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German GamePro gives BOTW 94/100, their 2nd highest Zelda review score ever
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Jaded Alyx
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It's just that the OP article states:
Which is verifiable nonsense. They've rated dozens of games higher than 94.
GregLombardi
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Wandering Robot
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I'm looking forward to the good-but-not-great score someone will eventually get that puts GAF in a tizzy. That's always fun.
Otherwise, every glowing review puts a jealous flush in my heart since I can't get it on launch. :'(
Otherwise, every glowing review puts a jealous flush in my heart since I can't get it on launch. :'(
Nothing really out of the ordinary there.
They underrated the Galaxy games by 6 percent each though, they need to reevaluate that
yeah pretty much, saw a lot of concern about the game being too large and empty looking and a lot of doubt they Nintendo would be able to fill it with meaningful things to do
Pyroblazer
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They changed their system this generation though. It's more difficult to get 90+ now and there haven't been a lot of games, who got it. 92 was the highest this gen, so this 94 means something imo. They gave 90+ scores for fun the last few gens, that's true.
And I don't know what's weird about GTA4 getting the highest score? I mean yeah it's overrated I know but people do realize that everyone gave it 10s. It's on 98 Metascore, so why should Gamepro be different. That was a collective fail by all the reviewers worldwide.
Also, I refuse to accept this 100 scale GamePro ratings scale. It's this or nothing:
Lmao at 2.5
Please, the glowing ones are already putting people in a tizzy. "But GTA! Other Zelda games I personally didn't like!!".
The low one will just send a whole other half of people into the tizzy and the planet will implode. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?!
As much as I loved SS, I'm glad their won't be any flying around.
Kind of pointless after the fact. Doesn't change a single thing. Everyone and their momma said it was ubi tier open world game, and it wasn't a compliment. The time changed once reviews came out.
This. I doubted Horizons because of GG. They're the one with the extremely spotty background. Nintendo is one of the best game developers in existence. It can be argued they're the best. I had no doubt they'd deliver the goods. It was just a matter of how far they were willing to go and it seems they went pretty damn far to the point where they're likely reshaping expectations for the genre going forward .......again.
OrbitalBeard
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Plenty of people said this, yes.
And plenty of people said nothing of the sort.
That being said, I straight up said it looked like a better version of Far Cry Primal and I stick by that. But it was never meant as a bad thing.
if you read the quote chain the first poster made it clear that he was talking about how Horizon seemed recently as in the past month or so
You should probably say EPD, then, and not just "Nintendo" because Nintendo is more than just EPD.
It's crazy how GTA IV and V got such high scores all around. I mean, they're great and all (at least V), but certainly not the best games ever made imo.
Skittzo0413
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So basically the premise of this thread is wrong but it still got a very high review for today's review climate.
Anyone have a summary/synopsis of the review?
Anyone have a summary/synopsis of the review?
Nice avatar collection. I do like the fair one best.
Monolith is helping develop Zelda so that's kinda moot
Yeah, i'm guessing this is a no-name blog fishing for attention, unless there's a link somewhere.
embargo lifts March 2nd
Almost looks like a smug face, just gotta do something about the lips.
Pyroblazer
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It's true. The score isn't out official yet like the EDGE review. But Gamepro is a magazine and they already revealed the cover and some pages of the Zelda review and you can see the 94 score their. We talked about it already in the Zelda thread, I don't think it was newsworthy though. The only wrong misinformation by everyone is that 94 is the 2nd highest score, it's the 3rd highest score, because everyone missed the 97 from GTAV.
all of the previews so far seem unanimous in that Zelda offers the player an unprecedented amount of freedom for an open world game
sixteen-bit
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Also, I refuse to accept this 100 scale GamePro ratings scale. It's this or nothing:
i was about to ass how many exploding heads = 94/100
Mihos
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Skittzo0413
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Honest question, has there ever been an open world-style 3D game where you can climb literally any surface?
I'm wondering if that's actually one thing that is brand new for this Zelda.
I'm not in shock. Nintendo has put many years into this game and they've always been a talented group.
What is moot? Zelda always has a few CG design assistants from other companies, and so does Xenoblade actually.
umm GTA4 got reviewed very high from every outlet its one of the highest reviewed games of all time on metacritic, why do people keep discounting scores from games that later on people decided wasnt as good
Pyroblazer
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Yeah exactly. I mean it is overrated I agree with that. But everyone gave it their highest score. Did people mention it when they talked about the Edge review? They gave GTA4 also a 10.
I can't think of one. going back to E3 last year no one seemed to be able to name a single game that offers the level of interactivity and player engagement that BotW does, and that was based off of a small demo of a small section of the game.
I probably asked the question in a wrong way. What I meant a lot of you obviously played GTA games. So based on the previews, Zelda surely has the freedom do stuff you'd normally do in real life, multiple ways to solve things. What you guys think how much of that freedom GTA offers compare to Zelda.
Edit : no intention to derail the thread, just want to know
The person I quoted claimed this was Nintendos first open world game since Xenoblade X didn't count. But that doesn't make any sense since the developers behind XCX are helping with development of Zelda
I think the OP was more trying to point out the relative stinginess of this outlet with review scores. They have never given out a perfect score and only one game, regardless of what it was, has ever scored higher.
Getting above a 90 from this review site likely means you are going to see a lot of 10s everywhere else.
Is edge's score out? I'm on media blackout. They gave the game a 10?
take the reverse of my post, GTA does not offer as much freedom in comparison
unless I'm missing what you're trying to ask
Yeah 10 from EDGE. Same as Skyward Sword.
Skittzo0413
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Well yeah I'd agree easily that no 3D game has this type of interactivity and interplay between various systems, but people kept asking for one specific thing that Zelda does that is new, and sorta downplaying the whole "combination of things" aspect which I think is the real reason it shines.
But "new" wise I'm pretty sure the climbing any surface would fit. Kinda off topic though.
Print magazine reviews will be trickling in before the 2nd but that's when the general review embargo ends, so we'll probably have a big review thread a little before then.
KLoWn
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I read on Reddit that they changed how they review games or something, and thus those scores were lowered.
I couldn't find that post again though.
*Edit*
(^^^Not the post I was referring to though)
there will be a review thread but the embargo lifts March 2nd so these reviews are coming early
oh ok yeah, well I do think the climb whatever you want as long as you have the stamina is new. I can't recall an open world game where you were allowed to climb literally anything.
Yes, they said its the best Zelda game since OOT and is arguably the best game ever in the franchise.
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