the polygon review, huh? ;p
Xenoblade Chronicles X - Review Thread
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the polygon review, huh? ;p
That sounds like the stupidest thing to do.
When everyone else is saying one thing and one or two people are offering differing opinions, always, always listen to them.
This isn't stats, reviews aren't empirical, you can't throw out the outlier when it comes to opinions or you will create an echo chamber and be surrounded by "yes" people.
Never throw out the contrarian opinion, you don't have to agree with it or like it but you should read it or listen to it so that you can have a true full picture.
But whatever dude do what you want it's just vidja games...
LordOcidax
Member
More 9s and 10s than a few 7s, so no problem at all.
entremet
Member
Gamers are used to the 8-10 scale, where anything below that is trash.
Honestly, the press is to blame for not using the full scale until recently.
As someone who has played the game, I understand what he's talking about it. The UI is not elegantly designed to display crucial information in a small space. So you can either turn it off and get less crucial information, or have it on and have it take up the screen.
It's not really that big of a deal since 90% of it is only on during battle, but yeah, it's a thing. His complaint makes complete sense.
People are shitting on the polygon for silly reasons. I thought it was pretty well done with solid reasoning that will apply to many people here. It just depends on how much certain things bug you.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
I really wish I had money.
Xenoblade Chronicles has a metacritic of 92. I doubt X will reach that.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Seems you get out of the game what you put into it.
This isn't an easy game to review because of how much shit there is to do.
lol
As long as they didn't putted 5, it's fine for me.
Yeah, a japanese reviewer said the same but in someway I think it's nice that we won't have too much tutorials to gone through before be able to explore.
I'm more than aware of that, however OG Xenoblade's strength was in the story and characters.
Exactly. Japanese impressions were extremely strong and TWEWY always had the chance to turn into a classic, which it did.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I'm new to the series and I kind of want a great story but I just want to run around naked through the landscapes more than anything.
partyphone
Banned
people have different opinions???? but aren't all games reviews objective???
this game has a lot of stuff. some would say it has the most stuff. 10/10
I loved the first xenoblade and put hundreds of hours into it but if I had to give it a number score I'd be hard pressed to give it more than a 7/10. the story was awful, the dialogue was even worse, most of the side quests were boring filler. I could go on and on about the flaws. and if I was writing a review I would. not because I hate the game but because I love it and want to see better from future games. that's the main point of criticism.
but here on the internet the main point of criticism is to reinforce preconceived notions of unreleased games.
The Elite
BOSS
This is the first game I have actually bought a physical strategy guide for in years.
Fly free!
DecoReturns
Member
Wow. That's amazing. I look forward to playing both
Say goodbye to any other video games for a while.
After reading a ton of reviews, it seems critics are split on the ways in which the game is structured. Some like that fact that getting through the main story is a huge grind, making progression feel rewarding, while others hated it, wanting a more streamlined approach. I think if there's lots of payoff to the grinding (like in most RPG's), then it makes for a good game. At the same time, maybe the criticism of it 'padding out the game' could apply for certain players. Still, good scores all around.
Gotdatmoney
Member
Most games take 2-3 years to make so I'm not really sure what you mean. If you divorce how long a game has been in development and just play it for what it is 7 is a fine score. I know gamers get all wrapped up in dev time but like eh, iu really shouldn't.
kuroneko0509
Member
monolithsoft is a 1st party studio
TheMoon
Member
This is an internal first party game .......
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
At least he's consistent.
higgsboson1997
Member
Yeah same. It seems a lot, lot harder this gen for games to attain scores above 90, as a lot of publishers have started giving much lower scores.
TW3, MGSV, Bloodborne, SM3DW, SSB. Wii U and Bayonetta 2 are the only ones that received it, and only MGSV and SM3DW were close to mid 90s, while all the rest were low 90s.
It's first party...
It was earlier this year during the import launch. GAF was hungry for any impressions and so an infamously negative story was co-opted into a crusade against the game despite several others trying to downplay that viewpoint. No one really knew what to think at the time and thus the spotlight shone brightest on the opinion that appeared most dour.
Welp I'm an idiot.
entremet
Member
James Scott
Banned
It's first party
Edit; damn
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
83 metacritic at present based on 17 critics. Doing better than Splatoon right now.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Ok, long awaited games then.
Like a GTA, etc...
This game may be niche but it's one that many looked forward to for ages.
I absolutely adore that game, but it's pretty amazing how high it scored considering some of its issues.
Tertullian
Member
7 is really not a good score in video game reviews, and anyone who follows games media and is honest with himself knows it. 7 is a middling score at best. Just look at the little score distribution chart on OpenCritic. A 70/100 is on the low end of the scale, right where the graph starts to tail off into shame.
Not that I'm saying Polygon's review is unreasonable. I haven't played the damn game. And anyway, the review certainly seems reasonable, does a good job of supporting its conclusion, and the stuff it complains about sure sounds like stuff that would annoy me. I'm not criticizing Polygon.
Not that I'm saying Polygon's review is unreasonable. I haven't played the damn game. And anyway, the review certainly seems reasonable, does a good job of supporting its conclusion, and the stuff it complains about sure sounds like stuff that would annoy me. I'm not criticizing Polygon.
higgsboson1997
Member
The story is supposed to be good if you do the Affinity quests also .
Maybe he interested in the content of the reviews?
If this is a serious suggestion, that's silly.
While I'm a fan of Xenoblade, I never found the story to be all that great, especially in the second half, but I'll agree in that it was the main draw for me over exploration and sidequests.
If you're in the same boat, I suggest you do a lot more research about this game before buying. It does have a lot of strengths over its predecessor, but it also has entirely different focuses. It's a really different beast.
entremet
Member
This is why I don't get the Meteoritic hate some have. It's a great way to get a variety of impressions.
This only trust GAFfers thing is wacky to me. I like seeing a variety of opinions.
You have to be shitting me.
Yep, glad there's a few open people like ourselves out there. Too often sifes like neogaf become echo chambers especially in dedicated fanbases. Just garbage to ignore others opinions and trust me I know how that is when people openly admit to putting me on their ignore list because my opinions are different than theirs ha-ha.
Azzurri
Member
A little off topic, but man why can we have MMO's this open? No instances, open world, sandbox game play. Just add more social systems and add more MMO features and you have a great MMO like no other.
ANyways, I think I'm gonna acutally pick this up, even if I'm not a fan of long single players games anymore
ANyways, I think I'm gonna acutally pick this up, even if I'm not a fan of long single players games anymore
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