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Until Dawn - Review Thread
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I tried so hard to kill her.
Awwwww. I have a thing for stuck-up spoiled girls, I guess. My heart went to the true queen of Until Dawn, though: Ashley.
And god, I think the one I wanted dead the most was Mike. I hated him so, so muchuntil he basically
became Nathan Drake
Killscreen, one of the toughest critic sites out there, really liked it.
http://killscreendaily.com/articles/until-dawn-smart-riff-horror-movie-tropes-video-game/
They gave it a 78, which for them is high praise. (They gave The Witcher 3, which they said was one of the best RPGS ever made, an 83 as a comparison)
Also Erik Kain at Forbes really liked it (He gave it an 8.5)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/games/2015/08/24/until-dawn-review-scary-cheesy-campy-horror-fun/
The game is getting high praise from very reputable gaming journalists.
http://killscreendaily.com/articles/until-dawn-smart-riff-horror-movie-tropes-video-game/
They gave it a 78, which for them is high praise. (They gave The Witcher 3, which they said was one of the best RPGS ever made, an 83 as a comparison)
Also Erik Kain at Forbes really liked it (He gave it an 8.5)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/games/2015/08/24/until-dawn-review-scary-cheesy-campy-horror-fun/
The game is getting high praise from very reputable gaming journalists.
Wow! And it's reviewed by Steve Forbes himself!
boredandlazy
Member
I'm just waiting for him to compare the lighting in Until Dawn to Tomb Raider's.
shieeeeeet the more and more I read about this game it's turning this from a weekend buy to wanting to play it tonight >_>
tryagainlater
Member
Well this turned out better than expected.
SomedayTheFire
Member
That's not really all over the place though. 7.5% of reviews are outside of the 7-9 range.
looks like a normal distribution with a left skew.
that one 4 represents 2% of the overall total.
the two 6s represent 4% of the overall total.
70% fall between 8-9..
so no, not all over the place.
Primethius
Banned
The Jim Sterling review...
The games sound better and better.
The games sound better and better.
I am blaming Sony because it was a good game and could have sold to plenty of people who didn't play Warhawk like myself. The game barely cracked 100k, meanwhile, shit like The Order sells way more.
MaxwellParrish
Member
The Eurogamer.it review confirms that, at least on the disk version, the english voice-over is present (and that the italian dub is pretty bad, both for the acting and for the mixing)
igordennis
Member
Damn really glad this game turned out so well. It seems like it went through a bit of development hell but Supermassive delivered in the end 
Umm in terms of amount, no.
We would see a pretty large amount of reviews under 7. So far its 41 reviews giving the game 7s and above. 8s are the leading score number for this game as of now
For all intents and purposes, Lightbox is gone because of that contract severance.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Glad to see this game didn't bomb critically. Hopefully it has good sales so we get more games in this genre with a decent budget.
The Gamescom 2012 trailer is practically a different game.Damn really glad this game turned out so well. It seems like it went through a bit of development hell but Supermassive delivered in the end
When majority are within 7-9 it really isn't.
I for one am surprised it has been received critically so well always thought from the first time this was shown it would have a hard time with reviews.
this is why you have to READ reviews as well.the point is everybody is pretty positive on the game despite scoring them differently. if you can put up with certain flaws the number is higher or if you get annoyed the number is lower but overall the game is being recommended by almost everyone.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Cool. I was hoping the game would be in the 8ish range.
Not really. It has way more positive than negative reveiws.
If it's genre knowledge you should be taking all the dumb choices right? I'm so splitting up the group as soon as possible.
Solid reviews. This game sold its idea at PSX when the audience got engaged and it has carried through and delivered. Nice to see.
The perfect game to play along side your GF or with friends coming over at night. Will definitely pick up.
Supermassive did a solid a job in their first entry to the AAA space, and the horror genre to boot.
The perfect game to play along side your GF or with friends coming over at night. Will definitely pick up.
Supermassive did a solid a job in their first entry to the AAA space, and the horror genre to boot.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
That was the perfect demo for the game. It made me and others go "ooooh this is cool"
PapaJustify
Member
FUN FACT: #untildawn is number 1 trending topic on Twitter in Germany right now.
kitschbeam
Member
Will pick this game up and play it with friends.
ScaryShark
Banned
Great news. I was purchasing regardless but now I'm even more hyped.
I can't make sense of that digital spy review. They seem to have a huge issue with the corny college humour in the opening hour, then go on to praise the various elements of the game including the butterfly effect, clues system, graphics, etc, but score the game basically an unplayable 4/10.
To be perfectly honest I was expecting more reviews like this because it's got a lot of QTE in it. But then again, when did the marketing for this game state otherwise? If QTE is done right (which it seems to be) then it's at least effective, and at worse tolerable.
I'm not a fan of review sites giving ludicrously low scores and their review not really explaining why. Not that I ever visit that site, but what can I say... the black sheep always gets the clicks right.
To be perfectly honest I was expecting more reviews like this because it's got a lot of QTE in it. But then again, when did the marketing for this game state otherwise? If QTE is done right (which it seems to be) then it's at least effective, and at worse tolerable.
I'm not a fan of review sites giving ludicrously low scores and their review not really explaining why. Not that I ever visit that site, but what can I say... the black sheep always gets the clicks right.
Thats great, in my case im a horror fan so mostly everyone should be alive by the end.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
888
Member
I can see that now after watching some reviews. The 20 minute gameplay I saw was really the first and only footage I had seen. I can see now it is like this on purpose.
Captain Smirk
Member
Yep I'm pre ordering right now
Megawarrior
Member
Be right back, refreshing my memory by watching scream 1-4, halloween, Friday the 13th etc in order to prepare.
Acquiescence
Member
If even The Order can find chart legs in Deutschland then those guys are going to buy Until Dawn in their droves I'd imagine. The Germans sure do love their adventure games. I really like that about them.
Nah, RE6 is a good example of scores being all over the place.
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/resident-evil-6
67 average
9s - 6
8s - 19
7s - 22
6s - 10
5s - 7
4s - 4
3s - 2
2s - 1
Beyond was funny, it had 10s and 1s :-D talk about divisive.
Until Dawn has very consistent reviews around 8s and very few outliers.
Omnistalgic
Member
I think it was verendus who was discussing the value of guerilla games after Killzone came out on PS4 to lukewarm reviews. They may not make some of the most critically acclaimed games in the industry , but there tech and engineering skills are top notch. This engine looks beautiful here, and I hope it sells very well so we can see more good storytelling in gaming.
I think GG night have found there niche in the open world RPG genre as well. Congrats to all teams involved, gonna get this and MGSV day one. Nice September indeed.
I think GG night have found there niche in the open world RPG genre as well. Congrats to all teams involved, gonna get this and MGSV day one. Nice September indeed.