White Knight Chronicles receives a 29/40 from Famitsu

Well 7.8s and 7.7s really isn't that bad... you guys have to remember...

10 is perfect (even though it's being handed out like candy)
9 is freaking mindblowingly awesome getting close to perfection.
8. Is a really standard game with only a few minor flaws.
7. Is a pretty good game. Has some issues, but overall a solid title.
6. Ok... for fans of the series but not going to make people jump genres.
5. Umm... pretty bad. Major issues and needs reworking
4. Fairly broken, tons of issues, not recommended.
3. don't buy, don't rent, send them an angry letter.
2. Don't bother reading the review. Please just spare time.
1. If you buy this game you are one crazy freakin masochist.

That's how review sites do this... So what we have here is a reportedly Solid title that's fairly good (upper 7s) that could have used some improvements (thankfully patches means we don't have to wait for the sequel to see benefits)

So what's with all the controversy? It doesn't mean it's a bad game. It's a different story if this was a different game. I was pissed about the Disgaea series being rated 7.5 but that's because Gamespot rated the other games in the 8s, called Disgaea 3 best in series, and dropped the rating because they are graphics whores and retro sprites are no longer acceptable to them. *Sigh* The reviews could be worse...

They could be like Infinite Undiscovery and Last Remnant which are getting some 6 averages instead. Some companies just have a bad opinion on some games. Just be glad Gamespot.com wasn't the first reviewer, I disagree with them more than almost any other company.

While I generally don't put much stock in Famitsu reviews, either, 29/40 on a game that they themselves have hyped up doesn't bode well. By all my usual measures of how they score (hype+ads), it should have been more like a 33+.

Actually I think they were more impressed with Haze because of its story-oriented approach to FPS which isn't so common in the genre. But yeah that game definitely did not live up to the hype.

Did you say Edge?

Yep, I said Edge.

I'm not saying I agree with them 100%. Hardly (10/10 for Halo 3? Only 8/10 for MGS4? Screw that!). But they're generally the tougher of the critics, and I've yet to see much fanboyism in their reviews. The points they raise, and the issues they bring up, seem to be well rounded and fairly weighted. If they rate a game 7/10, it's usually a score I can bank on.

It is rare they score an RPG low. They gave Blue Dragon a very high score and that game is awful. I'm a little worried now.

Yeah, Famitsu is known for giving RPGs good reviews. This is a little strange.

They've given fallout 3, fable 2, and the original pokemon and monster hunters low scores.

They hate western rpgs and they don't like games that diverge from convention until after they get popular.

WNC is Level 5's attempt to introduce western elements into the stale JRPG genre, and if it diverges from conventions all the better.

Mostly cuz all JRPG's Sqenix are releasing are preferring an inferior console. Yeah & don't gimme that 360 fanboy crap I own both systems. The greatness of 360 over PS3 is just a lie & propaganda.

Lost Odyssey and Tales of Vesperia are really good.... oh wait wrong site :P

@deaftly

The only thing even halfway decent about Lost Odyssey were the dream sequences. Otherwise it was an over-rated, also-ran piece of crap.

Tales of Vesperia was blast, though.

@Deaftroll: Lost Odyssey got a Metacritic score of 78 and ToV squeaked in an 81. Both look like they earned a solid "meh" score to me.

The last RPG I played and loved was FFXII on the PS2 and the reviewers agree with me, MC score of 92.

You realize this is how Oblivion and Fallout3 both worked, and they both sold millions of copies and got solid scores?

They really said that? When did that happen?