| binary solo said: I didn't really have an idea about what to expect review-wise. I don't think I expected it to meta in the 90s but I had no particular thoughts on where it would land exactly. Low 80s is great! One cannot fault any game for averaging >8/10 among critics. But there is a but. I don't think low 80s is the kind of critical reception that is what can help Wii U move forward significantly. It doesn't match the crazy hype the internet fans have been giving it and the system seller tag some people have been trying to put on the game. To be fair to the game, the hype the fans have been creating has probably been quite an unrealistic burden to place on this game. If this game doesn't get the sort of sales the hype train drivers have been hoping for then the game will come in for some undeserved counter criticism and the F word will get thrown around. I think I recall one person saying Splatoon will sell like MK8. Sure it could happen but it always seemed highly unlikely, and a completely unfair expectation to place on this game. |
No.
Look the predictions on this forum, even with all the hype around it the average prediction was 82. So everything goes as expected, some are bit dissapointed obviously, but is a minority.
And no, metascore has nothing to do with sales unless they are terrible, like low 60.
Games like Watchdogs or Destiny were huge system sellers after the dissapointing reviews, people were expecting something close to 90 for those, they end up on the mid 70. And what? That didn´t change anything, people wanted those games and they were already on the hype.
Splatoon has not being 1/10 as hyped as those games, and people were expecting something between 75 - 85, also people already played the game so they know how it is, and if they read the reviews they will know that the score is not representing how is going to be the product on 3 months. And even then, the score is pretty good, is an 8.1 after all. I think if you are atracted to a game and it ends up having that score, you buy it, because is good enough.
