IGN isnt impressed with Xenoblade Chronicles X

Fucking Bump

It's IGN, Fallout 4 can have a million bugs, it will still get a 95/100

XCX can have just 1 issue, and it's instantly a 7/10

>[game reviewer] isn't impressed by a Japanese game
>on a Nintendo console no less

WHOA, WHAT A SURPRISE

Made by the West: +2 points to final review score
Made by the East: -2 points to final review score

>>317420524
>Mainstream reviewers are not to be trusted.
>Steam reviews are worthless since it's just 'good' or 'bad' and everyone maymays.
>Metacritic is garbage because people spam most games with shill/anti-shill reviews.

Where the hell can I go to find out if a game is any good?

>>317419874
>IGN calls XCX shit because it is
>"nah ign are just faggots lol who only like western trash"
jesus christ

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>>317419874
>The world isn't as memorable as other open world games
Are you fucking KIDDING me?

>>317420658
IGN's last 10/10 was a japanese game. Actually, so was the last one before that.

>>317420698
Step 1: BUY THE GAME
Step 2: SEE IF YOU LIKE IT
Step 3: LIKE IT? KEEP IT DON'T LIKE IT? SELL IT

It's not hard people

>>317420762
>reviews don't matter until they're shitting on a game I don't like

>>317420885
SELL IT TO GAMESTOP FOR $20
IN STORE CREDIT

fuck you

>>317420934
XCX is an objectively bad game, not just a game I don't like.

>>317420885
>JUST GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY GOY

>>317420885
>BUY AND SUPPORT EVERY GAME
>DON'T YOU D A R E TRY TO RESEARCH IT FIRST
Fuck off shill.

>>317420885
PC
He can decide if a game is worth the price in two hours!

Console:
Most stores don't even offer returns for video games period these days.

Try again. The caps made it a bit too obvious that you're just shitposting.

>>317421034
Using the word wrong anon.
That's an opinion.

You can, however, use it to state facts about why the game is bad, if you want to try it.

>>317421034
>objectively

Nice meme word.

>>317421070
>>317421060
>>317420990

It's no wonder we have sites like IGN nowadays. You shits are giving them free money

>>317421147
oh boy is it meme time
i love meme time

>>317420840
>That fog
Dammit, it's [Current year]. When will developers finally stop doing this?

>>317419874
>>317419874

is that supposed to be suprising? xcx is 8/10 at best. even japan thinks so. this is old news

>>317421237
When the Wii U dies. Seriously it's fucking disturbing that that hardware this shit is still on sale.

>>317420698
don't buy games that don't have demos

>>317421175
I don't... even... understand anon.
Jesus christ, you're successfully upsetting me.

Gamestop makes absolute mad cash because of retards constantly trading in games for zero value, while they sell USED games for $5 less than regular price.

>>317419874
Literally nobody expects Xenoblade X to be good. I loved the original, but this shit looks plain bad, in every way possible. IGN are right, as usual.

>>317419874
IGN is fucking biased. They said they enjoyed the game besides how certain missions lock you from story missions, and he hated it because as a reviewer he has limited time, and his kek friend tried to justify it as if it affects everyone. It's the same with the AC game, where that SJW bitch decided to give the game a 5 when it was obvious she enjoyed it and the flaws made it deserve a 7 maximum but not a 5.
They find a little detail in games that they weren't paid to give good scores, and from that they go on and on to give those games the lowest score they can

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>>317419874
>open world
>memorable

>>317421354
>Gamestop is the only place I can go to sell game

>>317421453
I could take a more memorable shit than Xenoblade X's world.

>>317420698
/v/

why is anyone surprised? Nobody liked it in japan either.

>>317421138
>never asked to speak to the manager/claimed it was a defective disc

You should go outside more often.

>>317421336
So I can only buy less than ten percent of videogames released now? Cool. 10/10 solution.

>34/40 from Famitsu
>THIRTY FOUR AND YOU'RE STILL BUYING THIS PIECE OF SHIT
lol

>>317421457
Name another place anon.

And don't say ebay or amazon or some shit. Because the work you put into it equals the same amount of money you get selling it.

>>317421625
then just pirate the rest or quit whining

you don't need video games to live you dumb cunt

>>317421557
THIS
only tasteless redditors who have been here for a year disagree

>>317419874
>The game is too talky
>RPG

Opinion discarded

>>317421617
This. My local EB games has a 7 day return policy anyway.

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>>317419874
>IGN

>>317419874
why are you triggerring /v/? You could have made a comfy xeno thread anon?

>>317421725
It really doesn't help when the dub is shit with no dual audio. And the story is shit. And the localization is no doubt meme infested shit too.
God damn this game is gonna suck dick.

>>317421557
Ha, oh anon, your humor is quite excellent.
The children on this board wouldn't understand a good game to save their life. They just like shiny things and blindly follow reviews by people they don't know and parrot quips.
A more honest place to get a review on this site is /b/ only because they will just show porn which is all the fucks on this board want anyway.

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>>317420762
>>317421034
>>317421304
>>317421404
>>317421558
cool memes guises! now it really feels like we're part of neogaf lollll

>>317420698
Why don't you do your own research?
Check out gameplay videos and maybe watch like 1 walk through video to see the world and shit like that.
If it seems interesting get it.
Don't like it? Return it.
I'm surprised more people don't do this shit.

You should be able to tell if a game is worth your attention or not by
A) the studio
B) how much gaming journalism marketing is behind it
C) /v/s consensus with a downward curve
the most cynical are right more often than not

>>317420698
Watch some gameplay videos on youtube and decide for yourself.

>>317421918
>he doesn't wear the same delusional nintenbabby glasses i do
>he must be meming!!1!
why do you do this to yourself

>>317420840
>Are you fucking KIDDING me?
Are you saying you are impressed by the emptiness that is barely concealed by the fog?

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>people say muh weaboo game is bad
>how dare they
>people say fallout is good
>how dare they
>neckbeards

caring about review scores is incredibly pathetic

>>317421847
(you)

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Old news even the 11's were not impressed by it

>>317422049
They only matter when they are shitting on Nintendo games, with any other games /v/ will say review scores don't matter.

>>317421138
and where exactly does one buy the pc version of xbc you fuccboi petition kuck?

>>317421918
yea man this game is def gotyay
shooting people through walls..and 3 floors above you..goty
retarded plot and having to grind to advance it also make it goty

>>317422238
Cemu

>>317422374
what the fuck is this gibberish?

i dont think xcx looks good

>>317420698
Step 1: Watch a gameplay video
Step 2: Look up the studio, director and staff behind it
Step 3: Don't be a baby born in 2002 and have knowledge of the games the people of Step 2 have created in the past
Step 4: For hidden gems browse /v/ from time to time, if a non-advertised game gets threads every couple of weeks after it's been out for years chances are it's good

Works for me

>>317422481
What videos have you watched that make you go Nah, I don't like anymore.

I am really interested in it, but I haven't watched many videos. So if you've got a negative one I can decide for myself.

If you want to of course. Maybe even just a point in the right direction.

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yep

If you expected anything less, you deserve the shock of this.

This game will be lucky to get an above average rating on majority of sites.

>>317419874
>The girl is less casual than the reviewer

I think that's a new low.

>>317420840
What ps1 game is this

>>317422784
>it's like I'm really raiding 40man WoW

It really just needs the DMGmeter in one corner

IGN isn't impressed with anything that isn't a triple A western-made title.

Why are you guys obsessed with review sites so much? Who gives a shit about what some person thinks about your favorite game online?

>>317422914
Xenogears, it's pretty cool.

>>317422784
Holy fuck that looks terrible.

>>317422784
Jesus christ.
Is there any way to turn something like the minimap off?

>>317422784
anyone can tell that's zoomed in retard

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>>317422784

>>317423012
You can turn it all off.

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>>317422784
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>317422784
You can turn various HUD elements off. I'm pretty sure you can even turn the whole thing off. I bet the jap playing turned all that shit on, they seem to be immune to clutter.

>>317420698
You watch gameplay videos from random people on the internet.

Reviewers are worthless.

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>>317422784
10/10 UI

>>317422310
Are you talking about Fo4?

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>>317423049
it still looks like shit zoomed out

>>317422784

Goddamn at that UI, even if it's zoomed in that looks like garbage. Why the fuck is all of that shit in the FUCKING WAY?!

>>317422784
Please tell me I can disable most of that HUD.

>>317420840
>a city overlooking the sea
IT'S A MEMERABLE LOCATION, NINTENFRIENDS

>>317423181

>all that shit
>whoever made it forgot to add the most important one

Fingerless Glove Meter

>>317423120
Ok, thanks anon.
I mean, I played WoW with all the raid addons so I would be able to live with the clutter.

But yeah, that's good to hear.
What does that battle menu on the right do in game?

>>317419874
Wow this game really is going to be good isn't it.

>>317423181

wheres the cum meter

>>317422929
>>317423004
>>317423012
>>317423049
>>317423095
>>317423120
>>317423149
>>317423172
>>317423181

Hey retards, you do know you can disable all that. Oh wait, you all probably didn't even pass 5th grade math. It's no wonder you fear numbers.

>>317423496
The battle menu is just for giving specific orders to your party members, either in group or individually.

>game has been out for 6 months in Japan
>pretty much everyone moved on once it came out
>Japanese reviews gave it an average score
>GUYS ITS GONNA BE THE BEST GAME EVER
fuck off you cunts. This game is deader than the Wii U

Hello everyone, /vg/ here
I'm here to apologize for this thread, a resident shitposter apparently got banned from there so now he is shitposting here, and for some reason he always talks about Xenoblade so please ignore him.

>>317423575
damn someone's buttblasted.

>>317423473
It got upgraded to Scrotum Tension Meter

>>317423575
I struggle to see how the game will be playable with all of its UI gone but okay

>>317422960
>IGN isnt impressed with anything that dosent make them money
Fixed it for you

>>317423652

That isn't an upgrade.

>>317423575
I know I can turn it off, my WiiU has been turned off for months now

>>317420840
You're proving their point

>People upset that an average game is average

>>317423637
Shut up babt.

>>317422914
PS1 is giving it too little credit, but it sure almost looks like it could have been a late PS2 game if tons of visual tricks were thrown in. Early-mid PS3 at most.

What went wrong?

>>317423669
Yes, you totally need the button manual, the squad quest icons, the minimap, doll fuel gauge, and the enemy levels visible at all times.

>>317423596
>Japanese reviewers gave it an average score
>things that never happened
You are the same one shitposting this in every single XCX thread, arent you?

>putting all of this time and effort into a Wii U game when it could have greatly benefited from current gen console hardware or even PC hardware

Why are Japanese developers so fucking dumb?

>>317420840

>bunch of water and a low poly landmass
>memorable

ok

>>317423825
>looks like it could have been a late PS2 game
Looks like FFX if you ask me

>>317419874
>trusting reviewers
>ever
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/dragon-age-ii

>>317423883
I totally want to have to turn them back on when I need them and then off when I don't. God damn this game must have been made by monkeys.

>>317423750
Just a heads up that it'll automatically update to its highest firmware if connected to the internet. Keep that in mind if the softmodding scene blows the Wii U wide open.

>>317423895
Nintendo was the only one willing to fund Takahashi's autism.

>>317423884
>He this this game is something amazing
It was average in japan you cunt. Defense force is in full roll here

>>317421557
This.

Though for newer games (and sometimes all other older games) you need to trick /v/ into making a proper criticism so you can get proper posts instead of fanboyism or shitposting.

>>317423969
>softmodding scene blows the Wii U wide open.
And mod it to what? There are like 3 worthwhile games for it and the Wii can be emulated just fine

>>317423884
See >>317423601

>>317420840
so this is the power of wiiu huh? quite impressive.....

spoiler black box i'm being sarcastic /spoiler black box

>>317420698
Ask your favourite vendor at GameStop.

Xcx is shit and people float

remember when shitposting had actual effort put into it?

>>317422784
>cut it just before the SUCCEEDED
Cmon man

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>>317423601
Is it FFXV-kun?

Is he finally back? He seems to have gotten slightly better at concealing his autism.

>>317424040
Post reviews :^)

>>317424021
He should retire if the only things he can make now are these bland open-world games that have none of the Xeno-spirit in them

>>317423945
You're a fucking idiot. If you seriously can't remember which buttons do what after five minutes of playing the game, you're an actual literal retard. The minimap is pointless since there's a more detailed map on the gamepad. The doll fuel gauge is pointless since there's a fuel gauge next to your health bar as well, as well as gauges for the rest of your party members' dolls (the one on the right of the screen only shows how much fuel your player character's doll has left). The squad quest icons are completely unnecessary since if you wanted to do squad quests you'd already be at the BLADE concourse where you can select whatever quests are available from the network play menu without having to check which ones are available. The enemy levels are just an eyesore, and you can check them by hitting R when you're near them anyway.

Moron.

>>317424291
No, it's babt from nintendo general.

>>317422028
it looks to be staring at an ocean. just how much "busy" are you expecting from an ocean?

>>317422028
That's actually just the weather setting in. Fog sets in when it's cold and early morning.

>>317424365
Fuck the gamepad, I ain't using that clunky piece of shit.

>>317424365
>he complained about the devs being incompetent at their job
>he's the moron
you fucking shill just go kill yourself

The world looks amazing anesthetics wise and is a breath of fresh air considering considering all of this year's big open world games in fairly mundane environments. I think I'll have fun exploring them and it's worth $60 to me for even a dozen hours of entertainment and I'm sure I'll get more than that.

>>317424447
What whether phenomenon is responsible for the low-poly rock formations in the distance?

>>317420658
Weebs/Nintendrones actually believe this.

>>317424484
hi nintendo

>>317424538
>whether

>>317424454
It's pretty necessary. You need it for fast travel and for laying down probes.
>>317424471
STFU troll.

>>317424040
>he cant even type a gramatically and syntactic correct sentence
As expected from a shitposter, even the IQ is below that of a retard.
Meanwhile Dengeki called it an RPG masterpiece https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1tfO-elYLCSqnqk81vvPcXPGaMEG7o8qZIg8w-JVpZO0/pub

>>317420698
Metacritic, and never listening to /v/. Never done me wrong.

>>317424484
>The world looks amazing anesthetics
Actually it's a pretty big step down from Xenoblade which actually had a unique world to explore

>>317424660
>STFU troll.
god damn you are nintendo

>>317419874
>Affinity quests lock you out of doing the Story quest. You also cannot quit Affinity quests once you've started one.
Never was a problem for me at all when I imported it. Unless you're trying to speed run through the story you won't have an issue, unless you're terrible at games, which IGN has shown many times their reviewers are.

>The world isn't as memorable as other open world games
I disagree, its geometry and vertical design compared to the original is staggering and is way more impressive than Witcher 3 or Fallout 4s.

>Enemies feel static
I don't understand this? You mean how they move in combat like its not an action rpgs like Tales of? I guess if you didn't like the way the original game did it then I guess this would be an issue for you.

>The game is too talky
Not really, if you mean giving you tutorials while still giving you exposition I'm surprised they're not jumping with glee considering they complain when games don't give them enough help. I think they did it fantastically with making it all seem so seamless.

>>317422784
Literally an offline MMO. At least Amalur had some pretty good combat.

>>317424703
We must have played different games because Xenoblade just gave you the illusion of a large open world. That game was a straight line where you had zero reason to backtrack.

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>The world isn't as memorable as other open world games

The Worlds in Open World games are never memorable, it's sort of why Open World is a garbage gimmick.

Can't spell ignorant without IGN.

>>317420698

YOURS

imbecile

>>317419874
>20 new post with single sentence or like 3 lines of shitting on the game
>unique post counter dosent increase
Man, thats what i call dedicated autism. Seems like someone is really butthurt about not being able to play this game.

>nips doing open worlds
confirmed shit
>nintendo nips doing open worlds
confirmed literally fucking cancer

>>317424661
“Being several years behind others in the development of an HD title and taking into account Monolith Soft’s company size, there are just some thing that we could not achieve, which couldn’t be helped, but in order to move on towards the next step, there was no avoiding this. And that is the truth,” writes Takahashi.

Takahashi concludes by saying that he’d like to use the experience him and Monolith Soft have obtained in the development of Xenoblade Chronicles X in order to make his next title something that is rich in story

Even Takahashi knows he fucked up

>>317424889
The multiplayer is pretty damn fun. It's very close to how blue burst was + Mechs. Exploring dungeons with your friends really helps the experience.

I can see why single player might turn off some less hardcore jrpg fans.

>>317421070

Yeah I bet you make an accurate research with review and comparations for every single product you use fuckboy.

>>317420698
youtube reviewers. watch channels like superbunnyhop, matthewmatosis, hyperbithero, etc. when you find one that has similar taste in games as you, follow them on twitter to see what they think of a lot of games

>>317419874
should've stayed in japan

>>317424890
>That game was a straight line where you had zero reason to backtrack.

This impact aesthetic in what way exactly?

Mechonis and Bionis were interesting worlds this is just some random planet

>>317425123
Except Mechnois was a boring slog to go through, that portion was easily one of the worst parts in the game. The scale in which you climb him is pretty neat when you're outside, but inside is a boring ass dungeon.

>>317425079
DWTerminator is also pretty great

>>317425247
It was still a interesting idea that you climb along a sword and then into a open wound to enter Mechonis

This is just another planet, nothing interesting about it.

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>>317419874
I swear
IGN must have the shittiest Review system in the history of videogame journalism

>5 positives
>1 negative
Its okay, 9/10

guess the game

>>317419874
jesus fucking christ who gives a shit
ign doesn't like it, gamexplain doesn't stop sucking its dick
who fucking cares jesus

>>317425492
If you just read the review and ignore the number that they give a game, they're not too bad

Words are better than numbers in describing things anyways

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>>317424986
>Cant argue
>moves the goalpost
>by using a quote, which he takes out of the context, missinterprets and says things that arent even stated by the quote he uses
Next you are saying you are just pretending to be retarded

>>317422784
>Turn off HUD
>WOW HOW WAS I SUPPOSED I WAS OUT OF POINTS I THOUGHT THIS IS AN RPG WHERE IS THE DODGE BUTTON WHY IS HE AUTOMATICALLY ATTACKING THE ENEMY

>>317425393
Except the planet has great geographical locations that aren't just generic forest, desert, lava areas, but have more to it if you actually took the chance to see them. Which is the point because its all explorable on foot and a mech and they were able to craft that in such a brilliant way, why the original game had nice setting the geometry and vertical designs were pretty plain, they weren't as interesting to explore once the novelty wears off.

Sword Valley for example looks cool from afar, but traveling through was anything but.

>>317425701
>out of context
>Takahashi apologizes to the fans because the UI was a mess, the graphics were bad and the story was sparse and uninteresting

Yeah out of context

>>317425678
>If you just read the review

nope, let me know when IGN stop comparing games and throwing buzzwords and other nonsense in their reviews like they came straight from reddit.

>Trusting any reviewers
>Ever
Judge for your own self you fucking idiot.
It's not that hard to look around for some youtube videos.

I imported and finished the game after it came out in Japan and I kind of agree at least with the points in the OP. But at the same time I don't feel like those should be listed as main problems at all

>>317420840
>posting a spoiler screenshot

>>317425772
It's an alien planet like a billion other alien planets, yeah it might look nice but it's less interesting then Mechonis and Bionis

>xD ign trashed this ps4 game lmao ps4 sucks
>ign trashed this wii u game
>GRAB THE INTERNET PITCHFORKS AND FEDORAS GENTLEMEN, FUCK IGN AND REVIEWERS ITS ALL A JOKE

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>>317420840
Visuals are meaningless

It's true, the open world of the last 2 Xeno games is mostly just eye-candy

Pleasant to look at, but there's hardly any interaction.

>>317425978
>posting a spoiler screenshot

Yeah, yeah robots who gives a fuck

>>317425772
Exactly, in the end if the setting itself has boring designs then what's the point of wanting to explore it. X does a far better job than the original game which to be fair used maps and not connected seamlessly.

>>317425848
Where does he say any of that were shit? Where does he say the game was shit? You are literally saying things that arent even backed by your quote and reading the things you want to see into it. The only thing he says that they couldnt achieve everything and they made new experience and will use this experience for their next game.
You have some serious autism, get yourself checked, man.

>>317426097
>robots

no? I'd explain what it was but I don't want to post a spoiler myself

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>>317425978
Shh, it's only a spoiler if you tell them it's a spoiler.

Potential XCX spoilers: is it true that everyone is a robot

>>317426420
When it comes to the humans, yes.

>>317426238
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/07/06/xenoblade-chronicles-x-director-wants-to-focus-more-on-the-story-for-his-next-game/

It's called context retard, the dev won't straight up say "yeah we fucked up" it's always going to be sugar-coated

You need to get checked for autism if you don't understand this

>/v/ now cares what IGN thinks of games

this is literally reddit incarnate

>>317426476
that is gay as fuck

>>317426062
This goes for any damn platform except for xbox because xbox owners are few and far between.

Reviwe sites are nothing but pawns for trolls and shitposters to use.

>>317426269

Dat ass

>>317426518
well, the end cutscene makes things a lot more interesting (and sequel fucking WHEN)

>>317426269

I really preferred her brown tbqh

>>317420698
>Where the hell can I go to find out if a game is any good?
Actually read reviews and see their actual impressions in detail. Judge if you value those factors or not.

>>317426620
Well you can switch at anytime, its an option.

Is it that jose otero fag? the man that loves destiny and gave taken king a 9 and has gone on record as saying that Taken king is probably his game of the year so far?

>IGN
>EVER liking a Nintendo game

The game is looking to be pretty bad, but trusting IGN?

>>317422784
What's with the anime chick cut off on the right?

>>317426782
bait
like most of ign's 10/10s are nintendo games

>another fucking shitty wiiu game

You dont fucking say. God damn square and atlus are the only ones who can make an rpg anymore. Cant wait for smt4 final, persona 5, and ffxv to blow this pile of shit out of the water next year. The wii u is literally virtual boy tier. Fuck the people defending it remind me of those kids who got an n64 for christmas and had to give a fake smile to their parents otherwise they would beat the shit out of him for making them waste 300 bucks on a pile of shit console. I genuinely feel sorry for any of you who have one. Good money that couldve went towards upgrading your PC or buying a PS4. Hopefully you faggots dont fall for the same shit with the nx, which is doomed to be another failed console too.

>>317426482
So you admit he didnt say any of these things?
Why are you still argueing, then.
>b-b-b-but muh context
Not even in the context it does mean this. Its pretty much just like before, there is criticsm and they heard it. And this is pretty much what every dev says when there is feedback.
And actually do you mean what context means? Because the quote you first posted to prove your point didnt have any context at all.
You seriously get some basic education, instead of acting like a autist on an anonymous image board.

If you can't tell if you want to buy a game or not after watching several hours worth of raw gameplay then you're a retard. Who gives a shit what reviewers say outside of exposing technical bugs or flaws?

>>317421834
dub is fine. if you want japanese language then buy the japanese game. Can't read japanese? well to bad. it's a superior written language. learn it.

>>317426919
You're an odd one.

>>317421692
>durr hurr redditors
>Types "THIS" in all caps
If you are going to make a useless and elitist comment to another useless comment at least put some thought into it.

:^)

>>317426919
>square can make good rpgs
fucking no
Atlus I'll give you but Square? You must be retarded.

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A lot of other previews are at the very least positive and a bunch are glowing with positivity.
>http://www.gamesradar.com/xenoblade-chronicles-x-wants-you-get-lost/
>http://www.gamespot.com/videos/xenoblade-chronicles-x-pre-review-impressions-the-/2300-6428200/
>http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2015/11/13/xenoblade-chronicles-x-preview/
>http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/20/9769590/xenoblade-chronicles-x-first-three-hours-gameplay-video-walkthrough

The dude reviewing it for IGN hasn't been up on the game since before the Jap release even.

>>317421984
>I'm too fucking stupid to understand reviewers are not honest.

>>317426919

Square Enix hasn't made a good JRPG in 10 years.

>>317427094
Not him, but Squares 2016 lineup is looking really good. Granted I'm not gonna praise shit until they are out and are actually as good as they look. There's plenty of chance for any or all of those games to be ass.

>>317427094
their main FF series has been in the shitter for about a decade now sure. But their off branch smaller projects are usually better. And have you played the ffxv beta? Shit was fucking fun and I hate open world games.

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>>317419874
>The game is too talky

>>317427392
I really hated Episode Duscae to be honest. But I will admit it's really well made, it's just not my thing.

>>317427382
The only 2016 "square" games are eidos games.

>>317427338
>implying TWEWY wasn't good

>>317422982
It's just the trolls and shitposters looking for an excuse to do exactlly that. Anything to shit on a game they don't like because they have nothing else to play for some reason.

>>317427461
I thought it was good, the patched version added a lot of cool stuff, and seeing as how they've revamped the combat further for the final game I'm pretty happy with what they're doing. Fan feedback is greatly helping the game

>>317427503
>FF15
>Setsuna
>Star Ocean 5
>DQ Builders
>DQ XI
>localizations of DQ 7-8
>Localization of FF explorers
>Nier automata possibly
Eidos is fucking kicking into high gear taking on all these games, I had no idea

>>317423575

>Hey retards, you do know you can disable all that.

One should question devs who thought a UI should end up like that at all in the first place. Doesn't inspire confidence

>>317419874

Who cares

This is the site that gave GodHand a bad score and throws "does the same shit as last time" in both the pros AND the cons depending on who is paying them.

Why do people use IGN? Because theyve been around so long? Same goes for Gamespot How the fuck do all these critics coexist when not only are they crappy critics but theyre crappy at the games they play?

>>317427548

The music was good at least. Rest of the game I kinda didn't care for.

In fact, music is the only saving grace Square Enix has for their games.

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>>317419874
>"The world isn't as memorable as other open world games"
Compared to what? Open world games may be memorable, but it's certainly not because of their open worlds.

>>317427951

its 2015 for christsake!

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>game with huge focus on exploration
>he just wants to get to the story and get game done for review when he has to the end of the month to get review out
Yeah he never wanted to review this game to begin with.

>>317427858
>FF15
>2015
>Setsuna
>We want the nostalgia audience
>Star ocean 5
>not made by Square
>Dq builders
>not made by square
>Dq xi
>not made by square
>localization of dq
>well maybe but way too late and in the end not made by square
>FF explorers
>a mediocre game but well okay
>Nier
>not made by square
Most of these arent even made by square and saying square devs make good games because of those games is even more of an insult.
Its like saying all of EAs internal studios make good games when they once again buy a 3rd party dev studio that made quality titles.

>>317428284

Why explore when the world isn't memorable?

>>317428284
Sounds like that Gamespot reviewer who had to review Yoshi and his excerpt starts with, "Ya see I didn't even want to play this, I could be playing Witcher 3 right now, but because I care about my job I will review this game, best be grateful."

>>317420698
/v/ after three weeks

>>317428496
Why are you being such a fag. They have personally funded, overseen, and will publish these and have their name on the cover and startup screens

>>317428612
He's looking for shit that exists in Fallout and other Bethesda shit. He compares it and talks about how there are settlements and shit in those games but not XCX. But in XCX's world it doesn't make sense to have stuff because how it's an alien planet. It's fine to compare it to Bethesda games as there are enough similarities but at some point those similarities stop and so should the comparison. He obviously would rather be playing FO4 instead.

>>317428891
>They have thrown money at something
>this makes them good good developers
Yeah nah mate, square is shit tier as dev and literally japans EA surviving by leeching off devs that make good stuff.

>>317429091
Alright well since you wanna get autistic about this, well just throw the blanket over the whole thing and go back to "square is looking to have a good output for the next 2 years"

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>shitty mmo combat
>derpy faces
>dumb story
>fetch quests rivalling dragon age

IGN has it right for once.

If only we would also see some retroactive proper scoring of Xenoblade as well.

>>317429303
name one good game and watch as we all shit on that

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>>317420698
Don't but a game on day one you fucking dipshit faggot.

>static enemies
>non-memorable world

>gives Fallout 4 a 9.5
>despite the horrendous bugs

>>317429045
How far is this guy into the game? Because through out the game more settlements appear when you make alien allies. For example: The Wrothians set up a settlement in the Continent of Ash after a certain point in the story, you can even take specific quests from them.

>>317429627
Hes probably only a few hours in because he would rather play destiny

>>317429627
He says "several hours" and then chuckles. Although that doesn't really mean anything.

>>317429781
>he likes Destiny
This explains everything.

>>317429913
If its Jose Otero then yes. Those other 2 guys on the podcast don't play jrpgs at all. He gave taken King a 9 and im pretty sure is the main guy on their destiny podcast.

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>censor game to appeal to normalfags

>normalfags hate it anyway

sasuga NoA

>>317427951
Gametrailers are the only long time reviewers I genuinely trust. Watch their streams and talk events about shit like e3, or their speculation vids about MGSV or even just the trailer review of MGSV. They are like the exact opposite of Giant Bomb. They fucking love games, they get excited, they get hyped, and they know their fucking shit.

>>317422784
Is it like FFXII? Because if so that's waste of a mech. I was expecting Armored Core when you entered it.

>>317420698
IGN and Gamespot aren't the only review sites, you know.

Gametrailers is spot on 90% of the time with their video reviews. You may not agree with the number score (if this is the only thing you pay attention to, you deserve to be misinformed), but the review itself is always extremely accurate.

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>>317429615
One does not deliver on promised features, such as a breast size slider, while the other does

>>317432163
Yes the combat is pretty much exactly the same as FFXII, right down to being able to customize the AI to the point the game basically plays itself.

>>317432991
>right down to being able to customize the AI to the point the game basically plays itself.

Oh fuck, I love that.

>>317419874
1st. Who gives a shit what IGN thinks?

2nd. I bought Xenoblade, I bought Xenogears twice, I bought all the Xenosaga trilogy (I don't know why), but fuck if I'm going to buy censored garbage when there are so many other RPGs I could be playing.

>>317420698
GT reviews are pretty cool and trustwortjy

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>>317433207
>I bought Xenoblade, I bought Xenogears twice, I bought all the Xenosaga trilogy (I don't know why), but fuck if I'm going to buy censored garbage when there are so many other RPGs I could be playing.
Do you actually know how fucking ironic your post is?

>>317433207
>Bought the Xenosaga trilogy
>Won't buy X cause of censorship

>>317433207
>censored garbage
Oh boy

Yeah, you're not a fan of the series anyways

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>>317432976
One of the few times Todd Howard wasn't the liar. I can still remember the team at PAX and how they lied

>>317419874
Japan didn't like the game that much either. Is safe to assume that reviews won't be as good as the ones for the first Xeno.

>>317432976
Yeah instead you'd just be lucky if the game could play well at all without crashing or a bug ruining your day, oh and mods on consoles being never ever.

>>317427008
I'm just not gonna buy it at all it's much easier. I don't support single audio track when it is actually as easy as flipping a switch. If they are that hard up for cash charge 10 bucks for it as a download anyone interested would buy it to avoid dub trash.

>>317419874
>>Affinity quests lock you out of doing the Story quest. You also cannot quit Affinity quests once you've started one.
>
>>The world isn't as memorable as other open world games
>
>>Enemies feel static
>
>>The game is too talky
these are all opinions

they obviously hate nintendo and will score it low

I'm still buying the game and I hope this doesn't sway other's opinions

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>>317433743
Well, he never actually promised that, did he now?

>>317433873
>>Affinity quests lock you out of doing the Story quest. You also cannot quit Affinity quests once you've started one.
>these are all opinions
dude what

>>317434027
>it just works

>>317433873
Pre-ordered the game here too, but I'm not expecting a GOTY. A good game, but nothing fantastic.

Should still be lots of fun though even with the censorship.

>>317433548
Says who? That tweet by a guy who constantly gets things wrong? Unless you get a better source we don't know what they said at that panel.

I'll probably end up agreeing with IGN on this one. XCX looks like a disaster in the making. Xenoblade reminded me how great the JRPG formula could be. But from what I've seen with XCX, it looks like Monolith Soft is going in the complete opposite direction. Less focus on story and adventure, more focus on boring, quest-grindy elements and the awful "bigger open-world = better game" mentality that Skyrim forced on us.

>>317434171
Didn't he even delete his tweet after GameXplain released that video? Pretty shameful.

>people in this thread actually suggesting you listen to this board

it's worth taking in the opinions of this board, so long as you do so with a kilo of salt

just like you would that of any review, user or otherwise

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>>317433207
>but fuck if I'm going to buy censored garbage
Haha oh wow

>>317434171
How about the pax panel itself?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HKncIY9Jn4

>>317434638
That's not the QA panel, that wasn't what that tweet was referring to, it was the question and answering shit that came after that wasn't uploaded.

>>317434757
Oh, didn't someone post that mp3 of that?

>>317434869
No, no one has any recording of it whatsoever.

>>317429045
Who's reviewing it, the José guy? He was in all those IGN videos covering the Japanese stuff so why would he start disliking it now?

>>317434932
Are you sure? Are you REALLY sure of that... shill?
http://picosong.com/b2eW

It's like someone found a secret stash of the freshest, most king prime bait ever whenever an XCX thread pops up.

>>317435215
>http://picosong.com/b2eW
But that's the fucking podcast idiot, with people whining about that guy saying a joke about Sketel meme.

>>317419874
It's funny because the vast majority of previews so far praise it.

>>317435029
Yeah it's Jose. To be fair, he never really says what he thinks overall about the game and focuses on the negatives, which really seem like small things, but who knows?

>>317435409
>SUPER RESPECTFUL TO THE SOURCE MATERIAL
>But we're still gonna remove the references the Xeno-series is famous for
>and see that breast slider?
>we're changing that

>>317435409
I love how the idiot even renamed the title to PAX Lies when it was one of their recent pod casts, its amazing the level of reaching some will do.

This game was a letdown for me the moment they showed actual gameplay for the first time in a Direct. The combat system used in this RPG isn't for me: or it must be curayzee, or turn based, not this mess with no reactions, only bangbangs everywhere

>>317422784
I told you guys it was an MMO.

You didn't believe me, but who's laughing now?

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>>317435637
>and see that breast slider?
>we're changing that

Ha ha ha..., that was NoA, not 8-4, you dumb bastard.

>>317435541
>>317427267

Yeah other than Kotaku(by a guy who didn't like the original Xenoblade) and now IGN(by a guy who'd rather play something else and sounds like he is in a rush to beat it even when reviews won't go up to the 30th(according to Gamespot and Polygon) and that's almost a whole month since review copies have been out)

>>317435903
>NoA
>localizing this
Naw, they're too busy localizing FE:F to care about this

>>317433207
>bought Xenogears twice
>bought the Xenosaga trilogy
>won't buy XCX because censoring
I really wish people would look up the shit they talk about.

>>317420698

watch gameplay on youtube
glance at metacritic reviews for any poor game choices that aren't obvious from videos

it's that easy.
if you don't want to put ANY time into finding out if a game is good or bad, you might as well listen to advertisements

>>317436097
>Naw, they're too busy localizing FE:F to care about this

But it's true, they were the ones who made the change. Why yes my source is someone at 8-4 but WHY WOULD THEY LIE????

Why do I get the feeling these threads just get trashed by fallout 4/ rooster teeth fans

> Tons upon tons of glowing F4 threads months and months before relase

> Todd is a meme

> Bethesda is a shit develope--

oh. oh no. GUYS ITS HAPPENED SHILLS HAVE OVERTAKEN /V/ GUYS WE NEED TO LEAVE WE NEEEMMMMPPPHFFFHFHFPFFPMMPFFHFHFFFpmpmfpfpfhfhfmpmppfpphh........

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>>317436479
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcjpags7JT8

>>317422784
Christ that looks bad.

When will I actually use my Wii U again?

>>317422784
is this a joke? This HUD is a joke right?

>>317419874
>Japanese game
>Every doing well with western reviewers
What a surprise!

>Angry that IGN doesn't like Nintendo games
>An alternative would be for a Nintendo bias website to give the game a good review
How can I trust either opinions?

Like what?

>>317419874
well who's right and who's wrong because i'm getting different signal from other sites

>>317437228
>gamespot
>kotaku
>eurogamer
>having Nintendo bias

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Daily fucking reminder to respect your elders.

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>people actually caring about IGN
Remember to buy Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 bundled with Mountain Dew and a limited edition Nuketown pass!

>>317437916
>that final slash
nutthin personnel kid

>>317419874
Good, hopefully it bombs so shitty localizations won't happen anymore.

is anyone have those xeno webms where cars had no shado nor collision?

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>>317419874
what a shit taste.
Basically they complain that game is too long. And that you can't progress thru story cause you need to do some quests first.
In a game which built around sidequest.
IGN is a joke.
They want instantly have fun like in Fallout 4 getting power armour as first quest.
They will complain that getting a doll is too much of a work and too long and other bullshit

>>317426825
it's probably from some fagot's stream
>>317420698
culture.vg

>>317419874
IGN gave Fallout 4 a 9/10. Who gives a fuck what they think about vidya any longer?

>>317423304
>it still looks like shit zoomed out

>posts another zoomed webm

>>317439762
100% chance that Fallout 4 will have more staying power, and be more memorable than Xenoblade X. Sorry to burst your fanboy bubble.

>>317438781
Can't you bum rush the doll in roughly twenty hours in a 100 hour game?

>>317439876
Games only have to be fun to the individual playing them. 'Staying power' is irrelevant unless they just decide to stop making video games and we're left to deal with only whats currently out.

>>317439876
>100% chance

But I quit Fallout 4 at the first vault. In fact, I quit Fallout 4 earlier than I quit Fallout 3. Sorry to burst your fanboy bubble Bethfag. I don't even own a Wii-U you nigger, I was waiting for one of you Bethesda-shills to try and undermine my post and it didn't take long

>>317440000
you can, technically you can beat story in 50~ hours if you ignore sidequests
But 20 hours is still too long for modern "journalism"

>>317419874
>Expect 6-7/10. 7/10 if you're lucky.
But thats what I was already expecting. I'm hype as fuck for the game, but the way mainstream reviewers judge games doesn't allow the strengths of the game to shine. It was always going to get medicore reviews. This is hardly breaking news.

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>>317440000
also nice quadros

>>317438781
In another preview the same guy focuses solely on the Skells and makes it seem like it's the only thing that matters in the game when it's only a facet. I partly blame the marketing for it being "GIANT ROBUTT GAME" and while yes the Skells are a really nice addition there's a lot more to the game. The original didn't have mechs either.

>>317419874

If ign hates it, then it must be really good.

All we need now is for those dudebro faggots at gamespot to hate it and the game will pretty much have been confirmed as goty for anyone with taste.

Day one buy!

Should have been delayed to the NX like Zelda Wii U so we could get the originally advertised graphics instead of PS2 tier graphics

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>>317419874
>IGN

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>>317440374
to be fair, Dolls are major part of the game. it gives you a lot of damage boost and you do use it quite often.
Yet ignoring side quests, on foot combat (which is way more complicated that Doll combat) is pretty stupid.
I'd say it save to name X as mech game, they just threat mechs as Real Robot type of mecha shows. Aka Votoms or Macross

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>>317440625
fuck my engrish
I meant:
It's safe to call X as a mech game, if you treat it as your regular Real Robot show. Doll's just a tool, how it should be. Focus is not on them, while they have been used as vehicles.
That's the stuff.

>>317440000
check'd

>>317421639
Anon.
That's like, 8.5. You've really got to curb your standards a little if you seriously believe that anything getting lower than 9 from people who are not yourself makes something unenjoyable.

>>317443675
The implication is famitsu is garbage and gives high scores to literally everything, so a 34 is actually bad.

They gave Zestiria a 36, and that was a clown fiesta.

>>317444258
>implying different cultures don't have different video game tastes

>implying Japanese reviews are somehow indicative of Western reception

>>317444478
What he means is that Famitus is the japanese IGN. Which is true.

>>317444574
>What he means is that Famitus is the japanese IGN. Which is true.

This isn't entirely true. Famitsu is basically a Japanese video game propaganda publication. Since the Japanese market has been dying for quite a while now it is in their best interest to review Japanese games highly to help push sales since most of them won't come to the West and the ones that do tend to be niche and not always sell high enough to justify modern development/localization costs, you're pretty much guaranteed a 7 or 8 from each judge just for being made in Japan.

IGN has a bit of a troubled history but their opinions/reviews seem to be pretty honest nowadays, it's OK to disagree with them since reviews are completely subjective the best way to do it is find reviews of games you have played and find a reviewer who mostly agreed with your assessments and then look to them for future reviews.

>>317425772
>that aren't just generic forest, desert, lava areas
...Look, I am buying the fucking special edition, and that is EXACTLY what this game has.

Plains + floating islands
Jungle + bioluminescence + poison
Desert + gears
Snow.
Lava + ancient metal structures.

What makes it stand apart from the rest is that Monolith Soft has top fucking grade terrain variety and world design. Literally any fucking position can be turned into a scenic vista if the camera's turned the right way.

>>317445801
It's actually the opposite, Famitsu always sucks off western games at every opportunity they get, they gave fucking Skyrim a perfect score and all.

>>317438490
Anon.
Anon, anon, anon.
The cars are holograms. NLA isn't actually big enough to need cars. They're there to make it seem busy, so they can give the citizens a feeling of normalcy.

>>317423916
>bunch of water
>too much water 7.8/10
IGN

>>317446176
>Snow
It's not snow its white ash

>>317446451

>Being this dumb

I never said Famitsu rates every Western game low, it's just that every Japanese game gets an instantly high baseline so it's harder to guage how much they actually like the game. (Can't fucking believe I have to spell this out. English better be your second language Anon.) Skyrim got a perfect score because 4 people had an OPINION that they liked the game. WEW LAD

>>317419874
>>The game is too talky
wut.

>>317436904
Yes. It exists in the game, but the player zoomed in the camera to the extreme and enabled ALL THE MENUS. ALL OF THEM.

Most can be disabled. More than a couple that he has on currently are actually pointless. The doll gauge is useless since the fuel is to the left of your player stats, the squad missions aren't relevant at that point in the game, nor is the minimap in the middle of battle, and there's not much point to having the Division markers or quest goals up at that point in time.

>>317446734

And there he is guys! The IGN shitposter that doesn't actually know where the meme is from has made an appearance.

For the record it's from the Alpha Sapphire review. A game which indeed did have an excessive amount of water sections compare to every other Pokemon game and the reviewer, along with a ton of other people, didn't like it.

>>317446804
No western game has gotten a score lower than 30/40 in Famitsu, at least no AAA one.

Most low budget JRPGs generally go around the 28/40 or lower line. They only tend to give safe scores to games from Square and the like, but I don't know why we're even arguing this, they're a fucking joke anyways.

>English better be your second language Anon

It is.

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This thread has more bait than a tackle shop, Jesus Christ.

>>317426269

KOS-MOS or coincidence? Is Chronicles even in the same universe as Saga?

>>317447413
> Is Chronicles even in the same universe as Saga?
No.X is a retelling of part 1 of perfect works.

>>317419874
Wait, since when did /v/ start caring about fucking IGN's tastes in video games?

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>>317444258
>FAMITSU IS SHIT AND GIVES RETARDED RATINGS THAT ARE OBJECTIVELY WRONG!
>THIS OBVIOUSLY MEANS THEIR RATING FOR XENOBLADE X IS ACCURATE!

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>>317420698
>Being unable to know if you'll like a game or not without reading the opinions of shitty reviewers that probably don't even have the same tastes as you

>>317419874
>>The world isn't as memorable as other open world games
opinion discarded.

>>317421237
>fog doesn't exist in real life and shouldn't be presented in games
why?

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>Arguing over fucking review scores
>Especially shit like IGN and Famitsu
Form your own opinions you fucking sheep. If you HAVE to use reviews at least don't use fucking obvious paid shill publications.

>>317447234
in the eyes of the anti nintendo sect, those baits are now truth, expect people reposting them unironically forever with mods approval since they are coordinating those threads nowadays, as proven by literal waves of 5-10 anti nintendo threads repost being left undeleted for days, every days. The last janitor opening was the last dose of cancer on their team.

>>317421557
Niggas got a point. I generally use /v/ and Nintenso Direct for most of my news

>/v/ isnt shitposting about it
Its not worth knowing
>/v/ isnt shilling it
Its not worth playing
>/v/ isnt defending it from shitposting
Its not worth playing

Hasnt steered me wrong in 9 years

>>317448904
Don't shoot the messenger, I'm just explaining the thought process. Zestiria was literally garbage, there's no way a reasonable publication should've reviewed it higher than X.

>>317420698
>he still doesn't know how to form his own opinion

Stop being a fucking sheep. Watch gameplay videos on youtube. No one needs reviewers in this day and age but morons who need opinions fed to them because they can't think for themselves.

>>317450564
That's interesting take. Tho I rarely see /v/ posting about musous, which are great.

>>317450564 see >>317452410

/v/'s opinion is worthless. Specially current /v/. This board is trash.

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>>317452412
>Tho I rarely see /v/ posting about musous, which are great.
Your own opinions will always matter more than a bunch of angry shitposters such as ourselves.

>>317419874
This is the publication that gave Skyrim a higher score than the original XC. I've put over 100 hours into both, and Skyrim is just objectively worse by a fair margin. People always praise Skyrim's big open world with tons to do, and its exploration, but I've seriously never seen a world as amazing as XC's in any game, with so many varied quests to do.

The exact same people who praise F4's "gigantic varied open world", especially the ones who use it as the entire justification for a 9-10/10, will shit on XCX's, despite it being larger, more visually appealing, and more varied, with more secrets to find.

The only acceptable outcome is XCX getting scores as good as or greater than whatever most publications scored F4 at. Anything else is just more proof that the review industry is broken.

>biggest mainstream publicity the game is getting is negative censorship shit and now negative stuff like this

Congratulations NOA, you got exactly what you wanted

>>317452410
>No one needs reviewers in this day and age but morons who need opinions fed to them because they can't think for themselves.
Those morons buy 90% of all video games. The review scores and hype matter if they mean that I don't get a sequel to an amazing game because they didn't fucking buy the original due to low review scores.

People should definitely form their own opinions based on footage and the like, and I agree with you on that. It's just that it's also important to realize what kind of an impact reviewers can have.

>>317452703
>they're doing this all on purpose
>throwing their bodies into the line of fire so that the game can be a success
godspeed you crazy english-degree losers

>>317452803
>so that the game can be a success

No, they want the game to fail.

>>317452908
Don't you see? By creating controversy, they're viralling the game like crazy!