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The scores are looking good i don't know what some of you all are talking about.



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Oh and one more thing it's good that none of the scores are negative or neutral yet. All positive scores so far.



NobleTeam360 said:
The scores are looking good i don't know what some of you all are talking about.


The coveted 90+

I do understand some frustration though. 

Literally 95% of the reviews are saying its the best Halo game ever made even over the first 1 and yet its actually the lowest main Halo in Metacritic. Its a little frustrating and actually a great demonstration as to why review scores dont actually work. 

Maybe we should have all reviewers following Gamersyde. Just give us a review with a final verdict and no score. Then the journalism will ave to be better.



selnor said:
NobleTeam360 said:
The scores are looking good i don't know what some of you all are talking about.


The coveted 90+

I do understand some frustration though. 

Literally 95% of the reviews are saying its the best Halo game ever made even over the first 1 and yet its actually the lowest main Halo in Metacritic. Its a little frustrating and actually a great demonstration as to why review scores dont actually work. 

Maybe we should have all reviewers following Gamersyde. Just give us a review with a final verdict and no score. Then the journalism will ave to be better.

I really don't put too much stock in reviews, seriously. I mean it's fun to guess and whatnot but I know I'm getting the game regardless. That said, the bolded is my only gripe. Think about if you were casually talking to a friend about a movie or something and they said that it was best of the series and then you asked for a score (letter, number) and they said a score lower than all of the other entries in said series. You would instantly call them out with a great big WTF. It just seems a little weird to me, I dunno, maybe I'm missing something.



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pezus said:
selnor said:
NobleTeam360 said:
The scores are looking good i don't know what some of you all are talking about.


The coveted 90+

I do understand some frustration though. 

Literally 95% of the reviews are saying its the best Halo game ever made even over the first 1 and yet its actually the lowest main Halo in Metacritic. Its a little frustrating and actually a great demonstration as to why review scores dont actually work. 

Maybe we should have all reviewers following Gamersyde. Just give us a review with a final verdict and no score. Then the journalism will ave to be better.


I like Kotaku's reviews because of this. They simply tell you if it's worth a buy or not and write a detailed review along with it.


Same as me with Gamersyde. Thats the only real review I read and listen to. 

Ive waited all day for their review of Halo which I posted above. I am so hyped for the best Halo game ever. Poor poor Bungie.



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pezus said:
What's the verdict on the story? Any good?


Yes very impressive. Gamersyde said the following:

 

The single-player campaign sets the tone quite rapidly. Cortana is in danger and her protector for the past 8 years cannot give up on her and abandon her to her faith. The pretty AI has been alive for 8 years, such a short time for a human being, but already the dawn of life for the artificial being she is. We soon learn that AI start to deteriorate after seven years and the events which follow rapidly prove that Master Chief's precious ally is no longer in full control of herself. This new fragility of the character is all the more poignant as 343 Industries' work on facial expressions is very impressive. Thanks to performance capture, the same technique used in Avatar, each human character manages to convey such a vast array of emotions that the impact of cut-scenes gets even stronger. It becomes impossible to resist the charms of lovely Cortana, whose face shows a moving mix of determination and resignation. Some sequences will mark you, because one cannot remain indifferent when seeing that even Master Chief seems pretty shaken by what's happening to his friend. Little by little, the war hero realizes there is still a trace of humanity in him, something he actually owes to the one who's been guiding him for so many years. Suspense, pace, the single-player campaign is tastier than the best dessert you have ever dreamed of.



pezus said:
selnor said:
pezus said:
selnor said:
NobleTeam360 said:
The scores are looking good i don't know what some of you all are talking about.


The coveted 90+

I do understand some frustration though. 

Literally 95% of the reviews are saying its the best Halo game ever made even over the first 1 and yet its actually the lowest main Halo in Metacritic. Its a little frustrating and actually a great demonstration as to why review scores dont actually work. 

Maybe we should have all reviewers following Gamersyde. Just give us a review with a final verdict and no score. Then the journalism will ave to be better.


I like Kotaku's reviews because of this. They simply tell you if it's worth a buy or not and write a detailed review along with it.


Same as me with Gamersyde. Thats the only real review I read and listen to. 

Ive waited all day for their review of Halo which I posted above. I am so hyped for the best Halo game ever. Poor poor Bungie.

Well now Bungie will have to step their game up with their new franchise

The best part about Bungie leaving Halo and 343i doing Halo better than Bungie is that now we will get double the awsome with Bungie producing their new series and 343i giving us all the Halo we could ever want.

Halo and Destiny at the same time. Nothing could be better.

I just hope that Destiny is a standard FPS or TPS and not some multiplayer focused MMO.



pezus said:
What's the verdict on the story? Any good?


I believe some outlets like edge have been less impressed with it ..but the majority has been positive



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M.U.G.E.N said:
pezus said:
What's the verdict on the story? Any good?


I believe some outlets like edge have been less impressed with it ..but the majority has been positive


Edge is hardly ever impressed with anything.



Hynad said:
M.U.G.E.N said:
pezus said:
What's the verdict on the story? Any good?


I believe some outlets like edge have been less impressed with it ..but the majority has been positive


Edge is hardly ever impressed with anything.


true..they are like that grumpy uncle at a party that everyone has lol

I can't remember but saw a poster at gaf point out several publications were less than impressed with the SP.



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