To be fair, most games don't achieve a 90 metascore.
Spider-Man and Horizon: Zero Dawn both were sub-90.
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Days Gone Review Embargo Lifting On April 25
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To be fair, most games don't achieve a 90 metascore.
Spider-Man and Horizon: Zero Dawn both were sub-90.
Somewhere in the 70's is my bet. Not garbage but fails to standout.
Haha
But we both know why this game has not got an earlier embargo. This is the first Sony first party 'big' game that has an embargo like this for a while.
Sony knows there is a negative reaction to this game online. Why would they not put reviews out early if they were confident in critical acclaim? What reason do they have to hold this one back whilst allowing all their other big games to have early embargoes? Do you not find it atleast abit suspicious, or are we going to start cherry picking smaller games with budgets a fraction of Days Gone? Yes, Days Gone is different from Astro Bot and MLB. The budget is many, MANY times more and more risk comes with it. Compare it to games with similar budgets.
We both know this game is unlikely to get critical acclaim like similar Sony first party games, but you want to act like what I am saying holds no merit.
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I think Bend Studio's PR manager LoudNinja is doing a good job of marketing it
Again, we don't know that. You don't know that. You don't know shit. You keep saying "we know, we know, we know" as it's the basis of your premise, which is the problem. There are plenty of examples of games with early embargoes that review poorly, and many examples of games with late embargoes that review well. In fact, there are plenty of examples from Sony themselves, yet for whatever stupid reasons you come up with you decide they don't count because they challenge your flimsy premise and you don't like that. Like so what if Astro Bot and MLB have smaller budgets? If Sony somehow knew they were going to review well, why wouldn't they have had earlier embargoes if Sony cares as much as you say they do? I have no idea how Days Gone will review. It could do well, it could do poorly. What Im saying is, based on history, the date of the embargo doesn't tell us a whole lot. In short, what you are saying is dumb as hell but by all means, continue to double down on it. Those goalposts need movin'.
I've seen zero regarding the game outside of Era, not even on Reddit. What has he done?
are people being paid to hate on this game? Like holy shit, I've never seen a game so hated on before for no reason. We have zero reason to think that this game is going to be a massive pile of shit.
Keeping expectations low but hoping to be pleasantly surprised as this one seems to have been in the oven for a long time.
The last month video game outlets have been bombarded with Days Gone stuff based on that play test Sony had in March. There was a ton of coverage. You are also starting to see the commercial on YouTube a good amount.n Like what kind of marketing do you expect to see that you are not seeing? "Needs more marketing" often just seems like a throwaway criticism/comment. Days Gone may or may not be a good game at the end of the day, but I don' think exposure has been part of the problem.
81-85 would be a very good score, it's what I went for and that's leading by quite a margin.
Era is pro Days Gone. :)
Era is pro Days Gone. :)
78-82 metacritic is my prediction. I don't see it going beyond 84. I feel that some media outlets will harshly critique the game solely because it isn't something "novel". However the emergent world, narrative and fun gameplay will lift it above that minor flaw... Which honestly it shouldn't be penalized for.
I've seen this said before about LoudNinja and I think it's a shitty thing to say
How fitting, That's my last day before I go on my playing Days Gone vacation from Era. Can't wait for all the bloodthirsty nerds coming out to bless us with their words of nothing, like Cow. I can almost guarantee a bunch of them have a dedicated discord where they bottle up all their energy, just waiting for a new thread on here lol..smmfh
Of course, we do not know anything. This is all guesses based on what we know. Based on what we know, what do you think this game is going to get on metacritic?
Nobody is saying this game is 100% going to flop critically. We do this thing on forums where we guess metacritic score. This is me using recent history of similar sony games to come to the conclusion that it is perhaps not going to get the critical acclaim as more recent AAA sony games. You can bring up smaller games with smaller budgets, but that is not relevant to this. The goalposts have not moved, it's you are cherry picking certain games and claiming the goalposts have moved. Smaller budget games are not important in reviews and usually sell based on word of mouth rather than review scores and advertising such as days gone. astro bot is not at all a good comparison and you know this. Why continue on with this?
So, what it is going to get on metacritic? You do not know, and I do not know, but we can atleast guess. What do you think it gets? Why do you think most people in this thread are predicting high 70s to low 80s?
I'm predicting low 80s, comparable to the Infamous games. Solid fun but doesn't push the genre forward in terms of design or storytelling.
Extactly , goes to show people don't know what the hell their talking about.
Cause a game embargo is released 1 day before the game ,its high or low 70s lol what a stupid thought.
It is shitty. Dude likes Sony games, so what. Atleast he doesn't troll and system war, and he provides a lot of good content. More than can be said for most users
It's ridiculous to see that much of hate for this game.
Since the first presentation, the game seems to have no downgrade, the hordes are interesting in terms of scenario and gameplay.
I don't see a game which done something badly.
Nobody knows the quality of the story.
Just explain me why so much hate.
Since the first presentation, the game seems to have no downgrade, the hordes are interesting in terms of scenario and gameplay.
I don't see a game which done something badly.
Nobody knows the quality of the story.
Just explain me why so much hate.
Except New Dawn released less than a year after FC5, with little to no innovation.
The formula has not gone stale, Far Cry as a brand has gone stale.
The game will absolutely review between 76-82 on MC. Besides Bloodborne Sony has always set the embargo dates quite strategically. They already know. So now that you guys already know this, there is no need to go crazy when the reviews drop. Stay calm and remember that a score above 75 indicates a very solid to good game and not some piece of shit. A score like this doesn't end Sony's streak of good games, it doesn't end the world. It will be fine and provide a lot of enjoyment for many people.
Below 75 for me. I don't think the game looks bad besides the dumb AI and some rough animations/hit reactions, but I also don't see anything that stands out.
I think it will depend a lot on the pacing and mission design. Balancing will also be really important with all the upgrading stuff. I do really like the idea of the moto being the checkpoint, though that will also depend on how long the missions are and if you lose a ton of progress if you die.
I think it will depend a lot on the pacing and mission design. Balancing will also be really important with all the upgrading stuff. I do really like the idea of the moto being the checkpoint, though that will also depend on how long the missions are and if you lose a ton of progress if you die.
*New streak. Their old streak died with Order 1886 XD
Sorry, I'm just being funny. I agree with you, 75 doesn't mean it's bad even. Hell maybe it shocks us all and drops a 95. I'm on board for it. I love me some zawmbie killing.
For every one Sony critical and commercial hit, there are like 3 flops.
I'd be shocked if this got higher than an 80 metacritic. I expect a solid mid-70s game at best. At this point it's still looking like 2013: The Game, and early impressions have been mixed, though admittedly some have been rather positive. It's certainly going to be one of those titles that many people love and others loathe. There's no reality where I could see it being a critical masterpiece.
Why does this keep getting thrown out? Are there rumblings I'm unaware of? The preview event seemed to have some mixed reception.
I think it looks good, but, almost every critic I listen to seems to have already made up their minds about this game, so, I'm expecting 70's as well.