Source engine games can't be described as having awesome graphics unless of course you just mean art direction, lighting etc.

True L4D is an atmospheric game but it doesn't do anything that couldn't be done in source engine games years ago.

Uncharted 2 or Killzone 2 couldnt have been done years ago.

You just don't get it do you?

The scores and Praise given to big 360 games don't tally with scores given to big PS3 games.

I would not argue that Edge have underscored ALL PS3 games yet they do give exclusive PS3 games less than any other major magazine, that's just a fact. Edge do however overscore 360 exclusives and a quick look at the scores (and metacritic) will demonstrate that.

Save for Halo Wars and Mass Effect, 360 exclusives have recieved above average scores which in contrast to under average PS3 review scores makes for huge gaping disparities.

On a scale of 0-10 Killzone 2 is not 3 worse than Halo 3.

Answer this, what are PS3 exclusives marked down on?

Originality? Gears 2, Halo3/ODST

Length? ODST

Co-op? Bioshock, Oblivion

Graphics? Halo3, Left 4 Dead

If Edge have abandoned their commitment to fair and balanced reviews then why not abandon the pretence of the the opposite. Why even review PS3 games if they have no commitment to do so honestly?

You mention the general spread of marks for the games Uncharted and Halo 3 yet without even looking at Metacritic for clarification I already know that the general spread of reviews for Uncharted were slightly higher than Edge's score and the general spread for Halo 3 was slightly lower than Edge's score.

I wouldn't say there is a conspiracy but definitely an irrefutable and coincidental pattern.

Whatever Edge award Uncharted 2 it can only be given 1 more than ODST. I and others will find that pretty astounding given how EVERY single review up to now has rated it alomst perfect.

ODST is priced as a stand alone single player game yet Edge have ignored it's flaws and given it a free pass because of it's namesake. Gving this game and Halo 3 their respective scores will make no sense when better titles such as Uncharted 2 are released, simply put Edge's scoring system is broken.

Edge score PS3 exclusives lower than any other major magazine online or otherwise. Fact.

If only conspiracy theories were needed but the evidence is that either Edge is biased and doesn't have a policy to cover it up or Edge isn't biased and has a policy to appear so in reviews.

In any case Edge went one step a bit too far for my liking when Killzone 2 got a 7 and then I sort of knew that the game was up. Had the review tallied with my own experience of the game to any extent I'd probably still be buying the magazine.

Uncharted 2 getting anything more than a 7 isn't evidence of no bias by the way. I expect higher than a 7 but even a 10 would be interpreted by most people as "slightly" better than Halo ODST and no better than Halo3". These are the traps Edge have set for themselves by distorting their own scoring system on 360 exclusives.