| Cobretti2 said: since when was 73 average a flop lol |
A 73 average would be a flop if the general expectations of the consumers are that the game will score much higher. It's more or less imagination meets reality and this time they weren't the same. There was a lot of hype and good feedback from the people who had limited hands-on time with the game at various events. The problem was that when you actually played the game in its entirety, the downsides became apparent. At least that's what the current reviews make it sound like. Though it seems the bulk of the issues are with the game's single player and not its multiplayer which seems to be the strong point of the game.
Now it's important to note that even something considered a critical flop by many people can still end up selling very well and in that sense it wouldn't be a total flop but would be seen as a critical failure turned commercial success. The funny part is, despite Killzone's current average typically making one think it won't sell well it actually has the advantage of being one of only two retail exclusives with the other one scoring much lower and never having much attention from consumers to begin with. Early adopters are typically game starved the first few months and will buy almost anything to justify the money spent on the console.
Resistance was a great game but comparing it to others that came out later that were better and judging by the comparatively lacking sales of its sequels, I doubt it would have sold the amount of copies it did unless it was the only retail exclusive worth owning for as long as it was. Especially on a $600 console that initially struggled in sales. Shadow Fall may not be as good as Resistance was for its time but it's still going to find itself being bought by those same game starved early adopters and this time it will be on a console that is selling far better early on than its predecessor.
Even though we haven't seen all of the reviews, and there will likely be a lot more, I don't expect this game to end up with anything higher than an average of 80 on Metacritic. Assuming that the average continues to go up as it has been with the last few reviews. There are some 90+ scores that haven't been factored yet and thus far I haven't seen any uncounted scores lower than the current average so that's a plus. However, even at an 80 the game would still not be sitting at what many people expected. It's just that a score like that would take some edge off the sting.
