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White Knight Chronicles: Do Not Believe Everything You Read (1UP Preview)

December 27, 2008 in Previews comments 23

After the 29/40 review score given by Famitsu, many heads turned, questioning either the game or Famitsu themselves. To help those of us that haven't heard from the importers (the game was released on Christmas Day in Japan), 1UP have decided to give us a preview of the game themselves, and their overall message is "Don't believe everything you read" and in this case, the Famitsu Review.

Despite these issues, my two days with White Knight Chronicles illustrated that highly valid, age-old point: Don't believe everything you read. The game is no disaster, and all its issues could conceivably be addressed with a patch, or eliminated entirely from the forthcoming English version. It is immediately the best RPG on PlayStation 3, a platform that is desperate for a good one. Depending on how much the online mode has to offer, it may even have the potential to be great.
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  • 1
    Jhippy Dec 28, 08
    No one takes Famitsu seriously anymore anyway.
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    HawkMan Dec 28, 08
    Good to hear this, thats why a person should always check the game themselves instead letting someone else dictate for them.
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    Red 9* Dec 28, 08
    Good that they think it's not a bad game, but those issues are pretty big, and could hurt enjoyment. Here's to hoping the NA release fixes those problems (though commonly it doesn't).
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      Krunal Dec 28, 08
      The only issues they talk about is the Online mode which is hard to get into, and from all reports, all games in Japan has these problems, and is very easy to fix by having bigger servers, and I'm sure they'll do it right for the US/EU release.
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    Miss Razz Dec 28, 08
    It's a shame when things like this happen to a game. One well-known reviewer has a negative opinion, and it puts hundreds of people off buying the game. Then other sites are left to pick up the pieces and attempt to get the public interested in it again.

    The same thing happened to Fatal Frame 4 - IGN critisized the lack of IR controls (which is a preference rather than a genuine complaint), and despite every other website praising the controls now there are forums full of people who don't want to buy the game because of "dodgy controls". It's a shame.
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      Final Blade Dec 28, 08
      Famitsu are a joke anyway. Haze and Lair was rated 34/33-40 and they were, in laymen terms, disasters(despite my enjoyment of both). They rating WKC low shouldn't put people off, in fact it should encourage the opposite since they can't rate for shit.

      Using IGN is different, since at times they can have credibility, but there's no credibility with Famitsu. I know Krunal and a few others touched on it the previous article, but they suck at reviewing games, Period.
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        Miss Razz Dec 28, 08
        I would say that Famitsu have credibility ... at least in Japan. In Japan they are one of the (if not THE) most trusted review source available. A few dodgy reviews won't change that. So if they give a game like WKC a low score, there will be many Japanese people who simply won't bother buying it.
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          Final Blade Dec 28, 08
          Given the disaster of Haze and Lair which got raving reviews from Famitsu, I'd say whatever credibility they did have are now officially lost. Sorry, as far as I and many see, they aren't to be taken seriously with reviews.
        • 0
          Krunal Dec 28, 08
          Apparently WKC has beaten all XBOX360-RPG's first day sale records... hopefully I'll be able to find a reliable source as a proof to present you guys...
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          Akira_EX Dec 28, 08
          You know, that isn't really that hard to do.
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          Final Blade Dec 28, 08
          Well I have one source saying it sold 100,000 in one day.
          quote sales
          First day sales for other HD JRPGs in Japan:

          *The Last Remnant|360|79,000
          *Tales of Vesperia|360|70,000 + 10,000 bundles
          *Blue Dragon|360|43,000
          *Lost Odyssey|360|40,000
          *Infinite Undiscovery|360|70,000
          Scroll down to find the post.
          So, according to this WKC beat all these games sales on opening day. Apparently Krunal is right.
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          Red 9* Dec 29, 08
          I wish I could give more than one thumb up to you FB. For once someone had statistics to back up a claim.
        • 0
          Hunskelper Dec 29, 08
          Hang on, Xbox 360 games have sold poorly in Japan!?!

          I am shocked!
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          Red 9* Dec 29, 08
          Actually, Tales of Vesperia was considered to have been well recieved and sold particularly well in Japan, so if it's surpassing that, regardless of the fact it's Japanese people and 360s, it's an important piece of info.
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          Hunskelper Dec 29, 08
          No, Tales of Vesperia didn't do well. It did well for an Xbox game if anything.

          And if Final Blades figures are correct, then Tales didn't do that well.
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          Final Blade Dec 29, 08
          You also have to keep in mind, Hunskelper, these are opening day sales. ToV from my knowledge sold better as time went on, but WKC surpassing all of those games on first day of release proves that Famitsu review are flawed. If the sales keep up, it's looking to hit 300,000 copies sold in a week in japan, which will beat any of the others in first week.
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          Akira_EX Dec 29, 08
          Uh, reviews never correlate with sales.

          Also, it'll probably fall short of 300,000, as the 100k was a good amount of the original shipment and it need additional shipments that probably weren't ready by the end of the sales week yesterday.

          EDIT - Here we go. WKS sold 132,000 on its first day with a 54% sellthrough. While it could hit 300k with a another shipment by last week, its unlikely. We'll find out this Wednesday though.
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          Final Blade Dec 29, 08
          Well yes but that was at Christmas day, Thursday. It's been 3 days since. So I think it could definitely hit 300,000.
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          Akira_EX Dec 29, 08
          The sales week ended yesterday on Sunday. First week sales for almost all games are that Thursday-to-Sunday window.
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    Newcloud Dec 28, 08
    i dont listen to them and now i never will... but then again i listened to all review until i played sonic which i thought ign's review was a bit to harsh imo
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    Zero and X Dec 28, 08
    Ahh, the brings a smile to my face.
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    Spurs_Rule_And_Rock Dec 28, 08
    Ok. Do not believe Everything You Read Up (1UP Preview). Ok, i won't believe everything in this article.
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    Bale Fire Jan 3, 09
    Good to see, considering Haze and Lair, I wasn't exactly all that worried though.

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