Jeff Gerstmann is not a fan.
"It's really bad."
Keep making stuff at the standard of Flight Sim 2020 and Ori, less stuff at the standard of Battletoads. It's not a difficult concept to grasp.
But hey, if you'd rather more things like Battletoads then go for your life.
Have you played battletoads?
What for? Flight Sim is taking up most of my spare time and there's nothing that says battletoads is a must play. There are several games higher up on the list that I'd rather play on gamepass before I get anywhere near battletoads.
Why should I play it instead of something like Spiritfarer, Undermine, Neon Abyss or even Streets of Rage 4 which is a similar game that I'm still yet to play? Just for the hell of it? Just to suffer? Just because I've already payed for my subscription and it's "free"? There are a ton of games that fall into that category on my origin access subscription as well. Just being included isn't enough, it needs to justify my time.
What for? Flight Sim is taking up most of my spare time and there's nothing that says battletoads is a must play. There are several games higher up on the list that I'd rather play on gamepass before I get anywhere near battletoads.
Why should I play it instead of something like Spiritfarer, Undermine, Neon Abyss or even Streets of Rage 4 which is a similar game that I'm still yet to play? Just for the hell of it? Just to suffer? Just because I've already payed for my subscription and it's "free"? There are a ton of games that fall into that category on my origin access subscription as well. Just being included isn't enough, it needs to justify my time.
Says person with console warrior meme as an Avatar.Lmao man y’all r so insecure.
How can you decide if something isnt worth your time if you don't play it?
so you come into a thread to trash a game you haven’t played. Makes sense
The reality is that none of us have time to play absolutely everything. There needs to be a process of elimination. This isn't a game that says "must play" and it's come out at a time when there are several other games that are "must plays".
Like seriously, even if we stick to stuff on gamepass, why on earth (see what I did there...) would I play this over flight simulator at the moment?
I can see what's available on gamepass, I can see people aren't starving for good games so why people are hellbent on trying to justify this game of all things at the moment is baffling to me. If you decide to play it for whatever reason and can have fun with it then great but the message to Microsoft should still be the same - this should be better.
Saying they could have done better with this game = trashing it.
Ok.
I don't diasagree that time is a key ingredient to factor into gaming life. But your posts and tone come off as if people who would take a Battletoads over any of the games you listed are somehow playing themselves because its a shit game and they should be playing something else even if they aren't a fan of simulators.
Well that's partly my point.
Some of the justification for playing the game (along with handwaving away the mixed reception) has centered around the fact that it's on gamepass so "why not" play it. In my opinion that's the wrong way to look at it it should be "why should I play it?". If it's genuinely a game that you think you will like or if it falls into a favourite genre of yours then go for your life, but if not then... yeh I've already said my bit. The whole thing becomes even more apparent when there are several 3rd party games that have launched on gamepass (as in day one releases) in the last couple of months that are supposedly better than this.
I know the reason those other games don't get talked about as much, but that's neither here nor there. In my opinion the titles that Microsoft produce to put on the service should be cream of the crop, not "filler". They are the ones who should set the standards for their service. That starts with leading by example.
jeffhates everythingis not afraid to have good taste by hating, marvel, ghosts, last of us 2, ect
The reality is that none of us have time to play absolutely everything. There needs to be a process of elimination. This isn't a game that says "must play" and it's come out at a time when there are several other games that are "must plays".
Like seriously, even if we stick to stuff on gamepass, why on earth (see what I did there...) would I play this over flight simulator at the moment?
I can see what's available on gamepass, I can see people aren't starving for good games so why people are hellbent on trying to justify this game of all things at the moment is baffling to me. If you decide to play it for whatever reason and can have fun with it then great but the message to Microsoft should still be the same - this should be better.
Saying they could have done better with this game = trashing it.
Ok.
The amount of negative user scores on this and Flight Sim where the user has only scored this a 0 and Last of Us 2 a 10 is hilarious.
Hundreds.
Why would you try a light hearted fun sidescrolling beat-em-up over a flight simulator? Oh I don't know, maybe you like that type of game more? What a stupid thing to say.Like seriously, even if we stick to stuff on gamepass, why on earth (see what I did there...) would I play this over flight simulator at the moment?
Agree with thatWell there are dickheads on both sides.
That's why i son't use metacritic anymore. Too many no life die-hard fanboys shitting on a plastic toy.The amount of negative user scores on this and Flight Sim where the user has only scored this a 0 and Last of Us 2 a 10 is hilarious.
Hundreds.
Percentage-wise you are right, but in numbers one site has much more dickheads.Well there are dickheads on both sides.
FTFY
It’s an Xbox game, it already has achievements. Are you sure you’ve actually played it?Honestly I think they will be using the time between the PC release and the console release to add some more structural elements add more assists and improve the controller support. They will need to add events, challenges, achievements, even possibly some sort of career mode for this to have any sort of longevity on console.
It’s an Xbox game, it already has achievements. Are you sure you’ve actually played it?
I disagree. The quality of Gears Tactics, Ori and especially Flight Simulator is absolutely on par with SONY’s best efforts. However they are vastly different genres. I enjoy SONY as much as the others, but their games generally fall in the third person narrative. Just because the offerings from the other companies weren’t the same genre as SONY doesn’t mean that they are inferior. In all honesty I appreciate the variety.Well 6.3 User and the thing is, most Xbox owners, myself included, have gamepass.
I'm not sure what reason you would have to keep owning an Xbox if you don't have gamepass unless you live somewhere remote without data access.
Majority of Xbox players probably did not pay for this besides their usual subscription fee. I'm 37 years old, I grew up with Battletoads and this is a disservice to the originals, the game in my opinion is shit!
Flight Sim, Ori and Gears Tactics are good yes but they are not in the same league as what Sony is delivering, Microsoft needs to do better than that.
It’s not “sad” that you have to do this. You said it will need achievements but it already has 1000G of achievements.Sad that I'm even having to do this:
The game will need more achievements. It doesn't dish them out at the same frequency your regular console game does.
As for Battletoads, I've made my points clear enough. If that's the standard people are happy with then who am I to judge.
It’s not “sad” that you have to do this. You said it will need achievements but it already has 1000G of achievements.
You kinda missed the word more, but we don’t need to argue this.I was talking about what the game will need more of, hence the word add.
There are also other things that I listed which are already in the game which I also think the game will need more of if they want to keep your regular casual gamer engaged.
You kinda missed the word more, but we don’t need to argue this.
As for Battletoads, I've made my points clear enough. If that's the standard people are happy with then who am I to judge.
Isn't Battletoads at like, a 70+ meta? It's a $20 digital title.
GamePass has also given us Flight Sim, Ori, and Gears Tactics this year. Three great games with good meta scores. This week we'll also get Tell Me Why and Wasteland 3. Microsoft has delivered some great stuff this year on GamePass but everyone acts as if it's all Crackdown 3 or Bleeding Edge, lol. I don't get it. Not that either of those games "suck", either.
On Xbox, where you’ll never get to use it.Wheres the roll eyes reaction emoji when I need it.
Art style is gorgeous. Playing in 4K HDR on Xbox X and brings the display to life. Gameplay is pretty fun. My first ever play of this left me impressed. Can't go wrong seeing as it's free on Game Pass.
except No Mans Sky actually got betterNo Man's Sky level of quality...
except No Mans Sky actually got better
the scales may be different, but the people trashing Battletoads in this threads based on prejudice aren’t much different from those who trashed TLOU2 for the same reasons.
Ripped off how?Yeah. But anyone who bought it on launch got rippppped offff
Wow the NMS defenders are here hey.Ripped off how?
Wow the NMS defenders are here hey.
They paid $60 for a broken game at launch, that took over a year to be patched etc to a “it’s good now” level.
during the first year the devs were radio silent on updates and also promised several features that were expected but were not available at launch.