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[icespide]

Who is reviewing it at GB?

My current meta prediction is 95 with the same scores except Poly being 9/10, GB 5/5 if it's Brad and not Jeff.

Dan's reviewing it

 

[FinalStageBoss]

I'm sticking with 90.

With polygon giving it a 7/10

 

[zsynqx]

Who is reviewing it at GB?

My current meta prediction is 95 with the same scores except Poly being 9/10, GB 5/5 if it's Brad and not Jeff.

Dan

 

[Coolbgdog12]

Lucy O'Brien of IGN tweeted that her review-in-progress of Uncharted 4 goes live in half an hour, does that mean no immediate score? being a review-in-progress?

How can you update a 10 to a 10?

 

[farisr]

Aren't the GT guys in the no game will ever get a perfect score camp? So probably not, though maybe they've changed that with them using a star scale now.

Yeah, their 5 star scale is:
5 Stars - Masterful, 4 Stars - Excellent, 3 Stars - Recommended, 2 Stars - Lacking, 1 Star - Poor

So 5 stars is possible as it doesn't necessarily mean it's perfect.

 

[Capella]

Thought that was for MP heavy games only tbh

They mentioned Uncharted 4 in the article as an example.

 

[tesqui]

I hope there aren't a bunch of review-in-progresses. It's good that they are holding judgement until they have the complete experience, but it makes threads like these boring haha.

 

[Darkprime]

You know theres gonna be that one shit review that gives it a low score for some bs reason lol.

 

[styl3s]

Dan's reviewing it

Dan

Dan? 5/5.

 

[Alienous]

You know theres gonna be that one shit review that gives it a low score for some bs reason lol.

Oh GAF, the review thread is going to be good.

 

[Backfoggen]

You know theres gonna be that one shit review that gives it a low score for some bs reason lol.

Here we go

 

[wbEMX]

If another review score scenario like the Uncharted 3 one happens.... oh, boy.

 

[Mushroomer25]

Dan? 5/5.

The real question is how many times will he compare it to Metal Gear Solid.

 

[FarFromAnyGame]

Who is reviewing it at GB?

My current meta prediction is 95 with the same scores except Poly being 9/10, GB 5/5 if it's Brad and not Jeff.

I think it's Jeff. Brad's PSN profile says he played the game for the first time today. Maybe he had been playing with the appear offline.


Edit : apparently it's Dan.

 

[tuxfool]

Here we go

Scroll up. This already started with "doing for clicks".

 

[Vanethyr]

You know theres gonna be that one shit review that gives it a low score for some bs reason lol.

 

[Aceofspades]

Day 1 whether it got 99 or 36 on meta because I liked what I saw so far and I give no shit about what other journalist think about it..

Happy gaming day everyone

 

[Walpurgis]

You know theres gonna be that one shit review that gives it a low score for some bs reason lol.

And I cannot wait for it.

Do your thing, Polygon. 😋

LOL

 

[GhostTrick]

If another review score scenario like the Uncharted 3 one happens.... oh, boy.

What happened ? The game reviewed fairly great: 93 in total.

 

[Coolbgdog12]

 

[Square Triangle]

You know theres gonna be that one shit review that gives it a low score for some bs reason lol.

Ummmm

 

[Rozart]

I'm sticking with 90.

With polygon giving it a 7/10

Don't worry. I've got my 5 paragraphs long write up regarding Polygon's lack of journalistic ability/talent all edited and ready to be posted.

 

[Mushroomer25]

How can you update a 10 to a 10?

Man, that reminds me. Unless this scores a perfect 10, some people are going to insist IGN thinks UC4 is worse than UC3.

What happened ? The game reviewed fairly great: 93 in total.

It's a fun thread.

 

[Wishmaster92]

game gonna make bank.

 

[icespide]

What happened ? The game reviewed fairly great: 93 in total.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32102086&postcount=3251

 

[Backfoggen]

What happened ? The game reviewed fairly great: 93 in total.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32102086&postcount=3251

Edit: gadamn

 

[Walpurgis]

What happened ? The game reviewed fairly great: 93 in total.

See the post above yours. That GIF sums it up.

 

[WetWaffle]

It's gonna be 92-94, I'm sure of it.

 

[m4st4]

My Chloe dance gif is ready:

Spoiler

 

[A-V-B]

Can someone quickly shop Drake and Elena's face onto this?

 

[Gurish]

The most important thing is sale (don't worry about this one though) because we need to let publishers know that not everygame needs to be open-world with checklist missions

You are right about sales being the bottom line but a lot of the time sales are a function of good reviews.

I think this style of game needs great reviews in order to have a long tail sales wise, U4 is not The Division, an mmo style tps with friends that you know is gonna be a huge hit regardless of what reviews say.

I think that reviews helped tremendously to TLOU for example.

Agree. When QB failed to hit critically, it scared me for the entire linear story-driven action genre set.

Can you imagine being a publisher, putting in tens of millions of dollars into a new IP, which is a single-player only game that takes years to build and 10 hours to complete... and then it reviews only okay and sells only okay, not enough to recoup the budget? Will you ever take that risk again?

And then you read the reviews, and you see the criticisms -- too much like a movie but not a good story... too linear... not enough replay value... no multiplayer.... Gee, I wonder if that'll encourage you to stick to your old open-world IP next time, or focus on online-heavy games?

Not just shooters like Uncharted or QB either. Think back to God of War III. Sweet game, good seller. But it's 6 hours long, ridiculously expensive. Why would you take that risk again in the future?

Shit, Epic even complained about Gears being too risky and expensive, to the point where they went FTP. Ugh.

Yup, exactly that, we need a huge U4 success, reviews and sales, it should be important for every gen of the genre, regardless if you own the console or not.

You can check my post history, I was really holding hands for QB's success before reviews came out even though I know I won't buy it (don't have XB1), it's been too long since we had an amazing game in the genre, and I feel that if U4 will disappoint it could really hurt this genre's future, ND are the kings of this genre, and they have such a huge part in shaping up this genre and gaming in the last 7 years, if their game will fail what other publishers will think about doing a cinematic TPS?

 

[UpwindPoet24]

Man, that reminds me. Unless this scores a perfect 10, some people are going to insist IGN thinks UC4 is worse than UC3.

Different reviewer tho. Never understood that logic.

 

[GoldPunch]

It is the best gif on the Internet.

 

[icespide]

nailed it

 

[Floody]

My Chloe dance gif is ready:

Spoiler

Someone should add a bunch of 10s coming from her hands.

 

[GnawtyDog]

Aren't the GT guys in the no game will ever get a perfect score camp? So probably not, though maybe they've changed that with them using a star scale now.

What did EZA give Quantum Break? 4.5/5.

They got close.

 

[zkorejo]

I knew it was today.. didn't knew it was so close.

This gonna be good.

 

[Memento]

Scroll up. This already started with "doing for clicks".

You sure are annoying.

 

[Coolbgdog12]

Purfect

 

[The Xtortionist]

What did EZA give Quantom Break?

4.5/5 IIRC

 

[Putty]

nm

 

[Floody]

What did EZA give Quantom Break?

4.5 I think, might have been 4.
*edit: beaten.

 

[23qwerty]

Can someone quickly shop Drake and Elena's face onto this?

 

[Mushroomer25]

Different reviewer tho. Never understood that logic.

Different critic, different context, and even different standards to which the game is held. Yet when people exclusively read the number next to the game box, that's the sort of conclusion they draw.

 

[B.O.O.M]

I'm here fam! Let's do this

10/10 masterpiece

3/10 too much shooting and no soul..drake is literally dracula

 

[Trago]

I wanna hear great things about that single player. The anticipation!

 

[jmaine_ph]

Is that Elena? Holy shit, Ellie looks just like her.

 

[Coolbgdog12]

My Chloe dance gif is ready:

Spoiler

This gif is too realistic. It looks like a real gif.

 

[Walpurgis]

Good god.

 

[nbnt]

This is so disturbing