FFXIV Dawntrail reviews are out on Metacritic

[SirShady]

Or review bombing is indeed happening when the bitter cabal couldn't stand seeing that most people are in fact really enjoying the game.

Good. That'll offset the people spamming perfect scores with such insightful reviews as "Not great, but still good" and "I liked it" and "people are dumb for giving it a low score so I'm giving it a 10".

Goes both ways.

[MarianneviBrittania]

There are still people take Metacritic seriously? Huh. Wonders never cease, eh?

Or review bombing is indeed happening when the bitter cabal couldn't stand seeing that most people are in fact really enjoying the game.

C-cabal? Why would you insinuate others are in a cult? It certainly threatens the credibility of what you say, if nothing else it'd tick people off enough that they'd just not listen to what you say regardless of the contents of one's speech.

[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.

[HighlanderClone]

There are still people take Metacritic seriously? Huh. Wonders never cease, eh?



C-cabal? Why would you insinuate others are in a cult? It certainly threatens the credibility of what you say, if nothing else it'd tick people off enough that they'd just not listen to what you say regardless of the contents of one's speech.

I take it none of you had the (dis)pleasure of meeting Striker44.

[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.

[VerdeLuck]

For whatever reason I rarely agree with the critics score. I agree more with user scores. In so many games it's like that as well. More generic and representative of actual players, I guess.

It's the same with streamers, you kinda know at all times that the major review outlets and streamers were put on the media tour where they got wined, dined, and gassed up by reps from SE, so they're going to rave about how great it is for about 6 months.

[Amh_Wilzuun]

Dawntrail has flaws but it is not a 6.9... this is why I can't take user scores seriously, too often hijacked by bandwagons and trolls

I remember when Breath of the Wild had a low 7 when it came out for user score

[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.

[duckorz]

Dawntrail has flaws but it is not a 6.9... this is why I can't take user scores seriously, too often hijacked by bandwagons and trolls

I remember when Breath of the Wild had a low 7 when it came out for user score

I think a 6 is pretty fair. 3/10 story, 9/10 gameplay.

[Turtledeluxe]

A user score of 7.1 is telling. That's worse than ARR and highlights how divided the community is on this expansion. I also feel like I see both sides review bombing both positively and negatively.

My very first thought when I finished it was that it's worse than ARR. Like all expansions, 7.0 is not devoid of highs but it does seem to leave the worst impression. Easily.