It's a misunderstanding. The same issue has a semi-guide/overview of the game. Tells you about all the characters, gives away a bit of the plot, and discusses the characters special moves and stuff. This article was going to be extended for the next two issues so they can cover everything the game has. The actual scoring review was in the first issue.Originally Posted by Vyk
As for the score, two things I would like to point out. 1) This was the old days of gaming reviews, before scores got eschewed thanks to places like IGN and other gaming magazines. 3.0 are great scores cause it is common for games to get 1.0 and 2.0 point scores back in the day. We're before the time where getting a 7.0 in a 10 point scale or anything below a 4.0 in a 5 Star scale meant it was mediocre and crappy.
2) You also have to remember this was back in the day when RPGs were a very niche genre that appealed to a small group of gamers. Old reviews tend not to be as favorable to the RPG genre though FFVI, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Lufia 2, and finally Earthbound tended to change that trend with higher scores and larger fan bases, before VII came around and made the genre a household name to the masses. So it's not surprising the review does not speak very favorably to the game cause we're at the early points of the turn in the market for the genre.
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