Board 8 > Astral Chain Review Zone

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I don't know if anyone ever bothers to look at the user score on Metacritic
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ninkendo posted...

I don't know if anyone ever bothers to look at the user score on Metacritic

I do
But only when review bombing is not involved
And if it is - I check what happened
Sometimes it's justified (like in Young Blood)

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...What was justified there?
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LapisLazuli posted...

...What was justified there?

I mean it's not a good game, big disappointment after TNO, TNC and even Old Blood, but that still doesn't justify it. Maybe he means the Switch port? But that's not so bad given the power levels, especially docked. Even if there was a hypothetical just cause, review bombing is terrible because it is abusing the system. Give honest scores.
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It's Nanis so I'm assuming it's something more policially related than that.
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I won't begrudge a reviewer for playing on easy but at the very least they should check out all the difficulties to see what the differences are
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some of these chapters are not very good. this game has some hard swings.
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So......is this game good
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greengravy294 posted...

So......is this game good

It seems pretty divisive, but I don't think I've seen anyone say it's bad.

Seems to fit somewhere neatly between the Platinum A Game and the Platinum B Game, so....Vanquish tier?

Hopefully I can afford it soon.
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ninkendo posted...

I won't begrudge a reviewer for playing on easy

this is the default, btw.

I appreciate how modular the game is in regards to difficulty - easy is the default, there's an even easier casual mode under that, and the hardest mode you can select before completing a chapter is a bit more difficult than a typical Platinum game, but you're given more ways to heal yourself and cover for mistakes. this game lets you take it at your own pace.
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It has a 96% recommendation from critics, I wouldn't call that divisive in the slightest.
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yeah it's good