AgentOtaku
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Infamous: Second Son Review Thread
- Thread starter fluffydelusions
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You might want to read some of the reviews of those xbone games again.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Truth. FFXIII-2 is a good example too. Just about every review said it was better, but the game got lower scores.
EternalTruth
Member
Just checked Metacritic...... damn 
Why should I take your two sentence review over theirs? Especially since a consensus has been reached by people who play games for a living: that it's simply a good game but not a life changing experience.
PierrePressure
Neo Member
This has all gone pretty much as I expected.
An extremely pretty update that isn't too dissimilar to its predecessors.
Which I am more than happy with.
An extremely pretty update that isn't too dissimilar to its predecessors.
Which I am more than happy with.
nickthebiggeek
Member
Agreed
fuzzyreactor
Banned
lol, thank god you aren't a mod
RedAssedApe
Banned
If you go by gaf ot the game is 9/10. We all wearing beanies though 
So it all averages out. 8/10 seems fair.
So it all averages out. 8/10 seems fair.
You do realize they scored Forza 5 7/10 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-11-20-forza-motorsport-5-review
Ryse 5/10 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-11-21-ryse-son-of-rome-review
Dead Rising 3 7/10 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-11-18-dead-rising-3-review
Killer Instinct 7/10 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-11-20-killer-instinct-review
Crimson Dragon 6/10 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-11-21-crimson-dragon-review
Titanfall 8/10 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-03-10-titanfall-launch-review
one scored better than inFamous SS.. yet you list those games a reason to buy a Xbox One.. and because inFamous SS gets a 7/10 from them you will not buy a PS4..?
I fail to see the logic behind this..
Stealthcobra
Member
Is this patch available when I first boot up the game?
lastflowers
Banned
I'll pick it up once my Titanfall honeymoon is over. Or whenever the first sale hits. This game looks fantastic, but I haven't played the first two (despite owning both....). Like Killzone, I'm not expecting to love the gameplay or story but to enjoy the graphics showcase and the open-world seattle
It doesn't even have to be 'In Your Opinion', an 8/10 is pretty objectively 'good' by any definition.
Whether or not that meets expectations is another matter, but I'd be glad if the review scale moves downwards a bit to where really good, solid games get an 8/10 instead of a 8.5-9/10.
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
Tbh I think not. One is a FPS and the other is a SP 3rd person Action adventure.. Not even comparable.
BigSpleenAttack
Banned
I do agree with this, the system was and is terrible, last gen way too many 9 + games around.
Haha that's what I was thinking.
Are people comparing the first person shooting gameplay to the third person action shooting gameplay?
what no?! Titanfall is super fun yeah, but its certainly not game play options that have been opend up by the new generation of hardware, there being a 360 version proves that. neighet is it a paradigm shift, its just an extension of the cod formula.
They improved just about every aspect of gameplay, especially shooting/vehicle handling, the interiors, few though they were, were stunningly realized and detailed, as was the entire state of Los Santos, you could switch between 3 characters super fast on the fly and even switch between them during live missions, you could decide how you wanted to plan your heists down to the people you wanted to bring, and although the online portion took a while to come together, it was still impressive having an entire separate experience aside from the single player.
It's just a damn well realized open world game, and nothing so far I've seen from next gen at all comes close to matching it in terms of that aspect.
batman2million
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Magicman103
Member
Not just mine, but everyone's opinion on Gaf means something.
Tons of people got the game early like me and I've only seen two people say they don't really like the game.
It's a fantastic game and I would argue that the impressions people have of the game here are more important than reviews.
serenewarfare
Banned
"New Infamous game plays like an Infamous game."
That is essentially what I'm gathering here, and I'm okay with that.
That is essentially what I'm gathering here, and I'm okay with that.
Sorry but titanfall has nothing to do with a infamous review thread. It console war bullshit. If you want to make comparisons make a new thread about it.
Same here. In the aggregate reviewers dig the game. Those saying that it is "just more Infamous," like it is an insult I don't understand because I love Infamous. If it's like that, with better mechanics, then damn I am excited to get my hands on it tomorrow.
I hope people aren't salty over any of the reviews because to me they are mostly positive. I was impressed that a lot of reviewers were left craving more in the open world/ narrative department but still really liked the game. I take that as a challenge to Sucker Punch as a studio that "Hey, you guys can do awesome work, but you can do so much more and we see it in your game." I hope they take that critique to heart and grow as a studio to produce Naughty Dog levels of greatness.
Dreams-Visions
Member
The same reason people have been upset about any game that has averaged 8's when they hoped it would garner Game of The Year consideration (or close to it). Disappointment causes defense mechanisms to kick up. It also prematurely causes people to write games off when they fail to meet perceived "hype", which can be frustrating in and of itself.
I wouldn't go that far. Reviews supported by grass roots word of mouth can drive sales. I've certainly bought many a game purely on the strength of reviews and GAFer opinion. Who hasn't? Unless you're downloading a demo of every game you have interest in or using Gamefly or something, you have few options to try before you drop $60 into the abyss. Even in this thread, many have gone from "lean buy" to "lean wait". Actual people withholding their actual wallets.
As for your counterpoint, CoD is a unique case. It defined FPS console gaming last gen with a couple of classics and became the biggest brand. It gets the benefit of the doubt sales and sales from people who are simply comfortable with their system.
For franchises that haven't ever touched that level of acclaim (or for niche franchises), reviews will still impact those who are on the fence or can otherwise be swayed by a review. Games like GTA, Halo, Gran Turismo, CoD and Madden get passes that they earned long ago and will require a series of stinkers to lose. I wouldn't use them as examples because those franchises have a special status. inFamous is not among such franchises and will likely never be.
What.....?Just checked Metacritic...... damn
I hope you are not implying that ~81% is a bad score..... :/
BigSpleenAttack
Banned
I'll pick it up once my Titanfall honeymoon is over. Or whenever the first sale hits. This game looks fantastic, but I haven't played the first two (despite owning both....). Like Killzone, I'm not expecting to love the gameplay or story but to enjoy the graphics showcase and the open-world seattle
Infamous gameplay is excellent..............the powers are a blast.
The reviews are mostly excellent though!
SilentRacoon
Member
don't even try, there's none lol
quite possible. Also gta v and tlou coming out last year didnt exactly help games coming out in comparision. Both of them just blew things totally out into orbit.
Eh, I wouldn't say Infamous has gone largely uncovered like you suggest. There's been a fair bit of coverage and there's probably only so much media outlets can do given how Sucker Punch wanted to keep so much of the game under wraps until launch.
Just checked Metacritic...... damn
An 81 average after 54 reviews is so depressing to you?
redtails64
Member
Am I missing something here? Is 81 a bad score? I don't get how people are knocking this game like it's the worst thing to ever hit the system. I'm so confused, guys.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Just play the game. It is going to be a rare event seeing games get 90's on metacritic again. Reviewers recently have been attempting to use their entire scale for credibility sake, and there are waaaaaaay too many upstart sites that already have no credibility. There are even games that get 90's on metacritic that still may not be for you. There are people that find Last of Us mediocre and people that feel the same about GTA V.
So long as a game doesn't have a metacritic in the 60's or below I think it is worthwhile to see for yourself if you will like it, especially if you are a fan of the genre (open world) or type of game (super hero) or both (Infamous).
Exactly what I was talking about haha.
To me it just looks like bitter fans trying to dismiss someone's opinion because they liked X game better than Y game.
Because that was like the thing that made me a fan in the first place. lol
Reviews: "It's more of what you already like."
Me: Alright!
BigSpleenAttack
Banned
Improving shooting, vehicle handling is not next gen gameplay its what every sequel does. Nothing about the gameplay felt next gen felt like another open world, with linear mission objectives GTA game.
blitzcloud
Banned
More than credibility sake, it's the fact that if they blow all the 10/10 at the beginning of the gen, it will get stale too soon.
Interfectum
Gold Member
Please.
Compare GTA3 to GTA5 and then inFamous 1 to inFamous: Second Son. GTA5 managed to maintain what people loved about GTA3 but really push everything forward in terms of narrative, gameplay, open world, graphics, etc. It felt fresh and new yet still was a "GTA" game.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Because the people who think like this have an IQ of a peanut.