FFXIV Dawntrail reviews are out on Metacritic

[angienessyo]

Honestly I dont think so, most players dont do high end content, most players will remmber any xPac by its story alone not by raids or extremes

End game content is part of the game and should be included as part of the review regardless of how many people do it.

[SirShady]

End game content is part of the game and should be included as part of the review regardless of how many people do it.

I don't agree. Reviews are a subjective experience. If YOU don't engage with that content, it shouldn't affect your score. If someone is a cutscene skipper and really enjoys the next battle content, I wouldn't blame them for giving Dawntrail a great score. You wouldn't ask them to rate the story, and their review would still be valid as it gives insight into other aspects of the game.

[angienessyo]

I don't agree. Reviews are a subjective experience. If YOU don't engage with that content, it shouldn't affect your score. If someone is a cutscene skipper and really enjoys the next battle content, I wouldn't blame them for giving Dawntrail a great score. You wouldn't ask them to rate the story, and their review would still be valid as it gives insight into other aspects of the game.

Typically in reviews the reviewer is expected to play through the game in order to give a review. If I skipped all the cut scenes but only reviewed the end game content that wouldn't be a fair review either. I'm not saying they have to go out and clear an ultimate to judge the expansion, but at least expecting people to see the normal raids is fair. Even the most casual player will likely be doing the first normal raids.

[SirShady]

Typically in reviews the reviewer is expected to play through the game in order to give a review. If I skipped all the cut scenes but only reviewed the end game content that wouldn't be a fair review either. I'm not saying they have to go out and clear an ultimate to judge the expansion, but at least expecting people to see the normal raids is fair. Even the most casual player will likely be doing the first normal raids.

Oh yeah, I don't count normal raids or ex dungeons as "high end content". I thought you meant stuff like savage raids.

And yes, Metacritic is useless because people are stupid and will just gave the game a 0 or a 10 in an endless tug of war with each other, regardless of how good the game actually is. Steam reviews are at least a little more accurate because reviewers tend to try to justify their views instead of getting tripped up on the numbers.