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Murdered: Soul Suspect - Review Thread
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Sniper McBlaze
Member
I'm all in for games that try to not really too much on repetitive combat. Might just get this when I'm done with Wotch_Dawgs and Wolfenstein.
edit: Also LA Noire is like my GOAT and this might just scratch that detective itch.
edit: Also LA Noire is like my GOAT and this might just scratch that detective itch.
Deified Data
Banned
The main character's design is really what gets to me. Sleeve tattoos, a fedora, black tie on black shirt AND a black vest?
It's like the design team on this was made up of a neckbeard, a middling street magician and a Hot Topic shopper.
Yeah, they were really going all-out with this one.
The first time I saw a preview for this game GAF had conditioned me to see nothing but FEDORA FEDORA FEDORA.
Maybe they are trying to point out that reviews shouldn't be trusted, since more often than not, niche games get shat on because the writers didn't get their doritos' check.
Now, I don't know whatever this Murderered: Soul Suspect is good or not, but I sure wouldn't trust "game journalism" to tell me.
ShockingAlberto
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Sad to see this, but I can't say I'm surprised. I have a few friends who worked on this (some of them left the studio few months ago) and they all said this game had bad development problems. From what I was told the game kept switching gameplay directions which costed a lot.
On top of that apparently there was a guy from Square Japan there helping lead the project which lead to a bit of a culture clash :/ I hope airtight gets through this, because there are great people there.
I remember someone mentioning that the game was cancelled and then brought back again also. Might have be Kagari.
ShockingAlberto
Member
It doesn't matter to me personally if the game is good or bad, I'll probably play it just to see, but I don't get the logic of going in to review threads and announcing you don't care about reviews. It's asinine.
figadapaura
Member
Reviews seem very sporadic. Still looks interesting, so I'm probably gonna get it.
mgs2master2
Banned
I reserved it at redbox, gonna pick it up in the morning. alot of bad reviews, ill try it for myself.
Miles Quaritch
Member
It'll likely be dirt cheap in a couple of weeks anyway, so there's no reason not to check it out eventually.
Support a new IP, especially one that apparently has a lot of potential so we can get a sequel that exploits that potential...
Support a new IP, especially one that apparently has a lot of potential so we can get a sequel that exploits that potential...
PERFECTxMISTAKE
Neo Member
Anybody have the link to purchase on the Xbox store ? It's not showing up on mine. Thanks
InsertNameHere
Member
The reviews seem to be all over the place. I was really hyped for this game, but now I may end up waiting for it to drop in price before picking it up, which is a real shame.
jaythagamer
Member
this is kinda disappointing
I was looking forward to this game, had a lot of potential
guess I'll wait for a sale or something before I pick this up
I was looking forward to this game, had a lot of potential
guess I'll wait for a sale or something before I pick this up
NemesisPrime
Banned
Pity it is getting low reviews... I was excited. Hmmm well plenty of backlog to play.
Iorv3th
Member
Same here. Disappointing news to wake up to, however on the bright side I can save a little money?
MadAboutEwe
Banned
It does make sense when you play the game.
The main character's design is really what gets to me. Sleeve tattoos, a fedora, black tie on black shirt AND a black vest?
It's like the design team on this was made up of a neckbeard, a middling street magician and a Hot Topic shopper.
FWIW, I give it a 7. Review should be up later.
Doctor Hades
Member
Polygon gave this a 7 on PS4.
This is a game I'm extremely interested in because it's something a bit different as a genre and I love the supernatural noire setting too. I really wanted this on the PS4 but the footage I've seen from YouTubers who were allowed by Square-Enix to show some of the early gameplay footage revealed a game rife in screen tearing on the PS4 and that is extremely disappointing.
I find tearing extremely distracting so I had no choice but to cancel my pre-order and order it for the PC instead (which is only £20 anyway vs. £44 for the PS4 so that's a definite plus). Oddly, I've seen footage of the Xbox 360 version and while it does look as nice graphically as the PS4 I did not notice any screen tearing. I'm thankful I saw those YouTube videos because I would have been annoyed by the amount of tearing if I had played the PS4 version. I really do not understand why PS4 games have any screen tearing really; it's a console with around 5-5.5 GB of fast memory, more than enough to implement triple buffering and v-sync.
This is a game I'm extremely interested in because it's something a bit different as a genre and I love the supernatural noire setting too. I really wanted this on the PS4 but the footage I've seen from YouTubers who were allowed by Square-Enix to show some of the early gameplay footage revealed a game rife in screen tearing on the PS4 and that is extremely disappointing.
I find tearing extremely distracting so I had no choice but to cancel my pre-order and order it for the PC instead (which is only £20 anyway vs. £44 for the PS4 so that's a definite plus). Oddly, I've seen footage of the Xbox 360 version and while it does look as nice graphically as the PS4 I did not notice any screen tearing. I'm thankful I saw those YouTube videos because I would have been annoyed by the amount of tearing if I had played the PS4 version. I really do not understand why PS4 games have any screen tearing really; it's a console with around 5-5.5 GB of fast memory, more than enough to implement triple buffering and v-sync.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I don't know why people are disappointed by reviews, it's about what was expected for the game, a lot of 6's, 7's, and 8's..
The game has received one 3/10, four 5/10 scores, four 6/10 scores, three 7/10 scores, six 8/10 scores, and two 9/10 scores (these are scaling .5's down to their number I should mention)
The game has received one 3/10, four 5/10 scores, four 6/10 scores, three 7/10 scores, six 8/10 scores, and two 9/10 scores (these are scaling .5's down to their number I should mention)
matrixman92
Member
i dont even like to read reviews for a game like this. But do any of them say anything about major differences between last and current gen versions. I might pick it up at redbox if last gen holds up
AHA-Lambda
Member
Where is the Eurogamer review?
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Where is the Eurogamer review?
To be posted up soon probably, but Eurogamer.cz gave it an 8/10:
http://www.eurogamer.cz/articles/murdered-soul-suspect-recenze
Sniper McBlaze
Member
Polygon gave this a 7 and the really makes it sound interesting.
Do people actually think this happens?
Well... it took me rondabout seven hours to complete it. And I did nearly all the side-objectives and collectibles. I played on PC though - so no big loading-times.
Well, that's quite an excesive comparisions. There are games that are better than the sum of all its parts.
I'd say Gravity Rush combat is flawed, and anybody who has played the game will agree. Yet the music, art style, story, ambientation... all that stuff is what makes it really shine despite a no so good battle system.
Some of the problems reviews seem to point makes me think that budget may got cut in the middle of the project after Square Enix saw the game hadn't any hype.
I'd get it sometime. There are some Vita games I really want to buy first and there is Tales of XIllia 2, which I'll get day-one... so I can't spend my money in a game that will hit the bargain bin in 3 months
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Since no one posted the Polygon review yet but have mentioned it a couple times.
Polygon - 7/10
They seemed to like it.
Polygon - 7/10
They seemed to like it.
lol i always think this when people say they don't care about reviews when favorite game gets bad reviews.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
On the review talk, I think reviews do matter and I do care about them. On my note I don't let them influence my opinion though, I am curious how others view the game though, and before release see if what they say makes the game sound interesting or not to me.
I wouldn't say my opinion is in-line with mainstream reviewing, but I find their different take on the game interesting all the same.
I wouldn't say my opinion is in-line with mainstream reviewing, but I find their different take on the game interesting all the same.
dragonbane
Member
Expected scores unfortunately. Too bad Airtight is already done.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Were people expecting a lot of 9s and 10s with this game or something? I'm a bit confused with people saying disappointing like it reviewed abysmally (given right now the OP has a higher focus on the lower scores and a lot of the higher scores are missing, so I'm guessing people are just looking at that and then commenting).
It's doing about how I'm expecting, polarizing opinions.
It's doing about how I'm expecting, polarizing opinions.
I was hoping for mid 7's on average and maybe even a decent amount of 8's at the high end. That would still be a definite buy for me and a good score. Seeing a bunch of 5's and a 59 average on Metacritic so far is pretty disappointing.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
What concerns me aren't the scores themselves, but that my worries of the game not doing enough with the concept seems to be a common point in them. Even the most positive review, MMGM's, makes the investigations seem easy (there's a lot of clues available but only a few are needed to proceed, and even guessing is a valid approach if you can live with a non-perfect "score" -- that all sounds very half baked to me), although they at least enjoyed them a lot. Story impressions go from solid to poor, which means I'll probably think it's boring.
I'm guessing that I'll enjoy the game somewhat, but not enough to justify buying right now. That's me being disappointed. Still, it'll be interesting to hear your and other's impressions in the OT -- my hype can be kickstarted by people praising the right mechanics or moments.
CaptainSlow
Member
When I get my Xbox One back from the repair facility (just send it off today *sadface*) I might pick this up. I really liked Quantum Conundrum, it's a new IP and it's got a fresh idea so I'll support the devs and honestly,
I loved the Game of Thrones RPG by Cyanide and that game was SHREDDED by reviews so I might enjoy this as well.
I loved the Game of Thrones RPG by Cyanide and that game was SHREDDED by reviews so I might enjoy this as well.
Hrm, it does look like the average has gone up quite a bit since the initial reviews.