tokilamockingbrd said:
They did not send out review copies. They held a 2 day event where they invited a bunch of gaming journalist to play and they set up a network to help simulate the online experiance. Every hands on impression I read based on that event was very positive.
Now having played it for 8 hours I see a high 80s score. We will say 88 |
Yeah, they don't want people reading reviews. There's no reason not to send out review copies other than the game having flaws. Splatoon 2 got review copies shipped out and it was the same type of game. The game has released and it doesn't have a metacritic score. I don't think this sort of thing has ever happened before. Not for a game with so much marketing at least.
The 2 day invitation event was just another way to control reviews. They probably invited mostly journalists that they thought would have a positive reaction to their game. This accomplishes two things.
1. The first reviews to come out will mostly be positive. By not issueing review copies they can make sure that reviews will be delayed enough to get people to buy the game without reading anything.
2. Journalists that weren't invited have to start playing the game today, and as a result their reviews will be even more delayed. This means that most of the negative reviews won't come out until a week or two after the game releases.
