AJ does 30 minute super in depth reviews and he plays the whole game a lot. And he knows what's going on in the community. His reviews are way more in depth than most gaming sites.
The Division - Review Thread
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AJ does 30 minute super in depth reviews and he plays the whole game a lot. And he knows what's going on in the community. His reviews are way more in depth than most gaming sites.
He might as well be. His reviews obtain hundreds of thousands to multi million views which is far more than most of those articles will ever see.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Messofanego
Banned
If Angry Joe had a written version for his reviews like Chris Stuckmann started doing from being a YouTube movies critic, he might get counted.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Joe should get someone to transcribe his reviews (like old GT reviews) and throw them up on his website.
Boom, get a Metacritic listing.
Boom, get a Metacritic listing.
DryvBy
Member
I wrote my review and finished it up recently if anyone needs yet another opinion.
http://www.giantbomb.com/tom-clancy-s-the-division/3030-42918/user-reviews/2200-29192/
http://www.giantbomb.com/tom-clancy-s-the-division/3030-42918/user-reviews/2200-29192/
Yes I think it would be refreshing to see someone with AngryJoe's rating scale on Metacritic. Too many sites parse their rating too much (to the benefit of publishers no doubt).
We don't need scores like 7.25 or 6.5. "Is the game a 6.5 or 6.6? Maybe 6.655 is more accurate." /s
Stick with whole numbers. Sites that parse the rating down to decimals are usually those that do not have our best interests in mind, and come off as afraid of offending publishers and the like.
We don't need scores like 7.25 or 6.5. "Is the game a 6.5 or 6.6? Maybe 6.655 is more accurate." /s
Stick with whole numbers. Sites that parse the rating down to decimals are usually those that do not have our best interests in mind, and come off as afraid of offending publishers and the like.
I've got about 50 hours into the game, pretty much at the point where I run the dailies and mess around in dead zone looking for gear. I think it's still pretty fun, provided you are playing with friends. That is what makes it for me. I think its a solid 8/10, with potential to improve over time. It feels better than Destiny did at launch to me.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
I liked Destiny better. The Division has boring loot, boring abilities, weak gun play and boring enemies. It is a more well put together game at launch, but the core is much weaker.
Negrodamus
Banned
Well that's what happens when you base an rpg around a realistic world and setting, aside from the average gunplay. People were voicing their concerns about the variety and staying power of The Division during the beta and such. They can't truly expand these factors in The Division like Blizzard can in Diablo or Bungie in Destiny. It's one of the points Joe made in his review that I fully agree with. The Tom Clancy name is hurting the game.
Him using a different scale from everyone else seems like a pretty good reason to not count his
digitalrelic
Banned
Well after all this drama and bickering back-and-forth, it looks like The Division is settling in to it's near final scores:
Metacritic: 82
Opencritic - 80
Don't see the numbers swaying all that much at this point.
Extremely solid scores for a new IP IMO. Lots to build on with future installments but I think it's a great foundation.
Metacritic: 82
Opencritic - 80
Don't see the numbers swaying all that much at this point.
Extremely solid scores for a new IP IMO. Lots to build on with future installments but I think it's a great foundation.
Curious why do you use PS4 as the meta critic platform instead of PC or X1?
kutthoat5150
Member
Maybe my friends have a higher tolerance than me but I started getting bored of Destiny during the open Beta while they still continue to play it. I'm Lv15 in Division and it's only slightly starting to grow stale with me. Usually when I'd rather fast travel everywhere in open world games instead of soaking it all in is when I hit my tipping point. Same thing happened to me about half way through Witcher 3.
More reviews are counted in the ps4 one.
RespectThySole
Member
Heh. I predicted 82 metacritic in that thread.
It's 81 right now.
digitalrelic
Banned
It has the most reviews.
Is that always true or just for the division?
Somehow the PS4 metacritic is also missing some reviews?
Aztechnology
Member
Kotaku Review is up.
http://kotaku.com/tom-clancys-the-division-the-kotaku-review-1766431754
While it doesn't factor into the metacritic score (Something I applaud them for) they do a really good job of hammering home many of the issues I speak about frequently.
A game with a great foundation undoubtedly limited by slapping Tom Clancy on the game.
I've played almost 50 hours on the game, and I've found it entertaining. But it's not a solid loot based ARPG yet, it needs a lot of work and some changes at the mechanics level especially when it comes to boss fights that will require real coordination and builds to deal with specific situations and enemy variety by the way of enemy modifiers to completely change enemy unit dynamics from fight to fight. How these things were so carelessly overlooked are beyond me given the games heritage in the loot based ARPG space.
At this point I almost feel like I was sold an early access title. It has the foundational underpinnings for its genre, but the systems that make for an experience you can return to over and over without stagnating quickly simple aren't there. The Roadmap for their year one DLC feels like a map of features that an early access title will include at full release.
This was a slap in the face for me personally when I "completed" the game and logged in the next day to a message stating
All it does is bring me to the season pass. There's hardly a working end game as is, and they proceed to have the gall to ask me to both pay now and wait for content I have no idea what will look like which should have been to a degree included in the first place. It's a bit frustrating. Just like Destiny it has so much promise marred by what seems like laziness and money grubbing.
http://kotaku.com/tom-clancys-the-division-the-kotaku-review-1766431754
While it doesn't factor into the metacritic score (Something I applaud them for) they do a really good job of hammering home many of the issues I speak about frequently.
A game with a great foundation undoubtedly limited by slapping Tom Clancy on the game.
I've played almost 50 hours on the game, and I've found it entertaining. But it's not a solid loot based ARPG yet, it needs a lot of work and some changes at the mechanics level especially when it comes to boss fights that will require real coordination and builds to deal with specific situations and enemy variety by the way of enemy modifiers to completely change enemy unit dynamics from fight to fight. How these things were so carelessly overlooked are beyond me given the games heritage in the loot based ARPG space.
At this point I almost feel like I was sold an early access title. It has the foundational underpinnings for its genre, but the systems that make for an experience you can return to over and over without stagnating quickly simple aren't there. The Roadmap for their year one DLC feels like a map of features that an early access title will include at full release.
This was a slap in the face for me personally when I "completed" the game and logged in the next day to a message stating
ethomaz
Banned
If the review says witch platform the game was reviewed the meta only shows it in the specific platform.
It is not missing on PS4 because the review was done on Xbone.
The Division was hit by a drive by from Gaming Age (42/100): http://www.gaming-age.com/2016/03/tom-clancys-the-division-review-for-ps4-xbox-one-pc/
Metacritic down to 80
Metacritic down to 80
digitalrelic
Banned
Wow, that's a ridiculous score IMO. Oh well! I've updated the OP to reflect the new Meta/Opencritic scores.
Still enjoying the hell out of this game, three weeks in. Still tons of fun and very addicting. Can't wait to get on tonight to play some more.
EDIT - Wait, how are you getting 42/100 from that Gaming Age review? According to Gaming Age, the C- that they gave The Division would equate to 12/20, or 60/100. Might be a mistake on Metacritic's end, unless I'm confused.