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[DavidGzz]

Tell me mofo didn't play without telling me. I just got owned by a dual boss several times, now I'm stuck with no ammo in a trailer park Fighting wolves and shadow humans. It's got plenty of fun gameplay

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

the main attraction was the amazing sound design and voice acting.

In other words:

 

[Deerock71]

This sounds like a group psyching themselves up to give a game a positive review.

 

[DR3AM]

For a AAAAAAAAAAA game, low 90s seems pretty low.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

I had a strong feeling you put Xbox products up your bottom, now its confirmed :xbum:

There is a product line for that. The Xbone.

 

[Puscifer]

Internally, Readfall was in the high 80s.

Let's be real, do people think you're going to say something otherwise and get stinkeyed by co workers? Everything's a 9/10 if I keep my job and working relationships in order

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Should be more like a 9/100.

HB1 was among the most boring, unskippable cut scene filled games I've ever played.

For those of you who never played HB1, dont get teased by the action packed trailers. It's not that kind of game. As for HB2, it'll probably be that same kind of game again unless the studio added in much more gameplay and combat scenes.

If you are buying with money, be weary and wait for reviews unless you want a story heavy driven game. For the rest of us, we can try on Game Pass.

Thank you.
I was falling asleep during the intro. It’s ASMR, the game. All looks and sound and nothing else.

 

[Danjin44]

Score alone is not gonna tell much about the actual game......game getting 10/10 score is no guarantee if I'm gonna enjoy the game.

Games like RDR2 and God of War Ragnarök showed me review score are pointless....at least for me.

 

[Traxtech]

Female lead battling mental health issues. The reviewers will eat that shit up. I can already hear some fuck talking about how he identifies with her struggle.

If they identify with psychosis, I'd just ignore their review lol

 

[demigod]

Hellblade got an 81, lets just add another 10 points for the hell of it shall we?

 

[Lokaum D+]

This ll be one of the flops of 2024 for sure

 

[Balducci30]

Internally, Readfall was in the high 80s.

Wasn’t it only 10 points above the “ low 60’s”? So like low 70’s?

 

[Heisenberg007]

Now the question is: will there also be a difference of 20+ points in the internal and external reviews, as it was in Redfall?

 

[Heisenberg007]

Wasn’t it only 10 points above the “ low 60’s”? So like low 70’s?

No, it was 67-68 MC when Phil said that there was a double-digit difference in internal reviews. So internal reviews for Redfall were close to 80.

After the interview, Redfall's score dropped to and settled on 57. So, as it turns out, the difference was at least more than 20 points or ~27%.

 

[3liteDragon]

This is low 90's before the Redfall tax.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Can't wait for another lame "experience" where gameplay is an afterthought.

 

[havoc00]

This will rule Phil coming out swinging bangers on deck this year

 

[Shubh_C63]

This ll be one of the flops of 2024 for sure

Flop in sales, maybe. Considering how long it has been in the making and if it still comes out as only 8 hours long.
Flop in Review scores, Not a chance. 85+ guaranteed.

 

[TransTrender]

Getting high on their own farts again.

 

[killatopak]

This is a turning point for their department.

You know who looks bad when this turns into a Redfall? Phil. Fail this again and I bet Phil fires and restructures their whole internal review department. Phil needs honest information. Dude just takes the fall when it’s not entirely his fault.

 

[Rockman33]

It's way more about atmosphere and mystery, metaphors and great writing. Some people appreciate that stuff

I was trolling a bit in my comment.

But I am genuinely disappointed in AW2. I just find the gameplay to be extremely dull. All of this beautiful scenery with almost no interaction. In a lot of ways it feels like a tech demo. Everything you do in the game has been done so many times before and generally much better. And constantly going back to that board is such a drag.

 

[Rockman33]

" On the review scores, we do mock reviews and Redfall got double digits higher from our mock reviews so the reviews it actually got are much lower. We never thought it'd review in the low 60s. Redfall is much lower than our internal metrics. "

Game plays like a 70-75 to me. Granted I played through after the first big patch(60 fps one).

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

And Redfall was reviewing at like 7/10

So dock 2 points from microsoft's internal review process.

 

[yazenov]

For their own sake, they better higher competent internal reviewers after the Redfall debacle.

 

[Snake29]

This game will be praised by it’s graphics, but since this is UE5, their will be upcoming games who will look better. I didn’t find the last trailer anything spectacular other than good looking faces. They might shit over the combat so I expect a 7/10 game.

 

[fran.fernandez]

I really like cinematic experience games, but HB 1 was soooo boring .

 

[Godot25]

Their internal reviews also had Redfall in the low 80s. I love how ambitious this game is, but polish is everything and it's too early to say much about the result.

Are you sure?

Because Spencer said after Redfall fiasco that they mocked the game "at least ten points higher where it landed" So I'm not sure where you found those "low 80s"
Also. There is pretty high chance that they revamped their internal mock review process after Redfall.

 

[Sintoid]

"Hey Barman, how's your beer?"

 

[systemr123]

A 9/10 on the mocking scale huh… wonder what mocking rate internal MS would give this mocking guy.

Also, game is way too hyped up by Xbox fanboys and can only end up in disappointment, even if the game would be near perfect. (Which it would probably not even come close to, like Redfall).

 

[systemr123]

It's already a 10/10 in my internal review.

Of course it is

 

[sendit]

Flop in sales, maybe. Considering how long it has been in the making and if it still comes out as only 8 hours long.
Flop in Review scores, Not a chance. 85+ guaranteed.

Sales don't matter with Gamepass.

 

[Spukc]

Graphics aside.. i never understood the hype around the first game..

 

[nowhat]

Hellblade got an 81, lets just add another 10 points for the hell of it shall we?

No, it deserves another 10 points for the blade of it.

 

[rofif]

It's way more about atmosphere and mystery, metaphors and great writing. Some people appreciate that stuff

Atmosphere being interrupted by constant loud jump scares which are happening not in game world but explode on the screen with old lady screaming.
Great writing? It’s Sam lake in every scene and none of the people react to stuff that’s happening. The people on police station don’t even acknowledge what happened in morgue. Saga got a charisma of a rock.
It’s somewhat atmospheric otherwise. Especially in Alan scenes

 

[darrylgorn]

Graphics aside.. i never understood the hype around the first game..

That was the hype with the first game.

 

[rofif]

Score alone is not gonna tell much about the actual game......game getting 10/10 score is no guarantee if I'm gonna enjoy the game.

Games like RDR2 and God of War Ragnarök showed me review score are pointless....at least for me.

Scores and reviews are absolutely pointless recently and I usually don’t agree anymore.
I hated praised Alan wake 2
I loved hated forspoken
Many other cases like this. Reviewers just act as populists.

 

[Danjin44]

Scores and reviews are absolutely pointless recently and I usually don’t agree anymore.
I hated praised Alan wake 2
I loved hated forspoken
Many other cases like this. Reviewers just act as populists.

I trust my own taste, that’s all there is to it.…..as long as I enjoy the game then it doesn’t really matter what “score” it got in reviews.

 

[lh032]

Jez is one of the internal reviewer

 

[rofif]

I trust my own taste, that’s all there is to it.…..as long as I enjoy the game then it doesn’t really matter what “score” it got in reviews.

yeah sure but the problem is that at some point, you can't try every game yourself so you just gotta be out on the hunt

 

[DenchDeckard]

After rhe tedfall internal reviews....I hope they hired new reviewers.

Hoping for the best though. Would be awesome if it was an awesome game and came out first half 2024 to allow another surprise for xmas

 

[Danjin44]

yeah sure but the problem is that at some point, you can't try every game yourself so you just gotta be out on the hunt

I dont need to, I played games long enough to know what I enjoy and what I dont even by just looking at gameplay.

For example, game like Unicorn Overlord is MY type of game, I dont need try it to know I'm gonna enjoy this game, meanwhile looking at the game like Spider Man 2, Ubisoft's Avatar and upcoming game like suicide squad, its very clear these games just not for me.

Some people say my taste is limited and maybe they are right but its thanks to that I enjoy 90% of the games I buy and not afraid to buy them day one because I simply trust my own taste.

 

[DJ12]

This is a turning point for their department.

You know who looks bad when this turns into a Redfall? Phil. Fail this again and I bet Phil fires and restructures their whole internal review department. Phil needs honest information. Dude just takes the fall when it’s not entirely his fault.

He's supposed to be a Gamer himself he shouldn't have needed someone to tell him red fall, Starfield, halo infinite and forza were trash

 

[rofif]

I dont need to, I played games long enough to know what I enjoy and what I dont even by just looking at gameplay.

For example, game like Unicorn Overlord is MY type of game, I dont need try it to know I'm gonna enjoy this game, meanwhile looking at the game like Spider Man 2, Ubisoft's Avatar and upcoming game like suicide squad, its very clear these games just not for me.

Some people say my taste is limited and maybe they are right but its thanks to that I enjoy 90% of the games I buy and not afraid to buy them day one because I simply trust my own taste.

I feel the same way.
I look at spider man 2 and I don't feel anything. Meanwhile I had a hunch to get forspoken even though everyone was saying not too. just an example

 

[DenchDeckard]

He's supposed to be a Gamer himself he shouldn't have needed someone to tell him red fall, Starfield, halo infinite and forza were trash

How in the actual fubar can you say halo, starfield and forza are "trash"

Wild

 

[Danjin44]

I feel the same way.
I look at spider man 2 and I don't feel anything. Meanwhile I had a hunch to get forspoken even though everyone was saying not too. just an example

It doesn't matter what other people think of the game, at end of the day you are the one playing the game not them, as long as you enjoying it then thats all that matters.

 

[GHG]

Edit: moved to the appropriate thread.

 

[Scotty W]

Internal mock reviews?

So we have a rumor about a mock review of what a real review might look like which we read before we buy a game?

 

[Fart Knight]

GOTY 2024

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

 

[DJ12]

How in the actual fubar can you say halo, starfield and forza are "trash"

Wild

I've played them all.