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[Jawbreaker]

lol. Just laughing as thats totally useless for a person.
Edit: Unless they find themselves agreeing always with me.
Which...should never happen lol

People watch your videos for the greatly detailed, helpful reviews, so I'm sure it won't be any different in this case. Some individuals don't have the time to read through/watch every review, so I figure it's useful for those who want to know the verdict (like numbered scores). And like you said, if they generally agree with you, it's a quick way to verify.

 

[Tyaren]

dear god

Yay, was waiting for your review and especially the Walking the Walk.
Can I watch the review later without being spoilered too much? Otherwise I'll watch it after I finished the game.

 

[Karak]

Yay, was waiting for your review and especially the Walking the Walk.
Can I watch the review later without being spoilered too much? Otherwise I'll watch it after I finished the game.

It shows stuff after the main title.
After that each person decides what is a spoiler to them lol.
I had the same embargo as others for story data and showing stuff. If that helps.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Yay, was waiting for your review and especially the Walking the Walk.
Can I watch the review later without being spoilered too much? Otherwise I'll watch it after I finished the game.

Just watched Karaks review. Not spoilery in the least.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

I can see it jump to 89, just to drop again to 88 after the next attention seeking 2.5 review comes in. XD

Anyway, I'm getting ready to pick up this beauty later today:

The Limited Edition is already being delivered to stores in Germany.

Where??

 

[FeD.nL]

I can see it jump to 89, just to drop again to 88 after the next attention seeking 2.5 review comes in. XD

Anyway, I'm getting ready to pick up this beauty later today:

[MG]https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7391/27521821175_fba7601a00_b.jpg[/IMG]

The Limited Edition is already being delivered to stores in Germany.

Saturn/Mediamarkt?

I saw them making room on the shelfs yesterday, here in the Netherlands. Might have to check it out today.

 

[deoee]

I can see it jump to 89, just to drop again to 88 after the next attention seeking 2.5 review comes in. XD

Anyway, I'm getting ready to pick up this beauty later today:

The Limited Edition is already being delivered to stores in Germany.

What store are you talking about?

I pre-ordered at a Gamestop but I don't think they will give it out early :/

 

[vivekTO]

EDGE : Horizon Zero Dawn [9]

So How is MC looking now!!

 

[Melchiah]

Digital is not an option because I got the Limited Edition and I want the steelbook and art book goodies.

I'm considering about exchanging the pre-order to the digital edition, since it comes with concept art as well. I'd just like to know if the art is in hi-res, and can be transferred to my laptop.

 

[LastMinuteHero]

Horizon got a 9 from Edge

 

[vivekTO]

Horizon got a 9 from Edge

Yeah , thanks for letting us know

 

[Wollan]

With Edge giving it a 9 it's solely US Gamer's 2.5 holding it back from a 90. That one outlier is likely a (negative) million dollar review now. I should probably read it to see if it's well written/reasoned.

edit: heaps of open spoilers in that review from main campaign to resolution of several side-missions (zero care for the reader here). She litterary hated everything about it except trekking through land between missions and the graphics. Tedious gameplay because tropes, no mechanics breakdown. Bad story. Can't remember sound and music. A paragraph is spent questioning why Aloy should care about side-missions and the plight of NPC's. Ugh.

 

[Lifejumper]

Could be a while before the review is added. MC still hasnt added the RE7 review from EDGE.

 

[bombshell]

EDGE : Horizon Zero Dawn [9]

So How is MC looking now!!

Wow, this should give it a chance to reach 89 when it's added, since it's only 5 places away from 89 on the all time review chart meaning it only needs a very small bump to reach it.

 

[sackninja]

Wow, this should give it a chance to reach 89 when it's added, since it's only 5 places away from 89 on the all time review chart meaning it only needs a very small bump to reach it.

Also a digital trends 9 out of 10 still to be added, it should safely make 89.

 

[deoee]

With Edge giving it a 9 it's solely US Gamer's 2.5 holding it back from a 90. That one outlier is likely a (negative) million dollar review now. I should probably read it to see if it's well written/reasoned.

Please give a tl;dr, I don't want to give them clicks

 

[LastMinuteHero]

Could this be the highest rated new first party ip of this gen from a first party developer or that isn't a spiritual successor or somekind

 

[bombshell]

Could this be the highest rated new first party ip of this gen

Bloodborne was robbed.

 

[LastMinuteHero]

Bloodborne was robbed.

Damn it my edit was too late

 

[vivekTO]

Damn it my edit was too late

you don't need to edit that, as bloodborne is not first party!!

 

[silva1991]

I wonder if EDGE's review will push it to 89.

I'm happy to see Nioh get a 9 too.

 

[DieH@rd]

EDGE : Horizon Zero Dawn [9]

So How is MC looking now!!

Edge score is still not up on MC.

I don't expect the final score to change.

 

[bombshell]

you don't need to edit that, as bloodborne is not first party!!

The IP is owned by Sony and it was co-developed by Sony Japan Studio

Edge score is still not up on MC.

I don't expect the final score to change.

It will change to 89 with just one more 9+ added.

 

[Skeeter49]

you don't need to edit that, as bloodborne is not first party!!

Sony Japan was robbed.
I'd make an argument for it being First Party. Sony Japan seemed like they were more involved than just publishing it.
Either way, First Party games are games made by First Party studios, or Second Party studios ,since Second Party isn't an actual term.

Edit: Kind of got stuck between making a joke, and sounding serious after feeling the need to explain myself.

 

[Stilton Disco]

With Edge giving it a 9 it's solely US Gamer's 2.5 holding it back from a 90. That one outlier is likely a (negative) million dollar review now. I should probably read it to see if it's well written/reasoned.

I find it kind of odd, but not completely unreasonably written. It's a pure opinion piece that ignored technical merits and relative implementation of mechanics though, hence why it ended up a low-average level score.

Really, looking through the authors other reviews and work, it just confuses me as to why they were given the game to review in the first place, because it makes perfect sense they'd have not had any fun with it given their apparent tastes.

But ultimately there is merit to it, even if it seem to have had a ridiculously pronounced effect on the average score most people will see despite being a massively divergent, singular outlier. I mean maybe the Author thought they'd love it from the trailers they'd seen, and was dipping their toes into waters they'd never trodden before, only to be disappointed to find it not to heir liking. That's a perfectly valid point of view, and for those that share the Authors tastes, an important warning for them to save their money.

 

[vivekTO]

The IP is owned by Sony and it was co-developed by Sony Japan Studio

Well, i thought he was saying First party studio developed IP, but if you go by your definition than it is also correct.

Sony Japan was robbed.

Nah vivek bb is totally 1st party albeit not made by a 1st party dev

Okay Okay,
Me: what are you?
Myself: i am an Idiot sandwhich.

 

[LastMinuteHero]

you don't need to edit that, as bloodborne is not first party!!

Nah vivek bb is totally 1st party albeit not made by a 1st party dev

 

[bombshell]

Well, i thought he was saying First party studio developed IP, but if you go by your definition than it is also correct.

His post is saying that now, but not at the time of my reply.

 

[thelurkinghorror]

Awesome that this is a consistent 30 fps.

30 hours in and not a fucking single drop on a simple Ps4. This tech is unbelievable.
I'm a platform agnostic and buy everything for passion and for work, and actually there's no competition out there in graphic department.

 

[IKizzLE]

It's interrsting seeing people worry about this 5/10 and its place on metacritic because when it's all said and done and horizon has over 100 reviews, whether this score is on the site won't make the overall score budge at all.

 

[Gurish]

So we are back to 89 soon?

Wish it could reach 90... I know it's dumb, only a point and all but there is something so nice and pleasing about a round number and let's be honest, very very few AAA games got to the 9 and above club this gen so a 9 is a very nice achievement.

 

[Makikou]

I'm considering about exchanging the pre-order to the digital edition, since it comes with concept art as well. I'd just like to know if the art is in hi-res, and can be transferred to my laptop.

I am unbelievably tempted to buy digital because I have Monday off and I could just buy the game from HK/US PSN Store but I kinda want the physical goodies...

 

[Lifejumper]

So we are back to 89 soon?

Wish it could reach 90... I know it's dumb, only a point and all but there is something so nice and pleasing about a round number and let's be honest, very very few AAA games got to the 9 and above club this gen so a 9 is a very nice achievement.

If it makes you feel better... Dark Souls one of the goats is at 89..

 

[Stilton Disco]

It's interrsting seeing people worry about this 5/10 and its place on metacritic because when it's all said and done and horizon has over 100 reviews, whether this score is on the site won't make the overall score budge at all.

Just checked again, and ignoring how they supposedly weight different sources scores, that 5/10 is still single handedly dropping the average down by half a percent. It's a comfortable 89 without it.

Sure, it's basically meaningless in the grand scheme of things, but it's still having a disproportionate impact by simple virtue of being so much lower than the average.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

Guerilla made a good game, color me surprised.

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Does MC track GamesTM? Considering how much they praised Horizon in their preview I can see them giving it a high score.

 

[Lifejumper]

Does MC track GamesTM? Considering how much they praised Horizon in their preview I can see them giving it a high score.

Yeah they do.

 

[LastMinuteHero]

Guerilla made a good game, color me surprised.

Kz2, 3, liberation and mercenary say hi. Or are you just parroting what others say

 

[daxter01]

Do Games get universal acclaim tag at 90+ on MC? If so then they should lower the universal acclaim barrier to 85 imo

 

[Gurish]

Do Games get universal acclaim tag at 90+ on MC? If so then they should lower the universal acclaim barrier to 85 imo

Yea probably a good idea with how reviews scores are working this gen, I think they did update the colors this gen to reflect the decline in high scores, you need a lower score to reach the green color than you needed in previous gens.

 

[Acquiescence]

A 9 from Edge? That must mean it's as good as LittleBigPlanet 3!

 

[Savantcore]

Has this bundle already been announced? 500GB Slim with the Limited Edition of the game and 3 months of PS+ for £270. Great deal,

 

[TheRedSnifit]

Kz2, 3, liberation and mercenary say hi. Or are you just parroting what others say

KZ2, 3, and Liberation are all mediocre. Mercenary wasn't developed by Guerilla proper but by a rebranded SCE Cambridge (who's now closed, RIP) and is, coincidentally, the only good Killzone game.

 

[daxter01]

Yea probably a good idea with how reviews scores are working this gen, I think they did update the colors this gen to reflect the decline in high scores, you need a lower score to reach the green color than you needed in previous gens.

Movies/tv/music gets universal acclaim at 80-100 on MC its only the games that get it at 90+. Horizon has 85 positive review and 3 mixed yet it has agenerally favorable tag, its dumb

 

[bigol]

A 9 is excellent, coming from Edge. Still i see people complaining about the game not receiving a 10.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

A 9 is excellent, coming from Edge. Still i see people complaining about the game not receiving a 10.

Where?

 

[LastMinuteHero]

KZ2, 3, and Liberation are all mediocre. Mercenary wasn't developed by Guerilla proper but by a rebranded SCE Cambridge (who's now closed, RIP) and is, coincidentally, the only good Killzone game.

That's not what metacritic, most people outside of gaf and the sales generated would say but okay.

 

[ArchAngel]

Hello weekend!

 

[Stilton Disco]

Hello weekend!

Lucky bugger!

I still think that steelbook is way too dull and colourless for such a gorgeous, vibrant game though.

 

[Nyx]

Hello weekend!

Lucky you, have fun!