Scoring
It was almost three years before Edge gave a game a rating of ten out of ten. This score was previously defined as "revolutionary", with the other ratings having similar labels. However, with issue 143 the scoring system was changed to a simple list of "10 = ten, 9 = nine..." and so on, a tongue-in-cheek reference to people who read too much into review scores.
The magazine has awarded a 10/10 score to fourteen games:
| Title | Platforms | Issue | Year | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario 64 | Nintendo 64 | E035 | 1996 | |
| Gran Turismo | PlayStation | E055 | 1997 | |
| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | Nintendo 64 | E066 | 1998 | |
| Halo: Combat Evolved | Xbox | E105 | 2001 | |
| Half-Life 2 | Windows | E143 | 2004 | |
| Halo 3 | Xbox 360 | E181 | 2007 | |
| The Orange Box | Windows, Xbox 360 | E182 | 2007 | |
| Super Mario Galaxy | Wii | E183 | 2007 | |
| Grand Theft Auto IV | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | E189 | 2008 | |
| LittleBigPlanet | PlayStation 3 | E195 | 2008 | |
| Bayonetta | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | E209 | 2009 | |
| Super Mario Galaxy 2 | Wii | E215 | 2010 | |
| Rock Band 3 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | E222 | 2010 | |
| The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | Wii | E234 | 2011 |
In contrast, only two titles have received a one-out-of-ten rating, Kabuki Warriors and FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction.
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