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The Last of Us - Review Thread [Emargo up, scores in OP.]
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travisbickle
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Polygon - "not enough DRM - 7.5."
Thank you sir, that's the review I've been waiting for.
You are cracking me up. I don't see much questioning the perfect reviews, but an 8 will bother some people. It's a review, an opinion, they will be different.
Honestly I don't wear the tinfoil hats and assume lower reviews are put out to stir up the fanboys, but that would be funny if that were really the case.
MikeJAMoran
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Uncharted 3 was proof they can phone it in
But this is proof they weren't beginning a decline
Uncharted 3 is phoning it in?
What the hell is 90% of other games?
I don't get the Uncharted 3 backlash at all.
suddenlyissoon
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Of course Polygon trolled the review...of course they did.
Somewhere in their board room I can hear them say, "this was a nearly perfect game and will get amazing scores. how can we stand out from the rest of them?" They're racking their brains and Gies, sitting silently says, "Violence...we'll speak ill of the violence." A hush falls over the rest of the reviewers as he continues, "linear design, lackluster enemies, we'll troll Naughty Dog at what they do best."
Somewhere in their board room I can hear them say, "this was a nearly perfect game and will get amazing scores. how can we stand out from the rest of them?" They're racking their brains and Gies, sitting silently says, "Violence...we'll speak ill of the violence." A hush falls over the rest of the reviewers as he continues, "linear design, lackluster enemies, we'll troll Naughty Dog at what they do best."
Barack Lesnar
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There's really not that many. It's a handful of guys going overboard and then lots more people quoting them pointing it out.
Agent Dale Cooper
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Infinite is one of the worst games I've played this generation, which is why I can not stand this 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9.5 10 10 culture
Pranay_ said not to be excited for the OT yesterday.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Tom Chick will deliver for you. hehehe
Uno Venova
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Exactly, a few people get upset ( with one not being serious), and a narrative gets written about most of the posters in the thread being upset.
Your joking right? Right?! If so that would destroy most if not all their credibility for me. Especially considering how poorly Remember Me has been received recently.
I wholly disagree. Why do we have so many review sites?
I love that games criticism has (slowly) moved away from just reviewing consumer products to critiquing entertainment.
ViewtifulJC
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Why does everybody keep thinking "emotional responses" are "sad"
Do you not feel joy of a well-placed headshot? The thrill of a great set piece? The suspense of a stealth sequence? Those are all emotional responses...
BlazingDarkness
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The Polygon score is probably more about Polygon making a name for themselves as a 'legit' reviewing site, and not dishing out 10s when most others do.
That's fine, but I wouldn't put much weight into it. Their complaints however, may be more significant to some gamers than others - I for one, don't want waves of enemies like Uncharted had, so we'll see.
That's fine, but I wouldn't put much weight into it. Their complaints however, may be more significant to some gamers than others - I for one, don't want waves of enemies like Uncharted had, so we'll see.
amstradcpc
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Preorder canceled!
Forbes: this game won´t make MS shares go up!.
Net_Wrecker
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OH GOD FORBES ALWAYS GOTTA BE SO RADICAL TO GET CLICKS. What do they know? They ain't bout GAMES. They cover monies and rich people who don't know nothin' either. Everybody giving 10s but they have the nerve to give an 8 like they know something. YOU AIN'T BAD, FORBES, YOU AIN'T NOTHIN!
that's you. that's how some of you sound. see how that looks?
My post was a joke lol
The Smoking Bun
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Forbes is like Roger Ebert of video games. Harsh but fair.
Although for me, 7+ is a must buy while 6 or below is forget about it.
It's rather likely that the people wishing for a wider scoring spread aren't the same people who lose their shit when a highly anticipated game gets a low score. At least, I hope so.
Ideally you'd want both groups as an audience, I guess, so I can see why a site would want to try to please everyone. I wouldn't mind if sites dropped scores altogether (that's Kotaku's stance), but I know that sort of thing pisses off a section of the audience too.
Gintoki313
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That's all I needed to hear to want this game even more, the game's length. So glad the game is pretty long, I always hated short games because I can usually beat them in a short time. Also it has multiplayer, and if it isn't too bad the trophies might be fun to get to.
Damn, 10/10 from Edge! I am not even reading any of these reviews because I am on blackout but that surprised me.
I don't see why anyone cares about anything that Polygon does, they have proven that they have no credibility or integrity over and over and over again and the site has only been live for a few months. Anyway, they might have some good points and I don't think any game should ever get all perfect scores.
I don't see why anyone cares about anything that Polygon does, they have proven that they have no credibility or integrity over and over and over again and the site has only been live for a few months. Anyway, they might have some good points and I don't think any game should ever get all perfect scores.
TR was very good, but my biggest complaint was it was a bit too easy. I played it on Hard difficulty straight away.. yet most of my deaths were environmental (whoops, I fell off the cliff)... a few battle sections took a few tries but mostly, and especially at the end, I was disappointed with how easily one could breeze through it.
Anyway, back OT... gonna be a review junkie today for TLOU... AW YEAH
The fact that GTA4 is on that list is exactly why I am skeptical of all of these 10/10 reviews.
This. Some people have been trying to fan the flames non stop since the thread was made. Many have wanted meltdowns and low scores. Pretty silly how much egging on and exaggerating is taking place.
I'm surprised by Polygon's score not because of the score itself, but because of how different it is from all the other review's I've read.
The negative parts of Phil's review focus mainly around how he expected it to be more than a videogame in terms of mechanics, tech, and felt its where it did come up short hurt his opinion of it more because of how immersive the game is. He didn't like how the combat felt, which is a very personal part to gaming and I think anyone is justified in feeling (I didnt particularly like Bioshock Infinite's feel of combat, but think the game was great). I think that personally a lot of his criticisms, while valid for him, dont hold as much weight for me. The fact that your AI partners can't be seen in a game with stealth is... fantastic, and a necessary evil in my mind. I can't imagine how frustrated I'd be if that constantly got be into combat.
Pretty much all I hope to see from games that I am looking forward to is "CAN it be enjoyed". If the reviews seem to support that its possible, and I already feel some affinity toward the game, then I'll probably like it well enough that its worth a purchase.
The negative parts of Phil's review focus mainly around how he expected it to be more than a videogame in terms of mechanics, tech, and felt its where it did come up short hurt his opinion of it more because of how immersive the game is. He didn't like how the combat felt, which is a very personal part to gaming and I think anyone is justified in feeling (I didnt particularly like Bioshock Infinite's feel of combat, but think the game was great). I think that personally a lot of his criticisms, while valid for him, dont hold as much weight for me. The fact that your AI partners can't be seen in a game with stealth is... fantastic, and a necessary evil in my mind. I can't imagine how frustrated I'd be if that constantly got be into combat.
Pretty much all I hope to see from games that I am looking forward to is "CAN it be enjoyed". If the reviews seem to support that its possible, and I already feel some affinity toward the game, then I'll probably like it well enough that its worth a purchase.
ElementalMage
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not a fan of scoring reviews. Its so arbitrary. And causes so much fighting
Random bloggers on Forbes are now the Roger Ebert of video games?
It's BIONIC-ARMMMMMM trolling me over a comment I made about Bioshock 2 a few weeks ago.
Tricky I Shadow
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They are
Congratulations and thank you! : )
BobTheFork
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Damn, go ND.
I just kept scrolling to find a non-perfect score. I had to go a long way down.
I just kept scrolling to find a non-perfect score. I had to go a long way down.
SolidSnakex
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Do first party developers even have to worry about that? I thought the bonuses thing were just something contract devs had to be concerned with.
One of the worst game of the generation?
C'mon now, there's no need for massive hyperbole. It's impossible to take you seriously after reading this.
GlamFM
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Useless discussion. In the end it doesn´t matter. No review will regardless the scale used will tell me if I will like this game.
Good to know that the reviewer liked the game - but why should I care about that?
I just bought Remember me so....
That being said I think everybody should use the 5 point scale so we could get rid of all this nonsense.
Polygon would have given the game 4 (Stars/Points/Doritos/Whatever..) and nobody would get upset.
iNvid02
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They are
druckmann walking in to work. and probably how he'll walk for the rest of the day
AranhaHunter
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That proves different strokes for different folks. I played Persona 4 on the PS2 for about 30 minutes some years back and I would probably give that game a 5 based on what I played. It's just not the type game for me and the type of game that I would enjoy.
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