massivekettle
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A 72 Metacritic would imply otherwise....
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DriveClub Review Thread.
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A 72 Metacritic would imply otherwise....
A 72 is bad ?
Looks more to me like 35 good reviews and one bad one
That single bad review might be from a misinformed large exploding device. Even if you count mixed reviews as bad, it's still 2:1 in favor of good reviews.
massivekettle
Member
72 is 7.2/10... pretty bad if you ask me, unless the way we grade video games has changed...
Not to me.
-tetsuo-
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What is this video supposed to demonstrate?
massivekettle
Member
Then what do you make of FH2's 86 score? GOTY material?
probably that he's played the game
That's a fact? Really?
Dlacy13g
Member
Bad? No not bad but like wise its not good or great. Not really. To me a 72 implies a game that is decent, and will appeal to a certain amount of people but its not a must play. Which all sounds about right for Drive Club.
He accused me of not having played the game. That video makes the opposite obvious.
Other than that, nothing. It's just a random video autorecorded by an achievement.
What on earth.. I never.. My brain can't.. That looks grippy and loose..at the same time. I haven't seen anything like it..
Both are great games, but I most decidedly wouldn't look at metacritic to determine which one is a "better game."
Mind you, the whole comparison, besides specific elements like driving physics, is extremely silly, considering that they're opposite games, built around opposite techs and opposite philosophies.
King Gilga
Member
soundscream
Member
Notice how that was a Ford Raptor
I want to see your clip of flooring it while in a turn with all assist off and simulation steering in a hyper car off road. Make sure to start the DVR when in the difficulty settings.
I agree
You do understand that was just a response to "you didn't play the game" right? It's just a random clip recorded by an achievement.
Mohonky
Member
I said this about the game earlier in the thread. The handling looks bizarre. On other vehicles its like. The cars have a shitload of grip, but then you hold them long enough in a steady state corner and they just start to wash out into oversteer and scrub off speed a lot. Its like there is a really thin line between having grip, then having the car step out. It doesnt look right.
I havent played the game, but if it handles like I am imagining, it would be really annoying, yet every video I see is the same. Go imto corner, turn, car grips like mad, then for some reason steps out in the middle of a stapeasy state corner and because of the huge amount lf grip, after stepping out scrubs off a lot of speed.
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
It's a higher rated game. GTAIV was very highly rated, it doesn't make it better than lower scoring games.
I agree.
His comparsion was off with the scores.
Even if we took metacritic seriously, which I don't (too many bad reviewers being part of metacritic), both got a pretty good score.
The general feeling for alot of people that everything under 8.0 is bad, is just getting ridicilous.
As if there is nothing else than black and white...
Not even that, it just means it is more appealing to the cohort known as game critics who, by-in-large prefer specific types of gameplay and games.
Will try Driveclub when they get all the content patched in.
Who are you to tell me what I can and can't do with my cars in Forza Horizon 2?
Who are you to tell me what I can and can't do with my cars in Forza Horizon 2?
Nope, not even close.
soundscream
Member
King Gilga
Member
Using anything but your opinion and tastes to determine what is the 'better game' is silly.
WTB a new Outrun. Still play 2006 every so often.
massivekettle
Member
Then Sony's claim of a "Forza-killer" in the ad is just a blatant lie (which most ads are, imo).
Hoping that Evo Studios' next racer will be more polished than DC.
-tetsuo-
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Ahh I misunderstood.
Anyway, here is something I just did to show. This is a moderately upgraded 97 M3 with traction and stability control on.
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=3C9E70807A9515EA&id=3C9E70807A9515EA!132&v=3
Looking really grippy, I guess? I have to CONSTANTLY keep that car from spinning out.
OccamsLightsaber
Regularly boosts GAF member count to cry about 'right wing gaf' - Voter #3923781
That's a quote from VG247. watch the video again.
Sad fact is, getting under an 80 kills sales for retail games.
DC might escape this fate because of the free version. I mean, if the entry price to DOTA or LoL was $60, and success dependant on metacritic, they'd probably be dead.
I actually hope this becomes more of the norm. It is a way to escape the tyranny of metacritic while still being able to justify large-ish budgets and not having to have microtransactions.
Bolts-n-Rays1109
Banned
A 72 isn't bad. It's technically classified as good. But, a 72 for a game delayed 11 months and was fairly hyped up? I wouldn't consider that good. More disappointing, if anything.
NullPointer
Member
Doesn't matter - its being used in Sony's marketing.
I wouldn't call it a lie, but it might not win the game any favors.
Let's put some perspective. Some racing games with a metacritic score of 72:
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/need-for-speed-prostreet
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/race-pro
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/ridge-racer-unbounded
So yeah, i understand that a lot of people want this game to be good (and they are trying too hard) but i'm pretty sure they don't consider those games to be better than average. It's ok if you are excited to have a racing game for your PS4, but let's not lose the perspective: 72 barely qualifies as a good game.
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/need-for-speed-prostreet
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/race-pro
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/ridge-racer-unbounded
So yeah, i understand that a lot of people want this game to be good (and they are trying too hard) but i'm pretty sure they don't consider those games to be better than average. It's ok if you are excited to have a racing game for your PS4, but let's not lose the perspective: 72 barely qualifies as a good game.
This is such a profoundly misguided post that I'm having trouble even beginning to address it.
iirc, they were also using "Halo Killer" quotes when advertising Killzone. They should probably stop doing that with the first entries.
You need to learn how to read sir. Sony never said that. A Media Outlet did.
The gameplay is fun as hell. I need the servers to come up though to get the full experience as intended.
I guess if you are a 20-40 white male with bog standard tastes who plays videogames for a living, that would be true.
TheBryanJZX90
Member
It's a racing game. Vroom vroom cars. The target audience is as generic dudebro as you can get, this isn't some indie hipster platformer.
I haven't got a horse in this DriveClub race, but one of my favourite - and absolutely a contender in any top ten of the generation lists I make - games is Alpha Protocol (64).
what are you talking about?
Ingueferroque
Banned
What does this even mean?
And this?
And why are we comparing DC to FH2?
And smh at the people using metacritic as some sort of indicator for the quality of a game..
http://www.metacritic.com/game/psp/wild-arms-xf
guy wrote
that is only true if the person saying it has the same tastes as an averaged out group of reviewers, the vast majority of which are white, male, between 20-40, and play videogames in order to make a living. For everyone else, it is not a truism.
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
7.2 certainly isn't bad, but considering this game was given an extra year, it is hardly an acceptable outcome.
If this was launch it would've been more acceptable.
If this was launch it would've been more acceptable.