Does OPM hate the PSP?

[wraggster]

Via PSPfanboy

OPM stands for Official PlayStation Magazine. You'd think that because it's sponsored by Sony, it would have slightly inflated scores for the games. But that doesn't seem to be the case ... at all. In fact, it appears that OPM is dishing out some painfully low scores on games that have been reviewed favorably by most other publications. For example, Killzone: Liberation only got a 7.5, Ace Combat X got a 6.0, and most surprisingly of them all: Lumines II got a measly 6.0. I've been playing my review build for quite some time, and I find it to be much better than the original, and that says a lot. What's with these horribly low scores, OPM? Do they have a grudge against the PSP?

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[Nikolaos]

i think they are jelous dat psp has homebrew

[prettyrandom]

To be honest I don't think that 6 or 7.5 are 'horribly low scores' If 5 is taken to be an average game and 10 one of the best games conceivable, then there not really bad scores. It can't be expected, as it appears to be with many mainstream videogame publications, that any game which is seen as rather good by the reviewers to obtain a score representational of something close to perfect. I'm too tired and i'm probably just blabbing on, but its what i thought:P

[jetkey885]

well, the games that were noted are pretty poor games. most games on the psp are similar to others that have already been released on the system. adding little changes to a game to make it a little bit different doesn't really equal fun. Exp) Untold Leg., Untold Leg.2 and Dungeon Siege Throne Of Agony are the same game.

[Basil Zero]

they've been having too much opium lately lol

nah, seriously, its a bad case of bad reviewers.

[SSaxdude]

It's cause they don't use homebrew, and that's pretty much 99% of what makes the PSP awesome.

[Basil Zero]

i would say homebrew is 70 percent what makes psp good

[buildit92]

well locoroco got a 9.0 a while back in opm .killzone lib. should had gotton an 8.5

[Makaveli777]

OPM sucks anyway PSM is better.

[Veskgar]

Untold Leg., Untold Leg.2 and Dungeon Siege Throne Of Agony are the same game.

If you ask me, Dungeon Siege is light years beyond Untold Legends.

But anyway, PSP games do seem to get low scores. I find that IGN.com gives good reviews on PSP games. Very thorough and informative.