The game barely even had marketing. What are you talking about?
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The game barely even had marketing. What are you talking about?
docyoe
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Because Microsoft said it would be a AAA game.
"We wanted there to be no barriers. We wanted to be able to give you a great AAA that gives you $60 of value but if you aren't sure, not let that be the barrier of a tradeoff of, 'Hey there's a $60 game and there's this game.' We wanted you to be able to get in."
sixteen-bit
Member
Reverse Midas touch
Thats KI
Zeouterlimits
Member
The USGamer review actually has given me a bit more interest in giving it a go (on PC).
Hmm, that does seem bad.
DriftingSpirit
Member
I expected it to be 72 meta. Either way, it seems like a decent game to pick up. I'd personally wait for it to drop to about $20 though.
That was never going to happen with this game.
lol
That was never going to happen with this game.
MatrixMan.EXE
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It's actually had quite a bit. Hell, Xbox UK's Twitter account even had a 'ReCor-gi' takeover recently, and as he said, it's been touted as part of the greatest games lineup in Xbox history. The marketing has been pretty heavy since E3, just not on the same level as Gears or Halo. I think they've done a better job at marketing it than Sony has done with some of their 'smaller' titles.
To the point they pad the shit out of the game? Might be the kicker for me, that and the spiking in difficulty at the end my two most hated things.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
Member
Damn, these reviews are disappointing.
Really hope Microsoft doesn't send this game to the back burner indefinitely.
Give Rare or something a shot at a sequel with proper funding and whatever engine they are using for Sea of Thieves.
Really hope Microsoft doesn't send this game to the back burner indefinitely.
Give Rare or something a shot at a sequel with proper funding and whatever engine they are using for Sea of Thieves.
It'd be impossible to not call it Rarecore
jmaine_ph
Member
Shit.
digoutyoursoul
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digitalrelic
Banned
Ah man, that's too bad. Was contemplating picking this up. Guess I'll just be playing more Overwatch until Mafia III drops.
Jimmyfenix
Member
This got me
Thanks, ill add it now
Bits N Pieces
Member
If you dont put a Forza car on the Horizon just beside that 90 in a few weeks time, I might cry, lol.
Except it's not scoring above average. Per open critic, at its current score of 63, it's in the bottom 23.7% of all games scored on open critic.
In games a 63 is way below average.
If you make 7 the average reviews need to start at 2 and go to 12, which would move this games goal post to between a 8 or 9 still being above average.
Forza Horizon 3 will finally end that struggle tho
pixellated_man
Member
All those 'Darks Souls' games getting high scores must have been a fluke then.
Some of you are reaching.
Ratchet and Clank got great reviews, not only for the polish, but also because it was pure FUN throughout to play and the pacing was spot on..unlike this game.
Haaaa, I like that
Ugh nooo, I was on a media blackout for this game... gonna read through some reviews later today.. I was really hoping for a R&C-like experience.
Don't do this to me.
I like this.
LMAO.
People keep saying this. 63 is not above average because video game scores aren't uniformly distributed. If you look at opencritic, they show a score distribution. this game is in the bottom 23% of games. So it is way below average. It's not even better than a quarter of games out there.
No. If the class average in a class is 70%, that doesn't bump the highest possible grade to 120%. That doesn't stop some student from getting a 0% in the class, they would just have to be a major outlier.
I definitely remember Into the Nexus being $40 when it came out.
Jawmuncher
Member
Not gonna lie, I forgot all about that game lol.
what is this a Bell curve?
At E3 it was looking far from hot, and it didn't certainly play like a solid game. On the contrary, it was giving away very low-budget, underwhelming vibes.
Was it a 15 minute slice of gameplay from a dungeon (of a product still in development)? Yes, it was (actually from 2 dungeons, one shown behind closed doors and one playable at the Xbox Event at the Galen Center).
That said, I think you could legitimately tell this game was certainly not gonna be the next big thing, or the suprise "Zelda X Metroid Prime X Megaman" hit that some said it would be.
Chobel
Member
Average doesn't always have to be the arithmetic mean. In many cases (such as this) you use the median.
A games rating system goes from 0 (bad) - 5 (average) - 10 (great) for its time. If you're gonna rate games outside that this whole system falls apart and is meaningless.
Kenzodielocke
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Is way more useful that the metacritic score, imo.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
There's a really obvious reason that game scores don't follow a bell curve.
Heaven Shard
Banned
I saw gameplay for the first time recently and it didn't look it played well. That comment about it being a PS2-era game isn't meant as a compliment.
pixellated_man
Member
Ah. Got ya.
No, the whole curve is just skewed because quality control exists somewhat and publishers/developers try to release good content. Or rather, they try not to release bad content.
Congrats, you've cracked the code of video game review scores
As for the game, shame it isn't a home run. I'm still excited to play it though, so I'll pick it up this week and decide for myself
Jimmyfenix
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Did a game site really say this was xboxs zelda?