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Lionel Richie
Member
Expectations are different, nobody expects an EA Star Wars game to be good. Death Stranding was hyped as the next big thing. And even reading the reviews the sentiment is different, guys had to get really poetic to be able to praise DS, while this one just looks like a solid, if unspectacular title. It also doesn't help that Kojima got needlessly antagonistic towards the critics.
Neither is in the running for GOTY by the sound of things, so in the end they're not too different.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
I'm sure that is the sole reason, especially on the internets and GAF.
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Stuart360
Member
Er no. I watched someone stream it yesterday for 12 hours straight and he still hadnt finished it, and he didnt do any exploring through the optional areas, he just went the main routes.
vpance
Member
Watched Maximilian Dood play it for a while on the hardest difficulty. Looked challenging. He ended the stream after it crashed on him, lol.
First couple hours were good but after that it starts to fall off with same jank design choices and polish issues, like the EG review points out.
First couple hours were good but after that it starts to fall off with same jank design choices and polish issues, like the EG review points out.
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
i mean it’s a little of both? On the second highest difficulty it’s not that hard. I still don’t consider the difficulty to be Souls-like overall, but I understand the comparison
it’s a little bit of everything
Javthusiast
Banned
Brad from Giant Bomb quick look mentioned it has a lot of technical issues and jank?
Lionel Richie
Member
I don't see the console exclusivity angle, especially considering the game is coming out on PC. I think it's just a game that was hyped to oblivion and the end product was perhaps just a tad below that.
Optimistic Gamer
Member
Just started on highest difficulty and ran into the first optional boss. Took me close to 20 tries. Definitly getting a souls-ish vibe. Might be that they made a souls game (enemies respawn if you fill up at health points / lose progress when you die, get i back when you attack that enemy again) and just attached 2 more difficulties on the lower end?
So far my main complaint: Don't put pipes everywhere for me to cut if they have predefined breaking points
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Lionel Richie
Member
I lurked and shitposted heavily on the DS review thread, the biggest console wars thing was people calling others Nintendrones lol.
SLB1904
Banned
there is classic god of war level design in there as well
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
Agreed. Its why I told folks relax on trying to use a publisher to attack a game as if a developer isn't making it or something.
Talking about Anthem or Mass Effect or Battlefront doesn't actually hold weight to what this game could and indeed is revealed to ultimately be. I had no issue pre-ordering as I trust the team and buy based on a game by game basis vs "oh EA reeeeee"
This team is trusted, I don't think I've hated anything they've made, we all knew last gen that the "real" Call Of Duties where made by this team lol Be like "is this a good year to buy COD ie....is it da good team making it?"
Ogbert
Member
More Uncharted I guess. Playing on second hardest setting, it’s not really a souls game. You actually have to avoid stuff, which is probably new to people that just faceroll games, but it has nowhere near the depth or nuance of Souls.
Still fun though.
manfestival
Member
Nice try
Jtibh
Banned
The game is a 5/10 at best.
No multiplayer no flying ships its boring.
TeamGhobad
Banned
im blown away! this game is amazing, the little details everywhere. goty!
prag16
Banned
Have you heard of a game called Battlefront 2?
manfestival
Member
NICE TRY
Codes 208
Gold Member
A good reason why i stopped going into xbox review threads.
Jtibh
Banned
Not a good game thats all.
No need to be upset about it.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Pro tip: You need to be a bit more subtle if you want to properly troll.
Jtibh
Banned
Okey fiiiinnne.
Ok let me be frank.
Correct me if i am wrong but this game is for free on ea access right?
That alone makes me not want to buy this at all.
I dont want to pay for another service and for me to buy this it has to be at 20 bucks.
I just dont see spending 80 bucks on a game when its for free on another platform.
Same with the outher worlds. Xbox game pass has it day one for free but its 80 bucks on ps4.
This should be considered in the reviews just like a 2hour long game for 80 bucks gets a very low grade like it was to the case with the order.
It could the best game ever but out of principle i refuse to look at it in a positive way.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
It's on EA Origin Premier or something like that, but yeah I can understand where you're coming from on that.
It's hard to justify paying full price when something is available on a service like Game Pass or the aforementioned EA service, but if I'm excited enough for a game I'll either subscribe or bite the bullet. Luckily I was able to get the game for $60 Canadian due to the E3 pre order promotion.
RAIDEN1
Member
The thing that surprises me is the fact that from a technical standpoint it still seems to have its problems as if the game was still in development...the game freezing etc....not even worth buying for a base Xbox-1...etc....surely these issues should have been ironed out well before release!!
Jtibh
Banned
Honestly i wouldnt mind to pay full price if i am a collector.
But with todays empty box with a boot up disc and a toilet paper in it i just cant.
I heard a lot of good things about this game and i am a huge fan of the gameplay open world exploration etc. but yeah i must pass for now. Sadly.
lefty1117
Gold Member
Just save up or maybe you can get it for Christmas (assuming you celebrate Christmas). Seems weird to piss on the game, which you seem to actually want in your later posts, because you don't want to spend money for it.
Stuart360
Member
Wait your not the guy who made a fool of himself by constantly going on about how unfair it is PS4 owners have to pay full price for Outer Worlds, when Xbox and PC users could get it for 'free' on Gamepass, and that the publishers should reduce the PS4 version to like $20 to make up for it?.
It didnt go too well for you in that thread, and it wont here i'm sure lol.
PeacefulWorldGuy
Neo Member
Finally a good game from EA i suppose, but sadly the game graphic is not superior like EA games with microtransactions content (frostbite engine) even the cancelled Star Wars graphic with unreal engine 3 still much better than this.
Jtibh
Banned
Please show me where i did that.
Cuz this is news to me
Otherwise an appology is demanded on my end.
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Stuart360
Member
Thtas what i was asking, if you were that guy, i guess not.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
That was another user.
Jtibh
Banned
No i am not
Jtibh
Banned
To me money is no object.
But i am a bit hesitant to buy day one in this case.
You see i am a big fan of game pass and psnow.
But looks like everyone wants to jump on this new trend just like with tv streming services.
First it was netflix then hulu now its amazone crave disney plus apple plus etc.
By the time you pay for all you pay more than you ever paid for cable.
Same with gaming. Ubisoft ea etc and who knows how its going to end up.
If
Stuart360
Member
But if you like the game and want it, why did you say 'paid reviews' and 'the game is really a 5/10'?, it seems very salty.
And if you are really worried about the game going on some sybscription service, it already is on Origin Premier. Just buy a month for $15 and play it.
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Frankly, Origin Premier should get it. We paid for the premium subscription be use they offered a premium library. I don’t feel guilty playing it through Origin Premier
Jtibh
Banned
This game for 15 bucks is a gift from god.
It is an insane valeu.
But i dont want to support this and cave in to subscribe even for a month.
And this is why. As a business owner i dont see how one can give a full priced game away for 15. Year and years of development and millions of dollars later.
I think this is the beginning of something very but very bad that will ultimatly hurt the consumer down the road.
Somehow the lost profit has to be recouped.
How will that happen?
If all games shift to a subscription either quality will drop to the floor or we will be hit with a ton of adds within the game.
Or worst case once you have no way out and games only are on a service the monthly rate will go up like crazy.
I still remember when i paid 7 bucks for netdlix. Now i pay 17
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
All the unscored reviews make it sound like garbage, but the scored reviews are positive. WTF is going on? Seems sketchy.
Stuart360
Member
Well you have to remember that most users wont have Origin Premier, or even Gamepass, so most users will be paying full price for the game. Also the whole point of putting new games on these services is to try and keep you subscribed. I remember a few years ago reading some survey article where it said some like 60% of gamers only buy 2 or 3 games a year, which ironically $15 a month comes to $180 a year.
If publishers didnt want to put their games on these services, they wouldnt do it. Besides i dont know wy you are worrying about multi million dollar corporations anyway, they certainly dont worry about you.
Jtibh
Banned
Haha yeah they sure dont care for the cattle.
Of course giving gears 5 and such away is some type of bait to get you through the door.
Yes i worry.
We went from physical to digital.
Thats ok.
Then we go from digital to rent.
Soon it will be only rent as evident with the strong push with xcloud psnow etc.
Will this result in shitty basic games in the future? Just to fill up the library?
I go way back to the 2600 and this shit scares me.
But ok on topic if i just judge the game its a solid game.
Surprised actually as it totally looked like a go forward hack and slash.
Not much buzz around it though which is surprising.
Must something to do with disney pulling license from ea? Read something like that but may be wrong
SlashBringingHasher
Banned
it looks like uncharted to me
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