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Ghost of Tsushima - Review Thread
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HotPocket69
Banned
And everyone else will tell you that you’re doing it wrong or it’s a bad game if you need to stay with it for over eight hours for it to get “good“
For the record I love DG. Got the plat. Replayed again on Survival+. Incredibly fun game and I was on board within the first hour.
Fake
Member
Don't you dare use logic against him.
Bragr
Banned
Well, it doesn't need to require skill if it's satisfying. It did lose some of its lusters after a while but there is nothing that compares to it when it comes to traversal in open-world games, it's a unique quality to Spider-Man, it sets it apart. Overall, the web-slinging, fighting, and navigation mechanics (point jump, attachment to buildings, etc.) is an absolute masterclass in gameplay mechanics, it's must have taken a massive amount of work to get all those systems to work as well as it does. Now, that doesn't mean the game is amazing, I think the 87 on Meta is about right, but if you try and boot up that game and sling around a bit, it's hard not to get impressed by what they pulled off.
Kokoloko85
Member
As predicted. Looks good, great. Not amazing
brap
Banned
Lol what a joke. Guess this was made for dumb burgers after all.
I dont really get people.
This is a sucker punch game, and all sucker punch games are fun but not master piece tier.
84 is a good score, and low 80's is the sweet spot for the recent sucker punch games.
If you you thought the game is gonna be more then 85, you have never played a sucker punch game.
I enjoyed Days gone even though the reviews was pretty bad.
GOT looks great and i cant wait to play it.
This is a sucker punch game, and all sucker punch games are fun but not master piece tier.
84 is a good score, and low 80's is the sweet spot for the recent sucker punch games.
If you you thought the game is gonna be more then 85, you have never played a sucker punch game.
I enjoyed Days gone even though the reviews was pretty bad.
GOT looks great and i cant wait to play it.
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notseqi
Member
lets get a gofundme going to sponsor videogameoutlets to give it a 110.
Rean no Kiseki
Banned
Now this is a shit take, cherry picking that clip that is intentionally trying to show the game in a bad light is highly disingenuous, you can like or dislike a game and perfer another over it but do it honestly.
Explosive Zombie
Banned
He turned the game off before fighting a single horde unless he went off and attempted one under-equipped or something. I was also on board within the first hour but there are people who need to get to the meatier stuff and are used to open world games being the same content repeated over and over, Days Gone excels at making the game feel like it truly advances the more you play.
TwiztidElf
Member
I honestly can't remember the last time I was this hyped for a game.
gow3isben
Member
Fuck that. We need a simple, gamey, apolitical romp after that. A game made by developers who actually want us to have fun.
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Eiknarf
Banned
Any word of hot chics in it?
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iHaunter
Member
85 is B+ which is far above average. 70 is average.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
Good bye ps4.
Bartski
Gold Member
I meant an average of review scores
THEAP99
Banned
There’s plenty of other reasons why days gone sucks.
Now this is a shit take, cherry picking that clip that is intentionally trying to show the game in a bad light is highly disingenuous, you can like or dislike a game and perfer another over it but do it honestly.
Bryank75
Banned
Higher than all the Assassins Creed games.... higher than Fallen Order, the same score as Uncharted Lost Legacy.
The same meta as Gears 5...Xbox's premier game franchise at the moment.
The important thing is that the gameplay is fun, reviewers keep saying the combat is amazing. The other thing is that the game world is great, full of stuff to find and absolutely stunning.
The story, characters and so on can be improved if they make a sequel. Great start.
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Explosive Zombie
Banned
Man, I kinda don't want to admit all the games you listed are mid to me lol
black flag sailing is DOPE
Bryank75
Banned
A new game + with exclusive armors and swords etc would be awesome, much like GOW did.
imsosleepy
Member
my nr 1 favorite dutch site gamekings had 2 people review it. 1 has a big love for games like sekiro and darksouls and he was very skeptic about this game but he absolutely loved it
Rean no Kiseki
Banned
So list them instead of cherry picking and do it in another thread!
imsosleepy
Member
serious question.. HOW is stevior still allowed to have his reviews up on metacritic?? His reviews are such pure bullshit..
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Asking the real questions
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
Again....honestly who cares about scores? read/watch the actual reviews and see what they like don't or like about the game. Based on most reviewers the biggest take way I got is the combat and exploration is great fun but the story is basic but I kind of expecting that since none of the Sucker punch's games had very deep story but they were absolutely fun to play (for me at least).....so based on that its easy buy for me.
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Bryank75
Banned
I'm playing Lost Legacy at the moment so I can't say too much on that.
I just finished Fallen Order, I liked it but it was unpolished and the combat was lacking in many respects... still decent.
I usually stay away from AC series, last one I really enjoyed was the Ezio trilogy.
Anyway, I think it's clear that Ghost lays waste to any of those in terms of gameplay....which is what I am looking for right now. Where it falls down for some is the main quest and some find Jin to be a bit cardboard or something.
HotPocket69
Banned
90% of the people in this thread
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
They put way too much weight in to score and kind of ignoring their own preference and taste.
Fake
Member
Thats not true at all. I read most of the reviews and I sure some here do the same. If you missed my previous post, I called IGN for saying in less than 5 seconds of his review mention Assassin Creed even when they give GoT a 9/10.
You're making mistakes from reviews to scores. This thread is about both.
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Bryank75
Banned
TBH I was just worried that the game went down to mid or low 70's..... the moment I saw 84 in the meta, I was relieved and happy. I knew the game was my type of thing and that I needed to play it otherwise.
Explosive Zombie
Banned
I was just being broad and general, 84 is a great score especially considering critics are getting fatigued with big open world games. My GOTY 2019 has 71 on Metacritic.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Unfortunately ... I can.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Pre-purchase complete. Been really busy lately, but I told my wife I'm gonna take a few days off coming up and just veg out and play this.
Bryank75
Banned
I'm probably guilty of writing off games when they score lower than 80 or 75.... I really should open my mind a bit. I'm sure I'm missing things that I should experience....
I think you're approach is right. I wish demos were still a big thing.
Explosive Zombie
Banned
Part of my approach is to see WHY they gave it the score, too. Not to mention I've begun trusting Steam reviews over Metascore.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Then just do the main quest
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Bragr
Banned
To be fair, Days Gone has wacky progression. They give you a shotgun in the tutorial stage, then it takes it away and leaves you with unrealistically weak weapons that make the combat feel off, and the A.I. of the humans is so weak, where they don't respond or can't hear stuff unless it's right next to them, making the combat feel budget off the bat. And they don't throw hordes at you for a long time, add to that, the opening deep forests are the worst places to travel around on your bike. The game was too ambitious, the story is massive and they structured the game as a long-winding RPG of sorts, rather than an action-adventure game.
I finished it and I feel it's extremely underrated, especially looking at its meta score, but if they involved hordes in the first hour or so, started you out in the second or third area, gave you satisfying weapons, cut out parts of the story and polished up the remaining parts and all the bugs and oddities, the game would be viewed a helluva lot better. Because there is a lot of great things in that game. It's just too big and unruly and ambitious.
But what Bend Studios managed to put together was incredible considering their previous work, that was not an easy game to pull of, and in some ways, they did manage to create something great. I'm very happy that the game sold well and many loved it.
Explosive Zombie
Banned
I liked it how it is because it felt like I was legit becoming more badass and the game more chaotic as it went, the progression felt more meaningful than in most games I play.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
I know, right. I find it extremely selfish to complain about the length of a game because 'you personal' don't want to play that long. Cut it down and people who DO like lengthy games get shafted, keep it lengthy and those who don't want to play a lengthy game can just do main quests. It's obvious which one isn't selfish.
Mossybrew
Banned
No, this game is nothing but another SJW agenda being shoved down our throats.
- All the females in GoT are either shriveled up old women or their face looks like a stepped-on turd
- The main villain is transgender and we are supposed to feel SORRY for them by the end
- The protagonist is BLACK! I'm not a stickler for historical accuracy but this is just ridiculous.
Bragr
Banned
I somewhat agree, but I can understand why some won't. I really wish they removed those lines Deacon always utter though. It's so weird to ride past an enemy outpost, even when you just go past it, and Deacon yells "AAHHH THESE RAPIST SONS OF BITCHES IM GONNA KILL THEM ALL AHH" for the 20th time lol.
Or those side mission guys you rescue and send back to bases, the guys who completely lack animation of any kind. Stuff like that makes it feel so rushed. Once that feeling of a rushed game goes into the mind of a player, it's hard to get out.