This isn't.. you know what nah, just buy it.

My expectations for how Until Dawn would review had been dropping further and further over the last few months (I didn't think critics would get along well with his kind of cheesy horror), so I'm quite surprised to see it sitting so close to the 80 mark. Hopefully this and some decent sales encourage them to make more titles like it. I think very cinematic games are at their best when you feel like you're really in control.

"If U like until dawn thats fine and your opinion but anyone who thinks the game is scary is retarded. Scooby doo probably scares you too"

I'm posting in so many threads, I'm probably repeating myself. 

I went from not knowing what this game was to being intrigued by it to knowing it was a day one purchase.  The biggest obstacle for me was avoiding all exposure to the game (I hate spoilers) but seeing nothing but negative news about it. 

Like you, I'm so happy with the reception. After being mostly disappointed with games this gen that didn't reach my sometimes lofty expectations, I'm excited that tomorrow I may be playing a game that surpasses them!

All I can say about this game and how it was reviewed is that, in the future, we should definitely trust previews as indicators of how the game will be reviewed.

Ever indicator up to the release of The Order: 1886 indicated that the game would not release well. Almost every preview of Until Dawn indicated that the game was flawed, but still creative and enjoyable.

Not so simple after all huh.

So far it's better than I expected, that's a relief... I'll end up buying this game later this year when the price drops a bit.

Seems like people who know, or can recognise, and appreciate the deliberate cheesyness of the teen slasher horror genre this game is playing on are liking the game, generally. And people who either don't realise that the game is intentionally corny or they think the game doesn't pull the cornyness off well are not liking the game so much.

Odd comment from Polygon, that sort of sums up, again, the brokenness of the review scoring system "It's not a great game, probably not even a good one.." They gave the game a 6.5.
For a game that's "probably not a good game" I would expect a lower score. Of course I have a problem with a reviewer who says a games is "probably" anything. The job of a reviewer is to give us a definite opinion not a probable opinion, i.e. say "It's not a great game, it's not even a good game..". Did the reviewer not actually finish the game?

Jim Sterling score 9.5/10 and is not up on metacritic yet, so that will bump the average up a bit. I respect Jim a lot. He pulls no punches, as a wide gaming interest and if a game like this was badly executed he would rip it to shreds. To give a game like this a 9.5 means he really likes the movie genre emulation element and he really got into the whole schtick. But not everyone is going to be able to allow themselves to be swept away by that schtick.

Sounds liek you need to get quite far into the game to really start appreciating it.

From what I heard, he gave Onechanbara Z a really high score and that game is atrocious.  That's coming from me, a lover of boobies. He likes what he likes but sometimes, I just have to question his judgement.

I have been interested in this game for quite some time because I love the genre. This type of game tends to be pretty divisive among critics so I really expected it to balance out to a little lower average. Glad to see it seems to have turned out to be a pretty good game for those inclined towards story driven experiences. Pre-ordered mine so I should get a chance to check it out myself later tonight or tomorrow. Looking forward to it.