Tatsumi Oga
Banned
If i had to guess i'd say it's around that yeah, i don't know for sure though. I never really check with games. Never once did i thought 4 was too short though, so if 5 is similar in length, i'll be goooood.
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Halo 5 Review Thread
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If i had to guess i'd say it's around that yeah, i don't know for sure though. I never really check with games. Never once did i thought 4 was too short though, so if 5 is similar in length, i'll be goooood.
TheAutomator
Banned
Why does Metacritic score matter so much? What I'm getting from the reviews is that the game is good, no matter 86 or 88 or 92.
Preach.
RoyalLaFlame
Banned
Ah....ahahah. So bad and so good at the same time.
What's going on? Is Halo dad?
Twilight Gap
Member
Read what the reviews are actually saying about the game and not an arbitrarily assigned number.
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
List wars, I guess?
The game has looked strides better mechanically than Halo 4 during the entire development cycle. From what I've seen, 343 has done a great job. I think Halo 5 will be looked back upon far more fondly than 4.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
That sounds really disappointing. Despite all the other things I didn't like about 4 the AI was the worse part.
Jawbreaker
Member
Nah, Zelda 8.8 is by far the worst collective reaction I've ever see to a game review in all my years.
Revolutionary
Member
And Halo fans have handled it relatively well in this thread. Only a handful of bans, no?
8.8 was a trainwreck on GAF. Multiple locked threads.
Twilight Gap
Member
Yea i have a bunch of favorites down in the yellow and i just shake my head. Scores don't matter because everyone uses different scales.
xxANTIMONITORxx
Member
Exactly, that's the problem with Metacritic. Every score is going to be diluted because you can't please everyone and because it's a big release, everyone and their mother will want to weigh in. My strategy with entertainment product reviews is to embrace confirmation bias. What I mean is find a couple reviewers whose tastes roughly align with your own and use them as a sample of what your general reaction is likely to be. We can read all the different opinions and glean what the games strengths and weaknesses probably are, but some of the reviewers seem like they are playing different games. For example some reviews praise the huge levels and open combat spaces and other reviews criticize the lack of them. Who am I to believe? I believe I'll find out for myself and not get my hype overly inflated or deflated just because of what one somebody out of dozens or hundreds on the internet says about the game.
Imo for the individual, the chance of loving a game is more or less identical from 80-95 meta
Games that are 95+ probably have a higher percentage chance, but it doesn't necessarily make it a better game for the individual
its all relative man, personally speaking though anything over 80 keeps me excited
Coin Return
Loose Slot
All signs point to multiplayer as being the best part of the package.
Halo
Console exclusive
I have no doubt there is valid critism but the above reasons throw gasoline on it.
Can't wait to pick this up tomorrow
You play as the Chief for 3/15 missions?
3 out of 15!?!!!!
3/15?!!!!
This is sooooo dumb. Hated the idea in Halo 2 (though I love the game and the Arbiter) and the idea is just as dumb today.
What does this add to the campaign other than pissing off hardcore fans? Stupid.
SSSSTUUUUPIIIIDDDDDD
3 out of 15!?!!!!
3/15?!!!!
This is sooooo dumb. Hated the idea in Halo 2 (though I love the game and the Arbiter) and the idea is just as dumb today.
What does this add to the campaign other than pissing off hardcore fans? Stupid.
SSSSTUUUUPIIIIDDDDDD
Which wouldnt count as it's not exclusive.
Really interesting to see how that will work. Never like how metacritic work.
BouncyFrag
Member
Tightening up the graphics in level three would get that extra .2 and push Halo 5 over the top, and by over the top I mean:
people were sending death threats to jeff over 8.8
digitalrelic
Banned
Sunset Overdrive is overpraised as hell on NeoGAF. I couldn't even finish it.
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
These scores are lower than I hoped for, and expected, with all the hype -- but whatever, I'm still getting the game.
I always wonder what goes on after reviews go live on big games. As in, are the heads of 343 pissed/sad/disappointed because their game didn't break 90+, does Frank O'Connor get calls to console him for the game reviewing worse than Halo 4?
There's definitely reactions, I just wonder how seriously everyone takes it (as far as the studio/publishers go).
I always wonder what goes on after reviews go live on big games. As in, are the heads of 343 pissed/sad/disappointed because their game didn't break 90+, does Frank O'Connor get calls to console him for the game reviewing worse than Halo 4?
There's definitely reactions, I just wonder how seriously everyone takes it (as far as the studio/publishers go).
Pattycakes
Banned
>Hated the idea in Halo 2
>Actually loved Halo 2 with the idea
>Still thinks idea is stupid
ChaosZeroX
Banned
Is that really it? Only 3/15 missions as Chief?
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
According to Gamersyde 3 out of the 15 missions aren't even missions. I don't know what they mean though.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
What ive learned from my first review thread is..
reviews only matter when they align with an individuals opinion
Bloodborne shouldn't be higher than halo
Sonys exclusives are of better quality than microsofts
Uncharted is an untouchable franchise and will score high regardless
Story no longer matters in any well established franchise(new ips get burned for it tho)
And any criticism is "shit posting"...what a nicd thread lol
reviews only matter when they align with an individuals opinion
Bloodborne shouldn't be higher than halo
Sonys exclusives are of better quality than microsofts
Uncharted is an untouchable franchise and will score high regardless
Story no longer matters in any well established franchise(new ips get burned for it tho)
And any criticism is "shit posting"...what a nicd thread lol
You are very wrong..
I said good day!!
: p
(Seriously though Sunset Overdrive is fantastic)
Sunset Samurai
Member
Meh this news doesn't bother me at all. And I'm certainly a hardcore fan
Twilight Gap
Member
nvm
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
Because it's Part 2 of a trilogy.
lol. Where's the fans outrage? Its more like some people saying the game is not that good beacuse its 86 and the fans of franchise saying 86 is not that bad.
I'm in the minority here saying it deserves better, but far from being outraged. I just accepted how the media handles the reviews a long time ago.
RowdyReverb
Member
Plus, Metacritic's own breakdown seems to make matters less clear:
36 Positive
2 Mixed
0 Negative
I would prefer it if more sites just gave a "yea or nay" approach like Kotaku's reviews. Weirdly, interpretation of numerical scores seems more subjective.
Primethius
Banned
When their game of choice gets a low score metacritic is the escape goat. If their game is high, metacritic is praised. It's like in every review thread ever since the dawn of timeeeeeee!
Just read the reviews or rent/borrow the game...
GeordieMark
Member
>Hated the idea in Halo 2
>Actually loved Halo 2 with the idea
>Still thinks idea is stupid
The thread in a nutshell.
I would assume they wouldn't react too much unless the real reviews are widely off the mark from the internal mock reviews.
Yes, that great war machine that is destroying the gaming community by reinforcing all of the negative 'gamer' stereotypes that makes the rest of us want to crawl up underneath our desk and curl up into the fetal position out of sheer embarrassment. "Ha, Ha, it's below a 90. We win!"
I am getting too old for this shit.
IMACOMPUTA
Member
Uh, thanks for the spoiler shireman, and everyone else that quoted it.
LegalEagleMike
Member
343 didnt seem to get their message out very well about there not being a Reclaimer Trilogy anymore. They changed it to the Reclaimer Saga. See some reviews still calling this the second part of a trilogy and lots of posters here as well.
From the reviews so far it doesn't seem like they achieved any of those in a positive way.
Japanmanx3
Member
RichiRamjag
Member
It was fun enough, but I feel it's overated.