Metactirics slaughter!

A good game is being destroyed by critics because of a chaotic launch!
what a shame! never asked for this!

Metacritic destroying games? Not a surprise. I'll be even more surprised if this game doesn't switch to F2P after Metacritic's destruction. As of this post, 3.8 user rating and 49 out of 100.

It's got a 7.3 user rating.
I don't know what your definition of 'slaughter' is, but i've seen far worse slaughter. Go look up Diablo 3.

Yeah, how is 7.3 "slaughter"?

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Originally Posted by JerryBoyle

Where is this fabled 7.3. User reviews are as damaging as a critic review.

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Fabled? Are you google-impaired? Or just lack reading skills?

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/fi...a-realm-reborn

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Originally Posted by KrenianKandos

It's got a 7.3 user rating.
I don't know what your definition of 'slaughter' is, but i've seen far worse slaughter. Go look up Diablo 3.

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look at the red critics and see what they are all about?

There are only 2/4 "critic" reviews up right now, which isn't enough to give it a metacritic score. It's all just user reviews, which are about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. Every popular game has cool/edgy people voting 0 or 10 like it matters.

Example of why you NEVER listen to User Reviews on Metacritic:
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/bioshock-infinite

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Originally Posted by Gravin Score: 0

It's generic shoot 'em up with a better than average story that goes haywire in the end. I really don't know how critics can give this game so high score. It's 6+/10 at it's best no more!

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Scoring it a 0/10 then saying it's a 6+/10. It's like common sense is viewed as a bad thing when posting stuff on the internet. This basically falls down to "I'M COOL BECAUSE I HATE POPULAR THINGS ONLINE!"

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Originally Posted by KrenianKandos

It's got a 7.3 user rating.
I don't know what your definition of 'slaughter' is, but i've seen far worse slaughter. Go look up Diablo 3.

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diablo 3 suck! naugh said

Any game critic who judges FFXIV based on temporary server issues which have a schedule to be resolved without mentioning how GREAT the game is when you actually get on, and that if/when the server issues are addressed (hopefully tomorrow will actually do everything they hope it will do) is not worth listening to anyways. They will look like a stupid reviewer in a few months when this game shines bright and the one main issue of the game right now (servers, which is an issue for all MMO launches that people play).

The simple fact that so many ppl will spend HOURs and HOURs just trying to log in should tell the reviewers everything they need to know. If the game was not great, who would send HOURs just trying to log in?

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Originally Posted by Kaedan94

Yeah, how is 7.3 "slaughter"?

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Where is this fabled 7.3. User reviews are as damaging as a critic review.

The slaughter is all the 0s because people have errors.

3.8 is for the original...not arr...from 2010...:/

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Originally Posted by Aliena

3.8 is for the original...not arr...from 2010...:/

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Ah, I was misdirected by my own typing aha

It's unfair to rate a game solely based on it's connection problems.

I havent seen end-game yet but I can tell that leveling is a blast

LOL.

The more fun thing are the bad reviews can be resumed as the follow:

"This game sucks cause i want to play it"

Whoops
/10

and you know there cant be slaughter without laughter.

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Originally Posted by Troop86

It's unfair to rate a game solely based on it's connection problems.

I havent seen end-game yet but I can tell that leveling is a blast

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Agreed. Its because people aren't rational. They are simply mad and felt the need to discredit Square Enix at any opportunity they had. Giving something a 0 because you haven't been able to play due to server issues was very childish of them. Considering to review something without bias you would need to have tried different areas of the game first. So if they couldn't login, then they should have waited till they could. SE has already made it clear they will be fixing the issues this week but of course people can't wait. Its always me me me now now now~ Its silly really.

um.. op... http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/fi...a-realm-reborn

looks like they are doing decent to me.

How dare people express their opinions with a bad score because they can't play a product they paid for, this game deserves a solid 10, stop being entitled haters.

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Originally Posted by Roris

How dare people express their opinions with a bad score because they can't play a product they paid for, this game deserves a solid 10, stop being entitled haters.

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Because one extreme fixes the other. :rolleyes:

I see that critics gave it a god review its just the butt hurt twits that gave it a bad review OP learn to read

Posting or commenting on metacritic is like peeing into a sea of piss. If you're wise, you avoid standing downwind of the place, least of all bother paying it any heed.

Yeah, people voting 0 due to login issues are pretty...special. "Waaah I want to play this game but I can't 0/10 even though it's a good game that I want to play I'll give 10/10 when I can play."

Sounds like phone app reviews mostly.

Folks are able to update their ratings - right now the frustration level is leading many to overreact and use extremely low ratings as a way of lashing out at SE - hopefully when the situation improves they'll comeback and boost their numbers. Personally I think they're entitled to their frustration, SE dropped the ball(again) - more longer duration testing in beta and specific server stress test events would have eliminated at least some of what is being experienced. The draconian server caps they're using are doing themselves more harm than good in the short term.

That said 7.3 is quite the good rating for that site for games that are not 'hit it out of the park' successes. And the sheer number of positive ratings far exceed the negative ratings for ARR.

For bad game ratings as others have said look at Diablo 3 or look at Mass Effect 3 and Simcity!

Honestly, it is a good mmo, but they will reap what they sow with the over all picture. they should of thought ahead and had resources pre set up. this lack of being prepared for a successful launch of ARR is complete B.S., I mean really having to shut off digital sales, character creation, inability to even play is complete garbage in my opinion. I mean were they seriously pushing for a best mmo or just a mmo with the number to redeem the dollar back over time from consumer study? if there was a consumer study they should of been better prepared and in stead of fighting the flood at the gates. this fiasco will hurt them and their mmo's score and I feel its just. I cant log in so I think it doesn't deserve praise till the fundamental mechanics of any mmo are met. thus the network and proper infrastructure.

I don't like too much the mmorpg.com, but I like to see the "hype" on gamelist:

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/s...pe/sOrder/desc

It's nice to see a non free game on top 1. I don't remember when I saw it. Maybe on Ultima Online launch.
Also FF:ARR is growing in Twitch.tv too.

I think we can say, a lot of people want to play, want to test or want to see the game. Something are very attractive. And I think is what the people who are playing are saying: The game is AWESOME!

The guy from Massively also said the game is one of the best he ever played.


*sorry for my english

Are they lying?

The way I see it, if server issues are the biggest concern and cause for a reviewer to give it a bad score, that's just ignorance. Means the game is good, just difficulty playing it. If this sucked, a la 1.0, no one would give two craps if the servers worked or not.

jax_gongora how about you go f....people are so mean!

Here's what the negative reviews (over connection) are really saying:

"I'm pissed off because this game is awesome, but I can't play it enough"

There are very little complaints about the fundamentals of the game itself, and that is a good sign.

those ratings mean nothing. granted that the connection problems are a major minus that is all that is wrong at this point. it is also true that Metacritic rates game when they are released and based on current environment, that rating may very well be justified since the reality is, a huge chunk of people can't even play the game. i don't know of any rating system where they cut you a break because of "technical" problems.

over all though, i seems the reception to this game is very good. only a few people who are upset about connection issues, which will be fixed soon.

Wait.
Did i fall into bizarro world?

Metacritic .. means a damn to anyone?

Metacritic, and sites like it, are the reason we've been really bland boring pointless, supposedly AAA titles.
Surely you've heard that Resident Evil 6 and Tomb Raider "Failures" in the eyes of its publishers despite selling six *million* copies?
We're in an age where 'online scores' and focus groups who have never played a good game in their lives are being used to dictate how games are developed.

297 positive reviews
12 mixed reviews
105 negative reviews (FYI that's about 25%)
Slaughter?

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Originally Posted by Sylve

Wait.
Did i fall into bizarro world?

Metacritic .. means a damn to anyone?

Metacritic, and sites like it, are the reason we've been really bland boring pointless, supposedly AAA titles.
Surely you've heard that Resident Evil 6 and Tomb Raider "Failures" in the eyes of its publishers despite selling six *million* copies?
We're in an age where 'online scores' and focus groups who have never played a good game in their lives are being used to dictate how games are developed.

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Word! I loved RE6! Tomb Raider and also the DLC for both of them

Said this the last time a thread about that hole came up it's a stinking pile and no one should take that place seriously.

already knew it was going to get an average score. the game does nothing new no reason to get any higher score.

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Originally Posted by indira

already knew it was going to get an average score. the game does nothing new no reason to get any higher score.

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Bye to u in 30 days then.

You guys who've been defending this game for months while forcing out anyone who's tried to point out the problems are going to be in for a rude awakening with this game.

The game currently has two huge problems racing against it:

1) The planning was horrible, and we're in a situation where people can hardly play this game at all and if they can they're extremely fortunate to be in a server with their friends (which is the entire point of an MMO). If you can't create a character on a server with friends, that's a big problem. This issue will extend even beyond the assumption that they fix the issue where people can hardly even play at all.

2) The game itself is rather shallow. There's a nice ride through main story but there's nothing else going on with the game. Classes are bland to retain balance, content is meaningless with pure hierarchical/automatic progression, the community is weak because the game is designed so that you warp to instances with strangers who you cannot communicate with once you complete them. There's also a GW2 situation going on where the only viable way to play after the story is to run around facerolling FATEs with the entire zone in a lag orgy.

You can pretend these issues don't exist or that they will go away with time (despite no real information from the development side saying otherwise), but the fact is that if they aren't addressed within the next 2-3 months the game will go down a familiar road for theme park MMOs - especially with its subscription. People expect a lot more out of a subscription based MMO. The more it's defended the less likely it will be that anyone is talking about this game by the time the next one comes around.

In my review, i gave it a 3102. I've since dropped it slightly to 2002.

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Originally Posted by LordSideKicks

Bye to u in 30 days then.

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should say bye too you, you'll be gone first anyways.

being delusionl is your problem thinking it would be higher, score are rated by things done great & new. if its common stuff there its average it did not go beyond the norm.

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Originally Posted by HelloCutiepie

look at the red critics and see what they are all about?

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Yes, and its appropriate.

If you think it's not. Then neither are the ones giving it straight 10's claiming its perfect.