My advice would be to change out Halley Gross for someone who balances Neils writing and is aware of over-dependence on contrivances, deus ex machina or uncharacteristic changes in logic.That's why you gotta love Sony, they seek
I saw a bit of it. He was really strugglingPewdiepie gave it a 6/10 and yes He has been streaming the game.
True but I still find it weird since clearly their review wasn't to Sony's liking at the end of the day
Have you ever been approached by anyone after a review you wrote?
Fair enough. I hope we don't reach to that point because there will be 0 integrity in the reviews from there and onMany times, both on the positive and negative side. I mentioned it in my first post above. No one ever tried to push me to change my mind, implicitly or explicitly, nor I have any reason to believe it happened here.
Any game that runs at 30fps cannot possibly get a 10 from me
It has serious issues in the story but the game is not a 4/5.... in fact I find it hard to score due to the quality of the rest. It's a 95+ in everything except story. In story.... it is a 5 or 6. So overall, you could say...8? 8.5?I haven't played it yet, but most recent metacritic user reviews are giving the game 4s and 5s, complaining about the story and strange narrative. I think when outlets like Kotaku and Vice start posting stories saying bad reviews of the game are from bigots and can be ignored, red flags go up in my brain.
Fair enough. I hope we don't reach to that point because there will be 0 integrity in the reviews from there and on
Reminds me of the modern day review scale.
If it's not a perfect 10, it's worthless.
Woah there, i'm not bashing the game anywhere here.It's not the polygon review they're talking about in the article. It was some other place - VICE...
Basically there's nothing in this article that's new.
This is (yet another) stealth TLOU bash and port beg in one like all the others.
I disagree with this and in my opinion shouldn't happen.
It has serious issues in the story but the game is not a 4/5.... in fact I find it hard to score due to the quality of the rest. It's a 95+ in everything except story. In story.... it is a 5 or 6. So overall, you could say...8? 8.5?
Yup.Reminds me of the modern day review scale.
If it's not a perfect 10, it's worthless.
The PR job is to make the company they are working for look as best as possible to the public.Why? As a reviewer (well, mostly former, since when I changed outlet I moved to work exclusively on news and some non-review opinion pieces) I'm absolutely happy to elaborate on my feedback so that it can be conveyed to the developers.
Maybe they'll ignore it, but maybe they'll take some of it on board for the next time and use it to improve their work. Everyone wins.
Every streamer I watched was disappointed by it, everyone, and I didn't just watch the troll streamers either. Naughty Dog must have been so annoyed watching the streamers play it.Pewdiepie gave it a 6/10 and yes He has been streaming the game.
The 90's magazines were the best video game journalism ever was.Every issue of PC Gamer I remember reading in the 90s would always have some trainwrecks with a score less than 20 or 30%. Getting an 85% or higher was tough,
“They felt some of the conclusions I reached in my review were unfair and dismissed some meaningful changes or improvements,” Zacny told Polygon over Twitter messages.
Vice was part of the group that got to review it early.
The group that got the review 1 week early made it into the 96 MC score.
The average of the ones that didn't get to release the score 1 week early is 87, that's why it's down to 94.
Agreed.The 90's magazines were the best video game journalism ever was.
More like Arrogant Naughty Dog.AROGANT SONY IS BACK
The PR job is to make the company they are working for look as best as possible to the public.
The fact that PR firms are giving calls to journalists who reviewed a video game in a more critical fashion than his peers, the meaning of that conversation is already established.
This is not at all true, at least for the magazines I read growing up. It's more like the opposite actually. Review score inflation has been decreasing with time, not increasing. A '7' used to be trash, if I see it now I believe the game is actually quite okay.Reminds me of the modern day review scale.
If it's not a perfect 10, it's worthless.
He probably made like $50k ad revenue off of the seriesI saw a bit of it. He was really struggling
Don't understand how you can finish a game you're not enjoying. Baffles me
1. So bad you might have fun making a joke out of it1: Don't Play
2: Might enjoy
3: Must Play
Very good pointHe probably made like $50k ad revenue off of the series
It's for the audience.I saw a bit of it. He was really struggling
Don't understand how you can finish a game you're not enjoying. Baffles me
It's for the audience.
Inside Gaming hates The Sims, but they played because sometimes we have shit like this:
It's for the audience.
Inside Gaming hates The Sims, but they played because sometimes we have shit like this:
Maybe they should Change Reviews scales to Something Like
1: Don't Play
2: Must Play
Its not a secret that Polygon isnt too favorable towards PS. They are part of Vox media. Not to mention MS donated 3/4 of a million dollars to them back in 2012. I havent seen many positives come from them.
Media is all over the place in games. I dont trust any of them honestly. I do my own research on purchases. I also cant vouch for whoever this is but they dont like Polygon.
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That review was bullshit and disingenuous. How can any reviewer say 'It is as if its only inspiration is the original game' about TLOU2? TLOU2 plays like Resident Evil 2 Remake and MGS V a lot of the time. It's influences are obvious. Any reviewer worth his salt should be able to see it if your average gamer can.Yeah, VICE didn't shower the game with praise so Sony gave them a "what's up call" since they were part of the group that got to review it early. Apparently, this is normal.
This is not at all true, at least for the magazines I read growing up. It's more like the opposite actually. Review score inflation has been decreasing with time, not increasing. A '7' used to be trash, if I see it now I believe the game is actually quite okay.
Like, magazines that had the 100 pt review scale would distinguish great games by whether they were 92 or 94, not if they were a 10 or a 9, but 15 or 45 were both trash.
I mean he's a nazi so that makes sensePewdiepie gave it a 6/10 and yes He has been streaming the game.
I like ACG scale of: Buy, Wait for a Sale, Rent, or Never Touch It.Maybe they should Change Reviews scales to Something Like
1: Don't Play
2: Must Play