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IGN Splatoon Re-Review is up
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BrokenFiction
Member
This score is still too low. IGN trying to be cool.
wild wild rice
Member
Still too low for the freshest game of the gen.
IMO, was an 8 at launch, and has been a 9 since the first major update. It now has a ton of content and all the necessary modes I wanted at launch.
No. They even say that this is a new thing they're trying below the review.
How boring or interesting CoD is has no bearing on how boring or interesting Splatoon is.
No. They even say that this is a new thing they're trying below the review.
How boring or interesting CoD is has no bearing on how boring or interesting Splatoon is.
Dead_Pixel
Banned
Too much paint?
No, amount of content would have made superman 64 fun because that game's control scheme and mechanics are busted at its core. That's a bit of a unfair comparison there. Halo 5 would probably be a better comparison imho
For real. I don't adore the game but that's more about my lack of interest in online MP. What I played I enjoyed immensely, especially the SP, and plenty worthy of an 8.5 at least. So for a fan of the genre it looks like a 9+.
Ah.
Splatoon is the best game of the year, and the best game of the gen so far. It's so fucking great.
clevbrowns94
Member
I don't like this re-review concept (especially when they basically raised it a half a point after a ton more content and improvements). But I guess if they are doing re-reviews, they should do the same for Mario Maker, as I'm sure there will more updates for it.
Even if I definitely could be seen as biased with how absorbed I've been in this game, at launch, I could understand the 7.9 with how things were handled. The core wasn't a bad game at all but it was definitely something that wanted a lot more content than it had at launch.
Now though? Easy low to mid 9. Game too gud. GOTY that will win no GOTY awards, free.
Now though? Easy low to mid 9. Game too gud. GOTY that will win no GOTY awards, free.
Jawmuncher
Member
Wonder what the next game to get re-reviewed is.
Rainbow Six Siege has a year of free content as does Halo 5.
Guess they count for it.
Rainbow Six Siege has a year of free content as does Halo 5.
Guess they count for it.
This would be perfect. Combines the best mode with the best thing about splatfests (no tower control).
Beelzebufo
Banned
Yup! Liked it but I haven't played since they release paintbrushes.
That's cool and all, but that's your opinion and not the opinion of the reviewer
I avoid clicking on IGN things whenever possible, so I wasn't aware. What a terrible precedent.
Newtype-001
Member
Good.
MulderYuffie
Member
I really need to buy this game someday.
Some sites did re-review Driveclub, there were a few threads as a result that asked if other sites should follow suit. I'm in the same camp now as I was then, I think re-reviews are fine, but I won't get up in arms saying that a game should or should not need to be re-reviewed
Lights and Waves
Member
Oh I can play Smash for hours on end, but that's because of local mulitplayer and the diversity of maps.
I don't get this sarcasm. 8.6 is a good score.
Way too low, nice try IGN tho
Kind of my case.. It's not there yet, but it's quickly become my most played game.. of all time.
I'm not sure I've ever spent more time on a game than I have with Splatoon, and I've played a LOT of games. As far as I'm concerned, 8.6 is still too low
Kind of my case.. It's not there yet, but it's quickly become my most played game.. of all time.
J
Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
Among my top 3 of the year. Absolutely justifies buying a Wii U.
lensoftruth
Member
IGN reviews are still irrelevant then?
lol no it's not
eh...from any other site it is, but IGN tends to have inflated scores.
This. How do you mathematically calculate the .9 in a video game review? At least .5 represents a between point.
Battlefront.
pirateluigi
Member
Why though? What if I'm looking to buy the game today? Why would I care what it was like at release?
This is the new goalposts, publishers are you listening? It's okay not to released a finished game, it'll get a 2nd chance laterlater.
Always-honest
Banned
Still haven't played it. Guess i should buy it.
But EDGE was the only major publication that waited with the review, IIRC?
Splatoon unlocked content available in the original game for quite a long time. All those unlocks were finished from day one.
I really didn't care about the reviews for this game. They wanted to judge it based on release content, even though we knew going in that it'd be supported by free dlc for months. The first update with a new mode came after 1 weekend lol.
I get that they can't review what's not there, but that just shows the limitations of reviews more than anything. I believe some suggested that Splatoon wasn't worth full price because of content which is crazy looking back at it now. It's my most played game ever.
I get that they can't review what's not there, but that just shows the limitations of reviews more than anything. I believe some suggested that Splatoon wasn't worth full price because of content which is crazy looking back at it now. It's my most played game ever.
If reviews are meant to inform consumers, then a re-review is much more helpful and informative than a launch review
That old review isn't any good to anyone buying the game today because of its ongoing support. It was relevant then on day 1. If I bought splatoon today, I can't play the version of the game that had limited content in the base package, only the current version.
They published the review in July.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
They still risk a ton if they do such a thing.
So by that rationale, FF14 should only be rated based on its state on day one, not by what it is today? That makes zero sense.
Technically was rereleased as an FF14:a realm reborn, so it could be classified as a new release.
I don't think there's anything wrong with them rereviewing any game but I do feel that Splatoon was higher rated than it should have been but with the new content it's fair to rerreview it.
Agreed, The original score should always be visible to give a basis of what it was originally reviewed at.