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Forums - Gaming - RDR2 Reviews! Metacritic - 97(PS4)/97(XBO) / Opencritic - 97

 

What's your score prediction?

96 above 47 47.47%
 
91-95 43 43.43%
 
86-90 6 6.06%
 
81-85 0 0%
 
80 below 3 3.03%
 
Total:99
SammyGiireal on 25 October 2018
Azzanation said:

Barkley said:

I've played both, and Witcher 3 definitely sets a higher bar in my opinion. When it comes to content it eclipses botw.

BOTW has quite a basic world. It's really not very varied when it comes to content. If you actually think about it there's not an awful lot of unique content in the game, shrines are numerous and very similair, random events you can encounter are very sparse (oooh look the 8th person I've talked to that is an assassin hooray). There's very few types of enemies in the game. The Korok Trials were a highlight because they were finally something a bit different. Even the inside of the divine beasts all felt so similar.

Witcher 3 has 100+ hours of content with fully voice acted side quests and stories, Zelda's side quests are pretty much "Yo I want 55 rushrooms boi."

I think BOTW has a lot of things that are overlooked because it's a new direction for Zelda, but considering how long the game was in development, outside of the main questline the world is very sparse and the content very repetitive.

Every stable looks the same... that's another example... It's just copy and pasting shrines and stables and enemy camps, and putting in side fetch quests so the vast empty world isn't a completely vast empty world.

Well if you look at any game the way you just did with BOTW than of course you are going to dislike it compared to TW3. For starters BOTW is easily 100+ hours. Also graphics and visuals isn't everything. Zelda isn't trying to mirror TW3 or other openworld games, its doing its own thing. BOTW has one of the most immersive worlds iv ever played. The things you can do in it on top of the survival aspects are some of the best iv seen. The world feels alive and Nintendo did it on Hardware far inferior to any current console.. the WiiU. 

But it is your opinion and fair enough, TW3 is a juggernaut of a game however so is BOTW. 

Actually I was pretty much bored with The Witcher 3 after the 55 hours it took me to finish. A great game but it didn't hold my interest like Skyrim which I have played for about 320 hours or BotW which I am currently playing at 105 hours.



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Replicant on 25 October 2018
shikamaru317 said:
John2290 said:

It's the same with all games on Xbox MC these days, almost always higher scores. Xbox only outlets seem to be much more forgiving. Look at the difference for Divinity OS2, Shadow of the tombraider etc. 

It also helps that most or all of these Xbox critics are playing on XB1 X, which is native 4k on RDR2 and has the highest framerate of all the platforms. That alone is worthy of the extra metascore point for the XB1 version imo. 

I doubt that the higher resolution and minuscule difference in fps would alter a review score. From what I've read, it doesn't change the experience.

Xbox One X: 29-30 fps on gameplay, drops as low as 21 fps on a single cutscene
PS4 Pro: 26-30 fps on gameplay, drops as low as 25 fps on a single cutscene

Nah, XB1 versions of multiplat games usually score higher because the PS4 versions have more reviews than the XB1 versions (e.g. 66 vs 14 for GTA V) and because a far bigger percentage of the XB1 reviews are therefore from platform centric outlets (e.g. Official Xbox Magazine UK, X-ONE Magazine UK, Pure Xbox, Xbox Achievements, MondoXbox, etc.) which tend to be far more generous.



Kerotan on 25 October 2018

Yeah sales are going to explode even more. Why is the xbox version rated higher? I've noticed that happen a lot lately



SammyGiireal on 25 October 2018

BotW is in danger but Ocarina still holding strong with that 99 metacritic score. Gamerankings.com could see a major shift though.



KLXVER on 25 October 2018
KLXVER said:
Ill go with a 97.

BAM!!!

 

Anything else you guys want to know?...:)



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SammyGiireal on 25 October 2018
Replicant said:
shikamaru317 said:

It also helps that most or all of these Xbox critics are playing on XB1 X, which is native 4k on RDR2 and has the highest framerate of all the platforms. That alone is worthy of the extra metascore point for the XB1 version imo. 

I doubt that the higher resolution and minuscule difference in fps would alter a review score. From what I've read, it doesn't change the experience.

Xbox One X: 29-30 fps on gameplay, drops as low as 21 fps on a single cutscene
PS4 Pro: 26-30 fps on gameplay, drops as low as 25 fps on a single cutscene

Nah, XB1 versions of multiplat games usually score higher because the PS4 versions have more reviews than the XB1 versions (e.g. 66 vs 14 for GTA V) and because a far bigger percentage of the XB1 reviews are therefore from platform centric outlets (e.g. Official Xbox Magazine UK, X-ONE Magazine UK, Pure Xbox, Xbox Achievements, MondoXbox, etc.) which tend to be far more generous.

I agree with everything here except that with out the X the OG Xbox one and the S perform at 864p. I think that would have an impact on reviews. The OG Xbox One didn't age well 



Kerotan on 25 October 2018
Chazore said:
John2290 said:
15 hours to reviews. Why is there no raging VGC boner for thhis game?

I'd have one if they were selling me the game on the platform I primarily play on. But they don't, so my interest for the game is at an all time low. 

Reviews suggest game of the generation. Out doing god of war even. Not sure how interest can be so low. I can't wait to play. 



Acevil on 25 October 2018
Veknoid_Outcast said:
WhatATimeToBeAlive said:
I am expecting several troll reviews since this seems like the best game ever and the hype is huge.
And a 8 or 9 from EDGE, mainly because it's not one certain console manufacturer's exclusive.

You do realize this kind of sentiment is why game scoring is out of whack? One: you’re calling 8 and 9 low-ball scores. Two: you’re just assuming the consensus is correct on a game you’ve never played. Edit: I see you’re calling out only Edge, so I cheerfully withdraw my last bullet point; my mistake!

The unrealistic, partisan expectations of fans is as much to blame for the toxic Metacritic culture as lazy/nepotistic reviewers.

It has always been view that 10s are thrown around way too much, that they lost all meaning. I am pretty sure this game deserves its high scores, but so many games fall under the category of rated too high because the system is completely broken. I could understand if I was super fan, of the games I playing that all the games deserve 10s, but that isn't a critical eye. 



 

WhatATimeToBeAlive on 25 October 2018
Veknoid_Outcast said:
WhatATimeToBeAlive said:
I am expecting several troll reviews since this seems like the best game ever and the hype is huge.
And a 8 or 9 from EDGE, mainly because it's not one certain console manufacturer's exclusive.

You do realize this kind of sentiment is why game scoring is out of whack? One: you’re calling 8 and 9 low-ball scores. Two: you’re just assuming the consensus is correct on a game you’ve never played. Edit: I see you’re calling out only Edge, so I cheerfully withdraw my last bullet point; my mistake!

The unrealistic, partisan expectations of fans is as much to blame for the toxic Metacritic culture as lazy/nepotistic reviewers.

Injustice must be called out, otherwise material and mental corruption will run rampant. In some cases it encourages them to keep doing it, but that's the price to pay for not turning the other cheek.

 

(I meant that 99% seriously. But it doesn't mean that it should not be taken seriosly)



"The rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated."

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Miyamotoo on 25 October 2018

Damn, so GTA4, RDR, GTA5 and now RDR2 all have metratric 95 or higher, very impressive.