5 and under means that the game isn't worth buying, isn't worth playing and you shouldn't waste your time with it. everything above 5 means that the game is worth buying, like 6, which means the game is worth playing but you can expect a lot of negative things like bugs or that the story or gameplay isn't top notch, but you shouldn't be put off by cause you won't regret playing it regardless.  But i think Reviews should have a genre list, that this game is better suited for a certain gamer due for it's certain genre and give it a score according to what it aims for. This game was aimed for a cinematic gamer, therefore they should score it by it's cinematics as a 9, and score it as a 6 for those who don't like cinematics to stand in the way for gameplay. A more advanced review system to really aim for the right gamer, and for the wrong type of gamer. But trust me, everything below 6 is pure BS, they shouldn't be taken seriously, cause they don't take their own score system seriously. 5 and under means the game is unplayable, broken and isn't worth playing. The game is worth playing, the biggest issues is that the price for most gamers isn't justifying for their value of enjoyement

hit the nail on the fucking head there.   i don't like horror games.    ...but the idea that i would be a reviewer and fault it for being scary is fucking ridiculous.  reviewers and gamers can't seem to move past the selfishness bit.   just becase a game isn't tailored to your specific wants doesn't make it shit.   

..in a world where the walking dead (by telltale) got a lot of GotY nominations it is ridiculous that the order gets a 2/10 faulted specifically for having many of the same basic elements: story focus and QTEs.   maybe if RaD just removed the gunplay entirely to hammer down the point this is a cinematic game they would also have gotten GotY nominations too...

Depends on what kind of backlash. If you're talking about people insulting the fact that it is cinematic (black bars, cutscenes, QTE) or that is a linear TPS with cover mechanics then no that's just dumb because it's a bunch of reviewers who grew up with a certain type of game not wanting to get anything different (there's plenty of traditional games coming The Order won't change that). If you're talking about people who have problems with the story or the shooting mechanics, then sure that's reasonable criticism. I'll wait till I play to agree with them or not but if they don't like it they don't like it. At least they're not insulting it for being a part of a sub-genre they don't like.

But does a game like The Order deserve to be in the ranks of Beyond, Heavy Rain, or Telltale games? It doesn't seem so.

Bottomline, maybe they should have focused on gameplay. I think PS4 owners wanted a Gears experience and didn't get it. Sony didn't know how to market this game either. It seemed like they wanted to push it towards shooting fans but gave them a cinematic game.

Driveclub had a similar issue with marketing. People keep telling me is an arcade racer but Sony's marketing could easily confuse people into thinking its more of a sim experience.

I think you're wrong on this one. You accuse critics of not wanting somthing different, but maybe the developers just didn't failed to execute their vision well.

Try watching the IGN video review. The black bars do appear to get in the way of the cover shooting mechanics. The scenes where you just walk and listen to dialogue can be boring, I know this from Gears. QTEs have been in games for many years now and are rarely done well.

Unfortunately, The Order seems to fail at being an interesting shooter and "interactive drama." But it still might be worth playing, I enjoyed Ryse and that had its own issues. But we can't expect great score for underwhelming experiences.

Yep, I don't want developers to keep heading into slow trainwrecks.

I already said in Vivster's thread: movies from Uwe Boll are created the way Boll envisions them. Still they are bad movies. Reviews should be able to point out that bad games are bad. If they aren't allowed to do this, we need no reviews. Do people exist that love Boll-movies? Sure. But that doesn't justify to give every movie a 10/10 in reviews, and the same is true for games.

Exactly. I don't know how anyone can't see this.

Well, depend on personal's opinion, but why black bars in the game just like the Evil Within? We already have widescreen TVs. lol

I'll wait to play it and see if its worth the score or not. From what I've seen, it looks impressive and plays just like many other 3rd person shooters that received very high scores in the past. It just seems to be the rule this gen to put down any ps4 exclusive, like DC, knack and now this one.