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Quantum Break Review Thread
- Thread starter Twin Tails
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Game is ~10h long and has almost 3h of live action tv interspersed. In 20m episode after each chapter. Some gameplay changes some details of the show.
AuthenticM
Member
hahaha, Christ. I almost wish the game gets middling reviews just so I can be entertained by the meltdowns.
You know, while you have posted this as a joke, I think there might be some truth to that, actually. Wasn't this game announced to work heavily with Kinect, only to get massively retooled years later?
Not too surprising by these reviews, even the negative ones. The whole live action / TV show stuff seemed like a weird idea from the jump. Looking forward to playing it, but not expecting Max Payne 2-level greatness.
Think he's referring to another 8/10 debacle like with Uncharted 3.
Hey any word on higher difficulties? I loved dead on arrival in Max Payne and I'd be interested if it offered something similar
derExperte
Member
No need, Jeff only giving it a 4/5 would be enough for dozens of meltdowns.
People are still banging on about score numbers in 2016? Jeez...
The score cannot tell you:
If the game has great controls but crap story
If the game has amazing level design but repetition to the point of boredom
If the game feels extremely rewarding to play but has voice acting so terrible you'll want to pull your ears off
What if you care about the controls being smooth and tight more than you care about the story and character development? If the reviewer rates the game 9/10 based on the amazing story, the score will not tell you that.
What if you really like a game that is addictive, even if it has bugs? But the reviewer rates it 6/10 because of all the glitches. You'll miss out on a game you might love.
Read the pros and cons chart. You do not need the score. Ever.
The score cannot tell you:
If the game has great controls but crap story
If the game has amazing level design but repetition to the point of boredom
If the game feels extremely rewarding to play but has voice acting so terrible you'll want to pull your ears off
What if you care about the controls being smooth and tight more than you care about the story and character development? If the reviewer rates the game 9/10 based on the amazing story, the score will not tell you that.
What if you really like a game that is addictive, even if it has bugs? But the reviewer rates it 6/10 because of all the glitches. You'll miss out on a game you might love.
Read the pros and cons chart. You do not need the score. Ever.
You mean like when Eurogamer gave UC3 an 8/10 and half of this forum lost its shit and got banned?
orthodoxy1095
Banned
There will be meltdowns if it gets a mid-high 90 overall Meta score too. I cannot wait.
Karak
Member
I did my typical AI test for the differences checking for enemy AI using the powers more often, flanking, stuff that I do for the reviews and didn't notice much except for a bit better aim, higher life for sure, and the tendency to cover and zip more for the enemies with that ability. If you want a delta I would say that the % harder that the high difficulty was from normal is about 15-20% and no more. Not a huge bump and certainly doable for most with maybe a couple more deaths than normal.
Just perfect. Even a junior put Bones back in his place. At least something productive came out this thread. xp
Seriously though, just another exclusive game review thread pretty much with your heavily invested members going apeshit at the low score(s)...
WordsintheWater
Member
That actually happened? I wasn't around during those times I think haha
More accurately, there's about 80minutes of optional live action scenes per play through, which the users has the option to view in between the games acts. The episodes are viewed from the perspective of the antagonists, and change depending on choices the player makes in game.
So their might be 3hrs of footage, but a fraction of that is interspersed through the playtime.
This is a wonderful gif...
I bought Syndicate randomly because it was on sale for like 3 dollars on Xbox Live. I didn't even know who made it. I guess I should give it a better shot.
Is this not par for the course though? I still feel fairly new here...
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PeregrinSe7en
Member
well we know for sure there are people chomping at the bit to see UC4 get low review scores.
so that thread will get trolled regardless of good or negative reviews
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Can someone explain to me what this gif means, lol?
PerezDeCorcho
Member
Holy shit, some people are reaching in here...
Sure, but it hasn't made me any less unnerved when I see it.
He's handing out 7s?
Someone link that UC3 wall of shame from mama robotnik
Twin Tails
Member
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Certified Fresh by RT standards. Let's get it.
PanicFreak
Member
He's handing out "L"s. As in take your loss.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
That is what I figured, lol. I was not sure, but it all makes sense now, lol.
I think he's saying that " handing out L's" which means that whoever he was quoting is taking a loss.
MassiveNights
Banned
That first tweet is so on point
I think it is Ls.
The only explanation you'll need:
"Hold dat L to ya chest, son!"
WhiskerFrisker
Member
It originally is Mayweather flaunting how much money he has by throwing bills at the camera. This GIF is throwing L's which signifys someone taking a loss, usually because they did/said something stupid.
ElephantShell
Banned
Using RT standards, I think almost every game would be certified fresh.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
I saw the L's and I seen the gif before... for some reason I drew a blank... man I need more tea to wake me up I suppose, lol.
Black Republican
Member
Get some fresh air people
Found it myself:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=32102086#post32102086
This is why people look forward to the UC4 review thread
Yea, but that was the lowest outlier score at the time of the freak out, much like Jeff's 8.8 for Twilight Princess which garnered a similar response. I suspect that more people acknowledge lower scores are more common with this generation of reviews, so I doubt there'll be as much of a freak out, unless of course there's a specifically outlier review.
WordsintheWater
Member
Holy balls, thanks for that haha
Jeff Gerstmann said:
Was kinda what I was driving at with my comments in the thread, and also why I hate metacritic scores.
Holy shit, those are some quality meltdowns.
Oh. I think he needs a doctor.
cartographer
Member
Never ceases to be great. I can't wait.
Amazing.
opticalmace
Member
Well 3 stars would be average on the GB scale (I don't think they hand out zeroes), so 2 stars would be below average but not abysmal.
MegaSackman
Member
Spectacular.
Initially I though it didn't deserve an 8 but higher (I still do) but then I read the review and it made so much sense. In fact since that review I'm closer to Eurogamer than any other website.
StrikeFirst117
Banned
Some decent reviews for this game, then again I've been interested in this since its announcement back in 2013, because its a Remedy game, Max Payne and Alan Wake were awesome.
Roll on the 5th be getting it on Windows 10, can't wait for the pre-load options in the anniversary update.
Also holy shit at the comments in the review thread for UC3.
Roll on the 5th be getting it on Windows 10, can't wait for the pre-load options in the anniversary update.
Also holy shit at the comments in the review thread for UC3.
BlondeTuna
Member
Haha those meltdowns! I can see why the UC4 review thread is highly anticipated.