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[DeepEnigma]

Looks like they spent too much time worrying about how to stick it to Elon and his army of chuds.

Alas, yet another rare victory is upon us. It's becoming too much now.

People want to toss around "arrogance" in trolling adages, but these groups of bubble CULTure developers are the epitome of arrogance. Arrogance lacking in the actual talent to be so.

 

[Fess]

Oh yeah. The fankit for Avowed had a blueprint to 3D print a bear.

Kind of neat.

Kind of hilarious after seeing the IGN review where he says there is bearly any enemy variety and they place bears all over the place

 

[GHG]

Face 4 has definitely seen some shit in his life.

 

[xenosys]

So we're almost 2 months into 2025 and we still haven't had a 90+ game yet.

I don't see that changing with Monster Hunter either.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

It’s (currently) exclusive to the wrong console. Like Indy, when it comes to the PS5 people will be praising it and not acting like an 8 is a bad score.

Scores are irrelevant in the current media climate. Indy looks and plays great. This one doesn't. Technically it's very poor and it shows. This is a slop very much like Starfield or anything made by EA or Ubisoft.

 

[LectureMaster]

It's fair, he was not paid to shill. He really just had a dumb opinion.

How could someone that is regarded being versed in crpg and have BG3 as his all time favorite thinks Veilguard is goty 2024?

Must be a temporal dementia.

 

[Ozriel]

Is this you? :

Yep

 

[Lokaum D+]

Kacho




'Well worth your time'

DAV was one of his picks for GOTY he lost all his credibility to me.

 

[Banjo64]

So we're almost 2 months into 2025 and we still haven't had a 90+ game yet.

I don't see that changing with Monster Hunter either.

Metroid Prime 4 cometh.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

No jank you say?

I wonder if it’s this bad on console. I skip any game that’s breaking save files until that’s fixed.

 

[Gonzito]

So we're almost 2 months into 2025 and we still haven't had a 90+ game yet.

I don't see that changing with Monster Hunter either.

Its a shame because KCD2 should have minimum a 90 in metacritic

 

[Kacho]

It's fair, he was not paid to shill. He really just had a dumb opinion.

How could someone that is regarded being versed in crpg and have BG3 as his all time favorite thinks Veilguard is gotta 2024?

Must be a temporal dementia.

He's just trying to grow his channel, which is fine, but he damaged his credibility in the process. I can't take recommendation from him seriously anymore.

 

[GHG]

Yep

That's a shame. At least you managed to bring DarkMage619 from the shadows to give you a like.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Is this you? :

Welp, you done goofed man, he's gonna come back at you either with "AcKtuaLLy...®", "rent free®", clown and laughing emojis now - or all maybe all of those combined

 

[Tomeru]

And it was a fun game. Sorry you were upset by it

Im not commenting on how good or bad it was (didnt play it), just on the critic scores vs gamers opinion. We know atleast it sold poorly, so the jury is still out on this one.





Warrior.

 

[adamsapple]

That's more like a face after 4 booger sugars.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

The Outer Worlds was at an 85 and I thought that was pretty bad. This just looks like fantasy outer worlds.

 

[Draugoth]

It's fair, he was not paid to shill. He really just had a dumb opinion.

How could someone that is regarded being versed in crpg and have BG3 as his all time favorite thinks Veilguard is goty 2024?

Must be a temporal dementia.

It's February and he thinks it's GOTY?

 

[LectureMaster]

He's just trying to grow his channel

Guy made the wrong bet. Trying to pandering Veilguard that just sold 1.5 m.

Should have picked Wukong to praise, imagine the overwhelming China power he could've got!

 

[LectureMaster]

It's February and he thinks it's GOTY?

LMAO, my man, we were talking about derailed Veilguard.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Wait, it is?

Well, I can't confirm this but the info I've heard is it's only a code in the box, and only available with special editions.

 

[ElFenomeno]

Meanwhile a Czech studio with budget of 40 million:

 

[GHG]

Welp, you done goofed man, he's gonna come back at you either with "AcKtuaLLy...®", "rent free®", clown and laughing emojis now - or all maybe all of those combined

Although it's what I expected, he couldn't even muster that.

This one must sting.

 

[P:axMagellanic]

He's just trying to grow his channel, which is fine, but he damaged his credibility in the process. I can't take recommendation from him seriously anymore.

He's already admitted in his comments that playing these shit games is all this fella does with his life (outside of taking his kid to school occasionally and eating).

That's a miserable, depressives existence and he can't possibly be enjoying any of these games. His pineal gland is fried.

 

[Digital-Aftertaste]

I'll get it if an easy to mod game.

 

[BigBeauford]

He's just trying to grow his channel, which is fine, but he damaged his credibility in the process. I can't take recommendation from him seriously anymore.

Not to mention his very lukewarm recommendation for KCD2.

 

[Ozriel]

Although it's what I expected, he couldn't even muster that.

This one must sting.

The game scoring only 80% really extended Christmas for you, didn’t it?

Might as well save some of the champagne for the CCU thread.

 

[GHG]

He's just trying to grow his channel, which is fine, but he damaged his credibility in the process. I can't take recommendation from him seriously anymore.

It was so bad that people have started questioning his "100%" gimmick. Some of the achievements he has magically managed to attain would take months of normal play to get.

This guy is likely taking the Elon Musk approach to game reviews. The things people will do for popularity and recognition.

 

[Kacho]

Not to mention his very lukewarm recommendation for KCD2.

I need to watch that. He's rarely critical of games and when he is he always follows it up with vague praise. I find his content completely vapid.

 

[GymWolf]

If his schtick is that he 100%'s all games before reviewing, he probably knows more what he's talking about than most

I played more than 30 hours of veilguard, you don't fucking need to 100% to know all the flaws like the pedestrian enemy design, the goody2shoes writing, the modern california woke etc., what the hell is this bullshit narrative?


Do you also keep in high regard opinions from people with a lot of platinum trophies by any chance?

Dude just has shit taste or he cashed a fat check from EA because he has a following and they were probably desperate to make look the game better.

 

[LectureMaster]

Looks like they spent too much time worrying about how to stick it to Elon and his army of chuds.

Alas, yet another rare victory is upon us. It's becoming too much now.

 

[BigBeauford]

I need to watch that. He's rarely critical of games and when he is he always follows it up with vague praise. I find his content completely vapid.

The tone of his entire review was tepid AF.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Guy made the wrong bet. Trying to pandering Veilguard that just sold 1.5 m.

Should have picked Wukong to praise, imagine the overwhelming China power he could've got!

He’s not the only one going for the MoDeRn AuDiEnCe

 

[GHG]

The game scoring only 80% really extended Christmas for you, didn’t it?

Might as well save some of the champagne for the CCU thread.

Witnessing the way you're constantly scrambling, it's Christmas every day baby.

 

[LectureMaster]

The game scoring only 80% really extended Christmas for you, didn’t it?

Might as well save some of the champagne for the CCU thread.

 

[Bernardougf]

 

[adamsapple]

Do you also keep in high regard opinions from people with a lot of platinum trophies by any chance?

Not in every case but when someone with 100+ hours into a game says it's well worth your time, it means something from their point of view.

Not that a game with 80~ aggregate is poorly reviewing or anything, mind you.

 

[twilo99]

Was hoping for better. Good thing it's on Gamepass. Good game for that.

What game isn’t good for gamepass?

 

[amigastar]

Not in every case but when someone with 100+ hours into a game says it's well worth your time, it means something from their point of view.

Not that a game with 80~ aggregate is poorly reviewing or anything, mind you.

True, people act like its a 65 or something.

 

[GHG]

 

[LectureMaster]

It was so bad that people have started questioning his "100%" gimmick. Some of the achievements he has magically managed to attain would take months of normal play to get.

This guy is likely taking the Elon Musk approach to game reviews. The things people will do for popularity and recognition.

The 100% approach made me wonder when he claimed he did so with Yakuza 8. Because by his standard, 100% means not only achievements, but everything inside out the game.

That means clearing Virtual fighter with the whole roster, win pool, dart, baseball, etc. in all modes, finish all karaoke songs with perfect score, etc. There are literally hunderds of this challenges, how could he possibly finish all of this before game release?

Either he cheated or he did not do every as he claimed for the game.

 

[GymWolf]

Says the guy who claims Veilguard is the best in the series.

Maybe he meant to say bust in the series?!

 

[Kacho]

It was so bad that people have started questioning his "100%" gimmick. Some of the achievements he has magically managed to attain would take months of normal play to get.

That was in question way before his Veilguard review. People have been calling him a fraud for a while now and I believe there's some truth to it so he can maintain his 100% gimmick. Anyone can idle a game for hundreds of hours and run an achievement unlocker on Steam.

 

[Zacfoldor]

The game is 80 on MC and people act like it's 65 or something, the same goes with Civ 7, people are destryoing it.

It got a 7/10 from IGN and a 6/10 from Gamespot. These are heavily weighted websites. These bad review scores got split out. Gamespot only got counted for PC(which is currently setting at a 79) with IGN only counted for the Xbox console. Can anyone confirm this is correct?

Feels like the game has hung on to 80 too long. Feels artificial. MS playing fuck fuck games with the code distro again?

Metacritic aside, 7/10 from IGN and 6/10 from Gamespot is super, super shitty and an absolutely devastating score from the two biggest gaming websites. 6/10 from Gamespot the game will never live that down. With the way this game is priced on PC, I can't see it picking up many sales outside of gamepass. If the game had niche appeal or had a lower profile and lower need for profits this would not be that bad(though venturing into 7s on metacritic and having the two biggest gaming websites give you mediocre and bad review scores respectively) means one thing.

Review scores did not help this one. It will need to get by on word of mouth. It did not score high enough to outrank the woke creator, so this game will be doomed imho. There are too many haters, the game costs too much, and the game isn't good enough to push past it with quality. If I'm wrong I'm wrong, I will gladly admit it and eat crow if this game sells well or even has a high steam concurrent player count.

 

[Spyxos]

So it's good? I didn't expect that at all.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Most of us enthusiasts can watch a few videos and read some exerts to know if a game is up our alley or not.

We don't need to rely on the Nu-gamer to tell us a thing.

 

[LectureMaster]

So it's good? I didn't expect that at all.

Well, my man adamsapple is celebrating while my man Buggy Loop has canceled preorder. Go figure.

 

[Mortisfacio]

Scores are irrelevant in the current media climate. Indy looks and plays great. This one doesn't. Technically it's very poor and it shows. This is a slop very much like Starfield or anything made by EA or Ubisoft.

Agreed. Some of the hate around Indy just seemed to be "I can't play it yet, so I hate it". Indy looked and felt kind of jank at times, but otherwise was very well done and charming. Loved it overall.

This... just feels off. There's some nice art design that I like, but the vibe, combat, dialogue, etc. so far nothing looks actually compelling. Where Indy looked bad to great to me on varying things (story, writing, combat, etc.) at initial preview, everything here looks bad to mid to me.

 

[adamsapple]

Well, my man adamsapple is celebrating while my man Buggy Loop has canceled preorder. Go figure.

Every day above ground is a good day.

 

[viveks86]

Is this already being discussed? Luke is clearly upset!



No one's even talking about the game being so broken are they?

EDIT: Nvm. Just catching up with the thread