FFXIV Dawntrail reviews are out on Metacritic

[Swordsman]

Score Update: More Metacritic User Ratings were deleted and the current User Rating rose to 5.3. Steam reviews in the last 30 days fell to 38% (Mostly Negative).

[Swordsman]

Score Update: Steam reviews in the last 30 days fell to 36% (Mostly Negative).

[Swordsman]

Score Update: Steam score fell to 55%, but Steam reviews in the last 30 days rose to 38%.

[BabyYoda]

Score Update: Steam score fell to 55%, but Steam reviews in the last 30 days rose to 38%.

"bUt tHe mAjOrEtY lIkEd tHE gAmE"

[Striker44]

They did, the majority of FFXIV players just aren't the type that go reviewing games on Steam. There's a particular demographic most likely to do that, and they're definitely not the target audience of the game. The game's continued popularity seems to be living rent-free in some people's heads, though *gives amused look*.

[Elissar]

I am currently in solution 9 (lv98) and feels like DT isn't bad per se.
Characters are cool, interesting even. Yes, including Wuk Lamat.
The problem is how they dealt with their development...how they interact with each other and the world itself.

That weird disney song playing twice (during ceremony and the train scene) WHY?
She recently lost her father and didn't even get through grief properly. Loss was such a huge moment some patches/expansions ago and for her is just something that...happens.
And what happened with her real father during Zooral Ja invasion? suddenly the world is just about Tural and the Dome. They could learn a thing or two with Stormblood..
Worse, i don't think it's a good idea for Graha reminds us the whole time "oooh this is just like voidesent but with high tech"...you can see it in two perspectives: a) oh, nice, the writters know what they are doing or b) they are so stupid that they are telling us they literally copy/paste the same concept over again because they have no original idea.



For me, DT is weird because sometimes i feel like i am playing FFXIV and sometimes i feel like i am playing some weird fanfic

[GartredZW]

They did, the majority of FFXIV players just aren't the type that go reviewing games on Steam. There's a particular demographic most likely to do that, and they're definitely not the target audience of the game. The game's continued popularity seems to be living rent-free in some people's heads, though *gives amused look*.

How do you explain this for every other game that got a good review score?
What's so special about FFXIV's playerbase that they hate reviewing the game unless it's a negative review?
People are always more likely to leave a review if they've got something negative to say, but games that the general playerbase enjoy will always have more positive ones than negative ones. I can't think of any examples where this isn't the case, barring stuff like platforms deleting reviews, or only "accredited" reviewers counting toward the overall score.

[Alchemii]

How do you explain this for every other game that got a good review score?
What's so special about FFXIV's playerbase that they hate reviewing the game unless it's a negative review?
People are always more likely to leave a review if they've got something negative to say, but games that the general playerbase enjoy will always have more positive ones than negative ones. I can't think of any examples where this isn't the case, barring stuff like platforms deleting reviews, or only "accredited" reviewers counting toward the overall score.

The answer is simple. He's making stuff up. He has no bases for his argument, and is most likely trolling.

[Swordsman]

Score Update: Steam reviews in the last 30 days rose to 41%.

"bUt tHe mAjOrEtY lIkEd tHE gAmE"

Lmao, the like to dislike ratio for DT could be 51:49 and FF fanatics will still say: "I see this as an absolute win!!"

[Swordsman]

Score Update: Steam reviews in the last 30 days fell to 33% (Mostly Negative).