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  • Last Remnant review

  • Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.

 #129387  by RentCavalier
 Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:35 pm
Well shit. So much for Famitsu.

 #129395  by Blotus
 Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:02 pm
I was looking forward to this one. I'll likely still play it one day, hopefully there's a patch or something by then.

 #129399  by Flip
 Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:42 pm
Im surprised it even got a 5 with the way he wrote about it.

 #129404  by Zeus
 Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:01 pm
RentCavalier wrote:Well shit. So much for Famitsu.
I had my bud in the industry tell me that Famitsu often reviews based on what its readers anticipate so as to not "insult" the readers. Makes sense considering some of their inconsistencies

 #129419  by SineSwiper
 Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:50 am
RentCavalier wrote:Well shit. So much for Famitsu.
Fuck them. They rig their own ratings, and are not a reliable source of reviews at all.
Zeus wrote:I had my bud in the industry tell me that Famitsu often reviews based on what its readers anticipate so as to not "insult" the readers. Makes sense considering some of their inconsistencies
That's a friendly way of saying that they take corporate money and elevate their scores based on bribes.

 #129424  by Zeus
 Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:57 pm
Not really. It's based on the consumers not the publishers

 #129432  by SineSwiper
 Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:18 pm
Whatever. Square donates plenty of money to them for advertising. If they give them bad ratings, they might lose dollars. And yes, if they give a popular game bad ratings, they might lose customers (and thus, dollars).

In any case, it doesn't matter as it's just the same thing: sacrificing quality-of-work for the bottom line.

 #129435  by Zeus
 Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:39 pm
It could also be a cultural thing too you know....

 #129440  by SineSwiper
 Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:44 pm
Of course, the Japanese always celebrate style over substance. Doesn't make it right.

 #139521  by Mental
 Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:24 pm
I just bought this on the word of a game store employee I trust and am about to turn it on. I'm not clicking on that link, or listening to this thread. La la la la la. (fingers in ears)

 #139525  by Blotus
 Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:52 pm
A hard drive install on the 360 apparently helps the choppiness a lot.

 #139534  by Chris
 Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:00 pm
Blotus wrote:A hard drive install on the 360 apparently helps the choppiness a lot.
it does. It's still choppy but I did find myself enjoying the game enough. It's not great but it's not a bad game

 #139578  by Mental
 Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:59 pm
It is choppy. When it's not choppy, so far, it's EXTREMELY pretty. But I just barely got to the gameplay, so we'll see what's up.