Omnipunctual Godot
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That's what I'm wondering. From the site:
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LittleBigPlanet 3 reviews
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lovely ladies
Member
I think I read somewhere that the numerical score is actually gone over with the reviewing site or the reviewer so the number's not really arbitrary and it goes with the what the reviewer felt. The score complaints dealt with how some summer movies were graded and I'm guessing their policies are not that much different for videogames.
The game probably got manufactured like 3-4 weeks ago in order to be ready for today. In those 3-4 weeks, more bugs were targeted and fixed in time for launch. Does that make sense now?
Nintendo had day one patches for games before. They recently did it for Smash Bros.
Dr_LucienSanchez
Banned
Nope, plays perfectly fine on my end. Played some story levels and am now doing some user-created levels.
The biggest bug I think is the pause that some people are having when pressing the popit button. I'm not seeing that though.
I think this is more than likely the case, and if so the scale is to all degrees fucked up. Too many inconsistencies across the board to deal with.
papercan55
Member
it makes sense but it's getting out of hand when the actual code on the disc has so many bugs when it's printed.
those 3-4 weeks should be spent polishing up and fixing any tiny bugs left, not spent making the sure that on day one the game runs above 20fps and players don't fall through floors.
Kilau
Gold Member
No, I'm into the 3rd story area and have had no issues. Imported my LBP1/2 content, played comunity levels. It's really been the smoothest LBP launch for me. One issue maybe is that some DLC isn't available yet but that is normal for a game that is played before the store updates.
The reviewers should review the game code that they have. It is the publisher who provides this code so it falls to them to make sure it is representative of final product.
The onus is on the dev/publisher to ensure a suitable level of QA is reached before going gold. What about the people who don't have their consoles online? They've bought a physical disc with the expectation that it should work as advertised. Devs playing fast and loose with day 1 patches and bad QA is not acceptable, even if it happens to be a series you like rather than Ass Creed.
Perhaps. I played the first few levels pre patch and didn't have any issues, though, so I can't complain yet. And Assassin's Creeds performance issues and bugs, as far as I know, have yet to be fixed.
You guys raging over IGN's review, wait till you read IGN Italy's.
http://it.ign.com/littlebigplanet-3-ps4/89590/review/littlebigplanet-3-la-recensione
A couple gems (fair warning, google translated):
The short story mode is about 3/4 of the complaints.
There are some good points as well, like the well designed levels and that the other characters are fun to play as, but they're almost always followed up by a negative like "no 4 player puzzles", or "you have to work to dig through all of the custom levels to find the good ones".
Also, 6.5 so metacritic is under 80 again.
Also, what the hell does the title mean?
I got LBP3 last night and I'm loving it so far. I have fallen through the level once so yes, there are bugs, I don't know if I'd go so far to call them game-breaking. Score doesn't really bother me, I just think it's funny that right as IGN drama is wrapping up IGN Italy comes in with an even lower score.
http://it.ign.com/littlebigplanet-3-ps4/89590/review/littlebigplanet-3-la-recensione
A couple gems (fair warning, google translated):
The short story mode is about 3/4 of the complaints.
There are some good points as well, like the well designed levels and that the other characters are fun to play as, but they're almost always followed up by a negative like "no 4 player puzzles", or "you have to work to dig through all of the custom levels to find the good ones".
Also, 6.5 so metacritic is under 80 again.
Also, what the hell does the title mean?
Nevermind, pupazzo means both puppet and snowman in Italian.
I got LBP3 last night and I'm loving it so far. I have fallen through the level once so yes, there are bugs, I don't know if I'd go so far to call them game-breaking. Score doesn't really bother me, I just think it's funny that right as IGN drama is wrapping up IGN Italy comes in with an even lower score.
bananafactory
Banned
The criticism is mostly that you can't play with any character you want in co-op. All the levels are 4 player co-op online or off.
Which is also sort of dumb because if you don't tailor your level to a subset of characters, you'll break the level design because of what they are capable of, especially with a character like Swoop.
that is a pretty stupid criticism
You can play with any character if the creator allows it no?
And I don't get what you mean by 'all the levels are 4 player co-op"
NoMoreTrolls
Banned
...?
I'm sorry, are you trying to imply here that Nintendo doesn't do day 1 patches and only ships Quality Products?
the reactions in this thread, and people harping on you for sharing concern about a game.
You can play anything in the game in co-op, from 2 to 4 players, which includes the single-player. So there isn't a lack of co-op in the campaign, as you can do the entire thing with up to 4 players. For player-designed levels, it depends on what the creator wants, yeah.
ForsakenLotus
Member
At the very least, a review should reflect the author's opinion on the game in the state it is in when it is available to be purchased. One could make an argument for patches or updates that come out soon after a game is released, but if a developer releases a patch that fixes major issues that is available by the time for a midnight launch, then it's wrong for the author not to take that into account.
Now, I don't know if the updates for LPB3 fix all or most of the major issues; but for them to just read the patch notes is such a bad look.
Now, I don't know if the updates for LPB3 fix all or most of the major issues; but for them to just read the patch notes is such a bad look.
Glorious Ownage
Member
I can't open my pop it menu without a 5-10 second complete game freeze. Then any sub menu underneath another 5-10 second complete freeze. This is game breaking to me as you have to access the popit to do so much
bananafactory
Banned
Yup it sure is. But people will tell you it's a disaster. The game is great and once the bugs get patched many of the review complaints will be moot.
Coolbgdog12
Member
Alot of terrible games out there!
I notice some of the more transparent posters seemed to have been banned since I last looked at this thread.
How many times is that that Midnighter (Or however the hell he writes it) has been banned for trolling Playstation related stuff now? Guessing there's no three strike system in place on Neogaf lol.
Out of curiousity, have you even played this game?
How many times is that that Midnighter (Or however the hell he writes it) has been banned for trolling Playstation related stuff now? Guessing there's no three strike system in place on Neogaf lol.
Out of curiousity, have you even played this game?
Coolbgdog12
Member
fuzzyreactor
Banned
Did IGN really delay their review of Halo MCC so that developers had time to work out teh kinks yet still gave it a 9.0 when issues were in tact. Yet with LBP3 they don't even download all the updates and ding the game fro bugs and even state they don't think the update would change anything. that's just wrong
Do you want to shoot people in the face or wall jump off a wall as a pug?
fuzzyreactor
Banned
lol please
The same thing happened with ISS which has a MC of 80. I guess SO is a disaster too since it has a MC of 82
bananafactory
Banned
Yeah it's pretty ridiculous. I don't even care that they gave LBP3 a 6.8 or MCC a 9.0 or that they were reviewed by different people.
The process and standards that the reviews follow should still be consistent.
Acquiescence
Member
I expected better for a LBP game that isn't a kart racer. Especially after the footage I've seen during streams that made it look like the best entry yet.
LowlySmokeGuy
Banned
IGN is garbage. What else is new. They're probably worse than Polygon at this point.
MastaKilla
Member
It's pretty ridiculous. I don't know how anybody can take them seriously when they're so arbitrary and inconsistent. But does it really matter? They don't care what people on GAF think, IGN is catered to a much broader and casual audience who just looks at the score and moves on.
Have you played it?
Lol the things I hear on neogaf.
>has all creation tools from previous games and then a lot added
>has a good story mode (as far as I can tell)
>tighter controls (even if only a lil according to some)
>multiple new characters
Yeah... I'd say it's the best entry yet...
I think reviewers drank the koolaid before reviewing this game.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
The actual average score for all reviewers on metacritic is like 73-4. It's why the cut off point for green to yellow (generally favorable to mixed) is 75 and it's why people say there's 7-10 game review scale. Basically any in that range is the actual mediocre/average range.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
One of the consistencies in the less than glowing (because that's all they are, really) reviews is that the campaign is not as imaginative as the previous entries, when just watching videos the level design looks superior, and a few people in here have mentioned as much, which I find interesting. Definitely something I'll be interested in judging myself during my playthrough.
Personally, I've always felt this series has been reviewed rather over-generously in the press considering how mechanically sloppy it is, yet is also judged rather unfairly on this site by people who don't seem to understand it's fundamentally a physics sandbox party game and not a platformer.
Personally, I've always felt this series has been reviewed rather over-generously in the press considering how mechanically sloppy it is, yet is also judged rather unfairly on this site by people who don't seem to understand it's fundamentally a physics sandbox party game and not a platformer.
snoopeasystreet
Member
I think I'll pick this up in the new year. It'll let the price drop a bit and allow the community to make all sorts of cool shit.
As far as the review scores go, I couldn't really give a shit. It sounds like a LBP game and that's all I'm looking for really. You can depend on the community to make cool shit regardless of the base game that's there. Sometimes I swear review threads on GAF only exist to weed out the console warriors.
As far as the review scores go, I couldn't really give a shit. It sounds like a LBP game and that's all I'm looking for really. You can depend on the community to make cool shit regardless of the base game that's there. Sometimes I swear review threads on GAF only exist to weed out the console warriors.
3rdamention
Member
Gaming Age gave Ass Rougue an A-, its a 90 on metacritic...
They gave Unity a C and it's a 50 on metacritic....
They originally have HaloMCC a C+ and it was a 58 just like LBP3...
Fantasia got a B+ and that's an 83 on metacritic..
It really makes no sense...They use their own scoring system to adapt letter grades.
I think people should also remember that Metacritic overall scores are weighted. Scores from some sites carry much more weight than scores from other sites. They say because some sites give more detailed in depth reviews and are more respected than other sites. However, they will not reveal which sites these are. You can guess that the IGN score was devastating on LBP3s meta score.
All of this is in their FAQ..
Acquiescence
Member
Nope, just going off of what I've seen. I'm surprised that a sequel with seemingly far superior level design compared to its predecessors is scoring several notches lower than what the franchise is accustomed to.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
How low do Gaming Age letters go?