Savantcore
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Everything about that review pisses me off. This isn't even me defending The Order, it's just terribly written and so obviously trying to shit all over the game.
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The Order 1886 Review Thread
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Everything about that review pisses me off. This isn't even me defending The Order, it's just terribly written and so obviously trying to shit all over the game.
No it's just particularly funny that these posts usually crop up when the game is reviewing poorly. I usually don't give too much of damn about reviews either and enjoy a fair share of lowscoring games.
Kacho
Gold Member
Why do you think it's a bad review?
Meccanical
Member
Maybe they should move to Sony Pictures and just make movies like they clearly want to.
TheRagnCajun
Member
That's cool. I'll play it for the graphics. If people get bored of it quick, it should be easy to pickup a second hand copy at a good price.
Exactly. Completely different things with almost the same arbitrary number.
A friend told me "holy shit I didn't think the game would get such scores... well, I guess I won't be buying it anytime soon".
There were other times where I heard people say they wanted to try a game out because of the high scores it got.
Regardless of the target audience, basing your purchasing decisions on a useless metascore without doing a little bit of appropriate research is a problem that I'm sure some people who posted in this thread have demonstrated.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Nier is a game that is more than the sum of its parts.
One game that rated low that turned out to be a cult favorite doesn't mean all games are suddenly underrated darlings.
boredandlazy
Member
Ah ok, for what it's worth I generally don't pay much attention to reviews either positive or negative these days in regards to video games. However I do find it interesting to see how the general opinion of the gaming media compares to my own.
Stuggernaut
Grandma's Chippy
Sad...
schaft0620
Member
swazzyswess
Member
let me throw in a perfunctory old guy anecdote to prove the worth of my opinion... umm, my bulletin board was up in arms over the Blakestone sequel. there.
never did I say or imply this has never happened before. but the profile of the game, plus the gaming/social media zeitgeist, plus it being one of the few times where a developer has responded to release week controversy like RAD did, makes it stand out.
I just finished the game myself. Took me 6 hours and 23 mins. Didn't really spend time discovering just went forward keeping the momentum up. I actually agree with most review personally i give it a 6/10. It is very pretty to look at but nothing more than that. I would rather fire up Uncharted 2 or TLoU if I was looking for gameplay.
I never got into the story and it actually frustrated me of how cliche it was. This is just my opinion because story is always subjective but the gameplay while fluid made me actually kinda bored. It was as if I've seen it all before. Maybe it is just me but the cover and kill 3 waves of enemies then cut scene recipe has gotten stale for me.
I never got into the story and it actually frustrated me of how cliche it was. This is just my opinion because story is always subjective but the gameplay while fluid made me actually kinda bored. It was as if I've seen it all before. Maybe it is just me but the cover and kill 3 waves of enemies then cut scene recipe has gotten stale for me.
Seeing Sound
Member
I'm still tempted on get this game. Might pick it up tomorrow.
The Sarcastic Dude
Banned
Hopefully a Redbox near me gets this game. Will play for the graphics and easy platinum.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Hey hey hey.. about scalebound..RELAX
One of the lessons I learned from this debacle, is that cinematic really lost its meaning. It should mean way more than just aping look and sound.
jhmtehgamr20xx
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Every series risks fatigue. But I don't see that affecting review scores for the mainline Halo, GTA, Madden, MGS, Mario, GT, or COD games.
Would be completely uncalled for in reviewers singling out the Souls games to make a statement about franchise fatigue...and ironically one happening to be a PS4 exclusive.
Quote this: if Bloodborn gets lots of low scores,...and those scores turn out to be over bullshit... there's going to be a grand inquiry on all the game review sites. Some will be sued, others will be blacklisted by Sony, others still dropped from MC and other aggregate site inclusions.
Yup. See RE6 which matches Niers score.
I'm sure many people have torn that one to shreds.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
When one of the knocks on the game is, to paraphrase one of the reviews, 'no respect for player interaction'... I can see a reviewer going all out on a game like that.
Kurt Angle
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the spiderman font kills me
Bornstellar
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Stereogatari
Banned
I refuse to believe this is real.
I just fail to see how the game has any replay value. I beat the game in about 7 hours. That includes beating it on hard and finding every collectible. The game has zero modes outside of the single player campaign, and there's not even a new game+, mostly because they couldn't even include a new game+, because the game has zero unlockables or an upgrade system. Nada, zip. There's nothing once you beat it. And when the game is already on the short side, there's no wonder why 99 % agrees with me when it comes to replay value. The game has garnered its negativity for reasons, and those reasons are 100 % legitimate. I even talked about these concerns pre release, and guess what happened? Every single one of my concerns turned out to be valid. That's because I play games and follow games with neutral glasses. There's a reason as to why you don't see me posting negative stuff about Bloodborne. That's because, well, the game looks absolutely fantastic, which I'm sure is going to be reflected by reviewers next month.
Miyukipedia
Neo Member
This honestly all seems to boil down to: All the opinions that go against mine are wrong and all the ones that agree with me are unbiased and solid.
If one reviewer says, "holy shit this game is awful", maybe you should take that opinion with a grain of salt, but if tons of different reviewers of different biases and backgrounds say "holy shit this game is awful", chances are the game is awful.
I don't think Bloodborne will get bad reviews from what I've seen. But if this turns out to be the case, there will certainly be an outcry.
Kacho
Gold Member
I'm not sure why you think it's poorly written. It looks good to me. The reviewer talks about their time with the game and details why they didn't enjoy it. The score attached to the he review seems to reflect the text.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
It was a broken and barebones game that was delayed for a year and was still broke.
Don't even bring up MCC, because I know that's the reply I expect. Driveclub was reviewed absolutely fairly for what it released as.
I hope this is satire. I hope.
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
The thread needs balance, that's all.
Nothing personal; the trailer was just kinda hokey-looking to me. I wanted some Panzer Dragoon-ish stuff or Lair done right. Guess we'll see at E3 about that.Hey hey hey.. about scalebound..RELAX
matrixman92
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Redbox has been a complete dud for me this gen so far. I guess current gen games are only in select cities right now. If your local ones have current gen games, they will most likely get it. I had to go to gamefly for it, my copy shipped today.
Meccanical
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The problem I have with many of those impressions (and why many of these posters don't make the neoGAF list) is because these are frequently people who were overburdened with endless anticipation for the game, and then they go out of their way to finally get their hands on it and rush impressions to GAF and what a surprise to bulk of them are excessively positive 8-9/10 scores.
Check how often that has happened in GAF's history, even in games which have largely been received now as mediocre or bad products. It happens all the time. Post-purchase rationalization makes navigating these impressions inherently problematic.
It's not that it's wrong to be excited and enthusiastic about a product, but if you are looking for impressions that are actually from people whose intention it is to give a game a fair critical break down it is hard to take many of the "I'm here first" impressions particularly seriously.
Some of the reviews of The Order are bad, like all reviews we are talking about reviews written in this industry which is just a fundamental issue because game reviews are so frequently terrible. But there is an incredible consistency to the complaints being waged, and they're being waged by a wide range of people many of them who have had no problem in the past giving Sony products very high scores. There just seems to be a case where RAD focused on the visuals, but forgot they had a barely-there C-movie narrative and rote, tedious gameplay with mechanics that are like someone's first attempt at a third person shooter. Couple that with endless cutscenes where one has to experience insufferable QTEs, and it's no surprise people are so standoffish about the final game.
captainraincoat
Banned
Been playing this game for a few hours now and im enjoying it...apart from a few annoying qte i think this is a good dumb action game...hopefully it becomes a ps+ game as there is alot of love in some parts of the game.
gamechanger87
Member
This is complete gold. As Kinda Funny stated today, all games get mock reviews from former reviewers prior to launch and present them to the publishers.
Sony knew exactly where this game would land In the reviews. Don't try and kid yourself with any of this conspiracy shit. The game reviews match early previews.
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
True. But I don't take kindly to being deceived. Bloodborne, just like DS2, won't get a pass from me if they pull that garbage again.
MistaBowaa
Member
Remnants of ANT still linger out there in various places. The ANT gaming discussion wars are still very much alive today.
I wasn't gonna bring up MCC, but I was gonna bring up how reviewers didn't have a broken version. If you're referring to the online issues, that is.
Cave Johnson
Member
I've watched this while doing "business" in the toilet. Now I have shoulderaches I can't disappate. Damn you GAF!
Savantcore
Unconfirmed Member
If a game is bad then it deserves a bad score, but look at this:
Just as a few examples, this review is unprofessional, meandering, and as a whole just poorly written. His criticisms - when he's not just repeating himself - are perfectly valid and from what I hear totally correct, but when two paragraphs are spent talking about Chinese food then excuse me for not taking it seriously. It is a bad review more concerned with being scathing and oh-so-witty that he clearly isn't interested in giving the game its fair dues.
Louis Cyphre
Banned
The thread is about The Order and reviews it is getting, not some conspiracy or bias treatment you think is undeserved or some form of "balance" by brining up the XB1.
This is nonsense. The only explanation for Bloodborne getting low scores would be because it's a PS4 exclusive and the media is biased against Sony? Do you not remember the XB1 launch? Is the media biased against particular companies in cycles?
NullPointer
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50ppp means more ad impressions for GAF and 50% less chance of killing Chrome with GIFs.50 ppp shaming needs to stop
50ppp FTW.
I'm not shocked by these reviews, but this is also why I don't base my purchase decisions on reviews.
And I don't even read Giant Bomb reviews from Jeff anymore because it's clear the duder has been doing this for too long -- he hates every game and the ones he doesn't hate he seems indifferent towards.
And I don't even read Giant Bomb reviews from Jeff anymore because it's clear the duder has been doing this for too long -- he hates every game and the ones he doesn't hate he seems indifferent towards.
Stereogatari
Banned
"New video game journalism" involves real-life anecdotes mixed with assessments of games, kind of a pseudo-diary fashion. It's not to everyone's taste but personally I like it, I'm a big fan of Tim Rogers who writes in a similar fashion.
Just because the review has anecdotes like that doesn't mean it's a bad or unprofessional review.
When is chrome going to fix this? My laptop nearly dies when a single .gif appears on NeoGAF.
nib95, here is a gaffer that finished it in 5h 23m.
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