South of Midnight - Reviews Thread

bbw_lover87

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Finished the game i give it a 6.5/10 its a good game, story arts and graphics are pretty good, combat is lackluster and enemies variety aint there, music is awsome, i think they should work on a sequel the potentiel is there
 

Kataploom

Gold Member
The game looks pretty and actually interesting, but I can't stand main character design, the "current days" setup it has constrasts too much with everything else, like there's a design disonance I can't stand
 
"Where are all the unique ideas?!"

"Screw this game. DEI trash"

Can't make this shit up...
Don’t worry; at the end of the day, this is a business and no matter what kind of “unique” ideas a game has, it still has to make money. If Tango with The Evil Within, Ghostwire, and the breakout hit Hi-Fi Rush was shut down, then there’s absolutely no reason why a subpar studio like Compulsion can justify its existence anymore.
 
Don’t worry; at the end of the day, this is a business and no matter what kind of “unique” ideas a game has, it still has to make money. If Tango with The Evil Within, Ghostwire, and the breakout hit Hi-Fi Rush was shut down, then there’s absolutely no reason why a subpar studio like Compulsion can justify its existence anymore.

Compulsion very well could be shut down, but lets all be thankful corporations aren't as shallow minded as posts like this.
 
Nah. A mid game is a 7. Performance is okay, no crashes, but nothing spectacular gameplay or story-wise.

A 5 would be a game that barely works in the first place, frequent bugs, performance issues and has meh/terrible gameplay/story.

This is a warrior mentality of thinking. A 7 is a good game. Rise of the Ronin with its 7.-whatever score, good game.

Redfall is a game that technically worked perfectly fine for me but it was god awful. The 56 rating it has is too high.

What you describe as a 7 is more like a 5 or 6.
 
I don't think it is a "standard", thankfully. It is just a narrative born out of console wars. In any other rating system, folks would look at a 7/10 as pretty good. But in gaming some act like a game fell off a cliff if its drops below an 8.
I don’t blame critics entirely. If I remember correctly Gamespot got harassed for giving LOZ Twilight Princess an 8.8. How dare they gave a Zelda game below 9.

Movies, music etc don’t have platform fanboys who want their platform exclusives to all score above 90 regardless of everything else.

This has skewed rating system heavily. I pretty safety skip 90+ games. It shouldn’t be the case. 90+ games should be essential play.
 
Seems this is a short game. I wasn't going to play it, but since it can be beat in about 10hours, maybe I will give it a shot. I'm guessing it will be a 6/10 for me based on the gameplay. I doubt the setting, characters and story will appeal to my taste.
 

Baemono

Member
This is a warrior mentality of thinking.

How ?

And noboby answered to me on this: the Switch ports of games get lower MC scored than their PS4/5 counterparts.

Or how come The Last of us Part 1 as an awful score on PC (59/100) despite the game being recognized as one of the best games ever ?

How is that possible if technical aspects aren't taken into consideration ?
 
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DenchDeckard

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Was there really a big shift on Death Stranding when it came to Xbox? Especially here, maybe a couple came around on it but I think most still rightfully see it as a piece of shit.

Death stranding is amazing, imo.

But, it was never about what platform it was on for me. I ended up playing most of it on pc.

For me personally it was just dedicating that first 10 hours that gets you hooked.

I mean I bought the ps4 pro death stranding limited edition console because I was such a huge kojima fan. I played the vanilla game for like 3 to 5 hours and was incorrect in thinking the game was shite for my tastes. Boring etc.

Once directors cut came out I just never played it again. When it stealth dropped on pc and xbox through play anywhere I wanted to support it. Gave it a good weekend of play while on medical cannabis and I was completely engrossed.

Had nothing to do with the box it was on, just that the directors cut after like 10 hours is great imo.

But everyone's tastes are different.

I'm just going to give this game a good go and see if it grabs me.

After ass creed shadows I've realised the majority of people in the gaming community are pretty pathetic with 0 understanding of a product. They are just on a hate train.
 
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Roberts

Member
The game looks pretty and actually interesting, but I can't stand main character design, the "current days" setup it has constrasts too much with everything else, like there's a design disonance I can't stand
That is the point. I mean you wouldn’t criticize Wizard of Oz or Alice in Wonderland because Dorothy and Alice contrasts too much with everything else, right?

The game is about a teenager witnessing mistakes made by older generations.
 

Kataploom

Gold Member
That is the point. I mean you wouldn’t criticize Wizard of Oz or Alice in Wonderland because Dorothy and Alice contrasts too much with everything else, right?

The game is about a teenager witnessing mistakes made by older generations.
Oh... Now I have even less interest lol but yeah, kinda get what you say, it's just it makes some uncanny noise when I see it
 
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