Metactirics slaughter!

[Zantetsuken]

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.

[Koldhara]

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.

[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.

[Iolair_Silverwing]

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

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.

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

[Ispen]

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.

[indira]

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

[LordSideKicks]

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

Bye to u in 30 days then.

[indira]

Bye to u in 30 days then.

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.

[FancyCorndog]

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.

[Viritess]

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