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Forums - Microsoft - Halo 4 Review Thread! Embargo Lifts on Thurdays 1st November!

selnor said:

All in all Halo 4 is the first game I can remember this generation since GTA4 that has no yellow reviews on Meta funnily enough. They are all green so far.

GTAIV, Uncharted 2, Batman: AC, LittleBigPlanet, Red Dead Redemption, Modern Warfare 2, Modern Warfare, BioShock, Mass Effect 2, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, etc.

There are so much game all green... I checked just the first five of each plataform.



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I think the real story here is not about review scores (which are very good anyways) but more importantly 343 proved that they can carry the franchise into the future. With having critical and the coming commercial success 343 can rest easy now knowing they haven't let the Halo fanbase down after Bungie left.

The real winner is the fans of this series as they know that Halo 5 and 6 is also in good hands.



Tweaktown

90/100

AllThingsXbox 

9/10

OnlineCenter

9/10

GamingXP

92/100

GamesVillage

9.5/10

Game Rant

4.5/5

Game365

9/10

Mature-Gamer

4.5/5

IncGamers

8/10

Eurogamer Spain

9/10

AllAboutTheGames

3/5

Eurogamer Italy

9/10

Gamestalker

“Very Good”

GodIsAGeek
9/10

GamePod
9.5/10

Eurogamer.cz
9/10

Insidegames.ch

9.2/10

TheAverageGamer

“Great”

GameDot
9/10

FZ.se
4/5

Digital Spy
4/5

TeknoConsolas

8.5/10

Spong

7/10

Videogamer

9/10

Gamerepublic.it

5/5

Yahoo 5/5

BeefJack

‘Recommended’

Xbox 360 Achievements

90/100

PC World

4.5/5

Rev3Games

Buy it

Penny Arcade

“This isn’t Bungie’s Halo anymore – it’s better”

Konzolista.cz 9/10

Gamesurf

9.5

DualShockers

10/10

Planet Xbox 360

9/10

Games.it

9/10

CraveOnline

9/10

NowGamer

8.5/10

TheHDRoom

9.7/10

Daily Joypad

4.5/5

Machinima

10/10

BritBox

10/10

Forbes

8/10

XXLGaming

100/100

Electronic Theatre

93/100

OXM

9.5/10



Tigerlure said:
Lol I knew that 90 score would cause an uproar. This site hasn't changed one bit.

no this is uproar  http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/10/that-uncharted-3-review-everyones-talking-about/



This is coming from the person who keeps giving Call Of Duty high scores..

"These low points are openly exacerbated by the series’ staunch refusal to get with the times when it comes to game mechanics and level design, ignoring obvious enhancements like big-ticket sequences and proper iron-sights mechanics in favor of their age-old addiction to slow, methodical combat in unnecessarily large environments. And while I get that 343i was deathly afraid to come in and mess with the elements most consider Halo canon, it’s a lot to ask of us who play other games in the genre to continue to stomach a core most left behind half a decade ago. Mind you, some folks might find the videogame equivalent of being forced to eat your vegetables a comforting alternative to Microsoft putting a dash of modern in their combat, but when stacked up to Dishonored, Far Cry 3, and Black Ops II, Halo 4’s campaign feels as empty and uninspired as its strong, silent protagonist."

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/egm-review-halo-4/



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CGI-Quality said:
I see Blistered Thumbs gave it a 5/10. I understand reviewers are entitled to their opinions, but to me, a 5/10 is mediocre / so-so. I can't imagine the game is such given the nearly 100% universal praise.

Blistered Thumbs isnt on Metacritic for a reason.



RaiderMX said:
007BondAgent said:
90? even i didn't expect this.. 89 would be even worse, let's just hope it stays put.


90 isn't bad actually. This years almost all the games got lower scores... for example in Xbox 360, this is the top of best scores.

 


Hahahaa, oh man user reviews are SO USELESS.



Metacritic average of barely 90% is underwhelming. Halo: Reach(91), Halo 3(94), Halo 2(95), Halo:CE(97).



CGI-Quality said:
I see Blistered Thumbs gave it a 5/10. I understand reviewers are entitled to their opinions, but to me, a 5/10 is mediocre / so-so. I can't imagine the game is such given the nearly 100% universal praise.


The entire TGWTG "empire" is a disaster. Just my opinion.



What in the hell did I just read in that egmnow review......

Did that guy honestly use large environments and methodical combat as negative points.....so basicalky hes saying the game sucks because its not an arcadey corridor spam fest. Dear god who allowed him to review this game