Splatoon Review Thread - MetaCritic 81% / GameRankings 81.46%

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RolStoppable said:

Burek said:

Actually, that is the entire argument in this thread. People wanting reviewers to praise content to be added later.

Like going to the restaurant, paying for a full meal, getting a soup and being asked to come for the steak next week. But the steak will be free of charge then. And please, give our steak a great review because trust us, it will be good and free.

Same thing here, only some people don't understand that the missing content will not be free. You have already paid $60, only you will get half a game now, and half a game in rations over the next few months. This game is a Nintendo-style Season Pass.

So same as, for instance, Telltale games, Life is Strange or RE Revelations 2: Pay full price upfront, get a slice of the game, and the rest is free later. (Or simply wait until the game is complete and buy it then). But I don't see reviewers scoring Life is Strange episode 5 right now, when only 3 episodes are out. Because, you know, current performance is in no way an indicator of future quality.

Going to a restaurant isn't comparable to a video game that you expect to play over the course of several weeks or months.

The comparison with episodic games is also flawed because episodes can also be purchased separately and as such reviewers use the price of an individual episode when judging any of the particular episodes. Additionally, the content of such episodes is narrative-driven and thus the quality can vary greatly between episodes. But Splatoon is a multiplayer-centric game, so all of the important things are already established in the initial release and therefore current performance is actually a good indicator of future quality.

EDIT: Forgot the most important thing. The argument isn't that reviewers should praise Splatoon for adding content later, it's that they shouldn't deduct points for a lack of content when that complaint is going to be rectified over the course of the next three months.

Content is something many reviewers take in count when doing a review.

And if they don't have to discount points, then reviewers should wait until all the content is released, free or not.