Dan_CiTi

" They gave Deadly Premonition a 10, Red Dead Redemption a 9.0 (ish), and Peace Walker an 8 (ish). Now I like Deadly Premonition as much as anybody else, but I can't take any of the reviews seriously when their scores are so out of whack.  "

" @Lemoncookie01 said:

"I'll just wait and see if GB puts up a review. "

They won't. Also, The PS2 version of Persona 3 is superior. "

"  @Milkman said: 

" From my experience with the guy, Dale North is an insane otaku who will love anything that Japan pumps out. "

yeah, the 10 rating was to be expected from Dale. I think I remember a year or two ago on a podcast he listed his favorite games he had played that year- half of them were SMT games. And pretty much every Japan-oriented post Destructoid puts out, Dale's the one covering it. Not necessarily a diss on him, it's just like asking a "bro" if they like Call of Duty- you know the answer already. "

" "I'm going to say one last thing, FFVII is over 10years old now. People still talk about it more than any other game."  and they need to get over it. Its not a good story. its an awful story. I remember playing it on my brand new playstation. I also remember beating and saying to my brother "seventy hours, for this?"  "

" @xaLieNxGrEyx: This isn't about hate, but I will go ahead and explain my comments.

" to say FFVII is a poor game, or undeserving of it's acclaim seems like a very silly and immature thing to say.  "

It may seem like that, but on closer examination FFVII just does not hold up as well as FFIX. It's one of the worst games in the series. I don't want to explain why here; go ahead and listen to the podcast, those guys do a tremendous job of summarizing why it's not as good as people think it is.
 

" Also, MGS is one of the greatest series in gaming. "

Just before I touch upon this, I just want to say that I ran a Metal Gear blog for a while a few years back. Not that this gives me special insight; I just want to point out that I'm familiar with the games. I've cleared MGS2 an unreasonable amount of times.
 
Metal Gear is just not as good as people think it is. Its gameplay and design was special up until 2002, but afterward other developers did more things better, and Metal Gear has just fallen behind to the point where it's become embarrassing. Story-wise, Metal Gear is similarly not as good as people think it is. Its script is shoddy, its dialogue immature, and its character development meek. Snake Eater's story was by in large a huge waste of time. Sons of Liberty was the series' peak, where Kojima was attempting to get aside some interesting themes. (Unfortunately, Kojima just doesn't know what he's talking about. He doesn't understand world politics, and he shouldn't be commenting on environmental issues or world peace, because nobody really cares.)
 
Gameplay wise, MGS3 was already years behind its competition. Max Payne 2, GTA San Andreas were better games by far. MGS4 was no good. It tried to mix elements of western game design but only went half-way, and picked the bad bits above all. Eurogamer gave it an accurate score - 8. Its perfect scores were utterly unwarranted, something people are only beginning to realize now.
 
To try and turn this back toward the topic, Metal Gear fans reject all of this and think Kojima is god.

Similarly Final Fantasy VII fans reject all criticism for the game. The truth lies somewhere in between. But if you're unable to accept criticism of any kind, you've crossed the line. Take a look at the fans response to Kojima when he announced Rising for the XBOX 360 as well as the PS3. 
 
That is a pathetic fan base.
 
@xaLieNxGrEyx said:

" @ZanzibarBreeze: Also may I claim ignorance and ask who are those people you mentioned above? "

That's not ignorance, don't worry. :) All those guys used to work for 1UP.com, not everybody knows who they are, and it's not essential knowledge or anything. "

The Red Dot of Death is the best name ever. 

3D Dot Game Heroes is pretty notable. 

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Double Dash. 

Ryu

Just listen to X Japan.