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midrange on 16 December 2015
dahuman said:
midrange said:
dahuman said:
midrange said:
 

In a year containing Fallout 4, the Witcher 3, Bloodborne, and Metal Gear Solid V, you can't really expect Xenoblade X to really compete for game of the year.

It's an excellent game, but there are also other masterpieces out there. 

The game is already highly rated and recieved way more attention for an rpg (a wii u exclusive nonetheless) despite it's many shortcomings. So no, it's not underrated.

 

The funny thing is, those games you listed all made me yawn. The Witcher 3 was somewhere in the middle, Bloodborne was seriously just a grindfest all over again with FROM Software's same ol' formula, MGS5 wasn't that great, and Fallout 4 is the lawlz, let's just be real here, as far as good games go, 2015 was a fucking joke overall.

Whether you like those games or not has no bearing on what the general consensus agrees on. Personally I'm not the biggest fan when it comes to rpgs, but seeing as how the general consensus agrees that those 4 games should be highly rated, I set aside my personal bias, see why they say so, and in this case agree with them. And yeah, I did prefer 2014 games, but that makes no difference on choosing the best of 2015

 

I only responded because you used the words "master pieces," come on now lol, let's just be real.

 

It was an exaggeration, clearly they have their faults. Doesn't detract from their appeal to the general consumer though



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midrange on 16 December 2015
Volterra_90 said:
Drakrami said:
Or maybe you nintendo fans are overrating it because this is virtually the first time Nintendo has released anything that is openworld for you to explore in. While the rest of the world has been spoiled with games like GTA/fallout/assassins creed/far cry for years already.

XC was open world too. It's funny how Zelda was one of the first open world games ever made too. But, yeah, let's take the credit from them. 

I think he meant this gen...



AbbathTheGrim on 16 December 2015

People are downplaying how great this game is left and right. People must accept how XCX is curing cancer since it's release.



Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1

StarOcean on 16 December 2015
AbbathTheGrim said:
People are downplaying how great this game is left and right. People must accept how XCX is curing cancer since it's release.

Not only that, ever since it released world hunger has gone and racism is dead!





midrange on 16 December 2015
StuOhQ said:
midrange said:
StuOhQ said:

I've noticed that a lot of GOTY lists have been leaving "Xenoblade X" out in the cold. Do you think this is the result of its late release date, or just that the game isn't getting any respect?

I, for one, have been completely captured by it. The game is massive, funny, and highly addictive. It's certainly in the mix for my personal GOTY - what about the rest of you? Do you think it deserves more accolades than it has received?

In a year containing Fallout 4, the Witcher 3, Bloodborne, and Metal Gear Solid V, you can't really expect Xenoblade X to really compete for game of the year.

It's an excellent game, but there are also other masterpieces out there. 

The game is already highly rated and recieved way more attention for an rpg (a wii u exclusive nonetheless) despite it's many shortcomings. So no, it's not underrated.

 

Maybe my word choice was poor. I don't necessarily think it should WIN game of the year, I was just suggesting it should have made more lists (as a contender). 

 

"Mario Maker" and "Splatoon" seem to be making most lists, while "X" has been mostly snubbed. 

 

On an interesting note "Fallout 4" shared it's Metacr tic score with "Xenoblade" the last time that I checked.

Metacritic is not the final say on GOTY, if so bayonetta 2 should have won a lot more GOTY awards (it won a good amount though). Things like impact and ingenuity also allows for games like Mario maker to be up there regardless of score.

basically, Xeno X just faced too much competition from franchises that were big and delivered, franchises that made well crafted games this year, and franchises that innovate.

does that mean Xeno x is bad? Heck no

does that mean Xeno x is underrated? No



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VXIII on 16 December 2015
StuOhQ said:

On an interesting note "Fallout 4" shared it's Metacr tic score with "Xenoblade" the last time that I checked.

PS4 version: 87

Generally favorable reviews based on 57 Critics

 PC Version: 84

Generally favorable reviews based on 34 Critics



Goodnightmoon on 16 December 2015
VXIII said:
StuOhQ said:

On an interesting note "Fallout 4" shared it's Metacr tic score with "Xenoblade" the last time that I checked.

PS4 version: 87

Generally favorable reviews based on 57 Critics

 PC Version: 84

Generally favorable reviews based on 34 Critics

So he is right, the best version is at 84.





Frogger on 16 December 2015

It's pretty perfectly rated from what I've been playing.



shenlong213 on 16 December 2015
Drakrami said:
Or maybe you nintendo fans are overrating it because this is virtually the first time Nintendo has released anything that is openworld for you to explore in. While the rest of the world has been spoiled with games like GTA/fallout/assassins creed/far cry for years already.

Well, AC 3 and 4 already on Wii U so your statement was false

And who care about another open world game when you can purchase a Skell, fight and fly around an unrealistic world like Xeno X ?




 

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Barozi on 16 December 2015
StuOhQ said:

I've noticed that a lot of GOTY lists have been leaving "Xenoblade X" out in the cold. Do you think this is the result of its late release date, or just that the game isn't getting any respect?

I, for one, have been completely captured by it. The game is massive, funny, and highly addictive. It's certainly in the mix for my personal GOTY - what about the rest of you? Do you think it deserves more accolades than it has received?

have you played the other GOTY contenders to even make such an assumption? (Witcher 3, MGS V, Fallout 4, Bloodborne)


EDIT: Okay I saw your other post a bit too late.