Sounds like a real leap forward in designing a more independent AI partner.
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The Last Guardian: Review Thread
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Sounds like a real leap forward in designing a more independent AI partner.
SolidSnakex
Member
Simon Parkin (The Guardian) is one of the reviewers that gave it a 5/5. Yesterday he posted an article saying that it was the best game of the year and today he says it's Ueda's best game. So, it certainly seems like he expects it to be viewed as one of the best games ever made.
PopcornMegaphone
Banned
Ha-ha sounds annoying. I'm fine other folks digging shit like this however.
Acquiescence
Member
Yeah. What criteria is there to meet for a game to receive a 10/10 really.
Equanimity
Member
None of the 4s are in thou
Well I know one of those 4's will not be counted.
old manatee
Banned
It needs to be 2 better than The Last Guardian.
Storm Chamber
Banned
Jawbreaker
Member
Yeah, that's essentially the point I was making earlier.
Snowybreak
Member
Holy shit. Now THAT is a review spread.
None of the 4s are in thou
To be fair, Opencritic is only at 41 reviews vs Metacritic's 55.
So each seem to be missing reviews anyway.
DirgeExtinction
Member
I'm glad both this and the other game we waited so long for are getting pretty good review scores.
illmatic22
Banned
Wow, what's next? Water is wet and the sky is blue? 😉Yep. Because we all know Final Fantasy VII is the perfect FF game
More_Badass
Member
The influence of subjective critism has always been in play. A game score isn't a test or formula. A 9/10 versus 10/10 doesn't 1/10th of the game is missing or lacking compared to the other.
I honestly don't really think most games should get below a five unless they are broken messes that don't work. I remember IGN giving Godhand a 3/10 and I just couldn't abide by it. The game worked as intended even if the reviewer didn't care for the gameplay and graphics and what not.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
I love FF6, but off the top of my head, it had some major bugs (using Relm's special ability against certain enemies destroys your save files, some stats are bugged and don't do anything, etc), combat is a bit slow, balance gets worse later in the game, the translation is merely decent, the mode 6 effects haven't aged well (and some looked bad even at the time), and so on.
A perfect score doesn't mean a game is perfect, it means it's deserving of the highest praise.
semiconscious
Member
did anyone really think that the world would now be any more prepared for ueda than it ever was before? ...
...I don't read all sites, but rather sites that have historically provided me with good guidance and called out the kind of issues that I also care about. I put very little stock into review averages, but I do take advice from reviewers whom I have come to respect and whose perspectives often align with my own.
To address your hypothetical, yes, if reviewers I've come to trust for relevant guidance said there were not issues in that area, then I'd be more interested. But that's not the case.
More_Badass
Member
I think the other key detail from these reviews is that your companion is an abused animal. Showing patience and care is important
NormalFish
Banned
Never thought I'd see the day when making an AI unresponsive was something worthy of praise.
From watching gameplay footage, every animal I've ever owned (like 6 cats and a few dogs) have been more responsive and quick to acknowledge me whenever I do something out of the ordinary.
From watching gameplay footage, every animal I've ever owned (like 6 cats and a few dogs) have been more responsive and quick to acknowledge me whenever I do something out of the ordinary.
Jawbreaker
Member
None of the 4s are in thou
Neither will get counted. One site hasn't been on MC since 2015, the other is completely absent.
Come on, enough with the semantics of 10/10.
The sites and prints gave it that score. That is all there is to it. All games have some kind of an issue or a bug or anything off technically, artistically, creatively, whatever. That does not mean we just cut off 1s and 10s from the scale.
Why are we suddenly arguing that sites shouldn't be giving a 10? Really, now?
The sites and prints gave it that score. That is all there is to it. All games have some kind of an issue or a bug or anything off technically, artistically, creatively, whatever. That does not mean we just cut off 1s and 10s from the scale.
Why are we suddenly arguing that sites shouldn't be giving a 10? Really, now?
In the UK, a 65 in a humanities degree is considered very good. 70+ is an "A" and anything above 80 is "publishable" which like 1% of students get.
(It's ridiculous, but just as ridiculous as comparing a videogame review score to a scoring metric in any other context.)
Already Torn
Banned
No, 65/100 is super bad. Like you're just plain trash bad.
If the exam or project or whatever is graded on a 100 point scale, it was made in mind with the fact that even the most basic understanding of the material will allow you to get at least 70% of the questions correct. Practical tests similarly assign you a 70% for "barely competent". Tests that expect the average person to only get 50% or so, like the MCAT or whatever, are graded on different scales because sub-70 is a trash score.
The worst? We'll just have to agree to disagree there my man. He has strong opinions sure but calling someone out who can't defend here isn't cool imo.
Bruce Springsteen
Member
Gamespot is the most respectable review website IMO, happy to see that 9 score, can't wait to play this
The US uses a completely different rating system for university work. In the UK and other places there is a lot of room left up at the top for people to excel.
Now arguing which way game reviews fall into is another thing, and a discussion that could go on for hours lol.
Again, totally a US thing.
Now try an animal that is over twice your size.
games dont have objective "Best's" though what is the best or worst is an always moving goalpost
I've got Alaskan Malamutes and they are notoriously hard headed and do as they please even when well trained. This game will be a normal day dealing with my dog for me I'm guessing.
Or it could be that their piss poor Website, loaded with google ads, might need some clicks.
The ammount of vitriol in that review also game me cornea aids.
More_Badass
Member
Your cat or dog probably wasn't abused and confined, which is where the reviews state Trico starts.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Scores all over the place
Bolivar687
Banned
Man this is BORING! How the hell did both TLG and FFXV come away with low to mid 80s averages!? This should've been extremes one way or the other.
Oh well, I'm glad these games came out ok and really hit home with some people.
Oh well, I'm glad these games came out ok and really hit home with some people.
Lionel Richie
Member
Scores are not theoretically very useful when talking about art. I like it like Eurogamer and Karak does it, just a quick summary if you should or should not get the game and if you should rush to do so, with the analysis of that concept being, well, the analysis itself.
jacksepticeye
Member
You haven't watched enough later footage then. Trico becomes much more responsive later on
Okay so you can get them to do anything and everything with specificity, like standing on a specific spot?
Come on, now.
Already Torn
Banned
Pokémon Sun and Moon somehow both the best RPG and pet simulator of 2016.
pixellated_man
Member
Perfect summary. 82 on Metacritic is an excellent score full stop. You have to call into question the motive of people arguing otherwise.
My prediction was around the 79-83 range. I'm pleased it got to the upper limit of my prediction.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Yup, different institutions have different scaling. 70%+ is a 1st in the UK and the top band for a degree.
Nocits vs Trico ;__;
Nocits vs Trico ;__;
Chill Penguin
Member
School is lenient if anything. At your job if you screw up 35% of your projects you better start getting that resume ready.