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HoloDust on 16 October 2017
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JEMC said:
HoloDust said:

I haven't read the review, but I know exactly what he means...all Piranha Bytes games are aquired taste, for one thing or the other, but they excel in most important things when it comes to open-world.

85 is right about in range where I should expect it, if it's quite good game - personally, even Gothic 1&2, which for me are still the best open-world action-RPGs ever made, are in that 80-90 range...simply put, that genre, beside being probably the most demanding too pull off, has not been improving since Gothic/Morrowind...quite the opposite in my opinion...and remains terribly underdeveloped compared to its linear cousins.

And I said, or at least tried to, it's perfectly ok to be excited for a game that doesn't excels in any aspect excep the one you are looking forward the most. But that doesn't mean that a review score should put the rest of the game aspects aside just because of that.

To make my point a little more clearer: if, back in school, I got a 10 in mathematics but failed in all the other subjects, I would still have to repeat the course and would be scolded by my parents, despite that 10.

It's the overall game that matters and should be reflected on the score, not just one part of it.

Have to read the review first, but here's my take on any review - it's crucial to know what is most important thing in certain genre. Just like it's important that someone who actually knows the genre reviews the game. That way people who are interested in genre and specific game will know what to expect.

From what I understood from Vivster's post, this is, more or less, classic PB game with all the good and bad things. PB games are very specific, I really love them, but they are not mainstream (thankfully) and I can see how mainstream reviewers might be harsher on them.