Death Stranding Review Thread - MC: 82 / OC: 83 / GR: 83.17%

[colafitte]

KLXVER said:

colafitte said:

I'm full mad man "abe simpson yelling at the clouds" mode now....I can't go back anymore..., too late. . I haven't recovered from those RDR 2 reviews last year..., i'm already damaged it seems...

I still believe in what i said though (the fact that gaming media is awarding games that are nothing new, just more of the same because of nostalgia, the fact that there is a serious discrepancy between american scores and european scores and that anything PS related is being nitpicked by american media in recent times) and if you think i'm wrong, your opinion and arguments about it are welcome to me. 

Ever think that you might be a bit biased when it comes to Sony exclusives? I mean Spider-Man is new and original and Astral Chain is just more of the same.....same what exactly? 

I did not correlate Astral Chain as "more of the same" game, that was directed at games like Devil May Cry 5, Dragon Quest XI, Outer Worlds and Gears 5. Astral Chain entered more in the category of..."it's an anime style niche game from Platinum based purely on gameplay and with a nonsensical story that is not going to sell very well because in reality almost nobody like Platinum games as much as the scores tell" game.

And Spider-man...., well, it's a game that sold 13'2M units in less than 12 months and was the 3rd game with most GOTY's in 2018 with 19. More than games like Monster Hunter World (japanese game based in more of the same too like some other example that received a 90 on metacritic), Celeste (which received 91) or Super Smash Bros Ultimate (which received a 93).

So no..., i don't think i'm objectively "biased"....i am just "mainstream" it seems with what awards and consumers are saying...

Edit: I'm not trying to imply those other games don't deserve the score..., i'm just saying PS games end having better recognition in the end despite having lower scores.

Last edited by colafitte - on 01 November 2019