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[Bernoulli]

We are days away from the reviews dropping what score you thinkbit will get?

I think at least 95, it might beat BG3 because it's a new IP

 

[Denton]

93

 

[dreamstation]

89

 

[Tieno]

It will get scores.

 

[Sticks]

 

[Robb]

My guess is 93.

 

[emivita]

87 is my guess.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

93 - 95. I believe in Todd!

 

[CherryFalls]

76

 

[Caio]

92 on Meta.

 

[THE DUCK]

I think it will have flaws, lots of them, but that the sum of its parts will still push a lot of 9.5 and 10 scores due to the size and scope, and still overall excellent execution.

 

[FunkMiller]

Around 80-85.

The game itself will be highly praised, but it'll launch with enough bugs to bring the score down.

 

[SJRB]

88.

 

[Kurotri]

88 is my guess

 

[Tomi]

Not over 90, not a chance
I think around 86,87

 

[Thyuda]

Highly depends on how forgiving reviewers are going to be because it's a Bethesda title. Probably around 90, with the "real" review score being somewhere between 80-85.

 

[gokurho]

110/100

 

[Gudji]

87

 

[xBlueStonex]

95

 

[Killjoy-NL]

97.

If only because in the land of the eunuchs, the one-ball is King

 

[Bernoulli]

Highly depends on how forgiving reviewers are going to be because it's a Bethesda title. Probably around 90, with the "real" review score being somewhere between 80-85.

When a game has huge hype the reviews match
It is bigger than Cyberpunk without the bugs

 

[Fess]

89

Fans of Bethesda RPGs, space, open worlds, and sci-fi will mostly give it 9s.
And there will be slightly more 8s and 7s than 10s.

 

[winjer]

The hype is so high, I bet some gaming journalists are afraid giving it anything lower than 90, or fear the wrath of some gamers.

 

[MMaRsu]

Im going for 98

 

[Krieger]

Too low for the shills, too high for the haters. Somewhere between 80 and 90.

 

[ChoosableOne]

I believe it will be 10 points higher than it deserves. The Xbox score of Immortals of Aveum is 10 points higher than that of PC and PS5, I've never seen something like this before. It seems like Xbox needs high-scoring games.

Luckily I've GamePass so I can decide its score myself. I think it will deserve something in the range of 80-85 points.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I'd like to see a 93 or 94 on this. That would put it inline with the top Bethesda games. So I'm hoping they've delivered on that.

But, i also predict there could be plenty of 8 out of tens from obscure European websites though...

 

[Holammer]

93 Metacritic
84% Steam User Score average

 

[Spyxos]

It will be exactly 85.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

I'm more interested in the predictions than the actual score.

 

[OceanGaming]

Fallout 4 OG score a.k.a. 88

 

[StueyDuck]

Too much ambition for there to not be any small issues or some aspects not fully realized. That's not a dig, just the nature that comes with taking big risks, not everything will be BG3

 

[ChoosableOne]

But, i also predict there could be plenty of 8 out of tens from obscure European websites though...

Dont worry, there will be many saviors as well.

 

[Topher]

Solid 90

 

[keraj37]

85 for its bugs
It will be a break of a tradition not to have buggy mess on launch from this studio

 

[Melee Attack]

85 if the planets are in the right order

 

[MMaRsu]

85 for its bugs
It will be a break of a tradition not to have buggy mess on launch from this studio

Skyrim really wasnt that much of a 'buggy mess' when it launched. Sure if you played hundreds of hours you could encounter bugs here and there, but the narrative is somewhat exaggerated.

 

[Osthyvel]

83.

 

[Shubh_C63]

No way it crosses 90

 

[Bojanglez]

~93. I can't see Xbox releasing this unless it's been internally reviewed as at least 95 from multiple credible sources, hopefully more accurate than their previous internal review process which I think they said were double digits out

I really hope it's great, I want a reason to buy a game for my Series X. If it's Oblivion in Space, plus the expectation of 20 years fulfilled, then we're in for a treat

 

[alphachino]

84

 

[ungalo]

94

 

[mrmustard]

Mid 80s and that's perfectly fine. People tend to see 8/10s as disappointments, but that's bs.

 

[owandeseis]

90-91

I'll go for 91 then

Would be really surprised if it doesn't reach 90+ tho

 

[Roufianos]

Highly depends on how forgiving reviewers are going to be because it's a Bethesda title. Probably around 90, with the "real" review score being somewhere between 80-85.

Fair point, Fallout 4's reviews are baffling.

 

[Doctor Hades]

90% from most of the major websites but 4/5 from Eurogramer.net, just because...

 

[Mr Hyde]

Definitely over 90. I'd say 94. GOTY will be fought between Starfield, BG3 and Tears of the Kingdom.

 

[Putonahappyface]

85

 

[Freeman76]

95 easy

 

[ChoosableOne]

Mid 80s and that's perfectly fine. People tend to see 8/10s as disappointments, but that's bs.

Until the year 2020, there were 4228 games that received a score of 80 or above on Metacritic(out of 17045 games). This number has likely increased exponentially since then. So, yes, getting a score of 80 is not that difficult after all.