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[nynt9]

Did someone get out of the wrong side of bed this morning?

I think it's probably more that some people don't think the big bad F word is that big a deal.

Back on track though, this can't be that good for Armature. The one time they got to do their own thing it turned out to be junk. They're probably back to porting for the foreseeable future. Then again, maybe that's where their strength lies seeing as this game seems like a retread of some of the worse gaming tropes of PS2 gen.

I'd have to agree If One is the worst and 10 is the best. That would actually make Five the middle ground Average. At least that's how I look at a 1 to 10 scale.

Average score in the scale (geometric mean) and average score that is given to games isn't the same thing. The average score in the scale is pretty much meaningless if the average game has a different score than that. If the mean of the distribution of game scores is near 75/100, that's what the average game is, and a game that gets a 5 is below average.

The range of scores is completely arbitrary and unimportant - it's the distribution of scores that matters.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Besides getting extra attention because it's 'exclusive', I had no idea why people were looking forward to this game.

Female protag. Cute robots. Claims of a Metroid Prime heritage. Dearth of games with good 3D platforming.

 

[BassForever]

Seems like a fun but fairly flawed game that you're enjoyment comes from how much you can look past the flaws.

 

[Orayn]

I give the last few pages of the thread an F.

 

[Cyborg]

This was supposed to be Zelda on Xbox? Uhmm dissapointed scores, I honestly expected higher scores

 

[darkwing]

but it's only a $39.99 game, maybe that should be taken into account, people expected it to be a AAA game?

 

[vypek]

Are you in the US? Have they changed rating scale since I've been to school?

It was always like this for me up til high school:

65-73 = D
74-82 = C
83-91 = B
92-100 = A

This is how it was for me for some part of my education. When I was much younger it was 100-90 A, 89-80 B, 79-70 C, 69-60 D and everything else was F. But I think I spent more time with a grading system similar to what you wrote

 

[Jawmuncher]

Where's the OT for the game anyway?

 

[Bioshocker]

I had expected worse to be honest.

 

[Shin-Ra]

When a Polygon review starts like this

Recore isn’t a disaster

For an Xbox game, it's probably not good

By Arthur Gies no less.

 

[Durante]

Besides getting extra attention because it's 'exclusive', I had no idea why people were looking forward to this game.

I don't know about other people, but to me, the game was one of a small handful which actually looked interesting to me aesthetically and gameplay-wise across all games revealed at both recent E3s.

The exclusivity is a deterrent.

 

[Purest 78]

Are you in the US? Have they changed rating scale since I've been to school?

It was always like this for me up til high school:

65-73 = D
74-82 = C
83-91 = B
92-100 = A

I'm in the US here it was

60-69 = D
70-79 = C
80-89 = B
90-100 =A

 

[prwxv3]

but it's only a $39.99 game, maybe that should be taken into account, people expected it to be a AAA game?

R&C released this year with a MC of 85 so its not good for Recore either

 

[EmiPrime]

but it's only a $39.99 game, maybe that should be taken into account, people expected it to be a AAA game?

Microsoft marketed it as a $40 AAA game so yes.

 

[fantomena]

Dammit, Inafune, try to get soemthing right.

 

[Ascenion]

Are you in the US? Have they changed rating scale since I've been to school?

It was always like this for me up til high school:

65-73 = D
74-82 = C
83-91 = B
92-100 = A

*I see it is different now on wikipedia.

That's a modified 7 point scale. Most universities use a 10 point scale, Which honestly is easier. There's no reason to graduate college with less than a 2.5 GPA. That allows for a hell of a lot of Cs, a few Ds and even some Fs. But yeah this doesn't work for games.

 

[Arion]

Either the tests are much harder or the standards are a lot lower. Which is it?

I'm not familiar with US exam standards but in the UK 50% of the marks can only be achieved if you have a very high level understanding on the subject. In some cases knowing more than what is actually taught in the module.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_undergraduate_degree_classification#United_States

70% in the uk is a 3.67+ GPA in the US.

 

[Leafhopper]

Again, the people that said "Zelda" in previews I think mainly were talking about how the world was laid out with dungeons and such.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

By Arthur Gies no less.

I'm glad you are not in the media, you would be worse.

 

[BleedOrange]

So no trophies, plus that terrible Win 10 interface yeah?

Yes the game has achievements, and surely you don't think you play games on PC by messing with directory structures and creating files right?

 

[Tecnniqe]

I'd have to agree If One is the worst and 10 is the best. That would actually make Five the middle ground Average. At least that's how I look at a 1 to 10 scale.

Everywhere but GAF

 

[Theorry]

Where's the OT for the game anyway?

Release is tomorrow. So i guess then. Not sure. People are making it tho.

 

[Aceofspades]

Next one will be Scalebound, game looked bad all around.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Everywhere but GAF

And the entire goddamn industry.

Move on.

 

[Glass Rebel]

Not surprised in the least. Everything I've seen from the game made it look like a mediocre and janky experience. Not saying you can't have fun with it though. NieR, one of my favourite games of last gen has a metascore of 68.

 

[Dragonslayer_023]

Female protag. Cute robots. Claims of a Metroid Prime heritage. Dearth of games with good 3D platforming.

I think at this point we can say that whatever talent was behind Metroid Prime, Armiture didn't get it.

 

[ethomaz]

Bomb?

Not surprise based in previews.

FFXV looks to be going in the same path... hope I'm wrong in this one.

 

[Yautja_Warrior]

Saw this coming, it never looked really great from the trailers. A shame but not a surprise.

 

[vivekTO]

Did any review point out the length of the gameplay or replayability??

 

[hawk2025]

Hot tip:

If the middle value is where you want to put your dumb re-definition of the concept of an average, it would actually be 5.5 on a 1 to 10 scale.

But maybe we are redefining arithmethic too?

 

[Already Torn]

I'd have to agree If One is the worst and 10 is the best. That would actually make Five the middle ground Average. At least that's how I look at a 1 to 10 scale.

Why would you want to buy games that are exactly halfway between the worst possible and best possible? Wouldn't companies on average produce something higher than that?

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Not surprised in the least. Everything I've seen from the game made it look like a mediocre and janky experience. Not saying you can't have fun with it though. NieR, one of my favourite games of last gen has a metascore of 68.

The reveal trailer I thought was promising but since this years E3 reveal of gameplay...yeah...I expected a little better

 

[TalonJH]

I always find it funny how people latch onto 1 or 2 people's thoughts and project it k to everybody's thoughts of the game. 1 person(hip hop gamer I believe) said QB was the Cbox TLOU. Nobody else claimed that and not even somebody from a major outlet but yet here we are

It took me a second to realize that you just missed the X and pressed C. I was racking my brain to figure out what the CBox was.

Did any review point out the length of the gameplay or replayability??

I don't know about replayability but I've heard over 10 hours.

 

[Lion Heart]

Yikes. Can't say I didn't see those scores coming though, the gameplay videos looked bad. The initial reveal had me hyped, so did QB but they didn't match what i expected.

 

[PerZona]

Expected, but what a waste. Is there any chance of this game coming to the PC instead?

 

[hawk2025]

The Sterling review does make me want to give it a shot.

 

[ethomaz]

Expected, but what a waste. Is there any chance of this game coming to the PC instead?

Tomorrow.

 

[Theorry]

Expected, but what a waste. Is there any chance of this game coming to the PC instead?

Uhhh.

 

[Leafhopper]

Expected, but what a waste. Is there any chance of this game coming to the PC instead?

The game is out on PC as well already, day and date.

Man MS is poor at saying that it's on PC as well I suppose.

 

[Indelible]

This game always looked slightly above average and I'am glad Microsoft priced it accordingly. I will wait until it goes below $20 to pick it up.

 

[Purest 78]

Why would you want to buy games that are exactly halfway between the worst possible and best possible? Wouldn't companies on average produce something higher than that?

Has nothing to do with if I'd buy the game or not. That's just how I've always interpreted a 1 to 10 scale. The whole anything under a 8 is bad mentality I just don't agree with.

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

Bomb?

Not surprise based in previews.

FFXV looks to be going in the same path... hope I'm wrong in this one.

But Final Fantasy previews have been good. What are you talking about?

 

[thehillissilent]

Expected, but what a waste. Is there any chance of this game coming to the PC instead?

It is a Xbox PlayAnywhere title for Windows 10 store. If you are referring to Steam, we don't know.

 

[CrazE]

Too bad for the low scores. Lot of low scores with the reviewer saying the game is still fun. Must be one of those games.

 

[Purest 78]

But Final Fantasy previews have been good. What are you talking about?

All games seem to have good previews.

 

[Tecnniqe]

And the entire goddamn industry.

Move on.

Sure

Has nothing to do with if I'd buy the game or not. That's just how I've always interpreted a 1 to 10 scale. The whole anything under a 8 is bad mentality I just don't agree with.

Yeah its crazy. But you and me just gotta have to agree on that alone.

 

[bidguy]

ouch

will be skipping this then

 

[PerZona]

The game is out on PC as well already, day and date.

Man MS is poor at saying that it's on PC as well I suppose.

Ah yes, all the while I thought it was a Xbox exclusive. Thanks for the info!

It is a Xbox PlayAnywhere title for Windows 10 store. If you are referring to Steam, we don't know.

Ugh I was hoping it will be on Steam. Damn.

 

[Effect]

I think at this point we can say that whatever talent was behind Metroid Prime, Armiture didn't get it.

This has been said for a while now but people kept refusing to acknowledge it. The success of the Metroid Prime series (1 to 3) wasn't solely due to the people that left to form this company. The quality of Prime 3 and the DKC series proved that. Retro kept its talent when those guys were fired.

 

[vivekTO]

I don't know about replayability but I've heard over 10 hours.

I think that would be pretty standard for $40 game, but lots of padding and loading issues will affect replayability and will not bode well for reviews!