IGN's review of Cross Edge.

So, it seems that IGN's review for Cross Edge has certainly raised some eyebrows, and rightly so if you ask me. While I'm not a hardcore JRPG fan like I use to be, I still play them every once and awhile. So, what has caused the the JRPG fans to take an interest in this review? Probably the fact that the reviewer played about 2 hours tops, or if even played it at all. Let's take a closer look shall we?

The first that struck me about the review was the "I don't give a shit" tone to the whole review, because honestly the reviewer would rather be watching asploding heads in Fallout 3. Every aspect of the game was hardly touched at all, which I will explore in greater detail below.

The combat system was explained fairly well, but of course it was "too complicated" saying that "as attempting to document everything on screen would be like outlining the design schematics for a jetfighter." Really? I honestly doubt the battle system is that complex and if I was willing to guess to as why it's complex, is because it doesn't have an instant win button like in Fallout 3 and by instant win button I mean V.A.T.S.

Not going to comment on the visuals as they are pretty spot on in that respect. They are a tad fuzzy.

The game has both Japanese and English voices to choose from, you might think they would comment on the voice acting and if it's any good or not. Well they comment on it alright...just letting you know that both tracks a present. Don't you think it would be prudent to comment on if the voice acting good or not? Did the reviewer even play it?

So in the end IGN once again gives a failtastic review on a game that they clearly didn't play for more than 2 hours, and yet they talk about how innovative and amazing Failout 3 is, which is so far from the truth it's not even funny. I honestly don't know why people put so much faith in their MSNBC level biased reviews.