And your score is based on what, exactly? What you watched a streamer play? Also, NieR isn't a PS4 exclusive.
Nier: Automata is as of now a PS4 exclusive. The PC release date is a nebulous 2017 (no, the March 7th release date has already been recanted). It's likely, but I'm still waiting for a more definitive release date (even a month would count for something).
Yes please review a game that you watched lol
There are absolutely some games out there you can get a feel for and review by watching enough of them. Especially if they're the "cinematic" kind of game (which Horizon certainly is). "Walking simulators" are the best examples though.
The game is a generic open world game, a genre I myself have played and watched others play many times so I'm familiar enough with how it plays. It's not like the controls are complete shit or revolutionary, they're competent (the combat in game's got issues, but I consider that separate from control quality), it's not hard to put yourself in the place of the player if you've played these sort of games before.
Now were the controls shit, difficult or precise such as in a fighting game or a MOBA or a competitive shooter, I would agree with your point. But Ubisoft open world games are none of that, as anyone who has played them can attest.
Hey, he watched it for an ambiguous 'number of hours' which is clearly a great use of time and an excellent reason for discrediting a game.
I didn't want to throw numbers out there because I wasn't 100% paying attention to it the whole time, but I had the stream on for about 10 hours in total.
I find that the most credible method of judging whether or not I would like a game is to watch actual gameplay videos of it.
Thank you. Actual gameplay videos (of the final product, not E3 promo footage or even trailers) go a long way to informing a purchasing decision (with exceptions, this is not one of those) for me, and I would imagine a lot of others.
I mean the game could be great or it could be boring or somewhere in between, but you cherry picked the lowest review score from 78 reviews so far. Games are never near as good as the best review or as bad as the worst review in my opinion. It just seems silly to fall for extremes either way. Although we can agree fanboys or elitists on any gaming platform willingly live inside their own sheltered bubbles.
I didn't "cherrypick" anything. The review embargo ended slightly after I watched the stream and I was curious what popular reviewers thought and I was shocked that so many, even Gerstmann were fellating the game to no end. I mean a 5 out of
ing 5 from the guy who's made a career on being tough on popular games? His review even points out a few accurate flaws, but I guess he's just drinking the kool-aid on this one. The USGamer one was one of only THREE that were below 75 on Metacritic at the time, so I took a peek to see why these reviewers felt differently and found myself agreeing with it for the most part.
My dislike of the game has nothing to do with platform preference. The game would not be better if it had a Steam release (aside from visuals and some of the tech issues, I guess) and I recommended another PS4 exclusive in the same breath. But if you don't think the majority of people shitting all over that USGamer reviewer in the comments are butthurt Sony fanboys, I don't know what to tell you.
Sweet, it's been a while since I got to see everyone hate on a Bobby post!
No kidding. I guess my superhero power is unpopular opinions.
