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dukerx2 said:
BMaker11 said:

And, like I predicted, this game didn't do that great, critically. I dunno what Polygon was talking about, R@D having a "rock solid track record". They have no track record when it comes to original ideas. Only taking other people's games and repeating the formula (Daxter from J&D, GoW PSP games, and an Okami port). We have no precedent to think that their own IP would be "rock solid".

Glad I didn't get my hopes up for this. Yes, we should try and support new studios and cultivate new ideas/IPs, but when your forte is re-hashing established IPs, with proven formulas, I take your "original" idea with a grain of salt. Because they probably thought highly of themselves based on their resume (their previous games at 80+ metas) and thought that that would translate into their own game. That rarely works.

What are you talking about. The game is getting praise for its story, atmosphere, and the world it creates. The Order is original when it comes to those areas. 

I didn't say the game wouldn't be original. I said Ready at Dawn's own original IP would be ok-ish at best. Big difference.



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Sweep said:

Very disappointed of people using reviews to judge a game without playing it...


Well, since we don't have demos anymore, what do you rant people to do? Blindly buy a game and hope they can return it?



Jimbo1337 said:
What surprises me the most is seeing reviewers give higher scores to broken games than actual working ones.


Perhaps broken (when not completely broken) Games offer things like fun, replay value, longer campaigns with more gameplay...



This was expected from me. Thought this game looked terrible for months.



Alot worse than I would have expected. It's their own fault but it's a shame as the game had potential, although I think it still has as a franchise, will have to wait and see if they are making a sequel.



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Figured it would average a low 70,so a 66 atm surprises me a lot



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walsufnir said:
Jimbo1337 said:
What surprises me the most is seeing reviewers give higher scores to broken games than actual working ones.


Perhaps broken (when not completely broken) Games offer things like fun, replay value, longer campaigns with more gameplay...

Huh?  How can a broken game be fun and have replay value when it is...idk...broken?



I hope developers get the message : developers! Don't bother making beautiful and sophisticated games like The Order or Evolve, just make slow and ugly games like MH4U, the press approves!



walsufnir said:
Jimbo1337 said:
What surprises me the most is seeing reviewers give higher scores to broken games than actual working ones.


Perhaps broken (when not completely broken) Games offer things like fun, replay value, longer campaigns with more gameplay...


LOL. If that was the case then FFXIV didn't have to be remade. Still the original XIV got a bad score tho.. perhaps it was too broken.



Jimbo1337 said:
walsufnir said:


Perhaps broken (when not completely broken) Games offer things like fun, replay value, longer campaigns with more gameplay...

Huh?  How can a broken game be fun and have replay value when it is...idk...broken?


I guess this comes down to a question of what is better, a game with bugs that also has a lot of interesting ideas and fun gameplay, or a game without bugs that lacks interesting ideas and fun gameplay? Like, Halo MCC was surely fun, and if you could actually get into a match near launch, it was a great time, despite the problems with their internet. Does that deserve to be rated higher than a game that lacks bugs but just doesn't give the same highs?

My personal opinion (although I usually apply it when talking about anime or movies) is that something that has amazing highs next to the lows will be more enjoyable than something that is middling the whole time.

ryuzaki57 said:
I hope developers get the message : developers! Don't bother making beautiful and sophisticated games like The Order or Evolve, just make slow and ugly games like MH4U, the press approves!


Oh so sophisticated...if only the picture has moustaches