whoa. he only has two characters and can already subclass?
whoa. he only has two characters and can already subclass?
Yep, I love his videos that "aren't 2 minute long". There are lots of good reviewers on Youtube, and their passion and knowledge of the game is sometimes (a lot of times in fact) far better that what you will find in "pro" reviews.
Yep, and he's the main reason this thread took the tone that it did and still has.Yes, but he's now making posts that come off as oddly defensive about how he, personally, is going to judge the game. Maybe that won't end up being the case, and I don't care about his scores or scores in general, but that's the distinct tone. He's free to rate the game, to find issue with or praise whichever parts he desires, but to rile people up in this thread with vague subtext seems dramatic, unnecessary, and immature. His review should speak for itself.
To boot, saying that people who've followed the game and played both demos cannot possibly form an accurate opinion about it being "any good" is asinine. Of course people can judge whether they like the graphics, the writing, the localization, the music, the open-ended exploration, the character stories within and setup by the prologues, the robust combat system, the innovative path action system, etc.
I'm appreciate his candor and information in this thread, but his profession doesn't immunize him from human behavior and subsequent (respectful; non-toxic or ad hominem) criticism. In the opening pages of this thread, he set a tone by criticizing other previews as "worshipping at the altar of hyperbole" while in his very next posts deriding XB2—a popular and well-selling game—as "trash." That's a hyperbolic drive-by, no matter what way you slice it.
This game is so gorgeous and has such wonderful music. I feel it needs to be reminded in the middle of all the bickering. There's a reason there's such hype for this game.
Octopath Traveler |OT| A solid eight.....................discrete and unrelated narratives
Can anyone answer? Can't comb the threadI haven't been on in a couple days, do we know if they converge?
Has an OT been chosen yet?
Octopath Traveler |OT| The People vs. Jason Schreier
Octopath Traveler |OT| Xenoblade Chronicles 2 wasn't trash!
Octopath Traveler |OT| A solid eight.....................discrete and unrelated narratives
Yes it doesI haven't been on in a couple days, do we know if they converge?
You guys are playing with NA or Japanese VA? Think I'll go japanese on this one.
I haven't seen one, I'm surprised
I doubt that.
Man, review scores sure have poisoned the critical discourse surrounding video games.
Oh ok, I thought he was just talking about it didn't know it was an actual reviewJust that French player. He liked it, 62 hours doing the 8 main quests but none of the "post game" stuff like the extra jobs or higher level areas.
Easily. I've both played the demo and looked at the cover art, so I can confidently say that anyone who gives it less than a 90 is clickbaiting for their garbage site.
Yeah the GoW thread was like this also, lots of hand-wringing over an 8 from Edge or something like that. A game the quality of which was in no doubt but didn't stop people getting upset at a difference in the metacritic.Man, review scores sure have poisoned the critical discourse surrounding video games.
Nah, I expect 80s but no way it'll get 90s in MC.
Comments like these are the worst lol. Regardless of the game's review reception, it seems really shitty to come in here and stir up stuff when you're under embargo and probably shouldn't be trying to hint at things this way. If you can't give any real answers and can only hint at stuff then what's the point? You yourself have only stirred up the crap in this thread to begin with.
Lol.
Do the reviews for this game converge at one point anyone know ?
What should I take from this?