https://twitter.com/ign/status/1783153055438983338?s=46&t=MclOgjiC_DZiKahxLVoZDg
IGN apparently being lit up online about having one of the lower review scores for the game.
Gamer review culture is a dumpster fire.
I've seen the totally normal gamers obsessed with this game attacking reviewers who gave it an 8, they're not ok.
Game reviews just need to go back to having separate scores for graphics, sound, gameplay, controls, etc. if they need to add a special extra number for the writer's personal preferences they can add that to make them feel better, fine.I think this logic sort of treats the problem as being giving the game an overall score when that's just not the issue. The issue is that gamers have such an unhealthy relationship with their product of choice that they stake their own pride and mental wellbeing on whether the game they want is recognized as being good by others. And they already decide the game is good from the trailers or series name, so if a review contradicts their expectation at all then it becomes a personal insult against that gamer. And that's even putting aside when the culture war angle flares up like with this one.
I think this logic sort of treats the problem as being giving the game an overall score when that's just not the issue. The issue is that gamers have such an unhealthy relationship with their product of choice that they stake their own pride and mental wellbeing on whether the game they want is recognized as being good by others. And they already decide the game is good from the trailers or series name, so if a review contradicts their expectation at all then it becomes a personal insult against that gamer. And that's even putting aside when the culture war angle flares up like with this one.
The only meaning any kind of score has to these people is as either validation for their constructed reality or an assault on their values/childhood/beliefs. Breaking it down into smaller scores won't change how the gamers who get mad about them interpret them.
What outrage?
Maybe outrage was a bit too much, but without the tweet, the reactions on it, the posts here in this topic and that IGN article I would still not know about that phrase at all....okay?
...okay?
Your point?
They say this game plays like a early 2000s PS2 game like DMC2.
Not like DMC2, just old classic action games from the PS2 / Xbox era.Yeah if it were like DMC2 it would be scoring WAY lower.
Not like DMC2, just old classic action games from the PS2 / Xbox era.Story and characters I expected but Im so glad its linear. Eldensoulsbourne exploration is not for me at all.
I watched the video review, seems their biggest issues were the side quests in the linear levels and overall being meh, the story being meh and the characters being meh. They said enemy design is great, graphics and character design are gorgeous and the combat is a real blast.
Story and characters I expected but Im so glad its linear. Eldensoulsbourne exploration is not for me at all.
A shame the story is meh as they've done decent enough stories, if not amazingly innovative, in their gacha's