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[orichalcos]

And the reviews:

Darkstation - 100

Destructoid - 100

NZGamer - 95

Post Arcade (National Post) - 90

Gamereactor - 90

Twinfinite - 90

Playstation Universe - 90

Attack of the Fanboy - 90

Hardcore Gamer - 90

GamesRadar+ - 90

Hobby Consolas - 87

EGM - 85

GamePro Germany - 83

IGN - 83

Venturebeat - 82

USgamer - 80

SpazioGames - 80

Multiplayer.it - 80

Everyeye.it - 80

Telegraph - 80

TheSixthAxis - 80

Eurogamer Italy - 80

Game Informer - 78

GameTrailers - 75

PlayStation LifeStyle - 75

Metro GameCentral - 70

We Got This Covered - 70

Shacknews - 70

GameSpot - 70

Examiner - 60

Polygon - 60

Gamekult - 60

God is a Geek - 55 (??)

 

[Skittles]

Holy shit, that is a whole spectrum of different opinions

 

[digitalrelic]

Yep, day one for me. Between this, The Witness, and Firewatch, we've had quite an amazing year for indie games already.

 

[JeffGrubb]

Mine. 82/100

 

[Barry Burton]

Just about done with The Witness. Then Firewatch tomorrow, and I'll be checking Unravel out right afterward. What a week!

 

[Chalupa Batman]

Took a gamble on this and bought before reviews were out. Can't wait to play it, it seems right up my alley. Kind of an LBP + Ori and the Blind Forest mismash and Uncharted-quality visuals. Hope it's good!

 

[NeonBlack]

Freaking rainbow of reviews

 

[Putty]

Crikey, talk about a bit of everything!

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Looks about right based on the demo. The graphics and gameplay are solid, but the tone of the game is very manipulative and I could see people docking the game for that. It's very try-hard from a presentation standpoint.

EDIT: Hmm... also seems short too.

 

[danowat]

Divisive review scores continue to be a big thing this gen!

I'm not bothered by the reviews, the trial bowled me over enough to preorder the full game.

 

[orichalcos]

AAaand the links. Thx for the patience...

 

[balohna]

Yep, day one for me. Between this, The Witness, and Firewatch, we've had quite an amazing year for indie games already.

Is it indie though?

But yeah, better reviews than I expected. I don't think I'll get it day 1, but my interest has been piqued.

 

[Courage]

Those are mostly positive guys, not really that divisive.

 

[chaislip3]

The trial was very, very charming. I'll definitely be picking this up at some point.

 

[eFKac]

Hmm that's a wide range of scores, wasn't expecting that.

 

[danowat]

Those are mostly positive guys, not really that divisive.

100 - 55 is quite a spread, especially when most publications review scores seem to start at 5 and work from there, rather than 5 being average.

 

[Chopper]

Yep, day one for me. Between this, The Witness, and Firewatch, we've had quite an amazing year for indie games already.

It's published by EA man.

Still, very excited about this. Right up my alley.

 

[Possumowner]

Wow,scattergun of scoring.Either way I'm still getting it.

 

[breakfuss]

Those are mostly positive guys, not really that divisive.

Nah those scores are all over.

 

[danowat]

It's published by EA man.

Still, very excited about this. Right up my alley.

Coldwood Interactive is an independent game studio based in Umeå

Indie dev, global mega-corp publisher.

 

[Courage]

100 - 55 is quite a spread, especially when most publications review scores seem to start at 5 and work from there, rather than 5 being average.

2 100s
7 in the 90s
11 in the 80s
6 in the 70s
2 in the 60s
1 in the 50s

Even with the '7 or below means its shit!!!!' joke in regard to game reviews, it's still doing well.

 

[orichalcos]

God is a Geek - 55

NEGATIVES

-Poorly executed narrative.
-Frustrating puzzle design.
-Foreground and background blend into one another, causing confusion.

WTF??

 

[Luke_Wal]

Polygon: 6/10

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/8/10906102/unravel-review-xbox-one-ps4-PC

 

[[Agent]ZeroNine]

Honestly, I wasn't expecting such high scores. Even after seeing these scores i'm left uninterested. I hope this title sells very well and big publishers and devs rely on these kinds of smaller games more and less on microtransactions in their bigger titles.

 

[Lionel Richie]

The game dev looked so so happy and nervous at the past E3 presenting the game, it was a very nice moment. And the game looks incredible. I'm very much getting this, I'm happy it's being well received.

 

[RoKKeR]

Enjoyed the trial, will pick this up.

 

[mollipen]

Opening post says our (EGM) score is a 65, when it's an 85 (8.5 to be precise).

Metacritic goofed on putting in our score, it seems.

 

[Zach]

Mmmmm... divisive. I like it.

 

[Auctopus]

Had a look through the Destructoid's review writer. She seems to be a pretty generous reviewer (Gave Among The Sleep an 8, SOMA a 9 and Broken Age: Act 2 an 8) and doesn't seem to review that often? Her review history is so bizarre and sporadic. She didn't really explain in her review why it deserved a 10, well it didn't feel like she did to me.

 

[orichalcos]

Polygon: 6/10

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/8/10906102/unravel-review-xbox-one-ps4-PC

Thx.

 

[Skittles]

2 100s
7 in the 90s
11 in the 80s
6 in the 70s
2 in the 60s
1 in the 50s

Even with the '7 or below means its shit!!!!' joke in regard to game reviews, it's still doing well.

Ah, so almost literally a bell curve of scores.

 

[Shredderi]

Day one.

 

[DomsPlaying]

Though a wide array, it seems like most are 8/10 or above which means I'll reinforce my day one status!

 

[digitalrelic]

Is it indie though?

But yeah, better reviews than I expected. I don't think I'll get it day 1, but my interest has been piqued.

It's published by EA man.

Still, very excited about this. Right up my alley.

I understand that, but it's an independent developer that got their game published by EA. Either way, looks great!

 

[danowat]

Even with the '7 or below means its shit!!!!' joke in regard to game reviews, it's still doing well.

I personally think it's a solid set of scores, but, these days it seems that if a game doesn't do solid 8's across the board it's not worth considering, at least until a sale or what not.

This was my point about many publications scores starting at 5, rather than 5 being a solid average score.

 

[Jonneh3003]

I hope some people aren't just ranking it high for its style, I'm really interested in trying this.

 

[Elandyll]

Was really looking forward to it, but holy batman at the wide spectrum of reviews.
Gonna have to do a lot of reading on this one...

 

[marmoka]

I'm not fan of those blurred backgrounds, but I will give this game a chance anyway.

 

[KainXVIII]

Yep, will buy from bargain bin.

 

[mclem]

Somewhat curious about this one. I didn't really warm to Yarny back in the original announcement, but the real-worldness looked quite nice; trouble is, it may - unfairly - be in the same bit of my brain as Little Big Planet, and that may do it no favours.

 

[Oneself]

This thread shows me why it's good not to care about reviews... Because I'd be confused!

 

[Nocturnowl]

I'm intrigued but not sure if I'm willing to jump in right away, I love the style but I rarely dig the puzzle platformer side of the genre as much as most reviewers seem to which often has me leaving a playthrough some critically acclaimed download titles from last gen that specialised in that area making me think "well it was fine but that's it?".
Does sound like they've mixed in some more traditional platforming pieces in between puzzles here though so that's good, and I love them grounding all the platforms and mechanisms with a sense of place.

 

[bombshell]

Gamereactor - 9/10

 

[Vuze]

I'm not fan of those blurred backgrounds, but I will give this game a chance anyway.

You can turn the depth of field off (atleast in the PC version, not sure about console, but probably there as well).

This thread shows me why it's good not to care about reviews... Because I'd be confused!

Yup, this.

Pre-ordered it once it was available and enjoyed the two trial stages on Origin Access. Fantastic style and music, a little lacking in terms of gameplay fluidity but we'll see how this works out in the grand scheme tomorrow

 

[Quonny]

Wow reviews are all over the place.

 

[orichalcos]

Gamereactor - 9/10

Updated, thx.

 

[Luq]

very wide spectrum of scores. I intend to pick this up at some point so hopefully it will cater to my preferences

 

[Rain City Gamer]

I played the early release on EA Access last week and really liked it. I got a Journey vibe from it. Not that it was good as Journey but it looked incredible and it had a heart felt soul to it. A game experience that will vary depending on your emotions at the time you play it. I think that is why you see the varying scores so far. There are some that play Journey and shrug their shoulders because they don't get the praise. Then there are others that were completely engrossed and blown away by it. I think Unravel will be this way as well. I'm definitely going to be checking it out!

 

[kiguel182]

Yep, day one for me. Between this, The Witness, and Firewatch, we've had quite an amazing year for indie games already.

this is an EA game. It isn't indie.

 

[Alpha Phoenix]

Any word on how long it is?