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[jm89]

As a person of colour i could give one flying fuck.

Also this is the reviewer

Thank you terminally middle class Londoner for feeling outrage on our behalf.

 

[Fabieter]

That’s the thing though isn’t it? Fallout 4 was forgettable, ugly at the time, with lame writing and dated gameplay yet it still got 87. That’s the crazy part.

Obviously it’s a hard comparison to make because these games are reviewed by different people.

Usually what matters is the reasons why a game is scoring high and the reasons why a game is scoring low. When a game gets so much praise for doing so many things right and then gets docked for side shit, that’s when it feels a bit weird because not every game is held to that type of standard. Some games are reviewed based on what they do, others are reviewed based on what they don’t do. And that’s lame as fuck.

Thank you. That's my entire point and I think there is no cure for ff to do it right at this point. This franchise is so awesome and I can't catch a break because of the stuff you mentioned.

 

[LordCBH]

Shit like what eurogamer posted should honestly see their reviews pulled from the average calculation of any game on the aggregate websites. It’s not valid criticism, it’s social Justice warring from retards.

 

[Porticus]

That’s the thing though isn’t it? Fallout 4 was forgettable, ugly at the time, with lame writing and dated gameplay yet it still got 87. That’s the crazy part.

Obviously it’s a hard comparison to make because these games are reviewed by different people.

Usually what matters is the reasons why a game is scoring high and the reasons why a game is scoring low. When a game gets so much praise for doing so many things right and then gets docked for side shit, that’s when it feels a bit weird because not every game is held to that type of standard. Some games are reviewed based on what they do, others are reviewed based on what they don’t do. And that’s lame as fuck.

Dated gameplay?

Tell me another game that does exploration like Bethesda, for that we simply have to wait their next game that is gonna be released in September.

 

[Damigos]

No, we are men of culture.

You must also still download porn

 

[feynoob]

That’s the thing though isn’t it? Fallout 4 was forgettable, ugly at the time, with lame writing and dated gameplay yet it still got 87. That’s the crazy part.

Obviously it’s a hard comparison to make because these games are reviewed by different people.

Usually what matters is the reasons why a game is scoring high and the reasons why a game is scoring low. When a game gets so much praise for doing so many things right and then gets docked for side shit, that’s when it feels a bit weird because not every game is held to that type of standard. Some games are reviewed based on what they do, others are reviewed based on what they don’t do. And that’s lame as fuck.

It's about setting.
Bethesda games offer world building for you. You can ignore the main story.
While other rely on the story to progress the game. Without it, the game feels dull.

 

[StueyDuck]

As a person of colour i could give one flying fuck.

Also this is the reviewer

Yeah proper "not allowed near playgrounds" vibes coming from this one

 

[XesqueVara]

It got that with big issues. If Bethesda ironed some of the problems, it would have been a 90+.

If the writing was like Far Harbor and the Protagonist was silent it would be a 90+ very easily, the voiced protagonist limited the choices as fuck

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

We really need to stop caring what mainstream gaming media thinks about games.

The scale is so clearly broken, and its brokenness doesn’t even represent how most gamers think.

Yup, just like media in general.

 

[TheKremlinBossMan]

Eurogamer continues to be as embarrassing as ever.

Man I knew they were going to be on bullshit but that is actually embarrassing. Too much "message" instead of gaming.

 

[Fabieter]

We really need to stop caring what mainstream gaming media thinks about games.

The scale is so clearly broken, and its brokenness doesn’t even represent how most gamers think.

It has direct impact on the sales of the franchise we love which impacts future budgets. I also can have fun with 6 out of 10 games but it's more complicated.

 

[SaniOYOYOY]

Yup, just like media in general.

Like rt for movies

 

[Heisenberg007]

So whats this boycott about?, i havent been following this.
Some woke related nonsesne i guess?

FFXVI - 'FF16'

The Director has already explained that it is set in a "medieval Europe" setting, which is there isn't enough diversity so it can stay true to the era, geographical region it is inspired from, etc., but whiners gotta whine.

 

[Madflavor]

88 on MC with 97 reviews. So the majority of reviews are in. Looks like this is settling in the 87-90 range.

 

[Rush2112]

Getting 90 and above on MC is incredibly hard to do, which is why i dont get why so many on here use a 90+ score as a yard stick for a games quality.

You can have a bunch of 10's, and 9's accross the board, but you literally only need a handful of dodgy/edgy reviews and that 90+ score is impossible to get.

personally anything above 80 is a very good game imo, for that very reason.

If this was some nintendo exclusive it would have scored higher.

 

[StueyDuck]

88 on MC with 97 reviews. So the majority of reviews are in. Looks like this is settling in the 87-90 range.

Das a good range if you ask me

 

[feynoob]

It has direct impact on the sales of the franchise we love which impacts future budgets. I also can have fun with 6 out of 10 games but it's more complicated.

Check god of war Ragnorak and tears of kingdom reviews. Those scores impacted those games alot.

 

[DenchDeckard]

88 on MC with 97 reviews. So the majority of reviews are in. Looks like this is settling in the 87-90 range.

Great scores, now to see if the performance is ironed out.

Wheres DF and VG Tech?

Might be a hold out for PC for me.

 

[ssringo]

An actual gamer and best known for his Souls and Nioh let's plays and guides.

 

[hinch7]

90 on OC so missed on one one. That's darn impressive though, its even higher than FF7R.

Think we can call this a return to form for the series, at least as the mainline series goes.

 

[StueyDuck]

If this was some nintendo exclusive it would have scored higher.

They should of just put a rinse and repeat korok seed on every corner so they'd get coveted 97 meta

 

[Luigi Mario]

88 reviews in and sitting at an 88 on MC. Whatever the case may be, it's scoring much higher than FFXIII and FFXV. Looks like the franchise first real win with a new mainline entry in nearly two decades.

It really feels like it. Most of the buzz surrounding this game has been very positive, but we will have to see how it compares to FFXV and the FFXIII trilogy.

 

[Fabieter]

Check god of war Ragnorak and tears of kingdom reviews. Those scores impacted those games alot.

Check god of war Ragnorak and tears of kingdom reviews. Those scores impacted those games alot.

Both have less mixes reviews and the score for xvi isn't done yet.

 

[GymWolf]

"That contradiction speaks to the oddly self-cancelling nature of the story as a whole. Again, FF16 is on some level a playable deconstruction of the traditional hero yarn - its plot painstakingly explores how the urge to fight everyone's battles for them may disintegrate into egotism and even callousness, bred of thinking the world is yours to save. But the game's insistence on playing out the hero fable regardless is having your cake and eating it - certainly, it doesn't take 50 hours to grasp this morale. And while Final Fantasy 16 is perhaps the state of the art for real-time Final Fantasy combat, its dreary sidequests and slight excess of worldbuilding leave me reluctant to fire up New Game+. All told, I still prefer the older Final Fantasies, which also trade in stories of heroes averting the apocalypse, but always place those heroes second to the party."

Is my english getting worse or this is kinda badly written and hard to follow?

 

[skit_data]

According ElAnalistaDebits the performance mode is not better with day one patch, and some areas after in the game the performance is worse than the Demo

Curious, I'm reading a review from a swedish gaming news site, fz.se, and they say the framerate is solid outside of a few areas. I guess I'll see for myself in just a few hours.

 

[big fake]

And with that one paragraph, that entire review is disregarded.... what a joke of a publication

 

[Boss Mog]

Eurogamer unsurprisingly tanked the score. Polygon too. What pieces of shit, seriously...

 

[Danjin44]

88 on MC with 97 reviews. So the majority of reviews are in. Looks like this is settling in the 87-90 range.

13 Sentinels on PS4 is at 85 and that one of my favourite game all time.

 

[SaniOYOYOY]

An actual gamer and best known for his Souls and Nioh let's plays and guides.

Yeah my go to for action games

 

[analog_future]

Sitting an 88 right now. Lower scores than the majority here thought it would receive:

Disappointing.

 

[Northeastmonk]

Jaw dropping bosses - series best. That’s enough of a reason to check it out.

 

[Sephimoth]

These activist sites like Eurogamer, Shitaku and Polygon need removing from Metacritic

At what point do publishers just shitcan them and stop giving them review codes?

 

[Mr Moose]

Sitting an 88 right now. Lower scores than the majority here thought it would receive:

Disappointing.

We found Edwin Evans-Thirlwells NeoGAF account, get the bastard!

 

[Interfectum]

Outside of the butt-hurt woke sites seems like a solid if not great FF title. Pre-ordered!

 

[GymWolf]

An actual gamer and best known for his Souls and Nioh let's plays and guides.

Does he talk about the level of challenge in the first run?

 

[FunkMiller]

As a person of colour i could give one flying fuck.

Also this is the reviewer

Thank you terminally middle class Londoner for feeling outrage on our behalf.

I live in North West London, and I'm surrounded by these cunts. Not a single one of them knows what it's like to actually have to work hard for a living. They have no comprehension of what it's like to worry about where the rent is coming from.

This is what gives them the time to be outraged on behalf of everyone who isn't as fortunate and entitled as they are. The entire entertainment industry is infected with them. And like any virus, they make sure to kill off anything that threatens their growth.

I have held conversations with people like this who I wanted to stab repeatedly after just a couple of minutes listening to them talking about how unfair the world is - as they drink £20 glasses of craft beer, wearing £200 sun glasses, and living in flats that their parents still pay for.

 

[CloudShiner]

How long before Eurogamer delete their comments section?! Their own commentards are laughing at the reviewer's take, and that usually makes them cry enough to close the comments.

And I note they've already deleted plenty of individual comments that dared to offer constructive criticism of the fool reviewer.

 

[Koenigssee]

These mfs gonna have to unplug their internet and board up their windows in the next few days i tell ya.

Still this is a W.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Sitting an 88 right now. Lower scores than the majority here thought it would receive:

Disappointing.

Hardly. Don't be ridiculous.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Reviews seem great to me? Yeah a couple trash sites were always gonna sabotage. Cant wait, need to check out skillup and acg

 

[FalsettoVibe]

An actual gamer and best known for his Souls and Nioh let's plays and guides.

I trust Fightincowbow on this. His tastes are on par with mine so yay!!

 

[feynoob]

As a person of colour i could give one flying fuck.

Also this is the reviewer

Thank you terminally middle class Londoner for feeling outrage on our behalf.

 

[analog_future]

We found Edwin Evans-Thirlwells NeoGAF account, get the bastard!

I'm just commenting on the review score expectations that were publicly voted on here, which the game didn't meet.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

honestly he's not wrong

Oh yeah, it's Wednes-(edgelords-shit-on-top-tier-games)-day. I forgot.

 

[Boss Mog]

Maybe this piece of human garbage should learn some actual History, like the fact that white people didn't start slavery but they were the first to end it. Also I didn't realize Europe was in Valisthea.

 

[big fake]

As a person of colour i could give one flying fuck.

Also this is the reviewer

Thank you terminally middle class Londoner for feeling outrage on our behalf.

Same here as a POC, I don't need representation for the sake of representation.

Its always folk like this who take it on their behalf to fly the flag of "injustice" in games media, hell media at large.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I'm just commenting on the review score expectations that were publicly voted on here, which the game didn't meet.

Two whole points yes. What an incredible disappointment. Pre order cancelled!

 

[killatopak]

Imagining Yoshi P reading those political reviews when even his own race isn’t in the game.

I’m tired of people representing my race without our consent. In fact it’s not even that. The fact that people lump the opinions of your race into one homogeneous opinion is the issue. By doing so, they’re basically erasing our individuality. I don’t even have the same opinions as my mom and they have the nerve to represent all of us?

 

[GHG]

An actual gamer and best known for his Souls and Nioh let's plays and guides.

This guy is a fucking legend.

His guides/walkthroughs/builds on souls games (and souls likes) are second to none.

 

[Fabieter]

13 Sentinels on PS4 is at 85 and that one my favourite game all time.

If it would have scored like we hoped than it would have easily done above 10m on ps5 alone. The impact with these scores on sales are tremendous. I dont care either but I can assure you that we won't get a budget this big around for the next main game.