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Aldro on 07 March 2013
Slimebeast said:
Aldro said:
Slimebeast said:
Laughable scores. How can God of War all of a sudden only deserve a 7? I can't trust reviewers anymore.

I know right? But just ..maybe MAYBE the MP actually did take a hit on the SP. Like I don't mean the SP is bad, but the purpose of telling the story is a bit.. less "exciting" than GoW3 would you not agree? It feels as if Ascensions sole purpose is to try the MP. Why? So that they can have a MP in the PS3 era? I doubt that.

I think the real question is: What the fuck is Stig Asmussen and his SSM team doing xD. I dont really think its GoWIV but if it is: It kinda makes me go "ahaaa".


Nah I think this team wanted to try the MP and still give us an experience in the SP. But the purpose of the game seems rather obvious to me. And it is quite clever rather than starting a trilogy or something and baking the MP in too. It is simply too much.

You mean it's "less exciting" because it's a prequel?

I agree that Ascension is somewhat a test game for MP and that MP often steals resources from MP in one way or another. But if they're testing MP then it's probably here to stay, and thus should take away resources from SP in the future too, right?

Do you have the game already?

No I don't have the game already, it is mere speculation on my part!

Yeah, it could take resources from the SP in the future as well but when you already have a system to go from: I'd argue it is easier than doing it from scratch. Not to mention you sort of know what you're getting yourself into. And I am sure by the PS4 time, they will have an even bigger team and prioritize the game more. If you look at The Last Of Us: ND has people that worked on both UC2, UC3 AND NOW even on TLOU. That's why I want to know what Stigs team (director of GoW3) is up to. Maybe their project is 10 times more ambitious than Ascension.



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bananaking21 on 07 March 2013
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
sales2099 said:
I feel reviewers are shitting on everything released so late in this gen. Like everything (multipats and exclusives).

agreed. i saw this coming aswell. it's not going to get any better for GEARS, and the last of us.


i been saying this for a long time, i even made a thread about it 



Aldro on 07 March 2013
Heavenly_King said:
I really hope IGN gives this a 9. Hopefully any other major review site will give it a good rating so that it can at least settle at 85 in Metacritic. THIS GAMES DESERVES BETTER!!

THE RAGE!!! I WANT TO KILL THEM ALL!

I.. sort of.. told you? xD *Hugs* Its okay man. You know you'll love it anyway!



Weedlab on 07 March 2013

IGN's reviews will play an important role. A lot of people go there for 'wisdom' and treat their reviews as gospel. Hopefully it pulls out a 9 since 8 is seemingly unworthy of the masses these days.



 

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Aldro on 07 March 2013

IGN from the sound they gave won't give this any higher than an 8.5 max. So don't get your hopes up guys xD

EDIT: Then again they can be inconsistent. Why isnt Greg Miller doing the review? I wanted his opinion. My Uncharted lover boy <3



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Nsanity on 07 March 2013

I thinks it's best we wait for Digital Foundry before we start call out graphics king, besides it bloody annoying watching the same users at each others throats.



Aldro on 07 March 2013
Nsanity said:
I thinks it's best we wait for Digital Foundry before we start call out graphics king, besides it bloody annoying watching the same users at each others throats.

Didn't do Halo 4 any good against Journey.

A game can be technically impressive but still fall short on accolade. History kind of shows that linear games tend to have the advantage and it indicates the same in reviews as well. GoW even has a fixed camera which controls what you see. That, in of itself is a huge advantage.



Heavenly_King on 07 March 2013
Weedlab said:
IGN's reviews will play an important role. A lot of people go there for 'wisdom' and treat their reviews as gospel. Hopefully it pulls out a 9 since 8 is seemingly unworthy of the masses these days.

for a AAA game, you expect it to be at least a 9.   Or how did you expected Halo4 to be reviewed? with 8s?? I really think you expected it to be an ultra masterpiece that should be rated accordingly.   I think like that, but with GOW:Ascension.   It deserves better score (the demo, leaked playthroughs, and videos are spectacular for me), so hopefully IGN will give it a 9 to bump up the overall score.

I hate when reviews matter so much in sales!!

The RAGE!!!! XD



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crissindahouse on 07 March 2013
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
sales2099 said:
I feel reviewers are shitting on everything released so late in this gen. Like everything (multipats and exclusives).

agreed. i saw this coming aswell. it's not going to get any better for GEARS, and the last of us.

i think the last of us will score very high. it's a new ip, reviewers don't complain about something which is not really bad then. beyond will also get a good score because it's not heavy rain 2. 



Nsanity on 07 March 2013
Aldro said:
Nsanity said:
I thinks it's best we wait for Digital Foundry before we start call out graphics king, besides it bloody annoying watching the same users at each others throats.

Didn't do Halo 4 any good against Journey.

A game can be technically impressive but still fall short on accolade. History kind of shows that linear games tend to have the advantage and it indicates the same in reviews as well. GoW even has a fixed camera which controls what you see. That, in of itself is a huge advantage.

Except, Halo 4's graphical awards was split down the middle between technically and artstyle where as Jouney was all artstyle.