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Persona 5 Reviewed By Edge Magazine, Scores Lower Than Persona 4: Golden

Edge Magazine has reviewed Persona 5 in their latest issue and the score for it has been revealed.

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DeadSilence2582d ago

Other EDGE scores in comparison:

Dragon Age - 5/10
Mass Effect - 7/10
Jade Empire - 7/10
KotOR - 9/10
Neverwinter Nights - 9/10
Baldur's Gate 2 - 8/10
Fallout 3 - 7/10
Oblivion - 8/10
Morrowind - 6/10
Fallout - 7/10
The Witcher - 5/10
The Witcher 2: Assassin's of Kings - 6/10
Arcanum - 5/10
Temple of Elemental Evil - 4/10
Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines - 6/10
KotOR 2 - 7/10
Neverwinter Nights 2 - 8/10
Diablo - 7/10
Diablo 2 - 6/10

NewMonday2582d ago

8 is great from Edge

Night in the Woods [8], now this is interesting, game was flying under my radar

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VincentCastle2582d ago

They are needlesly harsh with a lot of games. I was surpised they gave breath of the wild a ten, although for me the game is a ten, as well as the witcher 3, and they gave it an 8, sure it's a good grade, but come on, that game is brilliant.

generic-user-name2582d ago

Nintendo games ALWAYS get a pass.

Edge gave Breath of the Wild a 10, fair enough, it appears to be a classic in the making, but they also gave Skyward Sword a 10 and Twilight Princess a 9. Frankly, the Nintendo bias in the industry is repulsive.

Witcher 3 is definitely a 9 or 10.

TheFirstClassic2582d ago

Twilight princess definitely deserved a 9 tho

_-EDMIX-_2582d ago

The fact that they gave breath of the wild a 10 is what makes it so suspicious in the first place.

You're talking about a game with numerous performance issues in which the majority of the characters just speak through text, a plethora of borrowed features from other games.

Spenok2582d ago

I wouldn't say needlessly harsh, they just don't believe in the current BS industry standard scale, where 7 is mediocre (which SHOULD be a 5... you know... middle of the road), and anything good is an 8.5 or 9.

They use the 10 point scale properly

TheKingKratos2582d ago (Edited 2582d ago )

Didn't they give Horizon zero dawn 9/10 ??

And the last of us 10/10 ..don't know what they give for uncharted 4 though.

they don't seem harsh to me at all.

andrewsquall2582d ago

@VincentCastle You have missed the biggest problem for A LOT of Breath of the Wild reviews and certain gaming journalist outlets. Simply, EDGE scored Skyward Sword a perfect 10/10.
Now going by that alone, what COULD they have possibly scored Breath of the Wild??? A 13/10 or maybe a 17/10? It was hardly going to score anything lower and leave one of the worse main series Zelda games in years getting a higher score (for people that don't believe me, look at IGN and other's "Top Zelda Games" lists, Skyward Sword is beaten by even the portable ones on most of them and doesn't even make IGN's "Top 10 Zelda games" list in 2014.............even though they scored it a 10 lol).

So many other journalists faced this problem when it came to reviewing BOTW.

@generic-user-name Lol you beat me to it. :)

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Dark_Overlord2582d ago

I've always said Edge's review scores were a joke, it's why I never even bother reading their reviews anymore.

joab7772582d ago

They seems to be the most inconsequential and bias.

Relientk772582d ago (Edited 2582d ago )

Diablo got a 7 and Diablo 2 got a 6

Seriously? What a joke.

Liqu1d2582d ago

Is that Dragon Age Origins?

bluefox7552582d ago

Who does their reviews? Non-gamers?

PhantomTommy2582d ago (Edited 2582d ago )

Apart from the Diablo games, I'd say those scores are all fair, especially by today's standards. You left off the only Edge review I have a serious problem with: 7/10 for God of War 2...... Insanity!

InMyOpinion2582d ago

The Witcher - 5/10
The Witcher 2: Assassin's of Kings - 6/10
Diablo 2 - 6/10
Dragon Age - 5/10

For shame, Edge, for shame...

Movefasta19932582d ago

Which dragon age did they give 5/10 to?It can't be origins...

joab7772582d ago

Kotor2 scored better than Morrowind and Arcanum 1 point below TW2. Hell Witcher was just 1 pt below TW3. Very arbitrary.

Chaos_Order2582d ago

To be fair, I think every gamer on the planet has at least a few unpopular opinions, so I don't think too much of these outlying review scores. Different preferences are inevitable. (Even if the 6/10 for Morrowind had me reeling in agony...)

Also, don't forget that 10/10 they gave Rock Band 3! :P

Rachel_Alucard2582d ago

I think they just don't review high as easily as most of the review status quo that so many major publications seem to reinforce. Think of it like with movie critics they tend to score way lower on average and in movies a 60 is considered good. However, in gaming people generally like to think anything below 8 is bad, but it actually means its the best it could be.

VincentCastle2582d ago (Edited 2582d ago )

_-EDMIX-_ well, the performance issues aside, let's not forget gta 5 on ps3 and xbox 360 still got a ten from most reviewers, them included, and it was not the most stable game:)))). same with the witcher 3 from most reviewers(still a 10 for me even with the frame drops and lots of glitches).
What i love about breath of the wild is that it barely has any bugs or glitches, compared to most games, but yes, the frame drops are still there.
In the end, to each their own, i love how persona 5 looks, and i will probably love it to death, i just hope it's even better than 3 and 4.

_-EDMIX-_2582d ago (Edited 2582d ago )

I agree but Grand Theft Auto V in The Witcher 3 in my opinion did not deserve perfect scores because of the numerous issues that they had in regards to Performance.

Don't even get me started on The Witcher 3 I had two saves get corrupted because of that games and numerous issues.

even going back and trying to play it now had experiences where people's arms were disappearing in their faces were disappearing or floating in the air and a whole bunch of other crap.

Don't get me wrong it's still a decent game except I just don't believe it deserves the Perfect Score because of the plethora of issues that plague the game.

Based on how they reviewed games in the past I Believe by default something like breath of the wild could not receive a perfect score because of its performance issues and because of how dated some of the concepts are.

Persona 5 is it day one for me regardless. I already know that many reviewers are not going to give it a perfect score likely due to its dated Concepts.

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Christopher2581d ago

***Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines - 6/10 ***

Can never take them seriously ever again /s

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Relientk772582d ago

Diablo 2 is a masterpiece, and my favorite PC game of all time

I don't know how anybody could give that amazing game a score THAT low. That's just ridiculous

chris2352582d ago

maybe because its overly repetitive nature? not every human mind is capable of shutting off while playing a game.

S2Killinit2582d ago

Considering how harsh these guys are.

Lime1232582d ago

Yep, looks like Persona 5 will be 6th PS4 exclusive this year with metascore 80+. Xbox One is still waiting it's first.

remixx1162581d ago

I think it's 7 the, I'm sure it'll be 90+

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Kyizen2582d ago

1-2 Switch got a 6 that ruins their credibility for me...

DialgaMarine2582d ago

There's clearly some sort of deal between them and Nintendo.

Relientk772582d ago

Of course the harsh reviewers from Edge give it an 8/10

The lowest score I've seen besides this is 9.5/10. Persona 5 is getting insane reviews

PhantomTommy2582d ago

To be fair, the only reason I bought Persona 4 on PS2 was the 9/10 Edge sticker that was plastered on the box. They were championing this series for a long time.

The 10th Rider2582d ago

It barely has any reviews up . . .

robtion2582d ago

Has been out for ages in Japan and has heaps of reviews there, all of which are very good. Lots of import reviews too, also all good (check YouTube). The game will have a very high metascore, just wait and see.

The 10th Rider2581d ago (Edited 2581d ago )

I really doubt Relientk77 has been reading the Japanese reviews or import reviews because there's some below a 9.5: https://videogamesuncovered...

If he'd been looking at those reviews, he would likely have seen one below a 9.5. On top of that if he can read Japanese and had been reading Japanese reviews he could just import the game. I don't doubt the game will have great reviews. I don't think it will break a 93 though, as some people say.

robtion2578d ago

Cough, cough...Ahem ;)

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To commemorate the Persona 5 series exceeding 10 mln copies, messages have arrived from the creators

Since its release in 2016, the "Persona 5" series has won numerous game awards around the world and received enthusiastic support from everyone, with cumulative sales of over 10 million units worldwide.

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The Best Turn-Based RPGs if You Hate Turn-Based Combat

In the world of video games, there’s no genre quite as notoriously difficult to get into as the Turn-Based RPG. Lets review a few RPGs you can play if you’ve tried the biggest and best in turn-based combat and never found it appealing.

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shinoff2183123d ago

Sea of stars while seeming pretty good so far doesn't belong in the top rpg discussion. There's way better ones. I'd tell them to play star ocean 2. One of the best non turn based rpgs ever. It has everything.

raWfodog122d ago

And if the list is limited to just turn-based RPGs, I can think of better ones to add to this list. You have the Dragon Quest series, the Trails series…Persona 5 Royale is on the list but why limit it to just that one? P3 and P4 were great as well.

Zenzuu123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

The Legend of Dragoon, Legend of Legaia, or the Shadow Hearts games has decent enjoyable turn based combat system.

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The Persona 5 Series Has Sold Over 9 Million Units Worldwide

The Persona 5 sub-series has surpassed 9 million copies worldwide and now contributes to over 50% of the series' total sales.

shinoff2183302d ago

Would be plus+1 more if they'd settle the fk down and stop re releasing it. I'm waiting on the definitive one over here

BrainSyphoned302d ago

It's ok, I bought 4 to your zero, they don't need your pity purchase. Every version was definitive and has their own perks.