I mean... I can follow what you're saying, but you're just amplifying the negatives against the standard review scene to 11. I agree that it's better to find like-minded sources as your top priority for reviews (esp. on YouTube), but you're disregarding other intentions of perusing review aggregates. It can also be worth investing some spare time seeing what other critics have to say as an exercise in perspective. It's just another means of info-gathering to inform your...
Fair correction, but the rest of my point still stands. Why would hanging out towards the lower end of MetaCritic invalidate it by default? One of the worst poisons with games criticism is the 7-10 default scale for most games already.
The review - "Pikmin 3 is a mostly-good collect-a-thon that's just shy of greatness."
Almost everyone:
Jin_Sakai: Umm... no, just no. Not taking this opinion seriously.
[Sorry for late response.]
You have to take the whole sentence in context. The writer is framing that part for someone who was paying for Gold already. Now on top of just enjoying online & some discounts, a random 360 game that they might've never heard before was also awarded on top. Thus, owning said game where they didn't have to directly pay for it.
Same logic can apply to Xbox One titles on there, but that's more of a 'premiu...
Aye! That'd be a good point!
Only half true. All 360 games you got under GWG, as long you selected & downloaded them, are permanently owned by that Gold account - even if you drop XBL Gold later.
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This is *literally* the quintessential scenario MS has brought up about Series S since day one
You see what I mean about Burial Point? It's annoying how you spot the seedling of a cool concept (warring factional interests) but see no semblance of continuity in its execution.
Yes, this is a very late response.
@Hasbrothers57
What does "similar biases" look like in that scenario though? Like they uniformly fall in line with considering FFX a 6/10 (above-average game) and that's it? It just seems like such an insane stretch to rifle back to a 20+ year old review to make that point, especially when that's not a bad score by their rubric already.
Honest question: do you believe the EDGE staff today is the same as the early 2000s?
My guess is b/c they make a profit.
Probably. They're not against putting out reviews 1-2 months past a game's release date. It's a rare occasion, but it's not unheard of.
It's neat when the highest scores for the month (8/10) are two games I hadn't heard of before. Not sure about Venba, but Roto Force looks like a legit twin-stick shooter.
Still remains an all-time classic. Canada does some good stuff every now and then. ;)
Nature is healing.
I implore you to seek the light, monkey602.
Granted, I only completed Observer: System Redux (not OG) but it's still great cyberpunk fiction. The Medium is one of their strongest efforts in fusing storytelling & gameplay. The gameplay itself is often limited, but it informs the world in interesting ways.
Observer and The Medium are quality titles, actually.
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-"How do you expect anyone to take you seriously with statements like this? ;)"
:'(
For real though, it has some legitimately fun ideas baked in. The way it incorporates mayhem fits the Crash formula way more than it initially lets on.
In the case of Rumble, I think that tracks if focusing on where the IP has come since its mini-renaissance. Just look at how it's done since re-appearing on Sony's e3:
-Remastered Crash N' Sane Trilogy
-Remastered Crash Team Racing
-Finally gets a full-fledged sequel in Crash 4
To have that kind of quality run with Toys for Bob at the helm, it's somewhat disappointing to see that dip. This coming from someone who still ...
I'm so confused by this. For starters, it's weird to end on a... semi-deflated note with a great 8/10 as the score. But maybe that's more of my personal interpretation of an 8 anyways. If that *IS* a notable markdown by this writer's perspective, what exactly is the suitable threshold at that point? 10 hours is a perfectly fine dollar-per-hour value that can also tell a complete, satisfying narrative; plus, the way it's framed implies there's many more hours to be ...