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Quantum Break Review Thread
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Ol No Bones
Banned
I did explain.
Basically. Review threads are usually trash I read for the same reason I look at Souls threads or YouTube comments. They're almost always entirely full of people shrieking at individual reviewers over perceived slights from low scores for a product they haven't played but love anyway or arguing about the tyranny of the illegitimate metacritic regime. No one discusses the reviews themselves or the parts of the games critiqued.
Come on man, this guy left his old job at Gamespot over his adherence to the integrity of his review, are you REALLY calling his opinion into question?
AuthenticM
Member
of course IGN Sweden gave the game 10/10, lol. Christ.
Lol I woke up and thought lemme check the thread and got excitedI gave you a nod in the previous page
Sun Bather
Member
Yes, the people who don't understand a simple 5 point scale sure is giving them a lot of attention. Maybe if you didn't just look at metacritic score, actually you know, read the text, you wouldn't assume that their 2/5 meant it was borderline unplayable.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Wow, divisive! I think I'll probably enjoy it though, so still buying.
That's why they use a 5 point scale instead of a 10 point one. To avoid ridiculous shit like this, thinking 7 is mediocre.
I should say thinking the score doesn't line up with his writing is fine, but if you're reading the scale correctly then I think it most definitely does.
Lion Heart
Banned
Damn, I was predicting an 85, kind if disappointing tbh. Will still play it but this probably won't compete for GOTY like I expected.
Chobel
Member
LMAO! We are having the first meltdown in this thread, aren't we?
"The score hurt my feelings" isn't an explanation.
Chobel be nice
AuthenticM
Member
The review absolutely read like a 2/5 one, and if you think Jeff gives bad reviews to get attention, you do not know him at all.
The Artisan
Member
I think it depends on each reviewer's individual scale. To Angry Joe, a 7/10 is a good game, an 8/10 is a great game, a 9/10 is amazing/[enter another superlative-like adjective here] game, and a 10/10 is a masterpiece.
He didn't give the game a 4/10. He gave it a 2/5.
Ol No Bones
Banned
He can do whatever he wants I just don't think his actual score matches what he had written about the game. I haven't played the game but 2 out of 5 screams "pretty much crap" to me. It's all opinions at the end of the day. Maybe they have explained their review scale better and I'm not aware but that's just my opinion. Him leaving a job Is irrelevant to my opinion of his review score.
Don't know where you're getting that from, he plays a lot of shooters. Just recently he gave Superhot and The Division 4 stars, same for Halo 5 and Fallout 4 last year.
How so "of course"? If nothing else they should have lowered the score because made up hate between Sweden and Finland, think all Canada jokes Americans like to do etc.
SunBroDave
Member
Do you work for Roosterteeth?
I swear every time Jeff gives a middling or negative review, people question whether he even enjoys that genre. I can easily see the points he lays out in the text, and this from someone expecting to enjoy it. Honestly, negative reviews have value for me in some cases because it adjusts expectations beforehand.
Ol No Bones
Banned
I actually do not know him at all.
Salty Catfish
Member
He gave Fallout 4 three stars
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
on consoles he did.
On console. On PC without the technical issues he gave it 4 stars.
You should look him up before accusing him of something then. He is literally the last person you should be worried of giving review scores for clicks. It's dumb no matter who you're accusing though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gerstmann#Termination_from_GameSpot_.282007.E2.80.932008.29
Reckheim
Member
he gave it 4 stars on the PC, justifiably so.
TheMrPliskin
Member
Thank you.
Look forward to when the game is actually released and some people end up agreeing with Jeff.
Some people will love it, some will hate it and some will simply be indifferent. Not going to cancel my pre-order because I am interested in playing QB and coming up with my own opinion.
Some people will love it, some will hate it and some will simply be indifferent. Not going to cancel my pre-order because I am interested in playing QB and coming up with my own opinion.
Netherscourge
Banned
The game got Giant-Bombed.
AuthenticM
Member
It's crazy how after 20 years of him reviewing games, Jeff is still being called out when people disagree with his opinion.
It's fucking hilarious and depressing at the same time.
It's fucking hilarious and depressing at the same time.
Maybe he should have given The Division 2 stars. It's a much bigger game and would attract even more attention!
pixellated_man
Member
Ah, having checked the reviews listed by OP, I see why some people are confused by the seemingly low Metacritic. The problem is quite a lot of the reviews are not on Metacritic, hence the disconnect of the mostly 8's and 9's in the OP and a Metacritic standing of 78.
If you look through the scores on Metacritic itself you'll see a much more equally distributed scores between the 6-9 range.
If you look through the scores on Metacritic itself you'll see a much more equally distributed scores between the 6-9 range.
I don't really follow reviews, nor do I watch Giant Bomb or follow any gaming sites in general, so I'm just going off of past reviews. I'm not saying he hates your prototypical shooter, it just seems from past reviews, that his passions within gaming lay with other genres. I could be totally off base. As I said, I know zilch about the guy and am going off of his reviews going back to the launch of the current generation.
SunBroDave
Member
Pretty sure Advanced Warfare and Far Cry 3 were his GOTY in 2014 and 2012 respectively
I guess it shows how people see videogame reviews more then anything. Some people think every site is only it for the clicks or is being payed by the publisher for good scores or is biased against Playstation etc. No wonder good videogames writing can be hard to come by when this a big part of your audience.
PanicFreak
Member
Maybe he just has garbage taste?
I kid, I kid. I read his review and think he made his points well. I can see how he get labeled as a hater though. See my earlier comment in this thread.
AuthenticM
Member
The only genre that Jeff dislikes across the board is the tower defense one. And he doesn't review these games, lol.
JayhawkerStL
Banned
The only thing worst than giving the score a reviewer uses more weight than what they wrote is collecting an aggregate of every review, including those from people you could care less about, and putting weight into the average of pointless numbers.
From the reviews I've read from reviewers I care about, including Giant Bomb, it looks like a pretty good game. It's doing some innovative stuff that may or may not pan out for everyone, but will be interesting to experience for myself.
Anyone can cherry pick scores to sell their point of view. But if you read the reviews, you can pick up on what they thought of earlier Remedy games compared to your own experiences, and you can get a feel for how the game may work out for you. The little number at the end means absolutely nothing.
From the reviews I've read from reviewers I care about, including Giant Bomb, it looks like a pretty good game. It's doing some innovative stuff that may or may not pan out for everyone, but will be interesting to experience for myself.
Anyone can cherry pick scores to sell their point of view. But if you read the reviews, you can pick up on what they thought of earlier Remedy games compared to your own experiences, and you can get a feel for how the game may work out for you. The little number at the end means absolutely nothing.
TheFinalCut
Member
Expresses my feeling exactly. It's crazy.
dragonflys545
Member
Huh?
Ah, I see. I was just going off of Open Critic, since it's the only gaming related site that's seemingly not blocked at my job. Can't really look into any other sites
MOBAs too I'd say.
TheZink
Member
This is how I'm going into it also.