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[Magic-DEI-Hire]

At the end of the day, whether you intend to play the game or not, remember that your enjoyment of the game is what ultimately matters and not a numeric score attached to the game.

Just enjoy what you like.

 

[Gaiff]

Jesus Christ, no wonder the VRAM requirements are so low. The pop-in is so aggressive and distracting. For fuck's sake Pearl Abyss, was it too much to ask for you to use the VRAM of GPUs with more than 8GB?

 

[Moondoggy]

Steam refund request

Reason - No Dewd Mcbro

I'm sure they'd fast track me, and I'd get a written apology from Gabe.

 

[Judge Magister]

Main character's name is Cliff McDuff

It's Kliff McDuff of the Greymanes. Just sayin'.

 

[saintjules]

Some of my favorite games scored 70-something. I really don't care that much about woke/retarded journos.

Yeah. I think it's a tad bit sad that we're in an age where numbered scores overrule one's own feelings about a game.

If you have been eyeing a spaghetti dish that you can't wait to try out and and a food critic comes along reviewing said spaghetti dish and hated it, you would suddenly hate it too? C'mon lol. And then they say wait for a deep sale. Buying it at a lower price point ain't gonna fix the review though, nor the game. So why are you going to suddenly invest in a game at that point?

Still ready for launch. I followed the game for 6 years. I'll be damned if someone else's opinion is gonna sway me from that.

 

[Topher]

So I was two off from metacritic and hit opencritic exactly (as of right now).

I'm saying 80 on the dot

 

[bender]

At the end of the day, whether you intend to play the game or not, remember that your enjoyment of the game is what ultimately matters and not a numeric score attached to the game.

Just enjoy what you like.

Well said! On the other hand...

 

[Self High Five]

Just pretend any other review doesn't exist

Gameliner – 10/10
Gamers Heroes – 10/10
The Outerhaven – 10/10
DualShockers – 9.5/10
Forbes – 9.5/10
GamingTrend – 9.5/10
But Why Tho? – 9/10
Areajugones – 9/10
ComicBook – 9/10

 

[Topher]

No!

We must be a hive mind!

 

[MMaRsu]

 

[bender]

Just pretend any other review doesn't exist

Gameliner – 10/10
Gamers Heroes – 10/10
The Outerhaven – 10/10
DualShockers – 9.5/10
Forbes – 9.5/10
GamingTrend – 9.5/10
But Why Tho? – 9/10
Areajugones – 9/10
ComicBook – 9/10

A who's who list of literally who?

 

[Madflavor]

Some of you are pathetic. The games getting great reviews.

It has a few bugs, like every modern game ever released.

HARD PASS. I guess...

It's called making an informed decision on a purchase. Not everyone has money to burn. Passing on Crimson Desert doesn't mean passing on it forever. Maybe just not at full price. Some people like it, other don't. If I'm not confident I'll like the game, then I don't want to spend $70 just to "try it, you might like it." No thank you, I'll try it when it's on sale.

It's not being pathetic, it's being smart with your money.

 

[M.W.]

Just pretend any other review doesn't exist

But Why Tho?

 

[IntentionalPun]

People just focus way too much on scores. If you aren't actually engaging with reviews to find the details of why they liked/disliked something, you aren't doing it right.

 

[TintoConCasera]

First 5 mins into the review sold me.

For me, it's the ACG review: mentions Dragon's Dogma a few times and compliments both combat and exploration.

Fuck IGN lol, I can't wait to play this.

 

[Arsic]

Well boys I felt conflicted about this game and I still feel that way even after the reviews. Doesn't seem worth it to me to drop 80 bucks on it. Guess I'll wait for sale.

Death Stranding 2 here I come

You are in for a treat.

 

[KyoZz]

 

[HRK69]

That's going to be a no for me. I'll probably wait for a sale

Death Stranding 2 it is

 

[Pasta la Vista]

The things that are brought up as negatives in many reviews are things that do kinda grate on me, buuut I did enjoy Rage 2 which was rated pretty low iirc. Will definitely pick it up down the line on a decent sale but I worry about getting open world fatigue and end up never finishing it.

Looks like we can safely throw out the comparisons to RDR2 though, lol, people bringing that up always sounded like they were talking complete BS. Nobody does open worlds with the crazy amount of detail like Rockstar does.

EDIT: Seems like a good first attempt though, I think the sequel will have a lot more potential. The tech here looks great at least.

 

[semiconscious]

It's Kliff McDuff of the Greymanes. Just sayin'.

his clan's from northern korea. that is, they're from northern south korea...

 

[dreamstation]

75-79 nailed it

Will be worth checking out once the bugs are fixed and hopefully some of the graphical issues like popin get sorted.

 

[MMaRsu]

Boss battles restart with unskippable cutscenes Acg says thats very annoying

Camera isnt good according to him is bad in battles

 

[M.W.]

People on Reddit coping already:

 

[JayK47]

Sounds like a cool game that needs some patches. I will keep it in mind and likely grab it at some point.

 

[Arsic]

I've never said marathon is successful(I assume you mean player count or financially). I am having fun with it- just passed 100 hours with it.

I even said in the CCU thread the other day I thought it would lose 10k-20k CCU when Crimson releases. Maybe not now.

 

[Varteras]

 

[M.W.]

 

[Moondoggy]

Boss battles restart with unskippable cutscenes Acg says thats very annoying

Camera isnt good according to him is bad in battles

Hate this, but it's also one of the easier things to fix with a patch or hotfix.

 

[GooseMan69]

Remember these are the same journalists that reviewed this one.

Probably should've been lower tbh. Game was mid as hell.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Boss battles restart with unskippable cutscenes Acg says thats very annoying

Camera isnt good according to him is bad in battles

Oh God, I am definitely out.

Any unskippable cutscenes at all totally kills it for me, let alone ones that repeat like that.

 

[The Cockatrice]

People who were rly hoping this would score 9 when it was obvious its story and map were underwhelming(big does not equal better), are now coping hard. It's a decent game, always looked like it, too ambitious for mmo devs, but not bad. I dont have anything else to play I think, so might bite day one.

 

[yet_another_alt]

First 5 mins into the review sold me.

"...just like back in the day when you're playing a game like Skyrim as a kid.."
Haha... that's me. I was a kid when Skyrim released. Yeah.

 

[JusticeForAll]

Yeah, I'm afraid this will be exactly the game where I get burned out not even halfway through and finishing it will feel like work.

 

[BennyBlanco]

For me, it's the ACG review: mentions Dragon's Dogma a few times and compliments both combat and exploration.

Fuck IGN lol, I can't wait to play this.

Yea same here. Gonna force myself to like it out of spite at this point.

 

[Arsic]

Yeah, I'm afraid this will be exactly the game where I get burned out not even halfway through and finishing it will feel like work.

Run it down on main story and only do the really good side content like epic boss fights.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

Probably should've been lower tbh. Game was mid as hell.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

OP needs to add in ACG Review

 

[semiconscious]

Boss battles restart with unskippable cutscenes Acg says thats very annoying

Camera isnt good according to him is bad in battles

uh-oh. likely they've been playing too many final fantasy games...

 

[saintjules]

Fuck IGN lol, I can't wait to play this.

Which IGN? There's several

 

[LordOcidax]

I am starting to believe that gamers love the negativity… Hard to believe that gaming is the passion of some people here, looks like some people just want to see this industry dies… is a 77/100 well above average not a 20/100 game.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Which IGN? There's several

I can smell the copium of whoever did this lmao.

 

[yamaci17]

not surprised
main character looked bland. the whole game screamed bland story and character writing

 

[Raven117]

Death Stranding 2 here I come

Yuck.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

Wait for a sale I suppose. I really wish it had a character creator and was more free form, like Kenshi.

 

[readonly]

I kinda had the feeling the game would be lower than I'd hoped when John linneman at DF was excited by it. That guy often has such shit taste in games.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Looks like it needs a couple of patches or updates

 

[Sub_Level]

Imagine being a pc-only gamer and playing this 7/10 title instead of GOTY 2025 Death Stranding 2. Imagine being that person.

 

[Germuso]

Well i told you in my review....It was a mmo and a bigger map meana nothing if it's empty like Zelda botw.

Your welcome

 

[Guardian Monkey]

Imagine being a pc-only gamer and playing this 7/10 title instead of GOTY 2024 Death Stranding 2. Imagine being that person.

Why imagine?

 

[saintjules]

I can smell the copium of whoever did this lmao.