Okay? Do you ignore the recent reviews after year 1? It has microtransactions because it constantly has free updates, nevermind you can actually earn ancient coin in game and it's all cosmetic base. Has been selling like crazy and has a good playerbase on steam. Just because a game is "free" (which people seem to switch up depending of the narrative they wanna push on Gamepass) doesn't mean people will like or continue playing said game. Bleeding Edge (another MS game) is a good example of this. 

No one is saying Everwild is good, no one has played it. How about judging each game by their own merits instead of trying to paint a whole studio as being trash? (that goes for other people in this thread) But for me and millions of other people, SoT is a great sign for for the future of Rare.

This is pretty much how I view Rare or any developer.  Do what you want and not worry about trying to please gamers who believe you should do the same thing over and over until you throw up.  They may succeed or fail or the games can come out and be average but at least they are doing what they want and taking the risk.  I believe the Rare dev heads stated they do not want to do their old games and I understand 100% how they feel.  Leave that up to other studios to remaster or remake unless there is something they really want to accomplish by going down that route and instead try their hand at what they feel they want to do.  

People say that the Kinect games they made were shovelware but actually they were the best Kinect games to come out for the device and Rare as a company wanted to make those games.  I was never a big Rare fan but even so, I would rather they continue to believe in themselves and make what they want then cater to gamers who believe they should remake past games.

That's a very shallow way at judging a game.

SoTs was critised for its lack of content and bugs at launch. These areas have all been addressed. Its scores at launch dont represent the current game.

If the game isnt good, why does it continue to grow in popularity? These gamers are not forced to play the game, maybe actual humans enjoy the game, making it..... Good.

Also, since when does MTC make a game bad? Considering the game has been giving free content since launch and is free to play if subbed to GP. No loot boxes or gambling mechanics and no Pay-to-Win system. What exactly is your point?

I am curious to know how much actual experience you have personally had with SoTs to build this opinion of yours.

SO by your definition, reviews are the only barometer if a game is good or not.  Just wondering but if millions of people are playing and enjoying a game no matter the start does that still mean the game is bad.  From what I remember about SOT start is that it did not have a lot of content more than the game actually being bad.  It would appear that Rare fixed the content part which would be the reason the game has a lot of players who continue to play it.  Who cares if a game is "Free" on gamepass because that does not mean people would continue to play a game if they do not like it. 

Phantom Dust Remake. MS then killed the studio.

Fable Legends. Then killed the studio.

Scalebound which almost put PG out of business if not for Nier.

The funny thing is those 2 along with Scalebound and Crackdown 3 were announced at E3 2014. The only one to release was Crackdown 3 after multiple delays and change of developers and ended up being one of the worst games of 2019. MS themselves knew they releasing dud after dud during the 8th gen. Then their big-name hitters like Halo got out-sold by Splatoon for a while. Gears were no longer doing the sales it used to. So they stopped reporting sales numbers. The whole reason for buying every studio they can. SoT is GaaS full of MTX. Popularity is not the same as good. McDonald's is trash but people slurp that shit down. Transformers films were trash but they kept pumping them out. Again Everwild is not out yet so it's useless to praise it yet. Or should we go back to Anthem how it was praised before release or Cyberpunk 2077. For all we know Everwild while it may end up good. It could turn into something totally different. Remember  Lily Bergamo turned into Let it Die. Remember all those promised Halo 5 made and none of the story beats in those trailers ended up in the game.

I don’t really follow some of your points. MS doesn’t own the phantom dust studio , they closed themselves. Scale bound and phantom dust weren’t hitting milestones, things get canceled in this industry all the time. Crackdown 3 worst game of 2019? It was painfully average, you don’t need to exaggerate. 

I don’t think anyone is going to deny MS took a massive shit last gen, Phil took over and we see a clear change already. They literally had 4 studios at one point, and they’re trying to supply their subscription service with content, has nothing to do with Halo or Gears sales wise. 

Are people really this close minded about games with MTX? I don’t like it either but just because a game has it doesn’t make it an automatic bad game. Didnt a naughty dog game or two have it? Yet they won awards and is well liked. The point about it being popular is, you can see user reviews and ratings. It’s a beloved game, people keep pushing that it’s trash likely barely played or never played it at all. 

All this being said, I hope MS buys Sega.

atleast i dont get banned for calling a dev trash :)

I hope it’s not too late

beat me to it, lol

MTX is predatory garbage. They won't buy SEGA. It ain happening but nice try trying to vindictive.