As these 'games'/non-games/machinima become more and more widespread, perhaps this is another opportunity for Edge to drop review scores altogether. The last time the magazine considered such a change was back in 2003 - I believe.

I think games like Silent Hill 2, ICO and 'I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream' don't lend themselves well to review scores - you play these games for the setting, the storyline or the 'experience' (for want of a better term) - and because of that one can overlook bad controls or lousy game mechanics. Even something like Shadow Of Memories was very intriguing if you took the game for what it was trying to do instead of trying to imagine what it 'could have been' had it been more like a reimagining of (say) Chrono Trigger minus the turn-based battles.

In case Edge doesn't know about this game already, I would encourage them to check out this old DOS game - I Have No Mouth, And I Must Sceam - based on the Harlan Ellison short (and incidentally also directly involved in the game - The Terminator got all its ideas basically from this short by Ellison - he sued them over it and got his dues). Here's an excellent article about it:

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ihavenomouth/imustscream.htm

This is one of the first 'art' games I can think of in the mould of 'The Path'. Surely prime 'Time Extend' material if there ever was any.

Why is there no 'rating'/'score'? Did Edge suddenly drop review scores while I wasn't paying attention? Or is it pointless to give a game like this a 'score'?

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No one cares about legitimate complaints. But when you're complaining just to complain then you need to respect my right to point out you're a tit.
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No, I really don't have to respect one bloody thing. You're not 'pointing out' anything worth pondering. Especially when you call people 'morons' or 'Down's babies' over it. You need to grow the hell up and realize there are more significant issues in this world than your little videogames - some people don't have to buy every single little frivolous device a company throws at you - and furthermore, when they're fragmenting the userbase with spin-off products that have their own games, someone is allowed to complain.

Now go crawl back to the sewer you came from. Last reply you'll ever get from me.

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It takes a true moron to argue against consumer choice.
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You don't even understand what 'consumer choice' entails, Sherlock.

Edge forum admins, don't you ever moderate these things??? You think it's perfectly acceptable for obnoxious fanboys to try to insinuate someone is a Downs' baby by posting a picture of a retarded child??? Well, whatever - but don't expect people to remain polite when these obnoxious trolls/lemmings go out of their way to harass you.

Go ahead and run your mouth all six ways to Sunday. See how much I care.