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The Last Guardian: Review Thread
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King Gilga
Member
78 so far, I was right.
Caddyshack
Banned
Yikes... some serious thirst to stick a "sucks" label on this game as quick as possible from some posters.
MistBreeze
Member
I predicted 84
Really happy to see it get 83 meta score
And to all people think a game is good only if it is 90+ meya score, these days are gone
This generation critics are harsh and not giving 9s like candy
Really happy to see it get 83 meta score
And to all people think a game is good only if it is 90+ meya score, these days are gone
This generation critics are harsh and not giving 9s like candy
joecanada
Member
Well you are incredibly generous then, based on giving the game scores you think it deserves being a great overall experience.
My own AAA rating would be for COD AW, I bought it due to the pre release hype, it performed as expected, MP was a mess (very poor performance), and it didn't improve significantly on it's predecessors and for that I would give it a 6 or a 7 which I feel is very fair considering I played maybe 10 hours and hated all of it.
He's a joke.
thanks.
Booker.DeWitt
Member
changes of this getting a patch for the regular Ps4? not sure if I wait for a patched version or just play right away
My concern is whether or not there's some kind of visual indicator that Trico doesn't wanna listen to you. Does he display some type of behavior or does he just stand there doing absolutely nothing? The latter would put me off because that's hard to distinguish between an actual animal that doesn't wanna obey you and an A.I. that's simply unresponsive.
Bits N Pieces
Member
lol
More_Badass
Member
Not very effective when a few low scores can bring down the entire average
Five 10s = 10 average
Four 10s, One 4 = 8.8 average
Weird to see a five point disparity with MC. I like Opencritic but it does have some weird inconsistencies at times. I know for a fact companies hate that they surface embargo times and as such it'll never be given the same weight in the industry as MC.
Buba Big Guns
Banned
Jesus....the scores are overwhelmingly positive.
The impressions thread sold me on this game
The impressions thread sold me on this game
He wasn't happy with ICO/SOTC either. So as always, I don't care what he (and Collin) thinks.
pixellated_man
Member
Honestly 83 Metacritic and some of my most trusted reviewers giving the game their thumbs up is as good as I could have realistically hoped for. Won't even bother with the concern trolls who would like everyone to believe the critical reception is anything other than positive.
Congratulations to ueda San for delivering another great game!
Congratulations to ueda San for delivering another great game!
AHA-Lambda
Member
I...
In what world is The Last Guardian "niche"? With the critically acclaimed Ico and SOTC as part of this "series", they've been building hype for TLG for YEARS. They've given this the same marketing push that they gave No Man's Sky! Even the delays were huge deals that required special announcements.
The Last Guardian is as AAA as it gets.
Basically none of this post is correct =/
As acclaimed as Ico/SotC are, they ain't not niche. They're most certainly not mainstream or AAA anyway.
And NMS got FAAAR more marketing than this.
Jawbreaker
Member
I'm not sure why he would feel otherwise given he didn't like Ico or Shadow of the Colossus. Alternatively, I can point you to people who did love those games and felt strongly about The Last Guardian.
Sorry I have lost any respect for them after the PS4 Pro situation.
This is pretty much why I bought this today instead of a few weeks from now; technical issues aside, I want to reward Sony for not canceling this years ago, and for including games primarily motivated by artistic expression in their portfolio alongside the traditional game for fun's sake games.
pixellated_man
Member
Open critic ignores all non English language websites. Hence the disparity. Metacritic is more accurate for this game.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Why put it that way? The Kinda Funny team are doing all they can to make sure I don't re-subscribe at the moment. It's almost as if they're two scolded schoolchildren intent on proving the criticisms of late don't bother them.
this isn't his type of games... neither these from Team Ico or other ones like all Souls games...
I don't even know what he likes
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Great scores! Both surprised and elated by this.
Vital Tundra
Member
My brother is gonna have a ball.
I think he confused niche with indie.
Coolbgdog12
Member
Only an 83? I only play games that score 94+.
Next time Ueda.
Next time Ueda.
Greg and Collin hating a game often means I have a good chance of loving it. Those two seem to despise a large swath of the gaming world for some really weird reasons.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
It's no "My Name is Mayo".
Chuck Norris
Banned
That's because not everyone considers it "jank"
People complain about controls of SOTC but personally I can't think of many games that give me the level of functionality and control as that game while still animating well
Most games that animate well seem to take away control at sacrifice of the animation
The factor controls like a Team ICO game would be considered a good thing by the majority of their fans. If it came out controlling like a semi automated Assassins Creed game for example it would have turned off a lot of fans
DriftingSpirit
Member
Patapon.
Bits N Pieces
Member
Are they not some of the biggest known PlayStation fans on the internet that work in the media?
If they didn't enjoy the previous games from Team Ico then at least they're being consistent and TLG didn't do enough to break that cycle for them.
Nor was he a fan of Ico and SotC. TLG isn't a game that appeals to him nor was it ever going to appeal to him. So his opinion on the matter isn't one of benefit for those who enjoy Ico/SotC style games. The audience for TLG is those who played and enjoyed the previous two games of the "series". It won't attract many new people give the style in which the game plays.
A lot of people who don't ubderstand these type of games.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
I've got nothing against either of them disliking something others like, it's just the way they're going about it at the moment. They seem intent on deliberately saying things they know will rile people up.
well patapon is very good, I'll give him that
This. And it's fine. Not everyone has to like or get Ueda games.
ethomaz
Banned
So you never played ICO or SoC???
bananafactory
Banned
It's the same in every major review thread where the game isn't universally a 9/10
Katana_Strikes
Member
Really happy and relieved to see this rate well on the whole. Great to finally be able to play it in a few days.
Irishonion
Member
Better than I thought. With all the high scores I see quickly, 83 seems a bit low. Damn math.
We've made a lot of progress. We're included in B&H Impact, fourtyseven, and United Talent Agency reporting. We hit over 2k concurrent users this morning (and made pancakes on the hot servers while we debated what to do...)
The main difference right now is international publications. OpenCritic just opened up to non-English publications this weekend. Hopefully a lot of these outlets will apply and join.
The disparity right now is a combination of:
a) Not sure why, but Metacritic doesn't have Digital Trends (Alexa rank 944 global) or iDigitalTimes (Alexa rank 5607) - Both are the two 4/10s
b) Metacritic still weighting outlets
c) Metacritic having non-English publications (which tend to score higher based on our early analysis)
If colin trys to pull a "colin was right" on this he deserves all the shit he gets. Both colin and greg are entitled to their opinion on the game though.
Sucks to be Greg.
privitsan02
Member
Greg and Colin have very obvious patterns in the type of games they like. The Last Guardian and Final Fantasy XV would've never aligned with their tastes. Which is fine by the way, just Colin, while very opinionated, can come across as someone who disproves others perspectives and makes it difficult to listen to them.
DriftingSpirit
Member
I need to give it a play.
DrunkShogun
Member
This thread highlights two things, people love focusing on the bad reviews when possible and people depend too much on review scores. There's enough positive comments that convinces me that I would like minded when I play the game.