smashballTaz
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I also miss well-made narrative single player games. Will be buying this on Win 10 at the end of the month.
No about the marketing thing i bolded. These last weeks i cant get away from marketing about the game lol.
I'd rather people give it a go, to judge and experience it for themselves, instead of too heavily relying on someone else's subjective opinion, especially with a game as divisive as this.
Great review. So glad they still have this narrator lol.
This is going about how I expected.
Both this and The Order felt like they fell out of a time portal from 2010.
I don't understand why people are greenlighting these kinds of singleplayer only linear third person shooters these days, especially as $60 titles.
Weird to think that a game with a review distribution like this:
...is generating as much concern as we're seeing in this thread.
The scores are fine, but some of the text in those reviews are a cause for concern. I'm still planning on getting the PC version, but I'm a lot less exited than I was yesterday. It seems the story does not hit and the tv sections are at best just ok.
Yikes, campaign less then 10 hours?
Not good :-\
Yikes, campaign less then 10 hours?
Not good :-\
Also a problem with this gen. Every game needs to be open world. Even if its a crap open world.
You can stream it also.
In general, feels like all gaming outlets have become much stricter this generation when it comes to review scores. I guess it'll keep rubbing many people the wrong way for quite some time.
My biggest problem - by far - was the streaming though. It took me 45 minutes to watch like 15 minutes of cutscenes. It stopped buffering and told me to download the episodes all the time. That was frustrating.
Wut?
I said to a poster this was not smart for a new ip to have a embargo lifted 4 days before release
Some reviewers complained about stuttering (with 50 Mbit/s).
My biggest problem - by far - was the streaming though. It took me 45 minutes to watch like 15 minutes of cutscenes. It stopped buffering and told me to download the episodes all the time. That was frustrating.
A year ago I would have disagreed with you but now having a full time job and university on the side as well as a girlfriend I am so happy that this game is short and sweet. I hardly have time to play (went from hours per day to two to three hours per week if I find the time). Real life just gets in the way of my gaming life lately...Because some people still enjoy these 'short' narrative linear experiences admist this time where everything has to be open world with too much bloat and superficial content that takes up hours of your life. Everything is about breadth now rather than depth.
Of course that's the way the ball rolls now, but for someone with limited time, I still enjoy these short experiences because playing a big game like Witcher 3 just isn't possible unless I dedicate my whole summer to it or fail my entrance to medical school lol...I know I'm in the minority and it's sad to see open world is this gen's FPS, but yeah... :/
I just wonder how Uncharted 4 will fare. My god that review thread will be one to witness. It also seems reviewers are being more harsh this gen...so yeah.
The scores are fine, but some of the text in those reviews are a cause for concern. I'm still planning on getting the PC version, but I'm a lot less excited than I was yesterday. It seems the story does not hit and the tv sections are at best just ok.
Considering how bloated Alan Wake was, I'm fine with this.
This suggests no filler to me and that's a good thing. Hopefully experimenting with the time powers adds some replay value.
Could maybe a server demand issue? Not fully up yet like on release?
See my bolded part.
Can you skip cutscenes and episodes? Imo games have zero replay value if you can't skip cutscenes. One of the most annoying things.
Easy Allies and ACG reviews are the way to go. Great job to the both of them.
My bad. But at the time it was hardly any
No, I do not say that.
Fair enough -- depending on the review, such as Kotaku's, some say QB did a better job than others. However, if the assessment is that, essentially, every part of what QB did is just not that good, then no, I don't think it deserves higher scores than it did. I have multiple disclaimers to that effect even.
Like I said, mine was an emotional -- not fully rational -- response. A paranoid one, perhaps. I can only rationally evaluate the reviews that way once I play the game myself.
Actually on those titles I will have to argue a little bit with you. Gone Home is a tiny indie game. It got a great critical reception (IMO, honestly, not really deserved; I'm all for narrative, but GH was just bare-bones otherwise), but that's because it's a cute little cheap indie game. When it comes to high-budget games, reviewers tend to place far more importance on mechanics/gameplay than narrative... indies are viewed differently. OK, yes, TLoU was a AAA game that well received critically, but that's a game that did everything well -- narrative wasn't the overriding focus of its excellence; it had graphics, gameplay, narrative, length, even multiplayer. As for LiS, it didn't get particularly great scores; it is actually a good example of emotion and narrative not getting the same credit as tight mechanics and slick graphics, when the price is closer to full-price (LiS is episodic but expensive).
Only managed to play the first chapter so far. I really enjoy it. The gun play is a lot of fun and it feels like a cool "story game" so to speak. I also enjoyed the first episode. It reminded me of the high points of Heroes Reborn (I enjoyed that show too, up to a certain point though.)
My biggest problem - by far - was the streaming though. It took me 45 minutes to watch like 15 minutes of cutscenes. It stopped buffering and told me to download the episodes all the time. That was frustrating.
A year ago I would have disagreed with you but now having a full time job and university on the side as well as a girlfriend I am so happy that this game is short and sweet. I hardly have time to play (went from hours per day to a couple of hours per week if I find the time). Real life just gets in the way if my gaming life lately...
It's Brandon Fucking Jones!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU9A_oN6NV8&feature=player_detailpage#t=21
On topic. Glad their review is back up. Maybe I can finally stop going to Gametrailers as like... a reflex like when SFV came out looking for a review of that there.
Half Life 2 is always a good choice.
It's Brandon Fucking Jones!
Do the cutscenes only stream in 1080p on the Xbox? It'll take 6+ days to download 75gb.
The reviews i've skimmed don't address the quality of the video varying to match your internet speed. If anything, it forces the highest quality video, even having those with great internet to buffer a substantial amount.
Do the cutscenes only stream in 1080p on the Xbox? It'll take me 6+ days to download 75gb.
The reviews i've skimmed don't address the quality of the video varying to match your internet speed. If anything, it forces the highest quality video, even having those with great internet to buffer a substantial amount.
Will Easy Allies count as a MC score? How does this work? i'm curious
Will Easy Allies count as a MC score? How does this work? i'm curious
Not in 2016. That was a slog.
Damn.
My fears about the TV show portion have proven to be true.
You need a written review to be counted so probably not.
Apparently they re-review several times a year, but only look for sites and print publications, so it might be that being a YouTube channel would work against them.