the big picture boys, R&C is a gem.

[The Swordsman]

This reviewer deserves to be hit with all the unsold copies of Games TM, the amount of which I can only imagine reaches very high numbers.

[felidae]

... please, give me some of the dope they've smoked.

[Salvadore]

They simply didn't enjoy the game, end of story.

[moolox]

Get the demo see what you think, if a game has no demo take an average.

Waste of time talking about one score, halo 3 got a 2/10 by one jap mag.

Use your own judgement. it all depends on who reviews it at the reviewer office. Give it to a raging RPG fan and they will probably have no interest and score it low. (And before you RPG fans jump on me it's an example).

[PowderedToast]

lol Tony Hawk's proving ground gets a 7. i will never play another tony hawk game again SKATE is so much better.

[shysun]

lol...sure nice try guys.I'm not going to your site nor buying your mag to see why you're such dambasses!

[rowdy 1]

Everyone knows R&C is a good game. There is no need te even care about 3r world reveiwers. I'm just ready for some uncharted.

[Bad_Karma]

1 persons personal view dont count for $hit ... fukc review sites ..fukc games mags ...play and decide for yourself .

[VirusE]

In regards to the 6; maybe they played mario first and it was so good it skewed their review of r&c??? I am just trying to rationalize why they would give such a good game such a bad score.

[TheGamer]

Its simple. They are retards!!!!

[Xbox is the BEST]

BEST Jump In

[MaximusPrime]

never heard of GameTM.

Yep there review is ridiculous

[TheZippo]

I think it's getting these low scores because of it's genre. Maybe not as much as it being a platformer then it's rating. It's rated E (ages 10 and up), it seems the trend any more is having mature games and not ones like this. Which in it's self is a shame.

I just think the majority of the gaming audience want games to be less child friendly I guess you could say. And that is reflected by the people who are rating the games. All of the reviews I've seen or read can't really say anything bad about it they've just been used to more mature games.

[DolphGB]

...with the sentiment, you're a bit off base.

R&C is as child-oriented as Spongebob, Rocco's Modern Life etc. - i.e. really designed for adults but just happens to be in cartoon form.

The humour in the entire R&C series is targetted more at 20-30 year-olds than tweens or teens.

The reason the magazine gave them a bad review is probably more to do with reviewer bias and advertising revenues. In the end, they just made themselves look foolishly out of touch in the face of the dozen+ 9-10 out of 10 reviews from everywhere else.

[malingenie]

You earned my first bubble for non-flammatory comments!

[zonetrooper5]

Edge are a British magazine which are pretty harsh on their reviews, while this game should of gotten a higher score than 6, its one person's opinion so don't cry about it.

[crank]

Resistance 2 will sew your mouths shut and pistol whip the rest that want to believe in nonsense such as this.

[tfur]

That's what I'm talking about...

Nice one...

[crank]

Galaxy will be heaven.

Looking forward to Luigi, I finally will complete the 120, been a long time since 64.

[crank]

A third post you ask, well, I just need separate boxes for all my posts, but, as you might see if you analyze these british mags, they are very picky and often stupidly harsh on developers of the PS3.

Folklore, a true masterpiece, was treated as if it was an army men game over there.

Douche the messenger I would say, and then send them off to that village of wankers and rejects we all so adore.

No questions, just set them aflame.

[SabreMan]

I am a UK gamer and always steer well clear of GamesTM, to put it bluntly it's been an awful magazine for a long time, it's only saving grace is the retro section.
It just wants to be Edge magazine but falls well short on every aspect,

They call themselves a games magazine made by gamers,

to this all i can do is shake my head and laugh !!

incidentally Edge gave Ratchet & Clank an 8 and did nothing but praise the game, they gave the same score to Bioshock(8) so i don't need to tell the 360 owners how good a score 8 is to them

believe me Edge are probably the harshest most cynical reviewers in the games industry and have been for mant years

Keep trying GamesTM !!

[god_o_war]

R&C 6/10 WHK 5/10 heavenly sword 6/10 folklore 6/10

they seem to like giving ACTUAL good ps3 games nothing higher than 8
i dont care what you say heavenly sword was freakin awesome !!!!!!

[ukilnme]

I just played the demo and I am highly impressed by it. It does not seem like a kid's game to me. My son and I will have tons of fun playing it.

[AliC]

I remember reading there interview for Warhawk and they didn't really mention anything that was truly wrong with the game yet they marked the game down.

I do like some of the articles they have in the magazine, but I laugh at some of the reviews as they are so self-conflicting.

[Mujo]

The Swedish Magazine ''Superplay''(witch i am subscribed to)
Gave ratchet a 10/10 :P

[squallsoft]

I used to love Mario in the 80s and 90s, but I've moved on in my old age. ratchet and clank have more of an edge, and more personality. plus the rpg elements are what really propel the game-play into the stratosphere... hopefully now, after all the great reviews, the franchise will get the credit it deserves...

[MajorgamerQc]

Do you realise that...by doing this they got a LOT of attention?

[tk]

Review sites just don't make the grade. Irrelevant to game purchases for me. But then - this is not news anymore.

[g4n]

and TRUST ME, NOTHING they do or say should be taken seriously. but on a general note, when EVERYONE else is doing something other then you, chances are you're wrong...

[Drano]

This is called "Controversy" and that sells.

Jump Beyond.

[redsymphony]

This magazine sux apply for a job at CNN there hiring

[Ahhhh]

Pixeljunk Racers higher rating than R&C... HAHHAHAHAHAHAHA.. Pathetic. Too bad for PS3 fans that said this was gonna be way better than any game on 360.. but a 6? wtf.. that's retarded.. dumb people should stop reviewing games. It should alteast be an 8.

[Gibroon]

Maybe it is time for a game to be reviewed by someone who is a fan of the genre and another that wouldn't normally pick the game up.

Probably hard to do because if reviewing is your job you would play most games that come out.

I know there is a website that does give a second opinion but maybe this idea should be adopted more often.

Still, almost all gave Halo3 a 10 and the orange box

[BaMYouRDeaD]

I have nothing against these games, but Pixeljunk and FIFA 08 getting a mere 1 point less than Super Mario Galaxy and the Orange Box whereas Ratchet gets a mere 6?

Something is amiss with this magazine...

[Dante8205]

too bad this dude was smoking peyote when he wrote this