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You realize you're in a thread dedicated to a sequel to the game Nier, yes??
I like smartphone gaming. Lower the scores!
I guess that means I'm on board. Raise the scores!
Booker Dewitt
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This thread (and i need something tight to offset Breath of the Wild) has me replaying Devastation. Just finished Chapter 5, and while chapter 3/4 are a bit of slog going through, damn if going from the Menasor boss, to Starscream, Blitzwing and then finishing with Soundwave back to back is not some cool-ass Shit.
Crafting and leveling still sucks though.
hydrophilic attack
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i wanted to troll this thread but it was locked before i could finish my post so i posted it here instead
freeofgreed
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Any idea why the Easy Allies review is taking so long? Did they not get a review copy?
BRSxIgnition
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Honestly I see it a lot like LotusHD does, but on the whole, there's more of an impact behind a 90 MC Rating and an 89, and Yoko Taro & Co. certainly need that impact.
They deserve it, it's like cheering for an underdog you always believed in, they may not need those final points, but seeing them do it would mean so much.
Hard to explain really - probably because in the end, it really is just numbers.
They have it, and their review will be out on Friday/Saturday.
This is a perfect analogy.
I care about the 90 because it would be so nice for it to get a 90 after its existance was almost an impossibility.
But outside this thread,it's gonna be esitll a fucking great game that I'm so glad for.
That's how it works.
We can all agree Nier doesn't play as nice as it feels. We were also at the peak of dudebro gaming back then. The PS4 really saved japan from sinking and with it, it brought back what I'd call "sensible gaming". Of course indies are just as responsible for that.
Ben's... kind of thorough in his reviews. His Nioh review is 14 minutes long and came out like a week after embargo.
The_White_Rose
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USGamer gave it a 5/5
90 here we come
hydrophilic attack
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there is still hope
ethomaz
Banned
God is real.
hydrophilic attack
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(from usgamer review) holy shit a
shop that's fucking brilliant
------trophy------
MultiJhonny
Banned
Backed up with a few things. He was at GDC i believe and stuff like that.
Also USgamer score hasn't been reflected in Meta yet
Exentryk
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Megawarrior
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Better than Lightning returns? 🤔
You are becoming my favorite poster.
BRSxIgnition
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That'll do it - once USGamer is added, the score will be back to 90.3542, and we should see that big ol' 90 once more!
KO Traveling Hobo
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Glad you enjoyed it! Drakengard 3 is a very rough game, to put it nicely, but I think it's still a worthwhile experience, and that finale is one of the best things Taro's ever done.
I still listen to that song all the time, months later.
And Benzilla will cement it with his EZA-review, where he gives it 5/5! It is known.
Leona Lewis
Banned
And then Edge and Sixth Axis with their dimes will make it a 91 :-D
(Is Jim Sterling doing a review? He was quite fond of the demo)
Jampsuliini
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Ben shall deliver us from the blight of the 80's! The true GOTY of 2017 deserves it!
BRSxIgnition
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Shoot, I forgot about that.... (I was kinda hoping they were another Gamekult, where their scores were so much harsher compared to the average that they were discontinued from Metacritic. They're 7.8 Points lower on average, so not as bad as Gamerkult it seems.)
After both are added, we'll still have 89 (90.1429 Rounding down due to weighting)...
... at that point, it's up to Edge, EZA, and TSA to save the day with a 93.667 average among them.
Leona Lewis
Banned
I think Jimquisition will be a 10, along with EZA. TSA probably a 9 based on the pre-score text, and Edge is a wildcard, but they love quirky, self-aware games with heart.
I'd say 90 is a lock.
KimonoNoNo
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Poor Ben is going to get slaughtered if he scores it anything other than a perfect 10.
KO Traveling Hobo
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A Yoko Taro game where we are setting the bar at 90+.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
For people looking for a good rundown timeline, here are the events as logged by Accord
http://drakengard-3.com/chronology.html
http://drakengard-3.com/chronology.html
It's probably a 90 minimum, honestly. P4G is like 94, I think.
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Splash Wave
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As someone who's played about ~40 hours of the game, I'm pretty shocked by the critical reaction to it--not because I don't think it's one of the most interesting games of the year, but because it's interesting for reasons critics so often miss (and don't have the patience to uncover). A lot of the game's best moments are hidden behind an overabundance of repeated content, which even I struggled to get through. In general, this game has a pretty long list of unequivocal "issues" that usually affect final scores, making me think the original Nier would be much more well-received if it were to come out today.
platinum's polish helps alleviate a lot of the issues, its so fun to play there isn't much problem with getting through stuff for many who otherwise would have found it a slog
DrunkShogun
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Amazon failed me. Had the game preordered since June and it's coming a day later so it's now Saturday.
RyougaSaotome
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The US Gamer review is a great read because you get to see how her opinions shift and form across playing the A route and then coming back after beating the game.
Splash Wave
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But that's just it--it looks very primitive, graphically (and the framerate is super uneven), and the combat doesn't change *that* much from beginning to end, especially compared to other games Platinum has made in the past.
Just to be clear, I'm glad this game scored like it did--I think it's really exciting that non-weirdos can now better appreciate weird-ass games--but I'm very surprised nonetheless!
I'm tired of everyone talking about how great the beginning of Route C is. I wanna experience it already, I should go play Nier now lol
I'm just super hyped to have a game that combines Platinum combat with RPG mechanics and a super interesting character/world design and a supposedly intriguing story.
As much as I like Bayonetta for instance, after a while the constant outrageousness gets weirdly tiring. The desaturated and industrial mood from what I've seen so far definitely appeals to me after the explosion of color in most of their other titles.
Nintendo + Monolith combined their powers for an exceptional game, so this concept of combining talent to form a "developer supergroup" is very intriguing.
And I know this is maybe a weird thing to reference, but the general style reminds me a bit of Ikaruga - dystopian, yet oddly elegant.
As much as I like Bayonetta for instance, after a while the constant outrageousness gets weirdly tiring. The desaturated and industrial mood from what I've seen so far definitely appeals to me after the explosion of color in most of their other titles.
Nintendo + Monolith combined their powers for an exceptional game, so this concept of combining talent to form a "developer supergroup" is very intriguing.
And I know this is maybe a weird thing to reference, but the general style reminds me a bit of Ikaruga - dystopian, yet oddly elegant.
DOT DASH DOT
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Amazon must have got stock late, mine was pushed back too, I cancelled and went with another.
BRSxIgnition
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Game Revolution's 80/100 has been added to the MC, so we're at 89.9375 for now.
That is, until USGamer's 100/100 is added, and we get EZA/TSA/Jim's reviews.
That is, until USGamer's 100/100 is added, and we get EZA/TSA/Jim's reviews.
Leona Lewis
Banned
He still seems knee deep in Zelda, so probably not for a while.
I think the slow rise of indie games - them often being pretty experimental - has done a LOT for the tastes and tolerance of critics.