Pai Pai Master
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Sooo there's absolutely no room for subjectivity in reviews? That kinds defeats the purpose for a lot of people.
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No Man's Sky Review Thread: The Scores Have Arrived (read OP)
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Sooo there's absolutely no room for subjectivity in reviews? That kinds defeats the purpose for a lot of people.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
I know! I wanted to get Chronicles so bad... I'm hoping maybe an NX port. Is Xenoblade good in N3DS?
Welcome to the guide for reviewing Dragon Age 2.
I look at things a bit differently. $60 or $40 wouldn't change how much fun I'm having, and wouldn't make me look at the game differently. I'm not disappointed at the lack of content becaus eI feel ripped off, I'm disappointed at the lack of content because it doesn't capitalize on its potential, and has an exacerbated negative effect because of how much exploration the game wants you to do.
Bloodporne
Member
My bullet points would be:
Great Concept
Beautiful Visuals
Awful Gameplay
Subpar Videogame
If I had to put a score on it, I'd rate it a 5.5 or 6/10 tops. A really great concept and noble idea that got carried away with itself and the 'videogame' part was left somewhere in the dust far below its lofty ideas.
Yeah, I can't see Sony letting it go out to die either. Guess I'll wait til the winter sale and see what's what.
Karspankey
Banned
I should have probably explained more! What I meant was when all the systems are working together (planet exploration, mining, and space combat) Had a fun encounter with 5 pirates that involved going down to a mountainous planet, ducking through close to the ground, and realizing that I had no resources to heal my shields. I ended up flying back into space and mined some asteroids that I knew had iron in them. Fixed my shields with barely any health left and took the last two pirates chasing me out. What I should have said when the game is at it's best. The soundtrack blaring at the same time was also a nice part of the whole experience.
More_Badass
Member
You do realize that a score is a representation of how much that individual person enjoyed (or not) a game? It's not telling you how much you will enjoy a game
Darth Smurf X
Member
I need to stop going into review threads. The hyperbole alone (usually negative) is giving me a migraine from all the eye-rolling. No, seriously. I'm getting an actual headache reading garbage postings like this.
This is a bad example because unlike Shadow Fall Killzone 2 was actually a good game. You make it sound like both are of similar quality and the difference in score is only a product of reviewers being harder on games nowadays.
I actually think 73 is still way too high of a score for Shadow Fall.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
Absolutely not.
Heard of the fucking Dark Souls series? Not for everyone at ALL but damn are they good.
You do realize this game is gonna sell like crazy right?
This guy gets it.
outunderthestars
Banned
I still think it will sell regardless of reviews. They are a small studio selling a $60 game. A few hundred thousand copies should be more than enough to keep the lights on.
I don't think most consumers bother checking metacritic
Yeah Shadow Fall was a pile of trash while Killzone 2 was rad as all hell for a FPSer in 2008. Goddamn that multiplayer mode.
travisbickle
Member
I really agree with this guy but I really enjoy the game. I think in the end if I still see variety I'll keep going, probably like he says to try and top out my tool/ship. I don't know if more systems that are typically present in these games would keep me in the game longer, but it would probably have helped it with the typical gamer. I'm very interested to find out about the design decisions for the easy navigation, I was a little shocked too you could just point and click to a destination, at first I thought you had to at least time the button release.
I can't say that I expected anything else. This was clear years ago.
Killzone 2 earned a 91.
Killzone 2 earned a 91.
Obliterator
Member
There were segments of the Internet that got themselves waaaaaay too hyped for this game and had unreasonable expectations for it. So yeah there was a chunk that probably expected mostly 9s and 10s. I mean some of these people made death threats when Kotaku reported a simple delay.
But most were far more reasonable
Huh...?
TheCanisDirus
Member
Huh? If i had to guess NMS sold/is selling crazy well.
LordBaztion
Member
that's a great idea. Hope my PC can run it.
I've seen reviewers give games a score based on how they think the general public would like it. Patrick Klepek loved Dragon's Dogma and gave it a 3/5 because he thought people would be put off by a lot of it's mechanics.
I mean, this past week I'm sure it's selling well. But I'm willing to bet that the reviews and word of mouth is going to cut off the "legs" of this game's post release sales.
maximum360
Member
This game seems like the "Man of Steel" of the gaming world.
More_Badass
Member
It doesn't matter if a game is the most well made game in the history of the medium; if someone didn't enjoy it, the review should reflect that
A review isn't a technical assessment
Bl@de
Member
Mad Max was fantastic. Better than any Shadow of Mordor or Assassin's Creed (after Brotherhood). High-five
Rockandrollclown
lookwhatyou'vedone
Yeah 7/10 seems about right to me. Its a cool game, and when it clicks with me its brilliant. However, I end up feeling like the game is like 5% exploration and 95% inventory management. I wish I would have got it on PC since an infinite inventory would probably make this a 9/10 for me.
Acerac
Banned
You didn't watch the end of the video, huh?
TheCanisDirus
Member
Earthanoid
Member
Yeah, I'm kind of confused by people in the thread treating a 6 or 7 out of 10 average as if its an unplayable mess. It's an average score and frankly, right now its an average game. So it sounds about right.
The Hermit
Member
This game is tottally my cuo of tea
- I loved the exploration of both Xenoblade
- I have over 120hrs on both Endless Ocean
Is there anything that I might not like with this one?
- I loved the exploration of both Xenoblade
- I have over 120hrs on both Endless Ocean
Is there anything that I might not like with this one?
Kssio_Aug
Member
I agree. I understand what the IGN guy meant: he enjoyed it a lot, but he can see it may not appeal to many others.
In the other hand, I disagree with the posts somewhat stating it's the kind of a game you "either love or hate".
I mean there's a lot of 6/7 scores, wich means there are many reviwers that neither hated or loved it, they just thought its an very avarage game, totally the middle ground.
Man... I got made fun of so often for thinking this game would be shallow.
The hell is this
The hell is this
Huggers
Member
I would go and grab it asap. I have become completely obsessed with it. It's not perfect but I'm so in awe and excited by the whole game it's hard for me to notice it's imperfections
Supermanisdead
Member
Huh, so about as good as Star Fox Zero.
I meant in the GOTY lists here, where it's top 10's.
exmachina64
Banned
On the other hand, I can't keep up with all the amazing games that have been released.
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
Killzone 2 was way better than Shadow Fal
Stealth_Cobra
Member
The hype train on that thing was colossal and honestly, it was a little delusionial to think that a team of 15 devs could create an infinite universe that would provide endless varied content that didn't get repetitive and best in genre gameplay. It's already an incredible feat that such a small team managed the whole procedurally generated universe thingy.
Hopefully, now that the game is out and money starts pouring in, they will be able to continue working on expanding upon the current foundation, making the gameplay more meaningful for long time players... That said, I think not making this game multiplayer-oriented was a huge mistake... I mean, games like minecraft thrive due to player created worlds, and to me procedurally generated universes needs to give multiple players the abilitry to durably affect and "build" man made structures in them... How far would have Minecraft gotten without the ability to alter and modify the gameworld , I wonder ?
The lack of multiplayer means it will always remain a mostly solitary "explore empty wortlds" type of game... Whereas I'm sure the game would have actually been more rewarding with some multiplayer focus and the ability to create player owned cities and such on said planets... It's one thing to discover a random planet, but shaping it into a huge outpost where you and your friends hang out is where the true fun would have been.
Hopefully the game can evolve as time passes.
Hopefully, now that the game is out and money starts pouring in, they will be able to continue working on expanding upon the current foundation, making the gameplay more meaningful for long time players... That said, I think not making this game multiplayer-oriented was a huge mistake... I mean, games like minecraft thrive due to player created worlds, and to me procedurally generated universes needs to give multiple players the abilitry to durably affect and "build" man made structures in them... How far would have Minecraft gotten without the ability to alter and modify the gameworld , I wonder ?
The lack of multiplayer means it will always remain a mostly solitary "explore empty wortlds" type of game... Whereas I'm sure the game would have actually been more rewarding with some multiplayer focus and the ability to create player owned cities and such on said planets... It's one thing to discover a random planet, but shaping it into a huge outpost where you and your friends hang out is where the true fun would have been.
Hopefully the game can evolve as time passes.