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Astral Chain is getting review bombed on metacritic due to it's Switch exclusivity
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Petrae
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It’s unfortunate because there are still some people out there (myself included) who factor in user reviews alongside lesser-weighted “pro” reviews and word-of-mouth from select sources to gather whether risking that $60 is worthwhile.
Many of the YouTube personalities that I follow couldn’t be trusted for Astral Chain due to strong pro-Nintendo biases. I don’t at all trust “pro” reviewers in the “gaming press” anymore. That severely restricts the information that I can use to make a decent buying decision when I’m on the fence. User reviews and trusted word-of-mouth were all I had left, and the user reviews were obviously weaponized for this game. Ultimately, I chose to skip it because I just couldn’t get enough data to confirm whether the game would be a good fit for me, especially at $60.
Many of the YouTube personalities that I follow couldn’t be trusted for Astral Chain due to strong pro-Nintendo biases. I don’t at all trust “pro” reviewers in the “gaming press” anymore. That severely restricts the information that I can use to make a decent buying decision when I’m on the fence. User reviews and trusted word-of-mouth were all I had left, and the user reviews were obviously weaponized for this game. Ultimately, I chose to skip it because I just couldn’t get enough data to confirm whether the game would be a good fit for me, especially at $60.
Danjin44
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This published and funded by Nintendo for fuck sake. This isn’t like Persona series that Atlus just likes to release that series on PlayStation systems.
Gormless Noodle
Member
EGS-adjacent, now that's a keeper.
Anyways, I thought people were review bombing it because these Resetera pedos were complaining about cops being painted in a positive, non critical light? But I guess that's mixed in with port beggars and stuff. Game seems fucking awesome so far though, I hope it doesn't dissuade anyone from buying it.
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prinz_valium
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Every Xbox One console on Amazon gets review bombed
Fanboys being fanboys.
Fanboys being fanboys.
TwistedSyn
Member
It's just pathetic. I don't understand what people get out of review bombing a game that is not on their preferred platform.
Also Kamiya dropping facts.
nintendosoup.com
Also Kamiya dropping facts.
Hideki Kamiya Responds To Player Who Demanded Astral Chain For PlayStation 4
In the last few days, angry gamers all over the world review bombed Astral Chain on Metacritic just because it was exclusive to Nintendo Switch. A Japanese Twitter user, who really wanted the game …
nintendosoup.com
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RavageX
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Stupid stuff. Maybe I'm just getting old but it really saddens and amazes me how a lot of people these days behave in relation to what used to be my favorite hobby.
A game was either bad, good or ok. Reviews as I remember them told you about a game and whatever positives and negatives there were, and if it was fun.
No agenda to bomb a game unless it was actually bad.
Nothing about politics, or being offended by fan service. No "personal views" that sounded like a hope that the NY Times would read it and offer a job.
No "gamer gate" or whatever the hell nowadays. I am sick of it, seriously.
Now you have "developers" who want to be celebrities, release trash as a means to get their message out, attract sheep and together further pollute gaming to where their nonsense bleeds into every corner of my passion, corrupting it to where I barely recognize the things I loved about it.
This place for the most part has been one of the few(very few) places that still talks about gaming the way I remember, but of course that taint is here too. It can't be helped, it is everywhere in gaming now.
Just a vent. I don't expect anything to change unless gaming has another crash.
A game was either bad, good or ok. Reviews as I remember them told you about a game and whatever positives and negatives there were, and if it was fun.
No agenda to bomb a game unless it was actually bad.
Nothing about politics, or being offended by fan service. No "personal views" that sounded like a hope that the NY Times would read it and offer a job.
No "gamer gate" or whatever the hell nowadays. I am sick of it, seriously.
Now you have "developers" who want to be celebrities, release trash as a means to get their message out, attract sheep and together further pollute gaming to where their nonsense bleeds into every corner of my passion, corrupting it to where I barely recognize the things I loved about it.
This place for the most part has been one of the few(very few) places that still talks about gaming the way I remember, but of course that taint is here too. It can't be helped, it is everywhere in gaming now.
Just a vent. I don't expect anything to change unless gaming has another crash.
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Shifty
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That's gotta be the most measured response I've ever seen him make.
Gormless Noodle
Member
I've seen him do that before actually. Specifically with regards to MS and the fiasco with Scalebound. He seems quite careful when it comes to the business end of things (as he should be ofc), but he clearly likes shitting on regular Western Twitter people.
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mcjmetroid
Member
And who is going to fund this multiplatform game that you speak of?
Birdo
Banned
Yeah, I noticed that here in the UK. It's even worse on Youtube. Xbox excluisive stuff gets really trashed.
I guess it gives us an idea of who has the worst fanbase....
blackjon24
Member
lol this such a weird game to pick on 
mcjmetroid
Member
It's children. Children whose parents won't buy them a second console.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Can confirm.
BusierDonkey
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I’m going to assume you simply don’t know what the situation is with PlatinumGames and Nintendo with their various titles. I’m not going to shit on you for being unaware, rather I’ll just explain it.
Bayonetta 2 - It was cancelled before it ever started. Nobody would fund it including SEGA, who owns the franchise. It was dead in the water. Nintendo stepped in and fully funded the entire game (think of Spider-man on PS4, Sony partnered with Insomniac and funded that title) Bayonetta remains SEGA’s IP, but Bayonetta 2 and 3 are 100% funded by Nintendo. If the game were to fail, Nintendo would have eaten the entire loss and Platinum Games would be unaffected as they were already paid.
Wonderful 101 - Fully funded by Nintendo from its inception. Nintendo went to Platinum and contracted them a specific style of game. This is common in many industries. It’s contract work. I pay you to make something for me, you make it, then I own it because it was contracted to me. Just like Bayonetta 2, Platinum was off the hook should the game sell poorly.
Bayonetta 3 - Like Bayonetta 2, 3 was entirely paid for by Nintendo. It’s still SEGA’s IP but everyone got paid by Nintendo to make the game and Nintendo is taking all the risk.
Astral Chain - Exact same scenario as W101. Fully funded by Nintendo. From it’s inception it was always going to be a Nintendo console specific title.
The only way any of these titles could be multi-plat would be if Nintendo wants them to be. Nintendo won’t because they bolster the Switch library, just like Sony hasn’t released Spider-Man or Bloodborne on the Switch, Xbox or PC for the same reasons.
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Petrae
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A crash isn’t coming, unless the economy tanks beforehand. Maybe the incoming tariffs will hurt the Gen9 market a bit at the start, but all systems are green otherwise. Shareholder/sales expectations will increase, but video game consumers continue to prove that they’re loaded with disposable income and will be happy to pay whatever publishers ask— pre- and post-release.
Social media and “giving everyone a platform” has gone horribly awry, empowering a nauseating number of hot takes and shitposting. Finding genuine enthusiasm these days is exceptionally rare, with the closest being paid shills like the Kinda Funny front.
People may have complained about shit before social media, but it was relegated to message boards, shooting the shit with friends, or sending angry Letters to the Editor of your favorite gaming mag. Now, it’s everywhere. It’s not only common, but it’s normal. You can shit on anything from anywhere... from your computer, your phone, your tablet, You expect people to take a hot, steaming dump all over everything... because it’s cool to hate these days. That’s what gets the engagement— the likes, the retweets, the screen grabs.
The “gaming press” has gone all left-wing activist, and prominent members of the video game industry have followed suit. Forced inclusion and the subsequent chest-thumping that it creates makes video gaming a far more politically-charged form of entertainment than it’s ever been... and the sense of escapism that video games used to foster has all but died. Politics now follow people everywhere, and it’s brutal and depressing.
As you said: Nothing is going to change. It’s going to be a matter of how much you can tolerate before reaching your personal limit and possibly walking away. I’m not at all looking forward to Gen9. I’m not spending any money on a Gen9 console or Gen9 games. My time is up after Gen8 ends, and I’m perfectly fine with that after being a fan for more than four decades. All of this hand-wringing and virtue-signaling and politicizing has broken me. I don’t want it anymore, especially since things I needed from video games— escapism and fun— are all but dead concepts.
Juke Joint Jezebel
Member
Well shit, guess Death Stranding is gonna get the shit bombed out of it, considering Sony funded that game, much like Ninty did with Astral Chain...
Pffft! Yeah right! Vitriolic Sony fanboys abound!
Pffft! Yeah right! Vitriolic Sony fanboys abound!
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Pretty sure it's actually mostly getting review bombed because platypus games and how their fans feel so uncomfortably close to their work and because their developers are dicks.
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Danjin44
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what!!?
TheDuskwalker
Member
Posted this in the AC thread too, but it's so dumb it actually carried over to other Nintendo games too.
It gets even worse, this retardation is actually carrying over to other Nintendo games now.
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
War is coming to the continent of Fódlan. Here, order is maintained by the Church of Seiros, which hosts the prestigious Officer's Academy within its headquarters. You are invited to teach one of its three mighty houses, each comprised of students brimming with personality and represented by a...www.metacritic.com
Dropped from in the 8's to a 6.8 (despite having few negative written reviews compared to positive) in last few days, and look at this "brilliant" review from those negatives.
Platinum Games made Fire Emblem now......................................................................................
themidnightsun156
Member
i don't know exactly why the game is getting review bombed but if it is because the game is exclusive to one system then that is a damn shame, a lot of people worked hard on this game, instead of shitting on it due to it's exclusivity perhaps it can be ported to your desired system if the demand is there
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SLoWMoTIoN
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But guys people have been review bombing games for years there...
darkangel-212559
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I'm dyslexic. What did I get wrong? Cheers
JimmyJones
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The people that want to buy it will buy it. No one gives a shit about reviews nowadays. A quick look at some gameplay on YouTube is all I need to make a decision.
Starlight Lotice
Member
Idiots don't know a good game when they one.
Be mad for the game being an exclusive but don't review bomb to make a point.
Buy a Switch when you deem it cheap enough to jumo in but at the end of the day, Nintendo funded it.
Be mad for the game being an exclusive but don't review bomb to make a point.
Buy a Switch when you deem it cheap enough to jumo in but at the end of the day, Nintendo funded it.
GAMETA
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The fuck you're talking about, my dude? Nintendo's paying for the development. I'd like to play Bloodborne on PC too, yet you won't see me whinnying and review bombing the game.
How old are you, 12?
Javthusiast
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Should I review bomb every Johnny Sins video because he bangs the hottest chicks that I will never get? Seems unfair in my opinion.
Paracelsus
Member
I must have made a wrong assumption, because my take on this is not that they bombed it due to its exclusivity, but simply because they think it's a trash game that doesn't deserve such high scores, that the score is rigged due to the Nintendo Bonus® and thus they're balancing the universe.
Kinda like what happened to The Last Jedi, except in that case the user score is legit.
Kinda like what happened to The Last Jedi, except in that case the user score is legit.
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Makoto Niijima
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People are stupid
Even if it wasn’t, Nintendo would not have put its own IP on another system.
You’re a moron, this is a Nintendo owned IP
You’re still a moron, Switch in two and a half years is about to outsell Xbox One lifetime sales. It’s one of the fastest and highest selling systems of all time.
Even if it wasn’t, Nintendo would not have put its own IP on another system.
Makoto Niijima
Banned
Just change “it’s” to “its”
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Metacritic critic score avg: 87
User score avg: 6.0
lol
User score avg: 6.0
lol
TheDuskwalker
Member
Yeah, it's such a legit user score. just look at how legit it is.
So legit. So legit they can't even put into words how legit it is!
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cobaltorange
Neo Member
They think it's a trash game without playing it. Sounds like gamers alright.
V2Tommy
Member
Possessive its doesn’t have an apostrophe.
Bkdk
Member
I do hope they will release the game/sequels in all other platforms as 120 FPS will help this game immensely. I know they develop it for switch due to not having enough funding, now the game is proven to be solid so there should be many people interested for an improved and smoother version of the game.
Stefan.North
Member
Hey, I'm with you. Heck, let's make all games Sony exclusives. No platform beside Sony's deserves any games. They can keep Kirby, we'll give them that.
Danjin44
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Except this IP is owned by Nintendo same way any other Nintendo’s IP.
Fuz
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Wrong. They're way, WAY more reliable than critic reviews and give a much better insight on the real value of the game. Except in cases like this one - which are rare and you know exactly you can't trust them.
TheDuskwalker
Member
Always amazes me that simple things like this is hard for people to grasp. It's like saying Ratchet and Clank should have been on Nintendo just because Sony didn't own Insomniac until last month......
Actually even in this case the actual user reviews are super strong, only 30 negative to 806 positive at the moment, it's only the actual user score.
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