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gtotheunit91 said:
coolbeans said:

Review embargo is set for May 1st at 8:01 pm EST.  Not sure about the :01 significance. lol

Looking at the release schedule, that’s simultaneously with the actual launch of the game lol. Technically 1 minute after the game launches

Yeah, that's not too surprising, pretty much every Zenimax/Bethesda game for the last 7 years or so has had it's review embargo dropped at launch, they decided to stop doing early reviews after Fallout 4 underperformed in reviews in 2015, Dishonored 2 and Skyrim Special Edition in 2016 were the first Bethesda published games to have the review embargo drop at release instead of early, and I believe every Bethesda game since has had the embargo drop at launch. Afaik they don't even send out early copies anymore, so critics will be playing at launch like the rest of us, so the earliest scored reviews will probably be 2 days after launch, those posted earlier will be reviews in progress.