| John2290 said: I can only speak for myself but much of the things I disliked at the start of the game ironed out and by the start of chapter 3 and much of the systems along with the gunplay and horse riding have become much more enjoyable. There are still issues, the wanted system for one is near broken still but 70 percent of the stuff works out or gets better. I believe it to be a stat issue, where they have kee capped players at the start so they can level up over time, they just took it way to far at the start of the game, that and the weapons pre chapter 3 are fucking horrible, anything that says it's 'worn'... well, you might as well throw it away and just throwing knife people to death. Dead eye also opens up into a fantastic mechanic. I'm not defending the game design, I think it's shit how they implemented things over the first few hours but it does get much, much better in every aspect, just with a few flaws and questionable design decisions following through. |
Ok, you played more, so you have more insight than me on the game and i'm willing to accept that the game can be better later on, but my point still remains. Is RDR 2 with all of these design shortcomings (broken wanted system, gunplay only becoming good thanks to dead eye system later on, oversatured microgestion of the inventory, ...) still a 97 rating game??, when most other games get penalized for their own shortcomings??
I'm tired of certain games receiving 95+ grades just because name alone. GTA IV was a similar feeling back in 2008. A wonderful cinematic experience in an open world game at the time, but lacking in the gameplay department. That game never ended in any top 10 lists of best games of PS3 or X360. Or like Super Mario Odyssey, receiving a 97 rating and 2 months later only being number 3 in GOTY's winner lists surpassed by a game that received "only" 89 on metacritic like Horizon Zero Dawn....How a game can change so much in perception in just 2 months? How much of those "journalists" that review those games are just average people receiving more attetion than they deserve or just fans of the franchise that they will give a 10 just because the game was not bad and being caught in the hype at the launch?
There are games the press are more biased to give easily a 10 than with other games and that is unprofessional and unfair.
