Well the review embargo has lifted just 20 mins ago. Official release date is tomorrow, but early access has started on Jan 29 for those who pre-ordered the game on PSN.
79 now. Probably will end with 76-78.
These guys are my favourite review site after Easy Allies went to shit.I trust them completely!Noisy Pixel which do tons of JRPG reviews gave it an 8.
Same! I always watch and read their reviews on JRPGs, VNs, etc.
Yeah they are aces,and it's such a cool name too.
Reviews say its very Monster Hunter-like in terms of questing and overall gameplay loops, including coop questing.
psst: it's really a hack n slash game. hehe
Ive read 2 pc reviews and apparently there is no stutter(no sure i trust reviews on this), but it lacks upscaling options and the mouse doesnt work in menus, there is a way to rebind the keyes. Sounds good enough to me.
They didn't like it, especially because it is a story on an IP that has been going for a while and doesn't start from the "beginning". It is their review. There are some pretty lame excuses all things considered.
You can. It actually “defaults” to offline with your own party, you have to explicitly tell it to go online.
The standards of review/criticism across the industry is pretty piss poor over the last few years imo. I’m not sure if it’s quite the case here, but the 2 biggest issues seem to be reviewers inability to separate their personal politics/worldview from their critique well as separating their personal tastes. Obviously I get that reviews are subjective but there is a difference between a bad game and a game that you just don’t personally like.
I round up (and sometimes down) when looking at Metacritic lol, especially with some of the hugely negative outliers. When a see a 55 on a game like this, that score doesn’t exist to me. And there are several other outlets that I don’t include due to the sway they give in their reviews, or the reasons the dock or give more points for dumb shit, I won’t mention any names though. I give it a solid 80-85 where I’m at with it now. That might change, but I’m 20+ hours in, so not by much if it does.
For me I always trusted my own taste over reviewers and they released demo and I play it and I liked what played.....thats more than enough for me.
I was very curious about it, but apparently the story is only 10-15 hours long, doesn't that make it maybe the shortest JRPG ever? I'm just really surprised about the lenght.
A whole bunch of 8+ reviews is underwhelming? Were you expecting a Final Fantasy / Dragon Quest AAA blockbuster?Looking at some reviews / videos, it seems quite underwhelming
I know there are multiplayer post game quests, but they seem to just be arenas with the same ennemies, so I'm not really sure...
I've actually been watching the anime to prepare for this in case I end up playing it, I really like the world in it, but it makes me want to explore. I wish it was longer with more freedom / exploration. I'm not quite sure about it.
I'm not sure what to reply to this... I don't care about the scores, I'm saying that the game itself, what it offers, seems underwhelming.
Absolutely, same here. There are a few sites that I trust for reviews because they are unbiased, but I typically know what I’m going to get. I don’t think I’ve ever been swayed one way or the other on getting a game or not from a review. And I’m with you, there are 9.5-10 scored games almost across the board that I’ve absolutely hated, and 5-6 scores that I’ve adored!
If you read the reviews, the campaign seems to be tight with little filler. It also seems to be a multiplayer-focused character-based game, so you are intended to play online with people and level up different characters.Looking at some reviews / videos, it seems quite underwhelming
I know there are multiplayer post game quests, but they seem to just be arenas with the same ennemies, so I'm not really sure...
I've actually been watching the anime to prepare for this in case I end up playing it, I really like the world in it, but it makes me want to explore. I wish it was longer with more freedom / exploration. I'm not quite sure about it.
If you played games long enough you typically know what you would enjoy and what you wouldn't, which means you taste and interest has narrow down and you would be less likely to get disappointed by the games you get.
The main “meat” of the game was always the endgame MH-style quests. There’s multiple types and you are meant to level up characters and weapons. The one review even describes the campaign as the tutorial.
I've seen a lot of praise for the end-game content, that it even includes significant story beats you wouldn't see by just play through the main-quest.Looking at some reviews / videos, it seems quite underwhelming
I know there are multiplayer post game quests, but they seem to just be arenas with the same ennemies, so I'm not really sure...
I've actually been watching the anime to prepare for this in case I end up playing it, I really like the world in it, but it makes me want to explore. I wish it was longer with more freedom / exploration. I'm not quite sure about it.
Honestly i had the opposite experience. I felt my tastes expanded over the years as i opened my mind and tried things i would normally refuse, firmly believing i disliked them.
I guess everyone is different when it comes how they taste change, some like you get expanded and mine got more narrow.
I think its just a matter of trying. You'll never know you like something if you never try it, or maybe try the wrong ones. If someone isn't interested in souls games but decide to give it a chance with 2, it would likely just cement their belief even further.
Problem is I have less time to play every game that comes out compare to when I was younger, so I need to pick and choose which games I’m willing put my time in to….because of that I narrow down my interest.
I think i got the luxury to try new things because the genres i grew up interested in mostly died out (rip driving games). Still, its true its hard to keep up with everthing, especially now that i do have more stuff to be interested in. I did learn to keep my mind open however, though i do avoid time and money wasters like online GAAS for obvious reasons.
Look at this game, it lets you play online and if you want can also play it completely offline.....is that so hard? Why some devs have such hard time doing this?
They also have good regional pricing. An official key seller here in Brazil began selling steam keys earlier by mistake for R$180,00 (10% off R$200,00 which is roughly $40, probably from where the $36 keys
Holammer
and
Larxia
discussed in the OT came), which is generally the acceptable range of BR regional pricing for AAA games.
