colafitte said:
Awards and sales don't owe anything to reviewers that gave a score when the game launched. Awards and sales are better measurement of what really succeeded than gaming reviews..., that's my opinion of course. Zelda BOTW received a 97 on metacritic and then obliterated the competition in GOTY's as it should be..., because the game really deserved it. It didn't mattered if the game received a 97 or a 91. And the argument about more of the same is that... i hear reviewers critizing games like Call of Duty Modern Warfare or Assassin's Creed for doing the same every year, but then a game like Dragon Quest XI comes, a game that basically plays the same as a game from 15-20 years ago, just with better graphics and get a pass by the reviewers (but not a pass from western consumers it seems). And yes, Uncharted Lost Legacy was "punished" for being too similar to Uncharted 4. In this case, it was, not like other cases (despite having a full semi open world level completely new in an Uncharted game that was very well received by fans and critics). The thing is..., sometimes game press values just pure quality despite not being really different and other times they just don't, and i don't know why there's double standars between those games. My point is: It gets less risks nowadays, doing a free risk conservative game that can play and look like a game from 2010 like Outer Worlds or Gears 5, than trying to be original. Games like Zelda BOTW are the exception, not the norm. That's why we are surrounded by remasters/remakes and eternal sequels of the same IP's. I just miss the Wii/PS3/360 era when we have so many new Ip's and new ideas. This gen has been really conservative in that regard. |
Stop looking at gotypickblogs that ignored pretty much Asian based publications on its website especially for Nintendo/Japanese games.
