brandonh83
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I thought you were making a sarcastic post in response to how overly dramatic people are acting. My bad!
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The Last of Us - Review Thread [Emargo up, scores in OP.]
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I thought you were making a sarcastic post in response to how overly dramatic people are acting. My bad!
Net_Wrecker
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I can't wait for the week after everyone's beaten this. The discussion is going to spiral and crash even harder than Bioshock Infinite or Uncharted 3 did. I don't know where I'll fall (hopefully I enjoy the game) but it's going to be entertaining either way.
zerodayPopbot
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That's a lot of tens, and I thought Uncharted 2 was lightning in a bottle. Seems Naughty Dog have proved me wrong.
Sure, but coming from Polygon it just seems shady. They currently have NO credibility and shouldnt even be mentioned anywhere.
Sure, people wouldnt complain if they gave a 10/10 score, but that doesnt change the fact that they simply arent a credible reviewing outlet, so I dont get why they should be treated as such.
Coffee Dog
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These scores give major GTA4 vibes. It's more than a little worrying.
Coldnoodle
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I don't know what's a parody or genuine anymore D:
OverBlood 3
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People aren't happy enough with the fact the game has a 95 on metacritic?
Is this game out yet? Just checked, nope it's not, so how are people arguing that 7.5 is too low or that a 10 is deserved?
Is this game out yet? Just checked, nope it's not, so how are people arguing that 7.5 is too low or that a 10 is deserved?
The Hermit
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That 8.8 was insanely high actually.
And looks like nobody learned anything after the TP's 8.8 or Uncharted3's 8.0.
Play the game before spazzing out because of some random number
Well now Im suspicous of all the 10s. They all/some taking money for it? Sony set up some score limit?
"So many tens we can market this shit in binary" needs to be a thing.
Damn, that's good.
brandonh83
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The only thing to be worried about is getting your expectations too high based on the reviews. But clearly, the game seems to be pretty great.
Nope, just an inside joke.
Search this thread for "emotional response".
I figured as much. It's just that your post kind of reminded me of that part in Signs where they're trying to scare off the rednecks that they think the aliens are and Mel acts like he's really pissed off but it's forced.
Pai Pai Master
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It does and it's fucking AMAZING. Might be the best sound in a game I've experienced.
So should reviewers overinflate their scores which resultd in every halfway decent getting a 80+ average on Metacritic? To e, it makes scores even worth less when everything seems to be do great. It's not helping anyone make decisions at all and I find it hard to believe that dozens of people all had perfect experiences.Unfortunately, things are different in gaming and scores in the 60s, 70,s and sometimes even 80s can cost people their jobs. It's serious business, unfortunately.
AstroNut325
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Reading the excerpts in the OP I'm getting flashbacks of ND people talking their efforts to integrate "indie" and "mainstream" gameplay. And that the big developers and indie devs are all in this together. It really does sound like ND is the best development house of this generation!
Agreed. I think many will settle down and notice the game has flaws but is still good in its own right. Review threads are the worst.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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I'm sorry guys, but this game didn't beat GTA IV. Thus it's not Oscar Worthy
This is just as shitty.
This is worse than Polygon in every way.
FlyingTeacup
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yeah they did give a pretty crappy score for forza.... i don't really care that much about score, did the review say anything insane?
Lé Blade Runner
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Welp, this pretty much seals the deal: I'm getting a PS3 this late in the gen just for this game.
Man-is-Obsolete
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Correct, it isn't just Polygon giving a 7.5 to Last of Us, but rather that it is another tick mark on the site's reputation. Agree with the review or not, Polygon has had a very shaky reputation and this review, and more importantly Author Geis' remarks on Twitter prior to the review as pointed out by Kagari isn't helping.
Polishin8r
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Jesus almighty this is NUTS!!
Dark Octave
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How did you get an early copy?
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Only 7.5 on polygon? Do not want
lol, holy crap at those reviews!!
The consensus on /v/ in a nutshell
I see 4chan is the cesspit it's always been.
The decade is barely three years old, a little premature.
(Or is it two years? I never know, I still don't think the millennium should have been 2000)
Rising_Hei
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I'm pretty sure almost every reviewer actually ended the game (it doesn't last that long). The same thing can't be said about GTA4's reviews, game whose reviewers didn't get much into it : ) (if they did they'd discover that it wasn't good at all)
Coffee Dog
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You're right! When have game reviewers ever been misleading about the quality of a product en masse?
Its probably just an italian website that felt unsecure about their own score and wanted to chime in and blend in with the others.
The Illiterati
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Bioshock Infinite didn't deserve 10's, neither did Uncharted 3. I haven't played Last of Us, obviously, and hate Polygon, but see no reason to jump all over them.
All it comes down to is that I am completely beyond media/journalist hype of all kinds. I don't believe any of them, not because they are dishonest, but because their hyperbole is repeatedly wrong. If there are waves of enemies like Polygons review, I will agree with it.
All it comes down to is that I am completely beyond media/journalist hype of all kinds. I don't believe any of them, not because they are dishonest, but because their hyperbole is repeatedly wrong. If there are waves of enemies like Polygons review, I will agree with it.
A Human Becoming
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I bet this game is great but with so many perfect tens it has to be overrated. HAS to be.
Of course he can say this now. Look at the site that pulled their 8.5 and replaced with a 10 :lol
I get a strong odor of Bioshock Infinite here.
Fine Ham Abounds
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I've disagreed with him on more occasions than I can name, but he's articulate and comes across as genuine, which is all I really care about.
I'm intrigued by the comments about the beginning of the game. I wasn't enormously impressed with Bioshock Infinite's first few hours, so calling it better than that doesn't communicate much to me.
Ya, I'm expecting to put it somewhere around a 9.0, personally. Just a meaningless guess. Same score I would give Bioshock Infinite and it's my game of the gen.
So a 7.6 incoming?
Has anybody that has played the game in this thread detailed what they found wrong about the review that gave the game a 7.5?
I reiterate again - I find scores to be a useless metric. I would prefer a review, detailing the pros and cons of the game and what the reviewer thought about it. I don't need some arbitrary number to help me out.
I reiterate again - I find scores to be a useless metric. I would prefer a review, detailing the pros and cons of the game and what the reviewer thought about it. I don't need some arbitrary number to help me out.
The man is a wild card. You pretty much can't predict any scores he gives. which is why I like him even when I disagree with his opinions.
brandonh83
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That boils down to opinion doesn't it? A lot of games that get a lot of high marks were satisfactory to plenty of people. With scores like this it seems like the game is great but reviews are nothing but informed(?) opinions just like yours or mine. I think people tend to forget this. The game may be that great to the critics but they're still just opinionated people in the long run.
Haha love it.
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