VanCityGamer
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Getting kinda late for leaks. The embargo lifts in a little over 2 hours.
Uncharted 4 review embargo lifts May 5 at 12 AM PST
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Getting kinda late for leaks. The embargo lifts in a little over 2 hours.
I think they might be talking about the plank sections. Puzzles lol. I thought they were just there for flavour.
orthodoxy1095
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I have a feeling this will be the exact case. I think most of the forum veterans have learned from the past crazy review threads, and all we'll get is some poor sap of a junior who gets quoted to oblivion.
Trigonometrize.
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If you want embarrassingly stupid responses in absolute excess, the bigger sites' comment sections will be much better for that.
Shpeshal Nick
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I've seen nib so far. A few others will show up. I expect thuway will make an appearance.
orthodoxy1095
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Oh those will be shit-shows, no doubt. I guess that's why people find a potential shit-show on a curated site like GAF more interesting.
I still think a lot of review scores are inflated. Like Fallout 4. That game doesn't deserve the praise it got. Arkham Knight's another one, but the PC version just dragged that game into a pit.
A 8/10 will cause a meltdown. I'm glad I wasn't assigned UC4 for review, and was able to focus on gameplay captures for YT.
Yeah probably this. I also think Uncharted 3 was a bit of a wake up call for fans to be a bit more reserved and critical.
Primethius
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I hope no matter what happens, someone make a list. Either of the people who have a meltdown or the people wanting a meltdown. Such craziness.
pharmboy044
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Really? I'm expecting that score from Giantbomb and even a lower score of 6(3 stars) from Quarter to Three. Hopefully no one commits account suicide because of these scores.
UC3 8/10 from Eurogamer caused a massive meltdown.
StrongBlackVine
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Better chance for some asshat to post a major spoiler too.
You would think but trust, there will be some janky ass wall of shame people will huddle around for years.
pharmboy044
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Yeah, that was pretty crazy.
Regarding reviews, anyone know if IGN's new temporary score policy affect Metacritic? I remember Metacritic only took the very first score attached to the review.
orthodoxy1095
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If anyone deserves to be on a wall of shame, it's all the losers wishing the game be panned so they can watch meltdowns.
They will make it even with SP games with early embargos like these?
Metacritic currently only has IGN's review under "In Progress & Unscored" for Battleborn (the first game with IGN's new temporary score policy). So IGN's score on their in progress review in 2 hours won't count towards the UC4 Metacritic page.
UC3 was a huge letdown for me. I loved UC2 multiplayer, but didn't like what UC3 offered. The aiming of UC3 was a mess at launch and the game coming off the hotness of UC2 just felt underwhelming.
What was the reaction to Polygon's 7.5 for TLoU? I don't remember it being anywhere near as bad as Uncharted 3's meltdown, we did get a fantastic gif though.
Well, hopefully the review thread doesn't disappoint, it's been getting almost as much hype as the game.
pharmboy044
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Ah okay. They've smartened up.
Coolbgdog12
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2 hours man. I'm gonna play some Ratchet and Clank.
Well, a lot of people sure are thirsty...
I'm looking forward to the Uncharted 4 Review Thread Wall of Shame.
pharmboy044
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Lol, reverse mamarobotnik.
Astral Dog
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These are going to be the safest 10s ever, no repeat of Uncharted 3 overblown review thread. everything is going to be fine 
XxRampage07xX
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Wall of Shame v2.0 let's go.
What do we call this wall?
Lion Heart
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LOL my thoughts exactly. WOS 2.0
Clairvoyance
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"The Wall That Wouldn't Exist if Fanboys Didn't Act Like Babies the Last Two Times Naughty Dog Released a Game". Has a nice ring to it, I think.
StrongBlackVine
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But that would be a bit ignorant and unnecessarily specific, since it happens with most major exclusives. Including most recently Quantum Break, and going back as far as Twilight Princess. Just because no one bothered to create a similar wall of shame for other games, doesn't mean similar meltdowns didn't happen.
I think it was a victim of it's own hype more than anything. I went in mostly blind and thought it was great, not as good as 2, and it definitely had problems, jumping from location to location just for a cool set-piece, garbage villain and no hit reactions from enemies being shot, being a few, but it had a few of positives too, Drake was the best he's ever been, the set-pieces were fantastic and it probably has my favourite banter between the characters of the series.
Clairvoyance
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It never happens to the extent of a Zelda or Naughty Dog game. And I say that as someone who ranks Wind Waker and The Last of Us in my top 20 games ever.
StrongBlackVine
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True. That Angry Joe review of Quantum Break topic was an embarrassment. The hate on Jeff from Giant Bomb was crazy too. This behavior is not limited to Naughty Dog fans.
Oh boy.
Cthulhu_Steev
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Sony embargoes have typically ended the day before release, IIRC, so this is actually more than they offer. However, if reviews are out they should allow non-official screen shots, really. It's a silly restriction because any spoilers will be available the day before most of us have started to play it anyway. And then all of those who've played it will post screens and spoil it for those who can't buy it or play it on release day, like it doesn't matter anyway.
If you want to avoid spoilers in the first few days, then you have to keep away from places where it's likely to happen.
I don't know why my post talking about not caring about scores but just in general entertainment from the review thread got quoted. I said I was here for the chaos. That doesn't mean meltdowns. People are going to be analyzing the smallest points from reviews, other people will try to downplay the game, other people will try to defend it, without having played the game. Aka chaos.
Ghost Slayer
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That Quantum Break Angry Joe thread was fucking terrible since some people insulted him in that thread.
The Order thread was worse than anything before it. Happens to every game. There are some in there, who might not publicly acknowledge it, but there are some that just want to watch the game fail for fanboyish reasons too (Xbox fanboys, Nintendo fanboys, PC fanboys, ND detractors) - aka the opposite of ND fanboys. It's not a one way street.
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