HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
I'll make a Lyn clone if it scores low.FUCK YEAH.
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If this game averages in 70s I'll eat my fucking...words. And cry a lot.
I'll make a Lyn clone if it scores low.FUCK YEAH.
POSITIVITY
If this game averages in 70s I'll eat my fucking...words. And cry a lot.
Then don't.Here is hoping the NX is backwards compatible!
I don't want to get a Wii U just for this
Here is hoping the NX is backwards compatible!
I don't want to get a Wii U just for this
My my baby blueI'm expecting scores in the 5-7 range
because I'm jaded
I'll never understand why so many people on neogaf are so obsessed with reviews, to the point that they would lose all of their hype over a game they've been waiting for years or cancel their preorder if reviews aren't around 90.
I think the answer is fairly obvious. Games are fairly pricey luxury propositions and people want to be careful with their money. Especially in a year with a nice bumper crop of games, people aren't necessarily as starved for games as they have been in the past years.I'll never understand why so many people on neogaf are so obsessed with reviews, to the point that they would lose all of their hype over a game they've been waiting for years or cancel their preorder if reviews aren't around 90. It's so weird to give so much power to someone else's point of view, which in this case doesn't even have any special qualification compared to any of said users, instead of waiting to form their own opinion based on a direct test of what's being discussed.
I usually respect reviews, and i like discussing their content, but i also don't really give a crap about them, aside for those of 2-3 websites i really trust. In this particular case i'm expecting "low" scores (78-83 meta), but not because i think the game won't be that great or because i think that's the score it deserves. And scores in that ballpark (or lower) wouldn't change what i think the game will be, not in the slightest.
I mean, after stuff like Tropical Freeze or Nier (or hundreds of other titles) should be pretty obvious that they aren't gospel, and that the user can often disagree with the content of an article.
My my baby blue
Holy Shit, that X gon give it to ya video is perfect on every level
I'll never understand why so many people on neogaf are so obsessed with reviews, to the point that they would lose all of their hype over a game they've been waiting for years or cancel their preorder if reviews aren't around 90. It's so weird to give so much power to someone else's point of view, which in this case doesn't even have any special qualification compared to any of said users, instead of waiting to form their own opinion based on a direct test of what's being discussed.
It happened though, i read this a lot in review/preview threads and it's often but sadly not always ironical.I doubt something like this has ever happened, though. The people who keep cancelling their pre-orders etc are the ones that are on the edge anyway.
Just like simple teaser trailers or a single glowing preview can hype people up to insane degree, so can low scores affect their hype - sometimes to the point of "maybe I'll wait a bit on this one" if they're low enough vs the individual's expectations. It's just how we are.
In fact i never said they are useless, and this is actually one of the reasons why i read them. Although i must say that websites/yt channels like df, nxgamer and other exist, which are usually more prepared and do more in depth stuff about these issues, while more than one broken game has gotten very high scores in the past (Skyrim PS3 anyone?).if a game has reports of technical problems or other such issues, it might be wise for some people to hold off.
Lol this is probably the correct answer hahahaPeople are concerned for reviews because we want the game to be shown in a nice light to Non-Fans.
I mean, I can see Neogaf if the games gets a 6/10 or averages below 80...
"Pfft, I knew the Wii U could never make a game so grand!"
"Imagine how bad Zelda U will be!"
"All them Wii U fans stuck with this shite while us Godly fellows play Fallout and The Witcher 3"
Hell, my friend will laugh at me if this gets below 80 and say its bad...he may be joking, but others won't be.
Agreed.I couldn't care less about the scores of a game I'm already dead set on playing. I'll have my own opinion of it soon enough. And like you said, those scores are far from gospel.
It would be nice to have some positive discussion surrounding the game leading up to its release though.
In that case I just be like who give a damn..? If you aint buy and playing the game like me you cant tell me Shit..with a capital S!People are concerned for reviews because we want the game to be shown in a nice light to Non-Fans.
I mean, I can see Neogaf if the games gets a 6/10 or averages below 80...
"Pfft, I knew the Wii U could never make a game so grand!"
"Imagine how bad Zelda U will be!"
"All them Wii U fans stuck with this shite while us Godly fellows play Fallout and The Witcher 3"
Hell, my friend will laugh at me if this gets below 80 and say its bad...he may be joking, but others won't be.
In that case I just be like who give a damn..? If you aint buy and playing the game like me you cant tell me Shit..with a capital S!
So... Are we in PAL land poor retail users gonna be f***ed?
Because is there still no word about the data packs?
Haven't checked the news last week, but if still no news, I feel like they didn't managed to release the data packs in multiple languages. I will still take them in english for sure but if this is because of the i18n programming and/or the eShop, this is shameful.
Check out the eShop after 10 am.So... Are we in PAL land poor retail users gonna be f***ed?
Because is there still no word about the data packs?
Haven't checked the news last week, but if still no news, I feel like they didn't managed to release the data packs in multiple languages. I will still take them in english for sure but if this is because of the i18n programming and/or the eShop, this is shameful.
I'm expecting scores in the 5-7 range
because I'm jaded
I want this to review well and/or atleast sell well because I don't want monolithsoft to be stuck in a situation like with squaresoft or Namco where they never get to make quite the same game they wanted to make because what they want to make doesn't equal sales. And so we might not get something like xenoblade from them again. Especially now that iwata is gone and he was the one that pushed for these type of games.
I'm existing this to be in the mid to high 80's. It's important to get good reviews to push over the edge the ones who are in the fence about it.
So I'm trying to beat the original Xenoblade before thursday, just made it towith 95h of playtime. There's no way I'm gonna be able to finish it on time, am I?Agniratha
All ready, system and game ordered. Glad to see Monolith go back to more overt sci-fi themes, though a shame to hear the story is apparently thin by Xeno standards.
It happened though, i read this a lot in review/preview threads and it's often but sadly not always ironical.
You should def finish it by Thursday, your more than halfway through the game.
Be prepared for some holy shit moments tho. Your entering the climax of the story.
Wait does that mean it should be up now?
It does. Not at home, so I can't check, but yeah it's after 10:00am CET now.
Nahh. I believe it will be 3-5 after all, devil third is going to get 10 all board this time.
I did it, and I'm a student with a limited amount of disposable income.
It's just money. Do it.
FUCK YEAH.
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If this game averages in 70s I'll eat my fucking...words. And cry a lot.
That's not how it works.
What?
Read what you wrote. It's not just money, specially when it comes to spunking a few hundred quid for just one game.
Read what you wrote. It's not just money, specially when it comes to spunking a few hundred quid for just one game.
It might not be a very wise financial decision to make, but yeah it's just money. Money comes, money goes. They lose some money, they get the console and the game.
Still no idea what you're trying to say, if you want to say something, don't be so cryptic about it.
e: only got a couple of hours of sleep last night tho lol, maybe it's just me
They're supposedly going to be up for download today. http://imgur.com/IoHmQRm/
There's nothing to be cryptic about, it's pretty black and white. I think it was a ridiculous bit of advice to give someone.