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The Medium Review Thread
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ChuckeRearmed
Member
So basically the lower scores due to old fashioned horror mechanic? Guess I will try it as we really don't have that many games with that style.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
The dude literally has an Xbox only podcast and is pretty objective for the most part, especially compared to lots of other focused personalities.
MiyazakiHatesKojima
Banned
Big yikes.
Knitted Knight
Banned
You don't understand how that club runs... even someone like Ryan Mccaffrey was considered a traitor. The purity test is high.
skit_data
Member
Defining Duke seem to be one the better gaming podcasts if Sacred Symbols is anything to go by. I will probably start listening to it despite not even owning an Xbox.
MiyazakiHatesKojima
Banned
They gave Final Fantasy 7 remake and Persona 5 Royal both 10/10, so no, they're not accurate.
They both deserved a 9/10 though.
GHG
Member
お帰りなさい Kojima-san.
Papacheeks
Banned
lol, I mean im glad i got three free months im going to use it for sure. Going to try out medium tonight. Trying to finish Carrion, and I might start up the gears 5 dlc.
But i would not have paid $14.99 just to play Carrion, gears 5 dlc or medium is my point.
Carrion is a indie game that was on sale during holidays. Gears 5 i bought on steam for $9.99, and will wait for dlc to go down to own that since it's 3 hours for $20. If you have gamepass on console your getting a way better experience than you are on pc.
They still dont have the EA play games on there still, and only yakuza games are the older ones that were on steam for $4.99 each during their sales. I also already own them on PS4.
I mean if im paying nothing for this sub then yea its great. But until games come that really blow me away it's been a mixed bag in my experience.
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GHG
Member
Honestly it's a joke.
In the thread where it was announced that Karak was going to get involved in that podcast there was one guy saying he doesn't think Karak is a big enough fan to get involved in something like that and how it's a problem because he doesn't adopt the "siege mentality" required for such a role.
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skneogaf
Member
He's obviously not given the game a chance to be so different than every other review I've seen.
Whoever he/she/they are I'm not interested in their work.
#useless
Fake
Member
Is this a joke post?
Gamespot accurate and honest?
Hope so.
Knitted Knight
Banned
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
A 10 lol?
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
It's really good, much like Sacred Symbols. Down to earth, no fellating and fluff in either direction.
Karak
Member
Alpha protocal has a huge funfactor. I also liked it a great deal.
This does not. At all
MasterDerico
Member
Gamers would be much happier with their video games if they stopped following the reviews as a trend in their future purchases and experiences.
let's try to go back to the 90s and 80s and talk with friends about the personal experiences we have with them, like it or not, personal analysis.
Although there were reviews in the past, but they meant nothing.
Cases like the God Hand and CyberPunk make us believe how bought and disloyal is the specialized media.
Did you like what you saw? Play it! this is how it should be, stop relying on reviews once and for all!
(Sorry my poor english)
let's try to go back to the 90s and 80s and talk with friends about the personal experiences we have with them, like it or not, personal analysis.
Although there were reviews in the past, but they meant nothing.
Cases like the God Hand and CyberPunk make us believe how bought and disloyal is the specialized media.
Did you like what you saw? Play it! this is how it should be, stop relying on reviews once and for all!
(Sorry my poor english)
Danteyke223
Member
I'm going to go and experience this. Thing with reviews is those shat on Days Gone, but I enjoyed it. Soooo we will see how this turns out.
Papacheeks
Banned
Dude Karak is on a xbox gaming podcast and it's really fucking good. Better than Kinda funny who literally seem to have a hard time being negative on xbox when something isn't great. Karak tries to be as unbiased as he can. Honestly his reviews on games are really well done. literally gives you a breakdown of gameplay, and what your getting at full price and if you should buy it or wait for a sale.
Thats honesty that no one from IGN will give you for the most part. Those companies like ign, gamespot have promotions still with company's. So a lot of the times people cant say " wait for a sale".
Hope to god you stay away from Last stand media podcasts.
Sounds like your really butthurt over someones "Opinion" on a game that looked fairly average from the get go.
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
I wasnt really interested but ill try it on gamepass. Nice reviews.
Stuart360
Member
Man i started scrolling down the reviews with a shocked face lol, then they started going lower.
Well people making the same tiresome jokes about Gamepass, but this is actually a perfect example of where Gamepass comes into its own. A seemingly average game, that you would still like to try, but dont want to spend full price on doing it.
Playing tomorrow.
Well people making the same tiresome jokes about Gamepass, but this is actually a perfect example of where Gamepass comes into its own. A seemingly average game, that you would still like to try, but dont want to spend full price on doing it.
Playing tomorrow.
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Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Yeah like any of us degenerates even have friends
nikolino840
Member
Karak
Member
While this will of course be a great loss to the art world, I am sure somehow I will muddle through with my opinion not aligning with someone so obviously well endowed with Mensa level IQ such as yourself.
Another thing about the divisive reviews some of you are seeing. One thing to remember that I brought up on the international podcast is that many reviewers aren't reporting bugs, tech issues, nor even know how to report them or judge actual performance. That's not a slight on them, many are pretty open about it. Or that they don't listen to the music at all and just listen to podcasts while playing. All that can go into a reviews context and score.
So they may take terrible perf as if it means nothing. Like the Mediums texture popin and frame judder.
So the context of what they take in and put into their score is important.
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Sander Cohen
Member
I’m dedicated follower of that scale , yes.yup if you follow the modern review scale™
Karak
Member
The best part about gamepass is really this. Lots of games you might think, man I can't buy this, but then you see it there and you can experience it. Its such an amazing deal.
M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
Thank you for your service here : ) Great review, however I still have a feeling, I will like it : )
Karak
Member
Hope so. No one other than game fans want a game to be bad. Devs don't wake up and go "MAAAAN lets fuck this one up" lol.
The best part about reviews is forwarned. Then as you play you might find yourself thinking, AH ok I remember someone saying to watch out for this, and it changes the context of your own experience
meech
Member
Will judge that myself, its included in gamepass, so there is no risk of wasting money.
LostDonkey
Member
I just experienced this with Edith finch.
Never would have bought it in a million years but I played it because it was on gamepass and it was a really cool experience. will definitely look out for future games from them now.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
GymWolf
Gold Member
The blurry cover to simulate that 900p goodness is a nice touch from metacritic.
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AmateurPong
Member
Truth. I stopped putting stock in these gaming marketer scores a while back. Reading feedback online from a variety of different places is a better way to gauge whether or not a game appeals to me. It seems half the time the people reviewing either dislike the genre or fail to play it properly to do it justice.
Regarding this...opinions seem mixed, but it's cool I'll be able to play it for free tomorrow and make my own opinion on it.
Destructoid gave it a 6 - https://www.destructoid.com/stories/review-the-medium-617589.phtml
Not looking good.
Not looking good.
ChuckeRearmed
Member
Not bad but not good either
This scale brings me to the past where even 6 was fine games, while nowadays it would be considered unplayable LMAO
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M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
I watched your review for Observer and it seems like it's a better game in context of your view on games. I really liked Observer and somewhat hoped that this game would be on that level.
I totally love watching reviews of the games I know that they are great, it's so satisfying. Not sure if I am somewhat demeted...
Thirty7ven
Banned
Sure it does. Some people just have questionable taste.
Considering this games lives and dies by its writing, and that none of the material out there for this game shows good writing, high score reviews says a lot about who’s reviewing.
Bruno_Arrais85
Member
Are you crying?
Self
Member
Can't agree more. Perfect example of gamepass beeing a worthwhile service. I wouldn't risk burning 50 bucks for it, but here we are, able to test the game with minimal risk.
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
The average is fine, the std dev of the scores is huge. Either way not a great start for the first xbox next gen exclusive. Good thing no one will buy it, they will download it on GP and then ignore it as they play BC titles.
Karak
Member
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Astral Dog
Member
Bloober games have outstanding presentation and a clear love of horror but its game mechanics (and sometimes writting) simply leave a lot to be desired, reviews seem fair its getting decent scores good one for GamePass
skneogaf
Member
Why do you keep mentioning words like unbiased etc? I have only stated their review is garbage.
I am unbiased in my opinion of reviews and my unbiased opinion is that the review by they/them is not good.
Also the podcasts you're mentioning are not something I've ever heard of so I'm more than confident I won't go and listen to them.
skneogaf
Member
Sometimes