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in one of the issues an OXM writer said they wished they had given it a 10 .
Durring the time between the Halo and Halo2, many good games have and will come out. So many in fact, that the standard for rating games has rissen. Because there is a new standard, Halo2 could be better than the original but still have the same score.
here is a question and anwer from the Reader interaction section of the August issue
[color=white] A point about points
Your Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow review (May 2004) threw me for a bit of a loop. I've read it three times trying to figure out how this new game has managed to get a lower score than its predecessor. Your glowing review says, "Somehow, Ubisoft has raised the bar again. The fact it, Pandora Tomorrow is superior to the original Splinter Cell in every aspect." So. please explain to me to me and the rest of the readers out there" how does the first game get a 9.6 and the sequel, with online play and a slightly better single-player game, manages to get a 9.5?[/color]
[color=red] We say: While reviews are ultimately opinions, and we certainly respect yours, Richard, we looked at Pandora Tomorrow this way: the original came out in late 2002 at a time when triple-A Xbox games were a bit few and far between. It also came out of nowhere to blow everyone away. Between the origial Splinter Cell and Pandora Tomorrow's realease, many awesome games hit the Xbox (including Ninja Gaiden, reviewed in the very same issue). The bar has been raised across the board, not to mention the fact that Pandora Tomorrow wasn't an original, out-of-left-field surprise. Ultimately, though, you're talking about a tenth of a point. Isn't 9.5 enough to show you how much we love it, and that any Xbox owner should buy it immediately?[/color]
[Edited on 8/13/2004 4:43:00 PM]