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I guess Towerfall and Rayman Legends are the only true next gen games then.



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Fusioncode said:
I guess Towerfall and Rayman Legends are the only true next gen games then.


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ps3-sales! said:

Simple question, difficult answer. With the recent metacritic reviews coming in Infamous Second Son has an average of 81; or a flop by AAA game standards. Where did Sucker Punch go wrong? It's obvious that the 54 critics on metacritic all agreed with one thing: The story sucks. 

It's a shame really. But I guess with Titanfall failing to be a great game with a score of 90+, we should have expected this. The next gen simply isn't very next gen if it can't even produce 90+ games on Metacritic because as we all know; great games must have at least a 90+ score to be great. 

Put simply: Infamous: Second Son is a flop; as is Titanfall. I guess we're still waiting for the first truely "next gen game". 

Discuss why Infamous is a flop in your opinion. 

 

 

 

 

*Disclaimer: I have not played infamous nor Titanfall. I am simply assuming they are bad games based on their subpar 90 meta-scores as most gamers should*


since when is anything under a 80 a flop?  it seesm that all the reviews that knocked it are just upset that it plays the same as other Infamous games, which to me is a plus, those games were fun heres a quote from one of the reviews that scored it a 60 "The graphics are a great advert for the power of the PlayStation 4, but in terms of gameplay and story this hasn’t moved on at all from the previous generation."   i dont know what they wanted its a Infamous game it has a certain play style and if they changed that so dramatically it probably would have played horrible.  I just think people are expecting to much out of the new gen and are being let down in that respect.  

BTW i dont think reviews can make a game be considered a flop, its sales that do that if you ask me.



Infamous isn't a flop. Reviewers still don't know how to deal with open world games. They measure it by the same standards as non-open world games which is tragic.



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blessedswine said:
ps3-sales! said:

Simple question, difficult answer. With the recent metacritic reviews coming in Infamous Second Son has an average of 81; or a flop by AAA game standards. Where did Sucker Punch go wrong? It's obvious that the 54 critics on metacritic all agreed with one thing: The story sucks. 

It's a shame really. But I guess with Titanfall failing to be a great game with a score of 90+, we should have expected this. The next gen simply isn't very next gen if it can't even produce 90+ games on Metacritic because as we all know; great games must have at least a 90+ score to be great. 

Put simply: Infamous: Second Son is a flop; as is Titanfall. I guess we're still waiting for the first truely "next gen game". 

Discuss why Infamous is a flop in your opinion. 

 

 

 

 

*Disclaimer: I have not played infamous nor Titanfall. I am simply assuming they are bad games based on their subpar 90 meta-scores as most gamers should*


since when is anything under a 80 a flop?  it seesm that all the reviews that knocked it are just upset that it plays the same as other Infamous games, which to me is a plus, those games were fun heres a quote from one of the reviews that scored it a 60 "The graphics are a great advert for the power of the PlayStation 4, but in terms of gameplay and story this hasn’t moved on at all from the previous generation."   i dont know what they wanted its a Infamous game it has a certain play style and if they changed that so dramatically it probably would have played horrible.  I just think people are expecting to much out of the new gen and are being let down in that respect.  

BTW i dont think reviews can make a game be considered a flop, its sales that do that if you ask me.

I think the bigger issue is that reviewers somehow expected them to reinvent the gameplay, from a game that did pretty well through 1-2.  Clearly it's fans enjoyed the gameplay, and to switch that up could turn the franchise off to them.  As long as they refined the gameplay from 1-2, I'm happy...just like they refined many aspects of gameplay from 1 to 2 (some of the parkour aspects, when climbing up walls for example...the game could freak out and send you in directions you absolutely didn't intend).



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ps3-sales! said:

Simple question, difficult answer. With the recent metacritic reviews coming in Infamous Second Son has an average of 81; or a flop by AAA game standards. Where did Sucker Punch go wrong? It's obvious that the 54 critics on metacritic all agreed with one thing: The story sucks. 

It's a shame really. But I guess with Titanfall failing to be a great game with a score of 90+, we should have expected this. The next gen simply isn't very next gen if it can't even produce 90+ games on Metacritic because as we all know; great games must have at least a 90+ score to be great. 

Put simply: Infamous: Second Son is a flop; as is Titanfall. I guess we're still waiting for the first truely "next gen game". 

Discuss why Infamous is a flop in your opinion. 

*Disclaimer: I have not played infamous nor Titanfall. I am simply assuming they are bad games based on their subpar 90 meta-scores as most gamers should*


Um.....Xbox fans predicted Titanfall to score exactly where it is.



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

At least we can finally agree that X1 has the better library at the moment.



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

sales2099 said:
At least we can finally agree that X1 has the better library at the moment.

Both of them don't have anything worthwhile at the moment so I don't see the point in your cheerleading ...



sales2099 said:
At least we can finally agree that X1 has the better library at the moment.

Opinions, how do they work? 



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VitroBahllee said:
ImmortalHelixFossil said:
Dear lord a 81 meta score is a flop? I am honestly stunned. Can't wait after 1 day when Sony announces that Infamous sells 1 million in one day and we still didn't hear the Titanfall numbers.. Just wait and see!

Do keep in mind, Xbox One owners have a far larger library of games to choose from at the moment. I think a lot of PS4 owners will flock to whatever big release comes out as their options are more limited.

 

That's simply not true. It's the reverse actually in number of games and metacritic best scores available on the PS4 (indie + digital only Resogun + free to play).