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Nuvendil on 04 June 2017
Squalo said:
Nuvendil said:
Hmm based on my play time and the impressions in the media thus far and what we know in terms of quantity of content, I'm thinking mid 70s to low 80s, 83 as the ceiling. It will all come down to how polished the final package is as a whole. Splatoon was in a similar position but the polish of what was there helped keep its score up. Pokken was also in a similar spot but some of its lack of refinement and odd foibles held it back.

Arms has more polish than Splatoon (and Splatoon 2) though, as it runs at a rock solid 60 fps and has local and online splitscreen multiplayer (that doesn't suck). The game also has beautiful visuals rendered in full 1080p (Tekken 7 on PS4 even runs slightly below 900p). The music is very catchy as well. Also, all previews have been very positive, so I don't understand why you predict mediocre reviews based on that. That said, previews are a poor indicator for review scores, as they rarely are negative for some reason.

Arms also has plenty of modes for a fighting game:

- 1 vs. 1

- 2 vs. 2

- 1 vs. 1 vs. 1 (this one isn't very good IMO)

- 1 vs. 100

- 3 vs. Hedlok

- Hoops

- Vball

- Skillshot

Matchmaking is also extremely fast and online is lag-free (extremely rare for a fighting game, just look at Super Smash Bros. 4's subpar online).

 

First off, 75 to 83 isn't mediocre necessarily, especially if the main reason is simply "there's not enough there".  Splatoon's score is a perfect example of this, the praise was high it just lacked in content.  Pokken, same thing.  Remember, the most important content in fighting games is roster.  The selection is very good here in terms of quality, but the cast still tops out at 10 (possibly 11).  That's a bit on the thin side.  It being a new thing will help absorb some of that though.  And I would just say 80 or higher isn't mediocre under any circumstances.

Second, polish isn't just technical.  It's also design.  Splatoon was a very polished in terms of game design, everything was exceptionally well thought out and mechanically very fluid.  It was a new idea, executed exceptionally well.  Pokken was similar but lacked a lot of that polish, with a lot of niggling issues in presentation, audio, etc.  

I think Arms so far looks like it's more towards the Splatoon side but I can't know that just from playing the testpunch witch of course focuses very much on the stuff they want to show and obviously is going to be the best they have.  



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83



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pokoko on 04 June 2017

88 because it's "new".



Azzanation on 04 June 2017

87.. its fun. Hopefully theres alot to unlock. Score probably go up



AnmolRed on 04 June 2017

82



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caffeinade on 04 June 2017

I think we are mostly thinking the same number range.
80s, if it is lucky 90's.
If people hang on the motion controls...

My guess:
87



Jumpin on 04 June 2017

87 to 93, depending on the amount of content. It looks like there's room for a lot based on exploring the menus. There are certain gaming sites that are as passionate as racists and white supremecists when it comes to motion controls, so we have to factor those jackasses in too.



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Cerebralbore101 on 04 June 2017
IkePoR said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

I predict Jim Sterling will give it a score at least 20 points below the metacritic score, simply because it is a hyped game out of Japan. Just like he did with TLG and BotW. 

http://www.thejimquisition.com/nier-automata-review/

http://www.thejimquisition.com/nioh-review/

http://www.thejimquisition.com/persona-5-review/

Green098 said:

Ikr, but let them live with their excuses I guess, just because they can't accept facts such as Nintendo actually makes good games, and that apparently even if the game wasn't good it'll still get a 90 on metacrtic because Nintendo made it.

Funny because I didn't see this Nintendo game getting the review scores these guys apparently say it would get because Nintendo made it; http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/animal-crossing-amiibo-festival

Go figure.

Well, go figure indeed - because Amiibo Festival is from that strange period of budget titles during the middling life Wii U that Nintendo released packaged garbage with pricetags;  Paper Mario: Color Splash, Mario Tennis: you know the one, Metroid Federation Force and the aformentioned NotAnimal Crossing.  Those games were all bad and really you'd be shooting your own foot trying to defend them.

However, show me low scores of a game like Mario Kart 7 and 8 and we're cooking.  But, you're not going find much.  Despite Mario Kart basically stagnating since the Wii interation, with a few bells and wissles added here and there, it gotten glowing reviews since 7.  No one dared challenge that the series is no better than CoD or Assassin's Creed in it's yawnful repetition.  But, I digress.

Show me some reviews roasting a high profile Nintendo game, and we'll talk. 

I just checked his history of scores and you are right. BotW and TLG are the only two games that he hated on. 



Luke888 on 04 June 2017

I think I said 84 or 86 in the Nintendo Predictions thread so I'll keep that



wombat123 on 04 June 2017

84. I actually think it deserves higher but I know it's going to be docked for its small(ish) initial cast of characters and its lack of some grand single player campaign.