This shows there is something fundamentally missing in these scores. If the masses buy this game, many will end up disappointed. Scores should have a component for general likability. They never do, I get that, but this hype thread shows how misleading they are. No way that Elden ring is a more universally liked game than something like Mario Odyssey. Odyssey is something I loved as did my 5 year old. It is enjoyable by people in a 40 year age range where Elden Ring is a niche soulsborne title. Even GOW has a larger appeal. I think there is some delusional fanboy hype playing into these scores.
The highest rated game should translate into a game enjoyed by most people and I can't see that being the case with this game. Instead we have a game reviewed by fans who inflate its rating because they are already in love with this type of game. I wouldn't doubt that they fought to get the chance to review it too. Like, boss, can I get paid for 100 hours playing this instead of Horizon. Similarly I bet there are reviewers on the staff who don't like this type of game that asked not to have to spend so much time on it. This is perfectly fine to get a score that works for the fans, but it wrongly implies universal praise and that is not true.
I want to see several people who are not soulsborne fanboys review this game. If they all agree that it is amazing and are converted then that means so much more than having a bunch of fanboys agreeing that it is the best soulsborne and incorrectly signaling that it is the best game.
Right and wouldn't it be nice if we found out about these flaws when reviews came in? Not later in the forums hashing it out?Objectively of course it's not 98. Neither is rdr2.
These games are full of flaws and a specific taste.
Just like Death Stranding. It might be 10 for me but of course it's not a 10 game
Ugh, who want to play this shit now?!Not anymore lol
Went from 97/100 to 96/100
Possibly temporarily but in the long run I think it will increase it rather than decrease it. I think Elden Ring will reach new highs in terms of popularity and a lot of people might wanna go back and check out the previous games. I played Demon’s Souls last after playing all the other games because of needing to scratch that ”Fromsoft itch”, finishing it on PS3 just before the remake was announced. I think there are a lot of potential new players that want to scratch that itch after playing Elden Ring. If Sony play their cards right they can release a Bloodborne remake/remastet at peak interest maybe 1-2 years on from now.Can we officially say that Elden Ring is going to snuff the demand for a Bloodbourne remake?
it was praised at launch, only people who didn't like it were the guys who didn't vibe with the game's toneI was lurking and I'am pretty sure it received a massive backlash actually. (As it should have)
I haven't even played the game and I am lost for words how FROM is going to surpass this one next ?
The trailer looks awesome but being better than BloodBorne? I’ll hold off on making that kind of judgment in two years or so. BloodBorne is still my favorite FromSoftware game and that DLC was simply amazing.I'm not saying they won't. I"m just thinking that this game will be much more popular over the long haul.
Of course there were people who liked but there was a big minority of people that didn't and the silly 98 metacritic just put fuel on the fire if the game came in 88 to 93 I doubt the backlash would have been as strong.it was praised at launch, only people who didn't like it were the guys who didn't vibe with the game's tone
controls were far superior to any GTA that came before, the missions were far superior to SA, mid mission checkpoints aren't needed seeing how short the missions usually are, and you can always deny requests to bowlThere were plenty of reasons to dislike the game other than vibe, shit controls, repetive missions, no mid mission checkpoints, features cut that were in San Andrea's, taking your cousin bowling to name a few
The highest rated game should translate into a game enjoyed by most people and I can't see that being the case with this game.
Top 5 All Time should be, in no particular order
Zelda OoT
Demons Souls (PS3)
Bloodborne
Zelda BOTW
Elden Ring