Is this their first review under the new brand?
It sure is
Is this their first review under the new brand?
Wow, don't think I've seen such a wild variation in scores before. From 9/10's down to 6/10's and some 2/5's thrown in for good measure.
Still can't wait to try it out.
So you say mediocre gameplay is ok, as long as the story is good and the way it is brought is 'experimental' (spoiler: QBs tv show does not differ a lot from stuff like the walking dead, except being it live action accentuates for me how mediocre the screenplay, direction and acting is), and a great game gameplaywise should be panned because it doesn't try anything new narratively?
Games like twd and gone home at least succeed in some way to use the game medium to tell the story in an unique way and succeed in making you care for the characters. Games like uncharted and especially TLOU get acclaimed because they succeed in combining great gameplay with good to great stories, that also try to use the medium to tell those stories (think about how the bond between ellie and joel grows during small interactive moments in the record,store for instance, or the optional little conversation. QB fleshes its characters and world out in overlong mails you skip reading after a while because they aren't actually riveting, so they become just useless 'collectibles' after a short time). Thing is, QB despite all it's experiments just felt really, really old fashioned in it's storytelling.... The 'new' is just smoke and mirrors covering up concepts we've seen in games for a very long time now. Concepts that other games allready did better or expanded upon.
QB set out to do something new, but didn't succeed, so some reviewers take note and give lower scores. It is not that they are against narrative driven games in any way (see gone home, see tlou, see life is strange), it is just that those games are actually very good, while QB (imo) is not.
It sure is
I don't think Uncharted 4 will be a masterpiece. Though whatever Naughty Dog make next might be. We on the 4th game and unless it does something majorly different it will be recieved the same as most numbered entries, better than most numbered games, but still get the same ol' same ol'. Iconic maybe. Masterpiece no. The only groundbreaking game I see now is Crackdown 3 and that could go either way at this point.
Not really. This gen reviews are way stricter.
But those mediocre games you listed almost all got trashed by reviewers especially Homefront.
It's fine if you disagree with me and I might be right off the mark. That's ok with me, it's just my opinion. I already went off topic with that post, don't want to do it any further.This post is wrong in legitimately 6 ways right off the bat .
I don't think Uncharted 4 will be a masterpiece. Though whatever Naughty Dog make next might be. We on the 4th game and unless it does something majorly different it will be recieved the same as most numbered entries, better than most numbered games, but still get the same ol' same ol'. Iconic maybe. Masterpiece no. The only groundbreaking game I see now is Crackdown 3 and that could go either way at this point.
Eh perfectly normal the medium is maturing and so now it's harder for something to be "amazing" and " innovative" comes with maturity of a mediumI'm just saying, our selective memories are why we feel game NOW are worse than BEFORE. It's mostly we are seeing the whole bell curve of a very short 'NOW' and remembering only the top half of a very long 'BEFORE'.
I feel like there was some kind of cosmic shift a few years back where reviewers grew some balls and stopped giving almost every major game an 8 or higher. A lot of high scoring but unremarkable PS360 era games would have been rated much lower if this had happened sooner, imo.
They aren't industry iconic titles though. Though most you just mentioned I loved they aren't really pushing this gen. In a weird way it feels like they are elevating for momentary bumps.
Its odd. But again not saying they lack in excellence but there is that X factor that none have yet.
I don't think Uncharted 4 will be a masterpiece. Though whatever Naughty Dog make next might be. We on the 4th game and unless it does something majorly different it will be recieved the same as most numbered entries, better than most numbered games, but still get the same ol' same ol'. Iconic maybe. Masterpiece no. The only groundbreaking game I see now is Crackdown 3 and that could go either way at this point.
Reminds me of Alan Wake's reviews.
Take that as you will.
Not really. This gen reviews are way stricter.
It's a Windows 10 Store exclusive. Do you have Win10?Off topic, but its probably the best place to ask.
I cant seem to find the right place to preorder quantum break on pc. Can anyone help me out?
I'm just saying, our selective memories are why we feel game NOW are worse than BEFORE. It's mostly we are seeing the whole bell curve of a very short 'NOW' and remembering only the top half of a very long 'BEFORE'.
Ultimately for me personally, it's so expertly paced, designed, refined and put together, that it overcomes that aspect. Though I appreciate it's still not to everyone's taste, and others might feel differently.
Off topic, but its probably the best place to ask.
I cant seem to find the right place to preorder quantum break on pc. Can anyone help me out?
Think I'll give this a skip then, wasn't fussed much before but recent previews had me have a more cautious outlook
Hardly when looking at some games like FO4, Shadow of Mordor or DA:I :/
Crap private. Please tell me The Voice is also back.
I don't think Uncharted 4 will be a masterpiece. Though whatever Naughty Dog make next might be. We on the 4th game and unless it does something majorly different it will be recieved the same as most numbered entries, better than most numbered games, but still get the same ol' same ol'. Iconic maybe. Masterpiece no. The only groundbreaking game I see now is Crackdown 3 and that could go either way at this point.
Not really. This gen reviews are way stricter.
I take that as a good sign
Wow, don't think I've seen such a wild variation in scores before. From 9/10's down to 6/10's and some 2/5's thrown in for good measure.
Still can't wait to try it out.
Fallout 4, Shadow of Mordor, Dragon Age Inquisition, Watch Dogs... I dunno, man. I also felt MGS V scores were way too inflated considering the shortcoming it had. These outlets still don't have the balls to knock down large AAA releases for their problems.
Looks pretty solid game. When does it release on Windows? Will probably be my first Windows Store game.
Alan Wakes biggest problem wasn't it's reviews, let me tell ya.
Alan Wakes biggest problem was releasing on the same day as Red Dead Redemption.
I bought both on release day! I'm not part of the problem!
Ain't that review already in the OP?
Slightly off topic but has anyone done a embargo before release 's metacritic scores study / aggregate (plus for first party titles etc) an early embargo shows confidence but is there any real correlation ?
Ain't that review already in the OP?
It's a Windows 10 Store exclusive. Do you have Win10
I dont think its on the Windows Store yet.
If you preorder the xbox one version you get the windows version for free however. (Although I do note that they only promise to send out codes sometime next week not necessarily on release date)
https://store.xbox.com/en-US/Xbox-O...ad2-4cc8-8cfc-6f213b808b4f#gameDetailsSection