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MasterDerico
Member
drganon
Member
What the fuck is a stevivor? That makes shit website names like the inverse and the gamer seem good.
MasterDerico
Member
Im not a fanboy, but i have preference for PlayStation consoles, and i think he is right...(at least in gameplay department...Always deep like a puddle)
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Loxus
Member
It's not a meltdown.
This goes for all platforms.
The review system is broken.
You should review a game based on: Story, Gameplay, Graphics, Performance, in game content, etc.
There needs to be a standard review system, like how ESRB rate games.
Loxus
Member
So your saying H:FW is a 6.5 game?
WTF
Gordon Freeman
Member
I just want to know if they made traversal better. Are there still invisible walls and things you can’t climb? I just can’t go back to that shit after BOTW, Halo Infinite and Dying Light 2 all with amazing mobility.
If all they did is add a glider and there are still invisible walls and no good way to climb things then I’m out.
If all they did is add a glider and there are still invisible walls and no good way to climb things then I’m out.
DJTaurus
Member
Any reason on the story embargo that eurogamer mentions ?
www.eurogamer.net
Horizon Forbidden West review - a gorgeous sequel that continues to borrow more than it adds
Let's get one thing out of the way first: If you've enjoyed Horizon: Zero Dawn and are already looking forward to the s…
www.eurogamer.net
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Winter John
Member
89 is a great score for an Ubisoft game. I'm guessing they added more towers and bushes.
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
leads to fear. Fear leads to xbox.
Out of all comments I agree with this across the board for games, to man y times reviwers inject their "feelings" into their reviews. Im not there to read how it made you feel etc. I want facts based on certain criteria across the board for all games when it comes to those 5 topics
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
I'm still trying to figure out what the hell happened to reviews on The Ascent. Sometimes people are morons. It's not a 6.5 game, but shit happens.
But acting like anything below a 9 is insulting is going way too far. Lots of sites use a 5 star system by the way, and so an 80 is the highest they give anything other than perfect scores. And it definitely sounds like this isn't a perfect game.
Gordon Freeman
Member
The PlayStation feast continues. We're eating good
Yeah we are all hungry after 7 months of no games from Sony.
(Last release was Ratchet and Clank Rift apart in June 2021)
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Thirty7ven
Banned
Any reason on the story embargo that eurogamer mentions ?
Horizon Forbidden West review - a gorgeous sequel that continues to borrow more than it adds
Let's get one thing out of the way first: If you've enjoyed Horizon: Zero Dawn and are already looking forward to the s…
Probably because it involves spoiling plot points or a new tribe.
If it makes it any better the complaints amount to “military propaganda” and “problematic culture appropriation” so far.
Some of these people reviewing games are insane, get a fucking life. It would all feel better if we didn’t know most of the reviewers actually suck at games if the videos of them playing are anything to go by.
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Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Any reason on the story embargo that eurogamer mentions ?
Horizon Forbidden West review - a gorgeous sequel that continues to borrow more than it adds
Let's get one thing out of the way first: If you've enjoyed Horizon: Zero Dawn and are already looking forward to the s…
Trying to control spoilers
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
The story criticisms are the real bummer here, which is wild given that SONY first party is known for being able to marry fantastic graphics with a great story.
. . . they're paid, to knock down a title. What, are the the Nawlins Saints?
. . . they're paid, to knock down a title. What, are the the Nawlins Saints?
Loxus
Member
I rate games by the amount of work developers put into games.
Clearly there is a lot of work out into this game compared to other games.
When you give H:XD a 8.0, how can you also give this a 8.0?
It makes zero sense when you think about it.
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mejin
Member
It's clear bias review.
he uses double standards for playstation and xbox games. there is no problem to call people like this out.
Unknown?
Member
Ahhh... Stevivor, eh?
From the minds that gave us "Demon's Souls, Bloodborne, Ghost of Tsushima, HZD, Uncharted Legacy, and Returnal are all 7."
Meanwhile, Cyberpunk got a 9.5.
retsof624
Member
Just looking for something to complain about. People do it all the time even though they haven’t played the game yet.
“The meta score could’ve been two points higher if it wasn’t for that review”. Yeah, and it wouldn’t have affected your enjoyment of the game at all clown.
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Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Well I'm glad you don' t decide how all reviews are made then, because the workload just increases over time for bigger titles. So by now, compared to the NES when I started playing, every game would just be a 10/10 and reviews would be essentially scoreless.
And like other people have said, there seems to be some early consensus that the story in this game has issues. The first game seems to have a more popular story. So different games can be good in some areas and bad in others. And sentiments change over 5 years as well. This game has similar platforming and stealth to Uncharted, and that's becoming more common in Sony games these days, and is a little more likely to be criticized than 5 years ago. And obviously different people review the games at the same site.
Thirty7ven
Banned
The complaints are about the main plot. The quests themselves, character quests, are getting praised left and right.
Most great games of the kind have great sidquests and character moments, with a very average main plot.
It’s not an origin story, and unlike a GoW or a TLoU2, it’s an open world game. It’s par for the course.
Some of these reviewers clearly stuck to the main line, and lost a lot of experience in the meanwhile.
I'm avoiding any of these reviews as I'm working my way through the story in the first so I'll say I hope they're right. Still the main story being not as good as the first, and the side content being better feels like a flip of the first.
Dusktildawn48
Member
People's meltdowns over a 6.5...never change Gaf.
Thirty7ven
Banned
It’s normal, in the first game you are discovering the world through the main character, in the second you are discovering the world through other characters.
It’s how it goes. Like Witcher 3. Sequels must become much more character driven, about their struggles, and in an rpg that means side quests.
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Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
By not being as good they mean the mystique from the first game is gone and that automatically knocks the story down
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Same could be said of the Matrix sequels. When you set up a big reveal, it takes a lot of foresight to also set up an equally compelling second act.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
It's the same thing with every game or movie
Unknown?
Member
Yeah the best part was knowing wtf was going on and how it happened.
Thirty7ven
Banned
A sequel isn’t a second act, it’s just a new arc. But there are only so many arcs one character can have, which is why every sequel to an original Batman becomes about the other characters.
With an origin you define the role of a main character in the world they are set in, establishing the rules of a new world. You can’t go down that well again, which is why the matrix sequels struggled IMO.
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Tiago Rodrigues
Member
A lot of reviewers were mad Sony didn't let them spoil THAT TLOU2 spoiler as well.Any reason on the story embargo that eurogamer mentions ?
Horizon Forbidden West review - a gorgeous sequel that continues to borrow more than it adds
Let's get one thing out of the way first: If you've enjoyed Horizon: Zero Dawn and are already looking forward to the s…
Can you imagine reading reviews and casually reading all reviewers going like
oh btw, you're getting 2 games in one. you'll get both perspectives and 2 different main characters with a completely new set of weapons and moves
I'd be pissed. One thing about TLOU2 that i loved was how i didn't know any of that. And what a ride it was.
Watching reviewers getting frustrated for not being able to spoil things in games is why i don't read them.
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DarthPutin
Member
A lot of other reviewers rave about the story. Doesn't mean they are right, but it means it's worth it to find out for yourself, rather than go in with pessimistic mood. It could go absolutely either way.
Personally, I don't quite expect shakespearean drama, so the comments about story going wild places arethe most interesting. Just surprise me a little, obviously I'm not getting Ibsen here.
TBiddy
Member
I haven't played it and neither have you. Neither of us are qualified to judge the game.
But of course.
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Bumblebeetuna
Member
I haven’t read any story stuff so I can avoid spoilers, but is it really a surprise if the story isn’t too great? It wasn’t that good in the first one. Imho the cool AR collectibles you could find were the coolest part of the story/lore. And the side quests and NPC’s, sweet Jesus. They were terrible.
To me the first game was visual Dino destruction porn with an average FarCry game underneath. I’m fine if the sequel is more of that. With combat enhancements, of course.
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Maxwell Jacob Friedman
leads to fear. Fear leads to xbox.
GG has always had trouble telling stories look at killzone etc, they need to hire a better writer for their next game
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
leads to fear. Fear leads to xbox.
Cyberpunk and MGSV was the biggest wake ip call thats reviewers are shills for their own clout. In no way shape or form should cyberpunk and MGSV got such high scores as it did.
The fact that complete games that dont suffer the same performance issues as those games yet they have lower scores is daunting and shows how the current rating system/reviews is fraudulent
Besides the overreactions I think the point is legit.
Review system is laughable. Everyone can influence the score with a clickbait score to get traffic.
Shills can give 10/10 to the games running on the favorite console and 6.5/10 to games running on their not so favorite console.
The whole thing is a joke.
Just a few days ago a great game like Sifu was punished because of its difficulty.
Next week we'll see Elden Ring with the same non-accessibility scoring 9/10 and 10/10 everywhere because it's From Software and being multiplatform we won't have people trying to drag the score down.
It's a joke.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
The eurogamer review is pure cringe...
nowhat
Member
I haven't been paying attention to Eurogamer reviews since they ranked ME: Andromeda higher than HZD in their "top 50 games of the year" list.
Umbasaborne
Banned
Yeah the first was an easy plat, this one looks like it will be a joy as well. I bet this game sets up a third. Horizon seems to be guerillas main thing now that killzone is dead