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Gaming => Game News Discussion => Topic started by: Xevross on Apr 11, 2018, 05:21 PM

Title: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: Xevross on Apr 11, 2018, 05:21 PM
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Metacritic: 9 (http://www.metacritic.com/g00/game/playstation-4/god-of-war?i10c.encReferrer=&i10c.ua=1&i10c.dv=14)4
Opencritic: 9 (http://opencritic.com/game/5434/god-of-war)5

Meta All Time List (http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/all/all/filtered?sort=desc)

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Easy Allies - 10/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351800707714&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw797vy0101r4s7000DAk6tzwrw1&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Feasyallies.com%2F%23!%2Freview%2Fgod-of-war-ps4&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
IGN - 10/10 (http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/04/12/god-of-war-review)
Polygon - 10/10 (https://www.polygon.com/2018/4/12/17226486/god-of-war-review-ps4-2018)
USgamer - 10/10 (http://www.usgamer.net/articles/god-of-war-review)
Destructoid - 10/10 (https://www.destructoid.com/review-god-of-war-ps4--497165.phtml)
The Guardian - 10/10 (https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/apr/12/god-of-war-review-violent-vengeful-and-more-brilliant-than-ever)
Playstation Lifestyle - 10/10 (http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/04/12/god-war-review-shattered-chains-past-ps4/)
Gamingbolt - 10/10 (https://gamingbolt.com/god-of-war-review)
Gadgets360 - 10/10 (https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/reviews/god-of-war-review-ps4-pro-release-date-in-india-price-1836480)
ZTGD - 10/10 (http://www.ztgd.com/reviews/god-of-war-ps4/)
Gamesradar - 10/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351796177512&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw797vy0101r4s7000DAk6tzwrw1&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamesradar.com%2Fgod-of-war-review%2F&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
God is a Geek - 10/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351802750615&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw797vy0101r4s7000DAk6tzwrw1&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews&v=1&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.godisageek.com%2Freviews%2Fgod-of-war-review%2F&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
We Got This Covered - 10/10 (http://wegotthiscovered.com/gaming/god-of-war-ps4-2018-review/)
Wccftech - 10/10 (https://wccftech.com/review/god-of-war-mad-dad-redemption/)
CGMagazine - 10/10 (https://www.cgmagonline.com/reviews/god-of-war-ps4-2018-review/)
Push Square - 10/10 (http://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps4/god_of_war)
Gamingtrend - 10/10 (http://gamingtrend.com/feature/reviews/apple-doesnt-fall-far-god-of-war-review/)
Game Revolution - 10/10 (http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/381919-god-of-war-review-an-olympian-feat)
Gameblog.fr - 10/10
JeuxActu - 10/10
Eurogamer Italy - 10/10
Culture Jam -10/10
Goliath - 10/10
Portugal Gamers -10/10
Critical Hit - 10/10
GamePlanet - 10/10
Shogun Gamer - 10/10
New York Daily News - 10/10
Gameover.gr - 10/10
Gaming Age - 10/10
Digital Chumps - 10/10
Yahoo! - 10/10
DarkStation - 10/10
SA Gamer - 10/10
Gamer.no - 10/10
Dualshockers - 10/10
Games.cz - 10/10
Neo Site - 10/10
JVL - 20/20
GameMAG - 10/10
SaudiGamer - 10/10
GameZone - 10/10
VGames - 10/10
Scholary Gamers - 10/10
SquareXO - 10/10
Gamerheadquarters - 10/10
BaziCenter - 10/10
PS Extreme 10/10
Sydney Morning Herald 10/10
Gamers Heroes 10/10
Digiato 10/10
GameSkinny 10/10
Gamefa 10/10
Bazimag 10/10
Goomba Stomp 10/10
Quillstreak 10.0/10
Backlog Critic 10/10
AVForums - 10/10
Pardis Game 10/10
Digital Fix 10/10
well-played.au 10/10
GameSpew 10/10
Daily Star - 5/5
Telegraph - 5/5
Giant Bomb - 5/5
Cityam - 5/5
Stuff - 5/5
Alphr - 5/5
Express - 5/5
Game Rant - 5/5
The Post Athens - 5/5
Monster Vine 5/5
Nerd Stash 5/5
Independent.ie 5/5
Tech Advisor 5/5
Areajugones - 9.9/10
GameOverOnline - 9.8/10
Techtudo - 9.8/10
Gameinformer - 9.8/10 (http://www.gameinformer.com/games/god_of_war/b/playstation4/archive/2018/04/12/god-of-war-ps4-review-game-informer.aspx)
LevelUp - 9.8/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351893564612&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw7qd4y0101r4s7000DAbtq934pz&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews%3Fsort-by%3Ddate&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.levelup.com%2FPlayStation-4%2Fjuegos%2F378244%2FGod-of-War%2Freview&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fg00%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews%3Fsort-by%3Ddate%26i10c.encReferrer%3DaHR0cDovL3d3dy5tZXRhY3JpdGljLmNvbS9nMDAvZ2FtZS9wbGF5c3RhdGlvbi00L2dvZC1vZi13YXIvY3JpdGljLXJldmlld3M%2Fc29ydC1ieT1kYXRlJmkxMGMuZW5jUmVmZXJyZXI9YUhSMGNEb3ZMM2QzZHk1dFpYUmhZM0pwZEdsakxtTnZiUzluWVcxbEwzQnNZWGx6ZEdGMGFXOXVMVFF2WjI5a0xXOW1MWGRoY2k5amNtbDBhV010Y21WMmFXVjNjdyUzRCUzRCZpMTBjLnVhPTEmaTEwYy5kdj0xNA%3D%3D&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
AusGamers - 9.8/10 (http://www.ausgamers.com/games/god-of-war-ps4/review/)
Oyungezer Online - 9.8/10
PSX Brazil - 9.8/10
Elite Gamer - 9.8/10
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 9.8/10
Game World Navigator 9.8/10
Just Push Start - 9.7/10 (http://www.justpushstart.com/2018/04/god-of-war-review/)
Atomix - 9.7/10
Gamersky - 9.7/10
The Games Machine - 9.7/10
Hobby Consolas - 9.6/10
InsideGamer.nl - 9.6/10
Sirus Gaming - 9.6/10
News Arbiter 9.6/10
GameCrate - 9.5/10
EGM - 9.5/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351804737316&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw797vy0101r4s7000DAk6tzwrw1&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews&v=1&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.egmnow.com%2Farticles%2Freviews%2Fgod-of-war-review%2F&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
COGconnected - 9.5/10 (http://cogconnected.com/review/god-war-review/)
Famitsu - 38/40
Gameaxis - 9.5/10
Forbes - 9.5/10 (https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2018/04/12/god-of-war-review/#2cf84cfa488a)
duniaku - 9.5/10
Playstation Universe - 9.5/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351901151013&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw7qd4y0101r4s7000DAbtq934pz&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews%3Fsort-by%3Ddate&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.psu.com%2Freviews%2Fgod-of-war-review-ps4%2F&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fg00%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews%3Fsort-by%3Ddate%26i10c.encReferrer%3DaHR0cDovL3d3dy5tZXRhY3JpdGljLmNvbS9nMDAvZ2FtZS9wbGF5c3RhdGlvbi00L2dvZC1vZi13YXIvY3JpdGljLXJldmlld3M%2Fc29ydC1ieT1kYXRlJmkxMGMuZW5jUmVmZXJyZXI9YUhSMGNEb3ZMM2QzZHk1dFpYUmhZM0pwZEdsakxtTnZiUzluWVcxbEwzQnNZWGx6ZEdGMGFXOXVMVFF2WjI5a0xXOW1MWGRoY2k5amNtbDBhV010Y21WMmFXVjNjdyUzRCUzRCZpMTBjLnVhPTEmaTEwYy5kdj0xNA%3D%3D&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
Gaming Nexus - 9.5/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351931211412&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw817pg0101r4s7000DAas4010a7&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews%3Fsort-by%3Ddate&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamingnexus.com%2FArticle%2F5654%2FGod-of-War-(2018)%2F&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fg00%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews%3Fsort-by%3Ddate%26i10c.encReferrer%3DaHR0cDovL3d3dy5tZXRhY3JpdGljLmNvbS9nMDAvZ2FtZS9wbGF5c3RhdGlvbi00L2dvZC1vZi13YXIvY3JpdGljLXJldmlld3M%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%3D&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
3DJuegos - 9.5/10
Everyeye.it - 9.5/10
SpazioGames - 9.5/10
Video Chums - 9.5/10
GRYOnline.pl - 9.5/10
Video Chums - 9.5/10
Video Game Sophistry - 9.5/10
VGN - 9.5/10
PLAY! Zine - 9.5/10
Noobfeed - 9.5/10
Playground.ru - 9.5/10
Zoomg - 9.5/10
Vandal - 9.4/10
Gamepro - 9.3/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351981876410&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw8d3ya0101r4s7000DAdcmkoima&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews%3Fsort-by%3Ddate&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamepro.de%2Fartikel%2Fgod-of-war-gott-sei-dank-generalueberholt%2C3328424.html&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fg00%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews%3Fsort-by%3Ddate%26i10c.encReferrer%3DaHR0cDovL3d3dy5tZXRhY3JpdGljLmNvbS9nMDAvZ2FtZS9wbGF5c3RhdGlvbi00L2dvZC1vZi13YXIvY3JpdGljLXJldmlld3M%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%3D%3D&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
IGN Italia - 9.3/10
Merlin'in Kazani - 9.3/10
Worthplaying - 9.2/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351824310012&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw7ezgd0101r4s7000DAc5r31fi7&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews%3Fsort-by%3Ddate&v=1&out=http%3A%2F%2Fworthplaying.com%2Farticle%2F2018%2F4%2F12%2Freviews%2F108224%2F&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
ImpulseGamer - 9.2/10
Power Unlimited - 9.2/10
Meritstation - 9.2/10
Gamespot - 9/10 (https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/god-of-war-review-divine-bloodshed/1900-6416893/)
Hardcore Gamer - 9/10 (https://www.hardcoregamer.com/?post_type=post&p=296003)
Metro - 9/10 (http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/12/god-of-war-review-the-redemption-of-kratos-7460112/)
Attack of the Fanboy - 9/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351810046019&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw797vy0101r4s7000DAk6tzwrw1&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fattackofthefanboy.com%2Freviews%2Fgod-of-war%2F&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
Videogamer - 9/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351806501617&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw797vy0101r4s7000DAk6tzwrw1&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.videogamer.com%2Freviews%2Fgod-of-war-review&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
Press Start - 9/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351808153618&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw797vy0101r4s7000DAk6tzwrw1&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fpress-start.com.au%2Freviews%2Fplaystation4-reviews%2F2018%2F04%2F12%2Fgod-war-review-ps4-cinematic-masterpiece%2F&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
Trusted Reviews - 9/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351832135012&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw7gtrn0101r4s7000DAc5r31fi7&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews%3Fsort-by%3Ddate&v=1&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trustedreviews.com%2Freviews%2Fgod-of-war-ps4&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
Digital Trends - 9/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351815895423&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw797vy0101r4s7000DAk6tzwrw1&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitaltrends.com%2Fgame-reviews%2Fgod-of-war-review%2F&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
Gamesbeat - 9/10 (https://venturebeat.com/2018/04/12/god-of-war-review/)
Shacknews - 9/10 (http://www.shacknews.com/article/104284/god-of-war-review-growing-up-kratos)
Slant Magazine - 9/10 (https://www.slantmagazine.com/games/review/god-of-war)
Digitally Downloaded - 9/10 (http://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2018/04/review-god-of-war-sony-playstation-4.html)
4players.de - 9/10
Washington Post - 9/10
Cheat Code Central - 9/10
XGN - 9/10
M3 - 9/10
Multiplayer.it - 9/10
Post Arcade - 9/10
PSX Sense - 9/10
TrueGaming - 9/10
FANDOM - 9/10
Gamer.nl - 9/10
IGN Spain - 9/10
TechnoBuffalo - 9/10
SECTOR.sk - 9/10
Den of Geek - 9/10
GameSpace - 9/10
Angry Legend - 9/10
VGProfessional 9/10
Softpedia - 8.5/10
Metro Montreal - 8.5/10
Stevivor - 8/10 (https://stevivor.com/reviews/god-of-war-review-ps4-2018/)
TheSixthAxis - 8/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351812924321&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw797vy0101r4s7000DAk6tzwrw1&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews&v=1&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesixthaxis.com%2F2018%2F04%2F12%2Fgod-of-war-review%2F&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
Twinfinite - 8/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351811694020&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw797vy0101r4s7000DAk6tzwrw1&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews&v=1&out=http%3A%2F%2Ftwinfinite.net%2F2018%2F04%2Fgod-of-war-review&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
The Daily Dot - 8/10 (http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_152351814341422&key=52746e8db87abed1fd620f26f47292ce&libId=jfw797vy0101r4s7000DAk6tzwrw1&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war%2Fcritic-reviews&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailydot.com%2Fparsec%2Fgod-of-war-review%2F&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fgame%2Fplaystation-4%2Fgod-of-war&title=God of War Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4 -)
New Game Network - 8/10
EDGE Magazine - 8/10
CDavis_Games 8/10
Cubed3 - 8/10
Digital Spy - 4/5
PC Mag - 4/5
3dnews.ru - 7.5/10
Paste Magazine - 7.5/10
GameCritics - 7.5/10

Eurogamer - Recommended (https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-04-12-god-of-war-review-astonishing-technological-craft-in-the-service-of-simple-pleasures)
Kotaku - Very Positive (https://kotaku.com/god-of-war-the-kotaku-review-1825188422)
Waypoint - "A triumphant reinvention" (https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/kzxxwx/god-of-war-review)
Ars Technica - Buy it (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/04/god-of-war-2018-how-to-reinvent-a-beloved-series-without-ruining-what-works/)
SkillUp - "Game of the Generation" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyYbCNp1Rjk)
VG247 - "One of the best games of the current generation" (https://www.vg247.com/2018/04/12/god-war-review/)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Legend on Apr 11, 2018, 05:40 PM
Will this one beat the franchise high of 94?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 11, 2018, 05:46 PM
Will this one beat the franchise high of 94?
Not likely.  Even if it's easily the best game in the series, I can't see it beating the meta.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Legend on Apr 11, 2018, 05:53 PM
Not likely.  Even if it's easily the best game in the series, I can't see it beating the meta.
You set 95 as your high here (http://vizioneck.com/forum/index.php?topic=6155.0)

It could happen!!!


Plus games are good again and scores that high are possible. Zelda just got a 97.

If GOW really is the best GOW, I could see it getting a 95.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Xevross on Apr 11, 2018, 06:03 PM
I guess dibs counts for nothing here >:(
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 11, 2018, 06:05 PM
I guess dibs counts for nothing here >:(
Whoops, I forgot. Got sucked into the hype tornado. Can't Legend make you OP?

We needed a countdown to reviews!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 11, 2018, 06:12 PM
I guess dibs counts for nothing here >:(
You may slap him.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Legend on Apr 11, 2018, 06:14 PM
Whoops, I forgot. Got sucked into the hype tornado. Can't Legend make you OP?

We needed a countdown to reviews!
Like I have the power to do that  ::)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 11, 2018, 06:20 PM
You set 95 as your high here (http://vizioneck.com/forum/index.php?topic=6155.0)

It could happen!!!


Plus games are good again and scores that high are possible. Zelda just got a 97.

If GOW really is the best GOW, I could see it getting a 95.
That doesn't mean I believe it'll happen!  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 11, 2018, 06:23 PM
Almost 12 hours left
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Xevross on Apr 11, 2018, 06:23 PM
Oh I was only joking but thanks anyway :P

Pez can have the discussion/ launch thread which will be much bigger anyway
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 11, 2018, 06:25 PM
Oh I was only joking but thanks anyway :P

Pez can have the discussion/ launch thread which will be much bigger anyway
You're gonna be grateful and like it!  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Xevross on Apr 11, 2018, 06:26 PM
You set 95 as your high here (http://vizioneck.com/forum/index.php?topic=6155.0)

It could happen!!!


Plus games are good again and scores that high are possible. Zelda just got a 97.

If GOW really is the best GOW, I could see it getting a 95.
I don't think its possible for any franchise not Zelda, Mario or GTA to score a 97+ anymore. 96 might be possible for some, but with TLOU only hitting 95 I think that's pretty much the limit.

I guess we'll see, I'm feeling good about my 94 prediction, but I'll still be super happy if it lands at 92+. 91 or lower is when I might not be able to help feeling some slight disappointment

You're gonna be grateful and like it!  
Okay sir!

I'm getting up for this tomorrow morning and I was planning on keeping the OT updated as I have a free few hours after the embargo, which is why I wanted it :D
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 11, 2018, 07:39 PM
I actually think the review thread will be huge lol
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Xevross on Apr 11, 2018, 07:43 PM
I actually think the review thread will be huge lol
I can see GoW discussion being bloodborne big though, we'll all have lots to talk about.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Legend on Apr 11, 2018, 08:03 PM
I don't think its possible for any franchise not Zelda, Mario or GTA to score a 97+ anymore. 96 might be possible for some, but with TLOU only hitting 95 I think that's pretty much the limit.

I guess we'll see, I'm feeling good about my 94 prediction, but I'll still be super happy if it lands at 92+. 91 or lower is when I might not be able to help feeling some slight disappointment
Okay sir!

I'm getting up for this tomorrow morning and I was planning on keeping the OT updated as I have a free few hours after the embargo, which is why I wanted it :D
87 and below would make me slightly disappointed.

Horizon was a near perfect game so anything in that range is great for me.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 11, 2018, 08:16 PM
10 hours!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Legend on Apr 11, 2018, 10:04 PM
10 hours!
9 hours!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Xevross on Apr 11, 2018, 10:31 PM
How many of you guys will be here at the time of reviews?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Legend on Apr 11, 2018, 10:32 PM
How many of you guys will be here at the time of reviews?
Of course I'll be here. Only 1 am for me.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Xevross on Apr 11, 2018, 10:34 PM
Of course I'll be here. Only 1 am for me.
Awesome! I'm about to sleep, have an alarm set for 7:54am. Gonna be fun!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 11, 2018, 11:10 PM
How many of you guys will be here at the time of reviews?
It's 7 AM for me. I'll probably be an hour late.



Gody Warlog's God of War Preview Thread Season 2, Episode 3 "Well Loki that! Cory In The House!" | Page 249 | ResetEra (https://www.resetera.com/posts/6641852/)

Watch out, @Legend
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: nnodley on Apr 11, 2018, 11:45 PM
Yeah it's 3am for me so that'll be a NO  :P
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Legend on Apr 11, 2018, 11:51 PM
Why did you unapprove your post?

What am I watching out for?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 11, 2018, 11:55 PM
Why did you unapprove your post?

What am I watching out for?
Put it in a more relevant thread.

For being pessimistic.

Also, first review is out!


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Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 12:00 AM
Yeah they took it down real quick, but the score was 9/10.

Negative was having to backtrack a lot for side content.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 12:02 AM
Yeah they took it down real quick, but the score was 9/10.

Negative was having to backtrack a lot for side content.
That's not a good sign! Games with bad open world design have that problem!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 1 review)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 12:08 AM
Yeah they took it down real quick, but the score was 9/10.

Negative was having to backtrack a lot for side content.
That's not a good sign! Games with bad open world design have that problem!
He did say they did it pretty well though. Also, game is inspired by souls which has a lot of backtracking too but not in a negative way
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 1 review)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 12:09 AM
That's not a good sign! Games with bad open world design have that problem!
Sounds like a non-issue for me honestly.

And it seems this guy is quite harsh normally. He's only given 10s to BOTW, TLOU and The Witness.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 1 review)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 12:12 AM
Sounds like a non-issue for me honestly.

And it seems this guy is quite harsh normally. He's only given 10s to BOTW, TLOU and The Witness.
Seems like he can recognize quality.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 1 review)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 12, 2018, 12:28 AM
GoW will get a meta of 3B.   8)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 1 review)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 01:47 AM
He did say they did it pretty well though. Also, game is inspired by souls which has a lot of backtracking too but not in a negative way
I never realised how much I wanted a gow souls game till this post.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 1 review)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 01:48 AM
Combat seems souls-esque as well. Hype as fudge!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 1 review)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 02:47 AM
Seems more reviews have kinda come.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 1 review)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 12, 2018, 02:52 AM
It's bad.  :(
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 1 review)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 02:56 AM
It's bad.  :(
Huh?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 1 review)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 12, 2018, 02:58 AM
Huh?
Gody Warlog's God of War Preview Thread Season 2, Episode 3 "Well Loki that! Cory In The House!" | Page 264 | ResetEra (https://www.resetera.com/posts/6649077/)

Quote
So, 8, 9, 9 so far. Pretty good scores.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (86 ec 3 review)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 03:03 AM
Gody Warlog's God of War Preview Thread Season 2, Episode 3 "Well Loki that! Cory In The House!" | Page 264 | ResetEra (https://www.resetera.com/posts/6649077/)

Yeah that looks good to me.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (86 ec 3 review)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 05:05 AM
Dawn of the final 2 hours.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 4 review)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 05:12 AM
5/5 leaked
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 4 review)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 06:13 AM
45 minutes to go and I'm all alone.

Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 4 review)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 06:25 AM
I found riderz

Gody Warlog's God of War Preview Thread Series Finale "Well, Atreus, I really am the God of War" | Page 286 | ResetEra (https://www.resetera.com/posts/6653456/)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 4 review)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 06:31 AM


Start playing this now.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 4 review)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 06:34 AM
dang even with just a few reviews a very high score already seems unlikely
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 4 review)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 06:36 AM
dang even with just a few reviews a very high score already seems unlikely
Nah I'm feeling the hype. Think it'll get graham's number on metacritic.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 4 review)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 06:41 AM
Nah I'm feeling the hype. Think it'll get graham's number on metacritic.
Lol.

Then again apparently IGN released their beyond podcast discussing the game a bit early and it's completely glowing. Add a 9.5+ from them to an 8,9,9 and the average is probably over 90 on meta  :P
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 4 review)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 06:41 AM
Metacritic thinks this is a port of the ps2 game God of War for PlayStation 4 Reviews - Metacritic (http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/god-of-war)

And here is the opencritic link OpenCritic - The top critics in gaming. All in one place. (http://opencritic.com/game/5434/god-of-war)

Lol.

Then again apparently IGN released their beyond podcast discussing the game a bit early and it's completely glowing. Add a 9.5+ from them to an 8,9,9 and the average is probably over 90 on meta  :P
I wasn't joking about the 5/5 leak. It's a 90 currently on "early critic"  ;)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 4 review)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 06:46 AM
Metacritic thinks this is a port of the ps2 game God of War for PlayStation 4 Reviews - Metacritic (http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/god-of-war)

And here is the opencritic link OpenCritic - The top critics in gaming. All in one place. (http://opencritic.com/game/5434/god-of-war)
I wasn't joking about the 5/5 leak. It's a 90 currently on "early critic"  ;)
Lol yeah, meta are dumb.

Still, you'd want a better ratio of 10s from the early reviews!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 4 review)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 06:46 AM
Slant is a 90
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 5 review)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 06:48 AM
Slant is a 90
Solid, same as Uncharted 4.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 5 review)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 06:50 AM
Ah I knew I remember Slant 'ruining' the score for a big game, they gave BOTW a 3/5!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 5 review)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 06:52 AM
Ah I knew I remember Slant 'ruining' the score for a big game, they gave BOTW a 3/5!
Yeah you gotta believe!

Anyway now that you're back do you want to take over updating the OP as the score comes? It wouldn't work if we both tried updating at the same time.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 5 review)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 06:52 AM
Yeah you gotta believe!

Anyway now that you're back do you want to take over updating the OP as the score comes? It wouldn't work if we both tried updating at the same time.
Yes I'll keep it updated with the real scores :D
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 5 review)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 06:55 AM
So we're watching out for Washington Post, Game Critics, Aus Gamers, US Gamer, Quarter to Three, Stevivor and Digitally downloaded. They all gave Horizon/ Uncharted 4 low scores. Game Critics in particular, they were low on both.

Edit: game critics were also lowest on bloodborne.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (90 ec 5 review)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 06:56 AM
9.6 from some site.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (?? Meta/ ?? Reviews) (?? Open/ ?? Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 06:58 AM
9.6 from some site.
It won't let me get rid of the countdown!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (?? Meta/ ?? Reviews) (?? Open/ ?? Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 06:59 AM
It won't let me get rid of the countdown!
Cause pezus made it

100 on open!

God of War Review Thread | ResetEra (https://www.resetera.com/threads/god-of-war-review-thread.35649/)

 
Quote
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/303971212281905154/433851326276042752/GodOfWarReviewThreadSmol.jpg)*OP is under construction as reviews come in!* OPENCRITIC: TBD METACRITIC: TBD Destructoid: EasyAllies: Eurogamer: GameInformer: GameSpot: IGN:  Kotaku: Polygon USgamer: 
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (?? Meta/ ?? Reviews) (99 Open/ 3 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:01 AM
10/10 pushsquare

99 on oc now!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (?? Meta/ ?? Reviews) (99 Open/ 3 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:02 AM
10/10 EZA! Yes!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (?? Meta/ ?? Reviews) (99 Open/ 3 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:02 AM
10/10 polygon
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (?? Meta/ ?? Reviews) (99 Open/ 3 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:02 AM
Holy fudgy shame Polygon 10/10 here we goooooooooo
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (?? Meta/ ?? Reviews) (99 Open/ 3 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:02 AM
10/10 EZA! Yes!
Yeah !!!

OC crashed?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (?? Meta/ ?? Reviews) (99 Open/ 3 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:03 AM
Gamespot 9, IGN 10!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (?? Meta/ ?? Reviews) (99 Open/ 3 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:03 AM
10/10 ign

Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (?? Meta/ ?? Reviews) (99 Open/ 3 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:04 AM
Game Informer 9.75
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (?? Meta/ ?? Reviews) (99 Open/ 3 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:05 AM
10/10 destructoid
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (?? Meta/ ?? Reviews) (99 Open/ 3 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:05 AM
Destructoid 10, plenty of 9s

10/10 destructoid
Is opencritic working for you?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (?? Meta/ ?? Reviews) (99 Open/ 3 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:06 AM
99 on oc with 4, just updated

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DakIREpUQAAd87l.jpg:large)

Maybe real?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (93 Meta/ 48 Reviews) (99 Open/ 4 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:08 AM
99 on oc with 4, just updated

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DakIREpUQAAd87l.jpg:large)

Maybe real?
Its real
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (93 Meta/ 48 Reviews) (99 Open/ 4 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:09 AM
Seems it'll be right about equal with gow 3. Very nice!!!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (93 Meta/ 48 Reviews) (99 Open/ 4 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:09 AM
Every time I refresh meta it swaps between 94 and 93
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (93 Meta/ 48 Reviews) (99 Open/ 4 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:11 AM
Every time I refresh meta it swaps between 94 and 93
Yeah I just finally saw the score now. Was showing me nothing.

94 opencritic with 11 reviews
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (93 Meta/ 48 Reviews) (94 Open/ 13 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:12 AM
Yeah I just finally saw the score now. Was showing me nothing.

94 opencritic with 11 reviews
Yeah open is finally working for me
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (93 Meta/ 48 Reviews) (94 Open/ 13 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:13 AM
Yeah open is finally working for me
"Our CMS can't add reviews through the DOS of F5s coming in...old on folks..."

Not anymore
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (93 Meta/ 48 Reviews) (94 Open/ 13 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:14 AM
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (93 Meta/ 48 Reviews) (94 Open/ 13 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:16 AM
I don't get why Gamestop says negatives are N/A but gives it a 9. Grr
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (93 Meta/ 48 Reviews) (94 Open/ 13 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:18 AM
Seems we can slow down and stop updating the thread every minute.

Wonder if it'll drop a bit in the coming week.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (93 Meta/ 48 Reviews) (96 Open/ 27 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:21 AM
dang Open is on 96 now.

Meta could climb to 94 at this rate. Just hope there's no 7s or lower.
Seems we can slow down and stop updating the thread every minute.

Wonder if it'll drop a bit in the coming week.
Depends a lot on Edge I guess.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 52 Reviews) (96 Open/ 32 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:23 AM
dang Open is on 96 now.

Meta could climb to 94 at this rate. Just hope there's no 7s or lower.Depends a lot on Edge I guess.
Meta has been 94 for a while now. Could go higher!

(but won't)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 52 Reviews) (96 Open/ 32 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:26 AM
Meta has been 94 for a while now. Could go higher!

(but won't)
Looking at the all time chart, 94 range is 62 to 107, and God of War is #82. Slap bang in the middle.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 52 Reviews) (96 Open/ 32 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:26 AM
5/5 from US Gamer, another bogey critic down. Awesome!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 52 Reviews) (96 Open/ 39 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:29 AM
Crazy that oc is still 96. Just missing twinfinite.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 52 Reviews) (96 Open/ 40 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:31 AM
So we're watching out for Washington Post, Game Critics, Aus Gamers, US Gamer, Quarter to Three, Stevivor and Digitally downloaded. They all gave Horizon/ Uncharted 4 low scores. Game Critics in particular, they were low on both.

Edit: game critics were also lowest on bloodborne.
So far:

US Gamer: 100
Stevivor: 80
Digitally Downloaded: 90

The usual sony critics are giving good scores so far.

Crazy that oc is still 96. Just missing twinfinite.
Yeah I wonder how many of those extra 10s need to go on meta
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 62 Reviews) (96 Open/ 40 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:40 AM
With 64 reviews now, meta isn't going anywhere. Maybe 95, maybe 93, but it's stuck! Nice!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 64 Reviews) (96 Open/ 40 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:46 AM
With 64 reviews now, meta isn't going anywhere. Maybe 95, maybe 93, but it's stuck! Nice!
Its gone up 5 places to #77 of all time with these 12 reviews. So its getting close to the top of the 94 range (62-107). The Guardian 5 star still to add.

An edge 10 could tip it to 95, a 9 or less could doom it to fall.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 64 Reviews) (95 Open/ 46 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:47 AM
Opencritic fell to 95, it added one 8/10 which was on meta but Twinfinite still to add.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 68 Reviews) (95 Open/ 48 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:54 AM
Meta added The Guardian review and some others. Up to #72 all time now. So, soooo close to 95 :'(
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 68 Reviews) (95 Open/ 48 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:55 AM
Alright I'm going to bed. The resetera thread is getting far too close to posting spoilers.

Will be fun to come back and watch reviews after I've played the game.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 68 Reviews) (95 Open/ 48 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 07:58 AM
Alright I'm going to bed. The resetera thread is getting far too close to posting spoilers.

Will be fun to come back and watch reviews after I've played the game.
Yeah I'm gonna try and sleep a bit more now too.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 68 Reviews) (95 Open/ 48 Reviews)
Post by: ethomaz on Apr 12, 2018, 08:01 AM
Holy fudge.

Great scores.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 68 Reviews) (95 Open/ 50 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 08:02 AM
Holy fudge.

Great scores.
As expected  8)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 68 Reviews) (95 Open/ 50 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 08:03 AM
Holy fudge.

Great scores.
Eh they're ok. No 99 though.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 68 Reviews) (95 Open/ 50 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 08:07 AM
9.8/10 from Aus Gamer! Another Sony critic delivering an incredible score!

So far:

US Gamer: 100
Stevivor: 80
Digitally Downloaded: 90
Aus Gamer: 98

Game critics is the big one still to come. They scored Bloodborne, U4 and Horizon very low.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 68 Reviews) (95 Open/ 50 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 08:13 AM
lIncredible scores ! I was right all along!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 68 Reviews) (95 Open/ 50 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 08:14 AM
lIncredible scores ! I was right all along!
:D :D :D

5/5 from The Telegraph! Keep 'em coming journos!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 68 Reviews) (95 Open/ 50 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 08:16 AM
SkillUp saying GOTG
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 69 Reviews) (95 Open/ 52 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 08:18 AM
SkillUp saying GOTG
Well the reviews agree. Not counting TLOU or GTAV its the best reviewed PS4 game, and by quite a way right now; God of War is #72 on meta all time list. The next PS4 best is Persona 5 at #128.

Edit: and this is with a 98 and 100 still to add.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 68 Reviews) (95 Open/ 50 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 08:18 AM
Cant believe polygon gave it a ten

"God of War is, in a single word, holistic. Every aspect is excellent on its own, but more importantly, it all serves and accentuates the larger vision. Some die-hard fans may fear this isn't really God of War. I suppose they're right. It's even better."
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 69 Reviews) (95 Open/ 52 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 08:24 AM
Cant believe polygon gave it a ten

"God of War is, in a single word, holistic. Every aspect is excellent on its own, but more importantly, it all serves and accentuates the larger vision. Some die-hard fans may fear this isn't really God of War. I suppose they're right. It's even better."
Lol yeah I know, that shocked me.

Opencritic have misreported the telegraph as an 80 instead of 100. What to do? :o
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 69 Reviews) (95 Open/ 52 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 08:25 AM
Lol yeah I know, that shocked me.

Opencritic have misreported the telegraph as an 80 instead of 100. What to do? :o
What did they give?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 71 Reviews) (95 Open/ 53 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 08:25 AM
What did they give?
5 stars = 100

10/10 from Dualshockers!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 71 Reviews) (95 Open/ 53 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 08:26 AM
5 stars = 100

10/10 from Dualshockers!
Surely they'll change it

A whole lot of tens
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 71 Reviews) (95 Open/ 53 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 08:30 AM
Surely they'll change it

A whole lot of tens
Lol they have a fact check email, I let them know.

So meta is close to 95 and there's two 100s and a 98 to add. Can it get there?????
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 74 Reviews) (95 Open/ 53 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 08:35 AM
Lol they have a fact check email, I let them know.

So meta is close to 95 and there's two 100s and a 98 to add. Can it get there?????
It might for a bit. Will likely end up with 94 though. I expect 8 or 9 from edge
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 74 Reviews) (95 Open/ 53 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 08:36 AM
It might for a bit. Will likely end up with 94 though. I expect 8 or 9 from edge
Yeah if edge don't give it a 10 then 95 is impossible.

Edit: up to #66 all time now!!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 74 Reviews) (95 Open/ 53 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 08:39 AM
10/10 from Games.cz and IGN Japan!

Edit: holy shame is it getting so close to 95
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 74 Reviews) (95 Open/ 54 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 08:42 AM
How often to games just increase like this on meta? After the first 40 reviews came in it was at 93 and its just consistently gone up and up since then. Most of the 10s have come after the initial rush.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 74 Reviews) (95 Open/ 54 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 08:45 AM
How often to games just increase like this on meta? After the first 40 reviews came in it was at 93 and its just consistently gone up and up since then. Most of the 10s have come after the initial rush.
It's so hyped that earliest reviews were a bit low for clicks
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 74 Reviews) (95 Open/ 54 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 08:47 AM
It's so hyped that earliest reviews were a bit low for clicks
Yeah that's probably true. People knew they'd only be one of a sea of 10s so they delayed a bit. Good going!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 74 Reviews) (95 Open/ 57 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 09:06 AM
Spoiler for Large GIF:
(http://i.imgur.com/h5aW9cl.gif)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 74 Reviews) (95 Open/ 57 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 09:06 AM
Spoiler for Large GIF:
(http://i.imgur.com/h5aW9cl.gif)

Suhni is just the best person
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 75 Reviews) (95 Open/ 57 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 09:14 AM
With that 75th review added (Dualshockers 10/10) this is now the highest 94 of all time on meta. IGN Japan's 10/10 still to add as well! :o
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 75 Reviews) (95 Open/ 57 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 09:16 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/iwVbQCH.png)

Get on that 95 train!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 75 Reviews) (95 Open/ 57 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 09:18 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/iwVbQCH.png)
Exactly!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 57 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 10:24 AM
4 God of War games over 92 on meta. This is now Sony's best franchise.

Its probably going to be the biggest too. I'll actually be surprised if this sells less than 10 million in the next year.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 57 Reviews)
Post by: BananaKing on Apr 12, 2018, 10:30 AM
dang even with just a few reviews a very high score already seems unlikely
Think again baby!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 10:34 AM
Think again baby!
Lol yeah those early reviews were all on the low side as it turned out, nothing to worry about!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 10:46 AM
It's dropping, down to 64.! :-[
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 10:53 AM
It's dropping, down to 64.! :-[
That was the 9/10 which was added. Should be balanced by IGN Japan whenever that gets added.

After that, I guess we're waiting for smaller reviewers to get their hands on it, and hope it maintains its all 80+ record!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 11:05 AM
That was the 9/10 which was added. Should be balanced by IGN Japan whenever that gets added.

After that, I guess we're waiting for smaller reviewers to get their hands on it, and hope it maintains its all 80+ record!
They'll be furious that they didn't get an early copy



I recommend this review. Even just listening. No spoilers. He only shows the first area in the video.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 12:41 PM
Getting those 10s from Nordic sites as well!

ANMELDELSE: God of War - Gamer.no (https://www.gamer.no/artikler/anmeldelse-god-of-war/434720)

God of War Review Thread | Page 58 | ResetEra (https://www.resetera.com/posts/6661377/)

Lmao
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 12:55 PM
Seems the game is still good.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 12:57 PM
Seems the game is still good.
Okay...ish
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 12, 2018, 01:07 PM
Getting those 10s from Nordic sites as well!

ANMELDELSE: God of War - Gamer.no (https://www.gamer.no/artikler/anmeldelse-god-of-war/434720)

God of War Review Thread | Page 58 | ResetEra (https://www.resetera.com/posts/6661377/)

Lmao
That's a bit rich considering he's a Nintendo fan and you could say the same about most of their titles too.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 12, 2018, 01:08 PM
That's a bit rich considering he's a Nintendo fan and you could say the same about most of their titles too.
He's ripping off a joke about Zelda on GAF.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: nnodley on Apr 12, 2018, 01:12 PM
Any chance this goes up to 95 so I win!!

But dang, i was honestly expecting to wake up to it being below 90 for some reason so now I'm fudgy even more hyped!!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 01:14 PM
He's ripping off a joke about Zelda on GAF.  
Oh. Managed to derail the thread though. Weirdly not banned for trolling

Any chance this goes up to 95 so I win!!

But dang, i was honestly expecting to wake up to it being below 90 for some reason so now I'm fudgy even more hyped!!
After being hyped for the reviews for days (by reviewers themselves!) I always believed incredible scores were coming
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 01:19 PM
Oh. Managed to derail the thread though. Weirdly not banned for trolling
After being hyped for the reviews for days (by reviewers themselves!) I always believed incredible scores were coming
It's a copy pasta, not trolling.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 01:21 PM
It's a copy pasta, not trolling.
With most people not getting it, so it's a failed copy
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 12, 2018, 01:25 PM
With most people not getting it, so it's a failed copy
Not getting a joke isn't grounds for a ban!  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 01:29 PM
Not getting a joke isn't grounds for a ban!  
Not for those who don't get it. Should be banned for a bad joke!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: nnodley on Apr 12, 2018, 01:30 PM
Oh. Managed to derail the thread though. Weirdly not banned for trolling
After being hyped for the reviews for days (by reviewers themselves!) I always believed incredible scores were coming
I did too, but there was just something last night where I was like dang it could possibly be below 90.  Just a little of legend's pessimism rubbing off probably.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 59 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 12, 2018, 01:33 PM
I did too, but there was just something last night where I was like dang it could possibly be below 90.  Just a little of legend's pessimism rubbing off probably.
Same...
Lived up to the hype!  

Not for those who don't get it. Should be banned for a bad joke!
Psh, they didn't get the reference.  :p
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (94 Open/ 63 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 01:43 PM
I did too, but there was just something last night where I was like dang it could possibly be below 90.  Just a little of legend's pessimism rubbing off probably.
Yeah I got a bit of that as well.

I actually dreamt that I woke up and checked it the score and it was 76, and I was really disappointed. But then I thought it might be a dream so I checked the time and it was after the embargo so I was like ahh shame but then I actually woke up. Phew.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (94 Open/ 63 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 01:44 PM
I did too, but there was just something last night where I was like dang it could possibly be below 90.  Just a little of legend's pessimism rubbing off probably.
I was getting really hyped last night. Was expecting like a 98.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (94 Open/ 63 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 01:47 PM
I was getting really hyped last night. Was expecting like a 98.
Really hyped for me was still 94 :P
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (94 Open/ 63 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 02:13 PM
I was getting really hyped last night. Was expecting like a 98.
Lol. That happens like 0-1 times per decade

Did Meta go to sleep? No reviews been added for a while

Uh oh, down to 94 on Open. The dream is dead  :'(
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (94 Open/ 63 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 12, 2018, 02:16 PM
Lol. That happens like 0-1 times per decade

Did Meta go to sleep? No reviews been added for a while

Uh oh, down to 94 on Open. The dream is dead  :'(
Most of the reviews are probably already added, we'll probably get like 10 new reviews today and another 10 tomorrow or something.  

Open is just catching up to Meta right now.  

Still could get bumped back up to a 95.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (94 Open/ 63 Reviews)
Post by: ethomaz on Apr 12, 2018, 02:19 PM
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (94 Open/ 63 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 02:23 PM
Most of the reviews are probably already added, we'll probably get like 10 new reviews today and another 10 tomorrow or something.  

Open is just catching up to Meta right now.  

Still could get bumped back up to a 95.
Well there have been a few new reviews they've yet to add already. Been stuck at 76 reviews for hours!

Yeah, at least 4 hours, looking at post titles here. They'll probably wake up in 2-4 hours and update.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (94 Open/ 63 Reviews)
Post by: ethomaz on Apr 12, 2018, 02:36 PM
The critics are already putting GoW as new inspirations for others devs.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (94 Open/ 63 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 02:42 PM
The critics are already putting GoW as new inspirations for others devs.
That's always a good sign.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: DD_Bwest on Apr 12, 2018, 02:44 PM
noice..  this is gonna hurt the wallet lol
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: ethomaz on Apr 12, 2018, 02:44 PM
That's always a good sign.
Take notes Legend ;)

BTW

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dakm1xXVwAEjax9.jpg:large)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 02:49 PM
Take notes Legend ;)

BTW

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dakm1xXVwAEjax9.jpg:large)
13 years and no improvement. Lmao
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 02:49 PM
Take notes Legend ;)

BTW

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dakm1xXVwAEjax9.jpg:large)
Yep same score on both platforms. Seems they did a good job with the port.


Cube Royale will inspire many devs. It's the start of the next mega genre, aka this gen's demon souls.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 02:52 PM
Opencritic may go back up to 95 if they ever get around to correcting the Telegraph review score

Edit: lmao I just decided to check and exactly that has just happened.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 76 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 02:52 PM
Opencritic may go back up to 95 if they ever get around to correcting the Telegraph review score

Edit: lmao I just decided to check and exactly that has just happened.
Boom!

God of War for PlayStation 2 Reviews - Metacritic (http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/god-of-war)

They even added "Also on: Playstation 4" to the original LMAO
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 02:55 PM
2 reviews added on meta: 90 from Cheat Code Central and 100 from Gamer.no

They'll cancel each other out, but that reinforces the 94!

Boom!

God of War for PlayStation 2 Reviews - Metacritic (http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/god-of-war)

They even added "Also on: Playstation 4" to the original LMAO
This must just be a joke from them at this point
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 02:56 PM
2 reviews added on meta: 90 from Cheat Code Central and 100 from Gamer.no

They'll cancel each other out, but that reinforces the 94!
Well it should nudge it slightly up closer to 95



Best review yet
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 02:56 PM
Well it should nodge it slightly up closer to 95
yeah just checked and its one place higher. Now back to only 2 places off 95
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 02:57 PM
Boom!

God of War for PlayStation 2 Reviews - Metacritic (http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/god-of-war)

They even added "Also on: Playstation 4" to the original LMAO
That has been there since at least yesterday.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 12, 2018, 02:58 PM
Lol.  I wonder if the system just checks for the same name.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 03:03 PM
That has been there since at least yesterday.
Yeah understandably. I thought they only added this to the PS4 version tho, but they went way back

(https://abload.de/img/godofwar7e6rpm.png)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: nnodley on Apr 12, 2018, 03:27 PM
come on 95!!!  

I was getting really hyped last night. Was expecting like a 98.
lol so me and rev we're worried then you get hyped! what is wrong with the world!!  :'(
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 03:33 PM
come on 95!!! 
lol so me and rev we're worried then you get hyped! what is wrong with the world!!  :'(
I got worried by the first few early reviews all being 9s and 8s, which I knew made the mid 90s statistically much less likely. Turns out they were just some of the more harsh reviews!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 03:34 PM
I got worried by the first few early reviews all being 9s and 8s, which I knew made the mid 90s statistically much less likely. Turns out they were just some of the more harsh reviews!
Yeah you and Pi seemed to be going into panic mode based off those early reviews.  ::)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 12, 2018, 03:36 PM
Yeah you and Pi seemed to be going into panic mode based off those early reviews.  ::)
-Says someone who's pessimism keeps bringing up the order during preview threads

I was ready for the GoW hype to crash and burn....  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 03:44 PM
Yeah you and Pi seemed to be going into panic mode based off those early reviews.  ::)
Obviously we have the best knowledge of statistics!

I got more relaxed when I heard about IGN's podcast though, and it seemed like they were going to deliver a 10.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 03:46 PM


He might just be keeping himself reserved but saying 'very good' sounds more like an 8 or 9 to me. Giant Bomb have quite big weighting, so if that's the case this might be the first big hit to the 95 dream.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 12, 2018, 03:46 PM
Obviously we have the best knowledge of statistics!

I got more relaxed when I heard about IGN's podcast though, and it seemed like they were going to deliver a 10.
I'm on a media blackout.  
No news, not reading reviews, no nothing!  So I didn't hear about this IGN podcast.  Not that I like podcasts anyway.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 03:47 PM
-Says someone who's pessimism keeps bringing up the order during preview threads

I was ready for the GoW hype to crash and burn....  
I predicted 91 and put 85 as the lowest. Crashing and burning would be only relative to the sky high hype.
Obviously we have the best knowledge of statistics!

I got more relaxed when I heard about IGN's podcast though, and it seemed like they were going to deliver a 10.
I took a statistics class for a few days.



He might just be keeping himself reserved but saying 'very good' sounds more like an 8 or 9 to me. Giant Bomb have quite big weighting, so if that's the case this might be the first big hit to the 95 dream.
Thought it got an 85 from them.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 65 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 03:49 PM
Oh sweet Washington Post like it a lot! 4/10 crisis averted.

Lets see what metacritic says their score is...
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 66 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 04:22 PM


He might just be keeping himself reserved but saying 'very good' sounds more like an 8 or 9 to me. Giant Bomb have quite big weighting, so if that's the case this might be the first big hit to the 95 dream.
Feels like a 5/5
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 66 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 04:31 PM
Feels like a 5/5
I hope so! But to me 'very good' is a perfect description of something I'd give 4 stars.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 66 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 04:53 PM
I hope so! But to me 'very good' is a perfect description of something I'd give 4 stars.
While 8/10 is more like good these days. Unfortunately it would be translated to an 8

Also, it is dropping farther from 95
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 66 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 04:54 PM
While 8/10 is more like good these days. Unfortunately it would be translated to an 8

Also,its dropping further from 95
Yeah, Washington post came in as a 90.

That's fine though! Another Sony bogey reviewer down
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 66 Reviews)
Post by: nnodley on Apr 12, 2018, 05:26 PM
Hey at least I will hopefully win on Opencritic. lol

As long as it doesn't drop there.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 66 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 12, 2018, 05:39 PM
On my phone . Thought the background changed.  
At first glance kratos' scar looked like the sail of a boat or a cross.  Stylized, mind you.  

With a red sun in the corner .
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 78 Reviews) (95 Open/ 66 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 05:45 PM
5/5 from Dark station. Back up on meta!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 80 Reviews) (95 Open/ 66 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 12, 2018, 06:25 PM
I wonder how close it is to going up or down
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 80 Reviews) (95 Open/ 66 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 07:23 PM
I wonder how close it is to going up or down
Really close to 95.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 80 Reviews) (95 Open/ 66 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 08:10 PM
Another 100, from yahoo. It couldn't be closer to 95 right now.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 80 Reviews) (95 Open/ 66 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 08:23 PM
Another 100, from yahoo. It couldn't be closer to 95 right now.
fudgy hell. Save us, giantbomb
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 80 Reviews) (95 Open/ 66 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 12, 2018, 08:27 PM
fudgy hell. Save us, giantbomb
Nah even if they give a great review, you can almost guarantee some reviews in the coming week or two will drop it back down to 94.

edt: this user has been banned
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 80 Reviews) (95 Open/ 66 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 12, 2018, 08:28 PM
Nah even if they give a great review, you can almost guarantee some reviews in the coming week or two will drop it back down to 94.
Save us, edge and giantbomb!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 80 Reviews) (95 Open/ 66 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 12, 2018, 08:35 PM
Save us, edge and giantbomb!
If edge and giant bomb both give 10s then the 95 dream is real. They both have really high weighting.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 81 Reviews) (95 Open/ 66 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 13, 2018, 10:57 AM
New review just added. Game Over Online - 9.8/10.

Still not 95, but now it surely can't be ant closer. Just be something like 0.01 away.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 82 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 13, 2018, 12:35 PM
New review just added. Game Over Online - 9.8/10.

Still not 95, but now it surely can't be ant closer. Just be something like 0.01 away.
Barlog must be fuming  :'(
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 82 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 13, 2018, 04:33 PM
Giant bomb 5 star!! Get ready for the 95!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 82 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 13, 2018, 04:47 PM
Giant bomb 5 star!! Get ready for the 95!
Called it
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 82 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 13, 2018, 04:47 PM


He might just be keeping himself reserved but saying 'very good' sounds more like an 8 or 9 to me. Giant Bomb have quite big weighting, so if that's the case this might be the first big hit to the 95 dream.
:P
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 82 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 13, 2018, 04:49 PM
:P
He was teasing us all along!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 82 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 13, 2018, 04:50 PM
He was teasing us all along!
Dang straight!  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 82 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 13, 2018, 04:55 PM
95 where you at?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 13, 2018, 05:09 PM
Made it!

Enjoy it before it gets inevitably pulled down again!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 13, 2018, 05:39 PM
I wonder if a 9 from Edge would pull it back down to 94. Average would still be 95 for those two (gb+edge) and it was dang close to 95 total before them

It's above RDR and portal 2 on the list!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 13, 2018, 05:45 PM
I wonder if a 9 from Edge would pull it back down to 94. Average would still be 95 for those two (gb+edge) and it was dang close to 95 total before them
Edge has a bigger weighting. Its impossible to say for sure, it'll probably still be right on the line either way.

Anyway, not much point thinking about it. There's likely to be at least a dozen more reviews before we find out Edge's score.

The big ones for me are Game Critics and Quarter to Three, who are consistently very low scorers of Sony exclusives; Game Critics are low on Bloodborne, HZD, Uncharted 4, GoW3 Remastered. Quarter to Three are low on The Last of Us, HZD, inFamous SS. Just to name a few. They're consistently near the bottom.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 13, 2018, 05:56 PM
Huh Giant Bomb have quite a huge weighting as well, this went from #62 to #57 on the all time list. It actually looks fairly safely nestled into 95 :P
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: nnodley on Apr 13, 2018, 06:52 PM
BOOM! I'm winning for now!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 13, 2018, 07:05 PM
BOOM! I'm winning for now!
@Legend is losing
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 13, 2018, 07:11 PM
BOOM! I'm winning for now!
@Legend is losing
Nah Boys, we are all winning.  

#GoodGamesForThePeople
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 13, 2018, 07:13 PM
I feel like I'm winning more now its 95 even though it means I'm now not winning
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: BananaKing on Apr 13, 2018, 07:47 PM
Hopefully it can stick to 95. That would be amazing. Either way the reviews are amazing and this game really really seems to deliver. I hope SSM get a chance to do a new IP next.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 13, 2018, 07:50 PM
Hopefully it can stick to 95. That would be amazing. Either way the reviews are amazing and this game really really seems to deliver. I hope SSM get a chance to do a new IP next.
Mainline GoW games in that case: 94-93-92-95
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 13, 2018, 07:53 PM
We have to wait till the 26th for Edge.  :-\
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 13, 2018, 07:54 PM
We have to wait till the 26th for Edge.  :-\
Good  Might be higher by then
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 13, 2018, 07:56 PM
Good  Might be higher by then
Or it might have received loads of mixed reviews and the edge 4/10 is the final nail in the coffin for 90+
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 13, 2018, 08:08 PM
Or it might have received loads of mixed reviews and the edge 4/10 is the final nail in the coffin for 90+

I'm stoopit
That's right
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 13, 2018, 08:20 PM
Mod abuse!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 13, 2018, 08:30 PM
Hopefully it can stick to 95. That would be amazing. Either way the reviews are amazing and this game really really seems to deliver. I hope SSM get a chance to do a new IP next.
They don't need to do a new IP.  If GOW can reinvent itself like this then why not keep reinventing it every generation?

It's kinda cool to think that outside of Nintendo games (and GTA), god of war is practically the only old franchise that started huge and is staying huge without franchise fatigue setting in.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 13, 2018, 09:42 PM
They don't need to do a new IP.  If GOW can reinvent itself like this then why not keep reinventing it every generation?

It's kinda cool to think that outside of Nintendo games (and GTA), god of war is practically the only old franchise that started huge and is staying huge without franchise fatigue setting in.
Well Cory said he wants to do a new IP next. I guess Sony just let him do what he wants rather than try to force a sequel.

Yeah God of War is a very impressive franchise. Its a shame I never appreciated/ hadn't really heard of it when I had a PS3
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 13, 2018, 10:17 PM
Can GoW become the best reviewed PS4 game, besides GTA? It's one place behind TLOUR

They don't need to do a new IP.  If GOW can reinvent itself like this then why not keep reinventing it every generation?

It's kinda cool to think that outside of Nintendo games (and GTA), god of war is practically the only old franchise that started huge and is staying huge without franchise fatigue setting in.
God of War is the perfect franchise for that, since it's easy for them to switch mythologies and stuff

Well Cory said he wants to do a new IP next. I guess Sony just let him do what he wants rather than try to force a sequel.

Yeah God of War is a very impressive franchise. Its a shame I never appreciated/ hadn't really heard of it when I had a PS3
My guess is that Cory does a new IP while another team starts working on a GoW sequel. After they see the sales numbers I don't think they can put it on hold
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 13, 2018, 11:03 PM
Can GoW become the best reviewed PS4 game, besides GTA? It's one place behind TLOUR

My guess is that Cory does a new IP while another team starts working on a GoW sequel. After they see the sales numbers I don't think they can put it on hold
Maybe, Edge will bring it down and make that very difficult but we'll see. I'd still bet it ends on 94 at this point.

Yeah that would be good too, I just would have doubts that the sequel could match this in quality.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 13, 2018, 11:04 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/NBzQ1Ne.jpg)

Hadn't seen anyone post this here
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 13, 2018, 11:25 PM
Considering the weight of Edge on metacritic if they give it a 10 it could hit 96. Probably 10 to 20 reviews before then so if they can overall push it towards 96 it's very doable. I think Edge who gave tlou a 10 are likely to favour this. However those other sites that have given games like tlou and hzd bad scores I have my doubts. We'll see.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 67 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 13, 2018, 11:53 PM
Considering the weight of Edge on metacritic if they give it a 10 it could hit 96. Probably 10 to 20 reviews before then so if they can overall push it towards 96 it's very doable. I think Edge who gave tlou a 10 are likely to favour this. However those other sites that have given games like tlou and hzd bad scores I have my doubts. We'll see.
There's talk of edge editors hinting its not a 10. Also people are just generally thinking they won't give it. Their highest for any GoW game is an 8, although this is very different.

I'd say they're most likely to give a 9, with an 8 and 10 equally likely either way.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 68 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 14, 2018, 12:34 AM
PS4 games getting great review scores GIF | Create, Discover and Share on Gfycat (https://gfycat.com/widefalseangelfish)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 68 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 14, 2018, 01:16 AM
PS4 games getting great review scores GIF | Create, Discover and Share on Gfycat (https://gfycat.com/widefalseangelfish)
Great GIF lol. Sony should hire this guy
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 68 Reviews)
Post by: ethomaz on Apr 14, 2018, 02:22 AM
Now I can buy without regret this game... 94 was too rick for disappointment.

PS4 games getting great review scores GIF | Create, Discover and Share on Gfycat (https://gfycat.com/widefalseangelfish)
This gif spreading fake info lol
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 68 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 14, 2018, 02:37 AM
Lowest score is still an 8 right? That's kinda crazy.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 68 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 14, 2018, 02:46 AM
Lowest score is still an 8 right? That's kinda crazy.
Yep.  Has a few 80's.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 68 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 15, 2018, 09:26 AM
New review, 10/10 from Digital Chumps. Will be added to meta later. Nice little buffer on 95!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 83 Reviews) (95 Open/ 70 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 15, 2018, 04:11 PM
Another new review - 9.2/10 from Impulse gamer. Both added to meta now.

Depending on their weighting that might well increase GoW slightly. At least secures 95 a bit more.

Edit: yeah it's gone up one place in the all time list. Past TLOU Remastered
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 15, 2018, 04:42 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DazJRWeUQAAsSYN.jpg)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 16, 2018, 06:10 AM
Honestly if it can move up a bit on the 95 and edge give it a 10 I'd be surprised if it doesn't hit 96.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 16, 2018, 08:43 AM
Honestly if it can move up a bit on the 95 and edge give it a 10 I'd be surprised if it doesn't hit 96.
It's more likely to drop back down to 94 imo
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 16, 2018, 02:21 PM
Apparently 4players.de review is out tomorrow and the reviewer gave it an impression after the preview that was just "good" and not very good. They are also very harsh usually. I guess they will bring it lower for sure. I'm guessing 8
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 16, 2018, 02:46 PM
Apparently 4players.de review is out tomorrow and the reviewer gave it an impression after the preview that was just "good" and not very good. They are also very harsh usually. I guess they will bring it lower for sure. I'm guessing 8
Kratos will show them his true power. They'll love it. Believe.

Spoiler for Hidden:
Yeah seems like around an 8 to me too.


Oh shame yeah 10s from 4players are super super rare. They call TLOU a masterpiece yet its 9.2/10 :o

They did give Gow3 remastered a 9/10 though.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 16, 2018, 02:52 PM
7 10's.
A few are DLCs, Rock band Rivals, Bioshock collection and modern warfare remastered
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 16, 2018, 03:19 PM
7 10's.
A few are DLCs, Rock band Rivals, Bioshock collection and modern warfare remastered
Yeah I think if these guys give GoW a 9 we should be extremely happy with that.

You can't really compare GoW to the other top games until reviewers like these are added. The rest have to suffer from them too, and GoW hasn't yet. I think there's only a very very slim chance this hangs onto 95. Its probably more likely to drop all the way to 93.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 16, 2018, 03:32 PM
Yeah I think if these guys give GoW a 9 we should be extremely happy with that.

You can't really compare GoW to the other top games until reviewers like these are added. The rest have to suffer from them too, and GoW hasn't yet. I think there's only a very very slim chance this hangs onto 95. Its probably more likely to drop all the way to 93.
93 seems unlikely with this many reviews in.

Even if a review gave it a 1/10 and had average weighting on MC, it'd still be a 94.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 16, 2018, 03:48 PM
93 seems unlikely with this many reviews in.

Even if a review gave it a 1/10 and had average weighting on MC, it'd still be a 94.
There's 20-30 reviews to come. All it takes is a decent amount of 7s/8s without 10s to balance them. Its very unlikely sure, but so is managing to stay at 95 with the reviewers that have yet to come.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 16, 2018, 03:58 PM
Yeah I think if these guys give GoW a 9 we should be extremely happy with that.

You can't really compare GoW to the other top games until reviewers like these are added. The rest have to suffer from them too, and GoW hasn't yet. I think there's only a very very slim chance this hangs onto 95. Its probably more likely to drop all the way to 93.
Nah 93 is out of the question
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 16, 2018, 04:06 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/H94q9NI.jpg)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 16, 2018, 04:11 PM

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We did it boys.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 16, 2018, 04:30 PM
There's 20-30 reviews to come. All it takes is a decent amount of 7s/8s without 10s to balance them. Its very unlikely sure, but so is managing to stay at 95 with the reviewers that have yet to come.
Next 20-30 reviews just need to average to 9/10 to keep it a 94. That seems likely since there isn't an online multiplayer thing that'd make late reviews different.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 16, 2018, 04:34 PM
Next 20-30 reviews just need to average to 9/10 to keep it a 94. That seems likely since there isn't an online multiplayer thing that'd make late reviews different.
You say just, but I expect a higher proportion of 8s and probably less than that from the last lot. Also meta depends heavily on weightings of course.

If Edge only gives an 8 then there's trouble, for example.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 16, 2018, 04:36 PM
I'm still expecting a troll review.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 16, 2018, 04:39 PM
I'm still expecting a troll review.  
Yup. There's bound to be one. People seem to be forgetting how quickly U4 and Horizon in particular dropped like a rock with just a few reviews. 93 is still perfectly possible.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 71 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 16, 2018, 04:40 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/H94q9NI.jpg)
He ages like a majestic beast
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 16, 2018, 05:39 PM
Yup. There's bound to be one. People seem to be forgetting how quickly U4 and Horizon in particular dropped like a rock with just a few reviews. 93 is still perfectly possible.
Due to the way thread titles work, you can go back and check on how the score changed as reviews came in.

Horizon had 88 after 35 reviews and would just occasionally get up to 89 every once in a while and finally stayed with 89 at 101 reviews. The score barely changed as time went on and that game had a 7 day early embargo too (I forgot about that).

93 for GOW is possible but it's not worth worrying about unless something changes.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 16, 2018, 05:44 PM
Due to the way thread titles work, you can go back and check on how the score changed as reviews came in.

Horizon had 88 after 35 reviews and would just occasionally get up to 89 every once in a while and finally stayed with 89 at 101 reviews. The score barely changed as time went on and that game had a 7 day early embargo too (I forgot about that).

93 for GOW is possible but it's not worth worrying about unless something changes.
I recall that it was climbing and had a chance at 90 but then it got killed by a low score. Might be wrong though :(
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 16, 2018, 05:52 PM
Two perfect score reviews today: Gamezone and DailyStar. Neither will be added to meta but I wonder if Open uses them. Still, good to see more people loving the game!

Opencritic also added a Turkish review, place called Oyungezer Online gave the game 9.8/10
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 16, 2018, 06:43 PM
A from Gaming Age. Will go on meta as 100. Nice!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 85 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 16, 2018, 07:24 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/REpK0gd.jpg)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 16, 2018, 09:02 PM
It's more likely to drop back down to 94 imo
#Believe
(https://i.imgur.com/H94q9NI.jpg)
Where did he get the scar from on his eye?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 16, 2018, 09:12 PM
Where did he get the scar from on his eye?
I haven't played any GoW game, yet.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 16, 2018, 09:13 PM
I haven't played any GoW game, yet.  
Do you know the plots or are you going in blind?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 16, 2018, 09:15 PM
Holy balls! Its gone up 3 places on the all time list. Only one place below The Last of Us now! Its as close to 96 as it is 94. Insane.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 16, 2018, 09:23 PM
Do you know the plots or are you going in blind?
I don't know the plots, but I also don't know when I'll be getting the game...  :(

I think I will get the previous games first.  But we'll see.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 16, 2018, 09:23 PM
Holy balls! Its gone up 3 places on the all time list. Only one place below The Last of Us now! Its as close to 96 as it is 94. Insane.
It's as close to 93 as it is to 97. Believe!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 16, 2018, 09:31 PM
Assuming I counted accurately, 11 games to pass to get to 96.  It's just below The Last of Us
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 16, 2018, 09:40 PM
Assuming I counted accurately, 11 games to pass to get to 96.  It's just below The Last of Us
Yeah. Games will be more closely distributed the lower the score though. So if its 10 below and 11 above, its probably more like only 1/3 of the way through rather than half.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 16, 2018, 10:10 PM
From a purely mathematical point of view, how much more prestigious is a 95 vs a 94? 10/10 is the max score so it's a lot harder to get higher averages.

I don't know the plots, but I also don't know when I'll be getting the game...  :(

I think I will get the previous games first.  But we'll see.  
I bought the game but I'm not sure when I'll play it either   :'(


GOW:A servers still up? You should play that!!!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 16, 2018, 10:21 PM
From a purely mathematical point of view, how much more prestigious is a 95 vs a 94? 10/10 is the max score so it's a lot harder to get higher averages.
Opencritic's chart is a good way to look at this. 94-96 is in the top 0.1% of games while 91-93 is top 0.4% of games. This means there's 3x more games in the 91-93 range than 94-96.

If you want to compare closer though, metacritic's all time chart has 55 games at 94, while only 20 at 95. So almost 3x more rare there too. That's actually the biggest jump as well.

92: 80 games
93: 57 games
94: 55 games
95: 21 games
96: 21 games
97: 15 games
98: 4 games
99: 1 game

94 --> 95 is quite a big difference it seems, using actual data.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 16, 2018, 10:28 PM
Opencritic's chart is a good way to look at this. 94-96 is in the top 0.1% of games while 91-93 is top 0.4% of games. This means there's 3x more games in the 91-93 range than 94-96.

If you want to compare closer though, metacritic's all time chart has 55 games at 94, while only 20 at 95. So almost 3x more rare there too. That's actually the biggest jump as well.

92: 80 games
93: 57 games
94: 55 games
95: 21 games
96: 21 games
97: 15 games
98: 4 games
99: 1 game

94 --> 95 is quite a big difference it seems, using actual data.
That's mostly a measure of how common good games are. You'd instead probably need to do it with a probability curve assuming fully random reviews.

Basically a measure of how many possible review configurations could land on the final score.

IE roll two 5 sided dice. What's the probability they add up to 10? It's lower than the probability they add up to 9.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 16, 2018, 10:43 PM
That's mostly a measure of how common good games are. You'd instead probably need to do it with a probability curve assuming fully random reviews.

Basically a measure of how many possible review configurations could land on the final score.

IE roll two 5 sided dice. What's the probability they add up to 10? It's lower than the probability they add up to 9.
Yeah but you'd have to model the curves off something. Well, of course it would be a gaussian but what exact shape, who knows.

Okay fine. So looking at publications on meta, 74 seems to be the average. Now the majority of games are less than 98, so I set standard deviation to 8.

P(x>93)=0.00877 or 0.877% are higher than 93. P(x>94)=0.00621, or 0.621%. P(x>95)=0.00433, or 0.433%.

s.d. is probably different but eh that's good enough. There you go.

0.256% of games at 94, and 0.621% of games are above them. 0.188% of games at 95 meta, and 0.433% above them.

Edit: Set s.d. to 7 and you get 0.118% at 94, 0.214% above them. 0.079% at 95 and 0.135% above them.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 16, 2018, 10:47 PM
Yeah but you'd have to model the curves off something. Well, of course it would be a gaussian but what exact shape, who knows.

Okay fine. So looking at publications on meta, 74 seems to be the average. Now the majority of games are less than 98, so I set standard deviation to 8.

P(x>93)=0.00877 or 0.877% are higher than 93. P(x>94)=0.00621, or 0.621%. P(x>95)=0.00433, or 0.433%.

s.d. is probably different but eh that's good enough. There you go.

0.256% of games at 94, and 0.621% of games are above them. 0.188% of games at 95 meta, and 0.433% above them.

#EverydayMath
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 16, 2018, 10:52 PM
#EverydayMath
I added an edit. standard dev. of 7 seems more likely.

Basically top 0.332% of games vs. top 0.214%. About 1/3 of the data in 94-100 range is in 94 itself, so 95 is quite a lot better,
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 16, 2018, 10:53 PM
Yeah but you'd have to model the curves off something. Well, of course it would be a gaussian but what exact shape, who knows.

Okay fine. So looking at publications on meta, 74 seems to be the average. Now the majority of games are less than 98, so I set standard deviation to 8.

P(x>93)=0.00877 or 0.877% are higher than 93. P(x>94)=0.00621, or 0.621%. P(x>95)=0.00433, or 0.433%.

s.d. is probably different but eh that's good enough. There you go.

0.256% of games at 94, and 0.621% of games are above them. 0.188% of games at 95 meta, and 0.433% above them.

Edit: Set s.d. to 7 and you get 0.118% at 94, 0.214% above them. 0.079% at 95 and 0.135% above them.
That's not what I was meaning, but it's probably way more useful so I'll take it!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 16, 2018, 10:55 PM
That's not what I was meaning, but it's probably way more useful so I'll take it!
Gaussians are always the answer.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 16, 2018, 11:07 PM
l--------------------94----------------------l-------------95-------------l--------96--------l-----97-----l--98--l-99-l100

Well here's my (stupidly accurate for what this is) visual representation. You're welcome.

Man I have no life.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 16, 2018, 11:51 PM
l--------------------94----------------------l-------------95-------------l--------96--------l-----97-----l--98--l-99-l100

Well here's my (stupidly accurate for what this is) visual representation. You're welcome.

Man I have no life.
98+ is GOAT
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 17, 2018, 12:21 AM
l--------------------94----------------------l-------------95-------------l--------96--------l-----97-----l--98--l-99-l100

Well here's my (stupidly accurate for what this is) visual representation. You're welcome.

Man I have no life.
Nerd!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 17, 2018, 02:41 AM
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Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 17, 2018, 02:51 AM
What have I started!?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 08:36 AM
What have I started!?
A nerd fight
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: SWORDF1SH on Apr 17, 2018, 09:14 AM
This thread just got too technical.
I'm Out!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 17, 2018, 09:31 AM
This thread just got too technical.
I'm Out!
NNNOOOOOOOO
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 72 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 10:19 AM
10/10 from gameover.gr, will be added to meta.

Man, I swear more than half of the 10s on meta have come from the last 20 reviews.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 01:35 PM
9/10 from 4players.de

That's great! People were worried about this one, as they were one of the least positive on previews and they never give 10/10. The highest they ever give is 9.5/10 and that's super super rare (only ever given to SoTC, rest are 9.2/10 or lower). 9/10 from these guys is pretty much as good as it gets.

So a 9/10 and a 10/10 to add to meta. Should do pretty much nothing to the overall standings.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 17, 2018, 01:52 PM
9/10 from 4players.de

That's great! People were worried about this one, as they were one of the least positive on previews and they never give 10/10. The highest they ever give is 9.5/10 and that's super super rare (only ever given to SoTC, rest are 9.2/10 or lower). 9/10 from these guys is pretty much as good as it gets.

So a 9/10 and a 10/10 to add to meta. Should do pretty much nothing to the overall standings.
Wait didn't they give 10s to a few games?

But yeah that is very good considering the expectations
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 01:55 PM
Wait didn't they give 10s to a few games?

But yeah that is very good considering the expectations
Well meta has 100s for some remasters/ DLCs but on their website those reviews actually have no scores. So I think it was one of those cases where meta gives it a score themselves and in 2016 they decided that all these should be 100 even though this place had never given anything more than 92 before.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 02:26 PM
Could someone design a program to solve a large number of simultaneous equations to work out the weighting of each reviewer on metacritic?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 17, 2018, 02:42 PM
People really aren't hopeful about edge's score lol
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 17, 2018, 02:43 PM
Could someone design a program to solve a large number of simultaneous equations to work out the weighting of each reviewer on metacritic?
Assuming it's a static weighting, yeah.  It'd be possible.  It'd be a lot of work.  You'd have to scrape all the data from a whole bunch of pages, which would be a project by itself.  Then you'd have to match the data up with variables.  There'd need to be a little bit of leeway to allow things like 94.4 and 94.6.  Stuff like that. 

Assuming it's a dynamic weighting. 
Meta says "the scores are weighted according to the critic's fame, stature, and volume of reviews."  Which it might be:
So you could expect that the first review has less weight than the 100th review from the same reviewer.  Which might have even less weight than the 1000th review.  And you wouldn't want scores to change for older reviews just because the reviewer is worth more now. 

This is still mostly doable, but you'd need to keep track of a few more variables.  Well the easiest one is how many reviews that the reviewer has had so far with each review.  You can probably find a correlation.  It's probably still possible to get the exact value, but it'd be a lot of work. 


Static weighting is probably a fantastic approximation, but there's a chance that it'll be off.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 17, 2018, 02:58 PM
The best way to do that would be to track the reviews as they come in and see how they affect the placement against other games, at least for the scores beyond the first batch that are added.

This thread just got too technical.
I'm Out!
Go to the hype thread!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 03:08 PM
Assuming it's a static weighting, yeah.  It'd be possible.  It'd be a lot of work.  You'd have to scrape all the data from a whole bunch of pages, which would be a project by itself.  Then you'd have to match the data up with variables.  There'd need to be a little bit of leeway to allow things like 94.4 and 94.6.  Stuff like that. 

Assuming it's a dynamic weighting. 
Meta says "the scores are weighted according to the critic's fame, stature, and volume of reviews."  Which it might be:
So you could expect that the first review has less weight than the 100th review from the same reviewer.  Which might have even less weight than the 1000th review.  And you wouldn't want scores to change for older reviews just because the reviewer is worth more now. 

This is still mostly doable, but you'd need to keep track of a few more variables.  Well the easiest one is how many reviews that the reviewer has had so far with each review.  You can probably find a correlation.  It's probably still possible to get the exact value, but it'd be a lot of work. 


Static weighting is probably a fantastic approximation, but there's a chance that it'll be off.
Yeah that's what I thought. With a static weighting it would be possible but very time consuming.

Anyway, 3 reviews added to meta. The two stated before and a 100 from New York Daily News. It just keeps going up!

Edit: or not, it seems 4players have a big weighting. Its gone down in the rankings.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 17, 2018, 03:15 PM
Yeah that's what I thought. With a static weighting it would be possible but very time consuming.

Anyway, 3 reviews added to meta. The two stated before and a 100 from New York Daily News. It just keeps going up!

Edit: or not, it seems 4players have a big weighting. Its gone down in the rankings.
Harsh critics seem to have a lot of weight

But it's still at 56 for me

Apparently there's another 10 to be added so it'll go net up
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 86 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 03:17 PM
Harsh critics seem to have a lot of weight

But it's still at 56 for me

Apparently there's another 10 to be added so it'll go net up
Oh its probably meta not updating properly then. I might be seeing the all time ranks with the 90 counted and not the two 100s.

Edit: wait yeah 56 is what I see too. It was at #53 before though.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 03:23 PM
I refresh the page and it alternates between #53 and #56.

What is the truth?? :o
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 17, 2018, 03:24 PM
I refresh the page and it alternates between #53 and #56.

What is the truth?? :o
There's no truth in meta land.

Still says 53 for me.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 03:36 PM
There's no truth in meta land.

Still says 53 for me.
Yeah seems like it hasn't moved.

30/89 scores are 100 now. Almost as good a ratio as Uncharted 4!

I remember there were 48 reviews when it first updated on meta. 13 of those were perfect scores. Ratio has just kept increasing since then.

TLOU has 42/98 perfect scores by the way. An insane ratio.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 04:19 PM
A few 70s is all it'll take to drop right back down. We still have Game Critics, Quarter to Three and Riot Pixels to come. I'd be surprised if those three average more than 80. Very surprised. In fact, even an average of over 70 would still be dodging a bullet from those three.

Add in an edge 8 or 9 and things start to look a bit hairy.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 17, 2018, 04:24 PM
A few 70s is all it'll take to drop right back down. We still have Game Critics, Quarter to Three and Riot Pixels to come. I'd be surprised if those three average more than 80. Very surprised. In fact, even an average of over 70 would still be dodging a bullet from those three.

Add in an edge 8 or 9 and things start to look a bit hairy.
I would not be surprised if it drops to 94.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 17, 2018, 04:25 PM
A few 70s is all it'll take to drop right back down. We still have Game Critics, Quarter to Three and Riot Pixels to come. I'd be surprised if those three average more than 80. Very surprised. In fact, even an average of over 70 would still be dodging a bullet from those three.

Add in an edge 8 or 9 and things start to look a bit hairy.
Quarter to Three:
As for God of War, true story: I didn't know there was a new God of War until last week when a friend asked me about it. She said something about Kratos' son and I was all, like, wait, what, his son? That's how out of the loop I am with console releases. I see it's doing well on Metacritic, so I presume some people think it's really good.


Far Cry 5 is more effective - and relevant - than it knows - Quarter to Three (http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2018/04/15/far-cry-5-is-more-effective-and-relevant-than-it-knows/)

I'm feeling lucky.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 04:28 PM
Quarter to Three:
As for God of War, true story: I didn't know there was a new God of War until last week when a friend asked me about it. She said something about Kratos' son and I was all, like, wait, what, his son? That's how out of the loop I am with console releases. I see it's doing well on Metacritic, so I presume some people think it's really good.


Far Cry 5 is more effective - and relevant - than it knows - Quarter to Three (http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2018/04/15/far-cry-5-is-more-effective-and-relevant-than-it-knows/)

I'm feeling lucky.
Weird. He could easily pick it up at launch and make a review though.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 17, 2018, 04:30 PM
Weird. He could easily pick it up at launch and make a review though.
they didn't reciew Uncharted 4, though.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 04:31 PM
they didn't reciew Uncharted 4, though.
I guess they pick and choose what to review. Lets hope they either don't review this, or do and give it 5 stars lol.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 17, 2018, 04:34 PM
If they didn't know about GOW until very recently, how are they a game journalist? I stopped reading once they mentioned story stuff so maybe it was hyperbole.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 73 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 17, 2018, 04:35 PM
I guess they pick and choose what to review. Lets hope they either don't review this, or do and give it 5 stars lol.
They get more freedom to review what they want.  At bigger places, you'd probably get assigned a review if no one else takes it.  

He said that in response to whether he was going to review it.  So I don't think he will.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 74 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 04:38 PM
If they didn't know about GOW until very recently, how are they a game journalist? I stopped reading once they mentioned story stuff so maybe it was hyperbole.
Lol, now you can see why their reviews are so shame.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 74 Reviews)
Post by: darkknightkryta on Apr 17, 2018, 04:55 PM
#Believe Where did he get the scar from on his eye?
Just quickly looking at art for the first game, it looks like he's always had it.  Probably from one of his battles before killing Ares.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 74 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 17, 2018, 05:05 PM
Yeah seems like it hasn't moved.

30/89 scores are 100 now. Almost as good a ratio as Uncharted 4!

I remember there were 48 reviews when it first updated on meta. 13 of those were perfect scores. Ratio has just kept increasing since then.

TLOU has 42/98 perfect scores by the way. An insane ratio.
TLOU and UC4 both have more hater reviews though. I can't believe GoW still has nothing below 8

Quarter to Three:
As for God of War, true story: I didn't know there was a new God of War until last week when a friend asked me about it. She said something about Kratos' son and I was all, like, wait, what, his son? That's how out of the loop I am with console releases. I see it's doing well on Metacritic, so I presume some people think it's really good.


Far Cry 5 is more effective - and relevant - than it knows - Quarter to Three (http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2018/04/15/far-cry-5-is-more-effective-and-relevant-than-it-knows/)

I'm feeling lucky.
Huh, is that real? Seem so hipster
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 74 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 17, 2018, 08:13 PM
Someone on Chertz was saying that Qt3 was getting ready to publish their review.  
I asked them why.
They ignored me, and made comments about how it was going to be a 6/10.  
Asked them if what comments they've made.  

Let's see if I get a response...  

"He mentioned he wasn't even aware of its existence but now he sees that it has a pretty good meta. Just felt way too cryptic given the way he has trolled high meta Sony exclusives in the past."
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 74 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 17, 2018, 08:41 PM
Someone on Chertz was saying that Qt3 was getting ready to publish their review.  
I asked them why.
They ignored me, and made comments about how it was going to be a 6/10.  
Asked them if what comments they've made.  

Let's see if I get a response...  

"He mentioned he wasn't even aware of its existence but now he sees that it has a pretty good meta. Just felt way too cryptic given the way he has trolled high meta Sony exclusives in the past."
Wishful thinking

God of War Review Thread | Page 331 | ResetEra (https://www.resetera.com/posts/6879322/)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 74 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 09:55 PM
9.5/10 from Gamecrate. Will go on meta.

Spoiler for Hidden:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The ending to God of War has left me with the biggest, dumbest smile on my face. What a journey. What a game.</p>&mdash; Alessandro Barbosa (@CaptionBarbosa) <a href="https://twitter.com/CaptionBarbosa/status/986323073950511104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2018</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


This is the impression from the Critical Hit reviewer. I guess this sounds like a high score!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 74 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 17, 2018, 10:03 PM
Quarter to Three didn't review Horizon until about 3 months after release....  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 89 Reviews) (95 Open/ 74 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 10:10 PM
Quarter to Three didn't review Horizon until about 3 months after release....  
Who ever cares at that point!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 90 Reviews) (95 Open/ 74 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 17, 2018, 11:31 PM
Who ever cares at that point!
Well the person you quoted I'd imagine.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 90 Reviews) (95 Open/ 74 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 17, 2018, 11:32 PM
Well the person you quoted I'd imagine.
:o  also maybe the person you quoted.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 90 Reviews) (95 Open/ 74 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 17, 2018, 11:43 PM
Who ever cares at that point!
God of War should forever hold its reign.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 90 Reviews) (95 Open/ 74 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 18, 2018, 03:54 AM
Can you link to the all time list on metacritic? Maybe put it in the OP too
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 90 Reviews) (95 Open/ 74 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 18, 2018, 08:48 AM
Can you link to the all time list on metacritic? Maybe put it in the OP too
Best Video Games of All Time - Metacritic (http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/all/all/filtered?sort=desc)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 90 Reviews) (95 Open/ 74 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 18, 2018, 08:54 AM
Famitsu gave it (10/9/10/9) = 38/40, that should help Japanese sales.

10/10 from Gameplanet, will be added to meta later.

IGN's video review passed 2 million views, that's insane!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 90 Reviews) (95 Open/ 74 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 18, 2018, 09:10 AM
10/10 from Critical Hit! Will also be added to meta!

Might jump ahead of TLOU if just those two 10s are added together.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 90 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 18, 2018, 09:44 AM
10/10 from Critical Hit! Will also be added to meta!

Might jump ahead of TLOU if just those two 10s are added together.
Jeez it just keeps getting better
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 90 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 18, 2018, 09:58 AM
Jeez it just keeps getting better
Its crazy how much better the second half of reviews have been than the first.

From 13/48 perfect scores (27%) when meta first went up, which gave a high 93 metascore. The next 44 reviews will have had 19 perfect scores (43%), for an overall 32/92 so far (35%). 27% to 43% is a massive increase, normally that would be a decrease for most games.

Still, Breath of the Wild's 64% perfect scores is a real standout. That is just incredible.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 90 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 18, 2018, 11:27 AM
The last 10 reviews (since it was on the border of 94/95, and including the two yet to be added) are 7 100s, a 95, 92 and 90. That gives a very high 97.7 average. Even so, if you assume equal weighting it only takes one 70 to bring that down to pretty much 95. 68 would make the average 95 exactly. Alternatively, even just two scores of 80 will bring it back down too. I'll be shocked if it does manage to hold.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 90 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 18, 2018, 02:21 PM
Are you at least feeling more confident it won't drop to 93?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 90 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 18, 2018, 02:24 PM
Are you at least feeling more confident it won't drop to 93?
Definitely. The 10s just aren't showing any signs of stopping and we haven't had a sub-nine score in ages.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 90 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 18, 2018, 03:42 PM
With just the Critical Hit review added, God of War is up to 50th all time. Leapfrogging TLOU, Zelda A Link to the Past and Majora's Mask.

Also meta is doing that thing where it can't decide if a review exists or not. Gameplanet shows up sometimes, but not always, so no idea if that all time jump includes that too.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews) BETTER DAD THAN JOEL
Post by: Xevross on Apr 18, 2018, 05:59 PM
It looks like either the second 100 did nothing or that was with the two reviews counted ^^

There's been a 9.5, 9.8 and a few perfect scores today also that won't count on meta. Man, the reviews for this game have been insane. I was optimistic and I still didn't forsee this.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews) BETTER DAD THAN JOEL
Post by: Legend on Apr 18, 2018, 06:07 PM
Your pun is atrocious.  ::)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews) BETTER DAD THAN JOEL
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 18, 2018, 09:45 PM
It looks like either the second 100 did nothing or that was with the two reviews counted ^^

There's been a 9.5, 9.8 and a few perfect scores today also that won't count on meta. Man, the reviews for this game have been insane. I was optimistic and I still didn't forsee this.
Don't be hard on yourself, even Legend didn't forsee this

Dad of War would be more apt
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews) GET ON THE COLE TRAIN
Post by: Xevross on Apr 18, 2018, 10:05 PM
Your pun is atrocious.  ::)
What pun?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews) GET ON THE COLE TRAIN
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 18, 2018, 10:08 PM
Cole Train?  

Guys, that's the wrong GoW.  This is God of War, not Gears of War.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews) GET ON THE COLE TRAIN
Post by: Xevross on Apr 18, 2018, 10:18 PM
Cole Train?  

Guys, that's the wrong GoW.  This is God of War, not Gears of War.  
Yeah I don't know why it was changed to this.

I was just highlighting that its now got a better score than TLOU
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews) GET ON THE COLE TRAIN
Post by: Legend on Apr 18, 2018, 10:19 PM
Cole Train? 

Guys, that's the wrong GoW.  This is God of War, not Gears of War. 
(https://pre00.deviantart.net/accf/th/pre/i/2011/277/c/b/thrashball_cole_train_by_nakalax-d4bu68h.jpg)

edt: seems xev stopped it :(
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 18, 2018, 10:21 PM
(https://pre00.deviantart.net/accf/th/pre/i/2011/277/c/b/thrashball_cole_train_by_nakalax-d4bu68h.jpg)
Why did you do it though? :'(

Did you think my title was supposed to be a pun?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 18, 2018, 10:23 PM
Why did you do it though? :'(

Did you think my title was supposed to be a pun?
I didn't realise your old one was about GOW beating TLOU, so I thought I'd switch it to something random while you were offline  :P
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 18, 2018, 10:24 PM
Yeah I don't know why it was changed to this.

I was just highlighting that its now got a better score than TLOU
I'm sure you were.  >:(

Why did you do it though? :'(

Did you think my title was supposed to be a pun?
To be fair though, it was a bad pun.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 18, 2018, 10:26 PM
I don't even know what pun you guys are seeing in that. And I'm all for a good pun.

I didn't realise your old one was about GOW beating TLOU, so I thought I'd switch it to something random while you were offline  :P
Angry react
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 75 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 18, 2018, 10:31 PM
I don't even know what pun you guys are seeing in that. And I'm all for a good pun.
That's why it was a bad pun!  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 77 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 18, 2018, 10:33 PM
That's why it was a bad pun!  
But I don't even know what it is!

You should blame yourselves for seeing this bad pun where none was intended :P
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 77 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 18, 2018, 10:37 PM
But I don't even know what it is!

You should blame yourselves for seeing this bad pun where none was intended :P
It's a bad pun because it wasn't a pun.  :P

That's what I'm saying, yo.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 77 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 18, 2018, 10:39 PM
It's a bad pun because it wasn't a pun.  :P

That's what I'm saying, yo.  
:o  that's just like saying any normal sentence is a bad pun.

Lol what a terrible pun
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 77 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 18, 2018, 10:47 PM
:o  that's just like saying any normal sentence is a bad pun.
Lol what a terrible pun
Yes, it was a terrible pun, and I should be ashamed.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 77 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 09:44 AM
Lots of reviews overnight but none that will go on meta.

10/10 Culture Jam
10/10 Goliath
10/10 Portugal Gamers
Cityam 5/5
9.5/10 duniaku
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 77 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 10:30 AM
I added all the reviews to the OP. Including all open/ meta reviews + most of the ones which aren't on either, but have still been pointed out on Era/ elsewhere.

This is the distribution of scores:

10046
991
987
974
963
9517
941
933
924
910
9026
890
880
870
860
852
840
830
820
810
805

Total = 119

Perfect scores = 38.66%

Median = 96

And the average = 95.18487
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 77 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 19, 2018, 12:08 PM
It's after moving much closer to 96 since it initially squeezed past 95. If there aren't troll reviews fudgy it up then it could really come down to edge to decide if this gets a 96 or a 95. As I said looking at games they gave a 10 to previously I wouldn't give up hope. The ball is firmly in their court.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 77 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 01:06 PM
5 star from Stuff. Not sure if that will be on meta though.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 77 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 19, 2018, 01:44 PM
5 star from Stuff. Not sure if that will be on meta though.
Just more 10s and stuff
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 77 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 19, 2018, 02:20 PM
Spoiler for Large GIF:
(https://i.imgur.com/AVhEDUP.gif)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 92 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 02:32 PM
10/10 from Vgames, which will be added to meta. Nice.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 19, 2018, 04:04 PM
10/10 from Vgames, which will be added to meta. Nice.
Can't stop, won't stop
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Legend on Apr 19, 2018, 04:18 PM
Can't stop, won't stop
Nothing stops this Cole train!

Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 04:51 PM
Scholary Gamers 10/10
Den of Geek 4.5/5

Neither on meta.

Mattocritic updates to 95.260 after 123 reviews. 39.84% perfect scores
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 19, 2018, 05:27 PM
God of War Review Thread | Page 378 | ResetEra (https://www.resetera.com/posts/6959570/)

There's a storm coming, Harry
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 05:32 PM
God of War Review Thread | Page 378 | ResetEra (https://www.resetera.com/posts/6959570/)

There's a storm coming, Harry
Listening to this now. God these guys shouldn't call themselves journalists. fudge me. I'd do a way better job than them.

This is why I don't expect this to stay at 95.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 19, 2018, 05:33 PM
Listening to this now. God these guys shouldn't call themselves journalists. fudge me. I'd do a way better job than them.

This is why I don't expect this to stay at 95.
I wonder why meta even uses their reviews...
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 19, 2018, 05:33 PM
Listening to this now. God these guys shouldn't call themselves journalists. fudge me. I'd do a way better job than them.
Do you have a better summary of it?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 05:39 PM
Do you have a better summary of it?
Well first of all, they seem to have no idea of the franchise history. The reviewer is 3/4 through the game, and wasn't sure whether the last game was God of War 4 or 5  :-\

So far he seems fairly positive though, and apparently the ending of the game is really great so there's a chance his opinion goes up. But I'm not seeing them give more than an 8 here. Seems like a 6/7 honestly.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Legend on Apr 19, 2018, 05:44 PM
"Troll" reviews are interesting. Without metacritic it wouldn't matter and people could be people, but with metacritic it actually is something that the industry needs to think about. The best option would be to just go back to not caring about metacritic but that'd never happen  ::)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 05:46 PM
His main criticism seems to be that he's playing a video game. He doesn't like that there's loot and stuff while also being a story. Because if you have a good story then having videogamey stuff like chests of loot just doesn't make sense and it should be story only.

He's basically saying stick with the new direction, story focused etc. and cut out the gameplay/ light hearted stuff and most of the side stuff, or just not bother with the journey/ new narrative etc.

I don't get what's wrong with him, it seems like he just doesn't like video games. He's calling the RPG elements like upgrade "garbage busy work"... :(

"Troll" reviews are interesting. Without metacritic it wouldn't matter and people could be people, but with metacritic it actually is something that the industry needs to think about. The best option would be to just go back to not caring about metacritic but that'd never happen  ::)
Yeah the issue is that the industry cares about metacritic too much.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 19, 2018, 05:48 PM
Well first of all, they seem to have no idea of the franchise history. The reviewer is 3/4 through the game, and wasn't sure whether the last game was God of War 4 or 5  :-\
....  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 05:49 PM
"The gameplay just feels way too gamey to me"

WHAT THE fudge
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 19, 2018, 05:50 PM
His main criticism seems to be that he's playing a video game. He doesn't like that there's loot and stuff while also being a story. Because if you have a good story then having videogamey stuff like chests of loot just doesn't make sense and it should be story only.

He's basically saying stick with the new direction, story focused etc. and cut out the gameplay/ light hearted stuff and most of the side stuff, or just not bother with the journey/ new narrative etc.

I don't get what's wrong with him, it seems like he just doesn't like video games. He's calling the RPG elements like upgrade "garbage busy work"... :(
Yeah the issue is that the industry cares about metacritic too much.
There's a few reviewers that I think don't like games.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 05:54 PM
There's a few reviewers that I think don't like games. 
Well these guys seem to like games, but they don't like it when you put a game and a story together.

I gave up listening when they were comparing it to TLOU. Saying that all the gameplay elements in TLOU interrupted what would have been an incredible story. "You have this emotional moment but then you have to fight these zombies, or craft this battleship bomb"...

Seems to me, they think if any game wants to attempt a good story it should be a walking simulator and never interrupt this story with any gameplay whatsoever. I just don't get their mentality at all.

Also he says this game isn't that good at telling the story either. Then his only reason is that a few key moments need some longer pauses of silence after to reflect upon them. I mean, if you want to reflect on what just happened then pause the game wtf.

His main summary quote is "very good but with a lot of problems", sounds to me like he'll give it a 7 but we'll see.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 19, 2018, 05:58 PM
Well these guys seem to like games, but they don't like it when you put a game and a story together.

I gave up listening when they were comparing it to TLOU. Saying that all the gameplay elements in TLOU interrupted what would have been an incredible story. "You have this emotional moment but then you have to fight these zombies, or craft this battleship bomb"...

Seems to me, they think if any game wants to attempt a good story it should be a walking simulator and never interrupt this story with any gameplay whatsoever. I just don't get their mentality at all.

Also he says this game isn't that good at telling the story either. Then his only reason is that a few key moments need some longer pauses of silence after to reflect upon them. I mean, if you want to reflect on what just happened then pause the game wtf.

His main summary quote is "very good but with a lot of problems", sounds to me like he'll give it a 7 but we'll see.
They must really like telltale games
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 19, 2018, 06:00 PM
Well these guys seem to like games, but they don't like it when you put a game and a story together.

I gave up listening when they were comparing it to TLOU. Saying that all the gameplay elements in TLOU interrupted what would have been an incredible story. "You have this emotional moment but then you have to fight these zombies, or craft this battleship bomb"...

Seems to me, they think if any game wants to attempt a good story it should be a walking simulator and never interrupt this story with any gameplay whatsoever. I just don't get their mentality at all.

Also he says this game isn't that good at telling the story either. Then his only reason is that a few key moments need some longer pauses of silence after to reflect upon them. I mean, if you want to reflect on what just happened then pause the game wtf.

His main summary quote is "very good but with a lot of problems", sounds to me like he'll give it a 7 but we'll see.
It sounds like my perfect game would be a 7/10.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 06:09 PM
It sounds like my perfect game would be a 7/10.  
Lol yeah same. I want an amazing story with some fun gameplay in between. Well, at least that's what I thought my perfect game was until BOTW showed me otherwise.

If he didn't like the combat it would make sense but it seemed to me that he quite enjoyed the combat in the game too.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 06:46 PM
Someone on Era quoted part of the podcast:

Quote
"I couldn't find a good emotional line for me to stay on. I ended up deciding that the story and narrative were the most valuable part of the game so far. And I decided to ignore all of the upgrades, side quests, everything not on the critical path. It detracted from my enjoyment of the game. It was really hard to feel the emotional beats and the pacing. Get your narrative out of the way quickly so then I can go into the systems if I want to. I'm surprised how much garbage is in the game that doesn't need to be there."

This guy should get a new job. Maybe he'd enjoy reviewing films a bit more.

Doesn't really sound like a Gow criticism, just any game with a story in general. Basically "I like the story so much, that I get annoyed when I have to actually play a video game for a bit before the next story bit". If this was me, I'd just be delighted I was loving the story so much. The gameplay bits are the reason I play games, instead of reading books/ watching movies for stories. If you want to skip those bits and focus on a story then wtf are you doing playing games. Smh.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Legend on Apr 19, 2018, 06:53 PM
I'm skimming his stuff but maybe he just has different views. :P

(Will need to play gow myself first)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 07:00 PM
I'm skimming his stuff but maybe he just has different views. :P

(Will need to play gow myself first)
Oh yeah I'm not trying to shame on him or say he's dumb or anything. I'm just baffled about his opinions. They're so out of touch for anyone in the video game industry, you'd get the impression that he doesn't actually like games that much.

His views are just extremely different, is the point. And when sometimes employee's bonuses are based off a metascore, it can be a very bad kind of different. Imagine losing like £1000 because a guy who doesn't particularly like video games didn't like your video game.

Different opinions are fine. Great, in fact. Its the metacritic culture which is at fault here.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 93 Reviews) (95 Open/ 78 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 19, 2018, 09:33 PM
A disbelieving Barlog tuned into a live stream of his teammates back at Santa Monica Studio in Los Angeles, who were doing the same thing as him.

As he watched them celebrate, the emotion of the moment hit him. "I could not talk for six minutes," Barlog says. "I was crying." Once he dried his eyes, he went out for dinner and ordered the champagne.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12033431
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 09:35 PM
4 stars from Digital Spy. Uh oh. The decline begins
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 09:42 PM
Did they seriously mean to give it 4 stars?

"One of the best Playstation exclusives ever made"
"God of War's reboot is a triumph. Santa Monica Studios has managed to somehow make a raging monster into a compelling character without squandering everything you know Kratos for."
"Our few complaints - and there are very few..." (two very minor complaints listed but I won't include for spoilers)
"However, none of that detracted from an overall epic journey that is definitely the best in the series"

Sounds like 5 stars to me :(

Also weird they've given perfect scores to loads of PS exclusives, but this is one of the best... hmmm
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Legend on Apr 19, 2018, 09:56 PM
4/5 is great.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 10:01 PM
4/5 is great.
Its not good enough! Its an unforeseen hit to the 95 dream!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 19, 2018, 10:22 PM
Did they seriously mean to give it 4 stars?

"One of the best Playstation exclusives ever made"
"God of War's reboot is a triumph. Santa Monica Studios has managed to somehow make a raging monster into a compelling character without squandering everything you know Kratos for."
"Our few complaints - and there are very few..." (two very minor complaints listed but I won't include for spoilers)
"However, none of that detracted from an overall epic journey that is definitely the best in the series"

Sounds like 5 stars to me :(

Also weird they've given perfect scores to loads of PS exclusives, but this is one of the best... hmmm
Lol so it begins
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 19, 2018, 10:51 PM
I didn't see there was a video.  

God of War director Cory Barlog reacts to reviews | ResetEra (https://www.resetera.com/threads/god-of-war-director-cory-barlog-reacts-to-reviews.37386/)

 
Quote
Cory Barlog said:  
Quote
First, sorry about the quality. Shot on my macbook webcam. So, I thought a lot about whether or not to upload but then I thought of what my son, Helo, is going through right now. He doesn't want us to be around when he is sad, opting to run in another room and yell at us if we try to come in. It has been important to us to let him know that it is OK to be sad, it is OK to cry. There is nothing to hide. I thought I would try to set a good example and show him that papa can cry in front of the world, or at least the 50 people who end up watching this. :) This is for you, Helo. Papa loves you.Click to expand...
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 19, 2018, 10:57 PM
Oh man that video is so emotional. Just shows how much it means to people!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 19, 2018, 11:28 PM
Seems like GoW dropped to #52 with that 4/5. Not too bad.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 20, 2018, 12:28 AM
Seems like GoW dropped to #52 with that 4/5. Not too bad.
Yep only cancelled out 2 or 3 tens.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 20, 2018, 05:11 AM
God of war ready to play but I must sleep. Tomorrow!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 20, 2018, 10:09 AM
5 stars from Alphr, not on meta.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 20, 2018, 10:20 AM
10/10 from Power Up, not on meta also.

AND AS I WAS TYPING THIS MY GAME WAS DELIVERED YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 20, 2018, 03:34 PM
9/10 from GameSpace and 9.5/10 from PLAY! Zine added to meta.

And so the freefall to 94 continues :P
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Legend on Apr 20, 2018, 03:37 PM
How close is it to 94?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 20, 2018, 03:38 PM
How close is it to 94?
Can't tell, metacritics all time list has disappeared. I can see its still above TLOU:R though
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 94 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Legend on Apr 20, 2018, 03:39 PM
Can't tell, metacritics all time list has disappeared. I can see its still above TLOU:R though
The list was removed?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 20, 2018, 03:41 PM
Okay got it to work. Those two dropped it five places down to #57. Only 7 above 94 now, the 80, 90 and 95 have dropped it half way back from where it was basically.

As I said though it would have been very shocking if it held onto the 95. GameCritics review might put it down, whenever that comes, or Edge.

The list was removed?
The other lists worked but when I changed to all/ all time, there were no entries. Had to tick the box at the top to get the games to show up again.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 20, 2018, 03:45 PM
Also it seems Quarter to Three have decided to review it. The guy playing it has said its a drag playing through it, so he might as well try and drop the metascore by a few. Quality gaming journalism right there.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 20, 2018, 03:51 PM
"Awesome! Thanks! I'll do that. I'm just so sick of these Sony fanboys treating God of War as the second coming of christ. Their tears bring me joy lol"

"GoW director cried about game reviews"

"Seeing and reading stuff like this annoys me. I'm just looking forward to Tom's Review"


You're a nasty person.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 20, 2018, 04:08 PM
Also it seems Quarter to Three have decided to review it. The guy playing it has said its a drag playing through it, so he might as well try and drop the metascore by a few. Quality gaming journalism right there.
Ffs
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Legend on Apr 20, 2018, 04:27 PM
"Awesome! Thanks! I'll do that. I'm just so sick of these Sony fanboys treating God of War as the second coming of christ. Their tears bring me joy lol"

"GoW director cried about game reviews"

"Seeing and reading stuff like this annoys me. I'm just looking forward to Tom's Review"
(http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/06/whats-wrong-with-you.gif)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 21, 2018, 03:26 AM
I'm telling you it will come down to edge. If they give it a 10 it stays at 95 or higher.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 21, 2018, 08:47 AM
I'm telling you it will come down to edge. If they give it a 10 it stays at 95 or higher.
Given the reviewer's comments I think 10 is out of the question
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 10:53 AM
I'm telling you it will come down to edge. If they give it a 10 it stays at 95 or higher.
Lol higher than 95 is completely out of the question no matter what.

idk if people are telling the truth or not but seems like Edge have scored it an 8. And with that dies any hope of 95.

Edit: EDGE 8/10 confirmed
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 10:54 AM
In some good news though, it seems some troll created a fb account to impersonate the Quarter to Three reviewer, and they aren't reviewing it after all.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we really are the best of us"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 11:27 AM
Well at least I'm most likely going to win the bet now :D
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 79 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the edge"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 11:42 AM
Oof, EDGE gave Far Cry 5 a 6/10. When you see things like that, maybe GoW dodged a bullet  :o

5/5 from Game Rant, who are on meta. I guess team 95 has hope left yet.

5/5 from Express. Its funny, probably way more people will see the Express 5/5 in the UK than EDGE 8/10. The only reason Edge matters so much is because metacritic decides they should have a huge weighting.

I've probably missed lots of reviews at this point, but by my records we now have over 40% perfect scores! (53 out of 131), and the average is 95.13, still holding above 95 despite not the best run recently.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: BananaKing on Apr 21, 2018, 12:09 PM
If it had a nintendo logo on it it would have gotten a 10.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 21, 2018, 12:25 PM
Just knew edge couldn't give it a 10.

Now we only have that troll review to wait for. Wonder if it can hang at 95 after that. We need more 10s to reinforce the score!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 12:34 PM
If it had a nintendo logo on it it would have gotten a 10.
Sure, Jan.

They've given plenty of 10s to playstation games before, I guess EDGE just never loved God of War. Also depends on the reviewer.

Just knew edge couldn't give it a 10.

Now we only have that troll review to wait for. Wonder if it can hang at 95 after that. We need more 10s to reinforce the score!
Yeah, I just hoped it would be a 9 instead of an 8. It makes sense, since EDGE are more harsh than pretty much everywhere else. But then you see Sea of Theives 7/10, and you're like oh, okay GoW only a bit better than SoT confirmed :D

Game Critics may be the only one, we have to hope. Then once these two reviews are weighed in, the meta will be way down in 94s. Need lots of 100s to balance it. I don't think it will happen. At least Opencritic don't count either, that should stay on 95 now.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Legend on Apr 21, 2018, 01:02 PM
Lowest score is still an 8/10. That's incredible.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 21, 2018, 01:13 PM
Ooh, I didn't realize the Edge review score was up.  :o
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 01:29 PM
Lowest score is still an 8/10. That's incredible.
Yeah it is. Metascore is low compared to TLOU now only thanks to smaller ratio of perfect scores, and EDGE being an 8 instead of 10 I guess.

Everyone cross everything that GameCritics gives it at least 7.5, so we stay fully positive! :D
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Legend on Apr 21, 2018, 01:49 PM
Wait edge is already on mc and it's still a 95? Then woohoo!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 21, 2018, 01:59 PM
Wait edge is already on mc and it's still a 95? Then woohoo!
No.  It is not on meta yet.  

Later today, maybe?  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Legend on Apr 21, 2018, 02:01 PM
No.  It is not on meta yet.  

Later today, maybe?  
Oh xev confused me!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 02:02 PM
No meta won't add it until they get official proof themselves. Usually takes them a while. I think they said the 26th. We (hopefully) have 95 to enjoy for 5 days then!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 21, 2018, 02:05 PM
Sure, Jan.

They've given plenty of 10s to playstation games before, I guess EDGE just never loved God of War. Also depends on the reviewer.
Yeah, I just hoped it would be a 9 instead of an 8. It makes sense, since EDGE are more harsh than pretty much everywhere else. But then you see Sea of Theives 7/10, and you're like oh, okay GoW only a bit better than SoT confirmed :D

Game Critics may be the only one, we have to hope. Then once these two reviews are weighed in, the meta will be way down in 94s. Need lots of 100s to balance it. I don't think it will happen. At least Opencritic don't count either, that should stay on 95 now.
Tbh edge isn't harsh. They just have very specific tastes. They really like souls games, Zelda, Mario and new types of experiences I think

Among some others. I think in summary they probably like gameplay heavy games the most.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 21, 2018, 02:08 PM
Tbh edge isn't harsh. They just have very specific tastes. They really like souls games, Zelda, Mario and new types of experiences I think
They liked LittleBigPlanet and the last of us
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 21, 2018, 02:10 PM
They liked LittleBigPlanet and the last of us
Yeah both new types of experiences. At least in LBP's case. Maybe tlou wasn't revolutionary but the narrative kind of was
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 02:11 PM
Come on now, Edge isn't a person with tastes. They have quite a few different reviewers and obviously they have changed over the years. It just depends on the person, and with a small amount of editor input I suppose
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 21, 2018, 02:13 PM
Come on now, Edge isn't a person with tastes. They have quite a few different reviewers and obviously they have changed over the years. It just depends on the person, and with a small amount of editor input I suppose
They are still pretty predictable. There's a reason everyone was worrying about their score. I mean, no main GoW above 8 says it all lol. All of them have had 92+ on meta
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 21, 2018, 02:14 PM
Come on now, Edge isn't a person with tastes. They have quite a few different reviewers and obviously they have changed over the years. It just depends on the person, and with a small amount of editor input I suppose
Libruls.  

Think that people are individuals and not the mass that they are.  Every article on Edge is written to advance the agenda that everyone there agrees with.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 02:16 PM
They are still pretty predictable. There's a reason everyone was worrying about their score. I mean, no main GoW above 8 says it all lol. All of them have had 92+ on meta
Well this is true. It was obvious it wasn't going to be a 10 but whether it was 7, 8, 9 depends on the reviewer.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 21, 2018, 02:18 PM
Anywho, we should be happy that all we're worrying about is whether it gets 95 or 94 on meta!

Thankfully, I think it is pretty secure on OpenCritic with the 95  8)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 02:33 PM
Anywho, we should be happy that all we're worrying about is whether it gets 95 or 94 on meta!

Thankfully, I think it is pretty secure on OpenCritic with the 95  8)
Oh yeah super happy. 94 was my quite optimistic prediction, so that being worse case scenario is fantastic. Also, since its been 95 up to and past launch, the critical period is over. The score will have encouraged people to buy it, and word of mouth takes over from here. Going from 95 --> 94 meta in a few days time will probably cost it about 10 sales WW :P
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Legend on Apr 21, 2018, 02:35 PM
Anywho, we should be happy that all we're worrying about is whether it gets 95 or 94 on meta!

Thankfully, I think it is pretty secure on OpenCritic with the 95  8)
But what if once we finish the game we realise it's overrated?  ::)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 02:45 PM
But what if once we finish the game we realise it's overrated?  ::)
Then we cry in a corner and don't rain on everyone else's parades by making multiple threads years down the line trying to get everyone else to agree with us that its a bad god of war game
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Legend on Apr 21, 2018, 02:55 PM
Then we cry in a corner and don't rain on everyone else's parades by making multiple threads years down the line trying to get everyone else to agree with us that its a bad god of war game
Oh gosh if this game damages the series as much as Uncharted 4 did for Uncharted then yall are going to hate me even more.

I'll become the anti-fanboy for PlayStation.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 03:01 PM
Oh gosh if this game damages the series as much as Uncharted 4 did for Uncharted then yall are going to hate me even more.

I'll become the anti-fanboy for PlayStation.
We shall have to mutiny
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Legend on Apr 21, 2018, 03:06 PM
We shall have to mutiny
I'd have to program a forum jail or something.


(wait that could actually be fun)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 96 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 21, 2018, 03:50 PM
Oh gosh if this game damages the series as much as Uncharted 4 did for Uncharted then yall are going to hate me even more.

I'll become the anti-fanboy for PlayStation.
Lol everyone was tired of old GoW. This one reinvents it
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 04:15 PM
Game rant 100 went up on meta. Jumped from #56 to #52, back above TLOU PS3! Nice!

I tell you what, if GameCritics aren't weighted too highly then 95 may still be possible. It just needs the other 10-15 reviews it gets to be mostly perfect.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Legend on Apr 21, 2018, 04:18 PM
Lol everyone was tired of old GoW. This one reinvents it
I wasn't tired of it but no disagreement is coming from me about the reinvention being smart.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) - "Atreus, we just couldn't handle the EDGE"
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 05:14 PM
Before Giant Bomb's review, it was practically on the border of 94/95. Since then, there's been 15 reviews with an average of 96.1333. One 80 reduces that to 95.125, so EDGE would only need a slightly higher than average weighting to pull GoW back to 94. And we all know they have a much higher weighting than that.

If we assume EDGE has double the average weighting, then GoW needs 3 more perfect scores to avoid dropping back to 94. GameCritics probably have low weighting, so if we assume half average weighting and they give a 70 (probably best case scenario for both), then GoW needs a total of 6 more perfect scores to just balance those two out and make it back to 95. Doable?

Edit: also discounting GameCritics, if Edge's weighting is less than 1.68x the average then 95 is safe. idk what it is exactly, maybe they only go up to 1.5x
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) (95.130 Matto / 131 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 05:18 PM
I also added my running average of every review I can find to the title :P

Obviously that's a much better picture, stupid metacritic weighting. (EDGE already included)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) (95.130 Matto / 131 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 21, 2018, 10:43 PM
Holy fudge at the user score on metacritic. 9.2/10 and its increasing, which makes it the 9th highest game ever.

I don't really know what that says. Either the game is super good or haters don't care about it as much, or fanboys are defending it more strongly than most games. Cool either way.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) (95.129 Matto / 132 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 23, 2018, 01:31 AM
7.5/10 from some random russian reviewer.

I doubt open or meta will count it, but the streaks over boys!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) (95.129 Matto / 132 Reviews)
Post by: BananaKing on Apr 23, 2018, 01:33 AM
7.5/10 from some random russian reviewer.

I doubt open or meta will count it, but the streaks over boys!
Russia doesn't count.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) (95.129 Matto / 132 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 23, 2018, 01:55 AM
Russia doesn't count.
First the election, then GoW!  When will their madness stop!  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) (95.129 Matto / 132 Reviews)
Post by: BananaKing on Apr 23, 2018, 02:05 AM
First the election, then GoW!  When will their madness stop!  
You forgot the world cup you ignorant American! Putin will deal with you!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) (95.129 Matto / 132 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 23, 2018, 02:21 AM
Russia doesn't count.
Yeah turns out they aren't counted on mattocritic either  8)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 80 Reviews) (95.129 Matto / 132 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 23, 2018, 10:00 AM
Seems like opencritic does count that russian reviewer. Still 95 though...

Edit: but on the brink of falling to 94 thanks to that.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 81 Reviews) (95.07 Matto / 136 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 23, 2018, 05:08 PM
Seems like opencritic does count that russian reviewer. Still 95 though...

Edit: but on the brink of falling to 94 thanks to that.
Fml
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 81 Reviews) (95.07 Matto / 136 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 23, 2018, 06:49 PM
Bazicenter 10/10, will go on meta. Need some more before edge review lands!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 81 Reviews) (95.11 Matto / 137 Reviews)
Post by: BananaKing on Apr 23, 2018, 07:33 PM
Bazicenter 10/10, will go on meta. Need some more before edge review lands!
They aren't russian, right?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 81 Reviews) (95.11 Matto / 137 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 23, 2018, 07:57 PM
They aren't russian, right?
Nope. Persian.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (95 Open/ 81 Reviews) (95.11 Matto / 137 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 23, 2018, 09:09 PM
Oh no! Paste magazine 7.5/10. Dropped opencritic to 94.

That's two 75s that open has, neither on meta.

Looks like both will end on 94 after all. They don't have edge and gamecritics but they do have two random 75s! dang opencritic you were supposed to be the chosen ones.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (94 Open/ 82 Reviews) (95.11 Matto / 137 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 23, 2018, 09:22 PM
Oh no! Paste magazine 7.5/10. Dropped opencritic to 94.

That's two 75s that open has, neither on meta.

Looks like both will end on 94 after all. They don't have edge and gamecritics but they do have two random 75s! dang opencritic you were supposed to be the chosen ones.
Wtf son...

Srsly no way this is a 7.5 game
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (94 Open/ 82 Reviews) (95.11 Matto / 137 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 23, 2018, 09:28 PM
Wtf son...

Srsly no way this is a 7.5 game
Pretty much every high scoring game gets some 7s. Even BOTW, Bloodborne, TLOU etc.

There's always a few.

Apparently the review though is complaining that SSM are wrong for trying to redeem Kratos and nothing they do can redeem him. Ugh, there's always one social commentary weirdo lol
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (94 Open/ 82 Reviews) (94.96 Matto / 138 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 23, 2018, 09:34 PM
Even with 138 reviews, that 7.5 still dropped the average I'm keeping by 0.15. Low scores have a very big impact.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (94 Open/ 82 Reviews) (94.96 Matto / 138 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 23, 2018, 10:24 PM
PS Extreme 10/10. They are on meta. So two 10s to be added. 95 meta may survive yet.

They're also on opencritic, the recovery starts here!

"God of War is brilliant in ways I never thought games could be. That it's also perhaps the most highly polished game I've ever played, with unsurpassed presentation and mechanics, is actually secondary to the fact that it generated in me the kind of childlike awe I haven't experienced in decades. I have been writing about video games for almost 20 years now, and in all that time I have never given any game a perfect score. Until now."

Amazing quote. I agree with it too.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (94 Open/ 82 Reviews) (95.00 Matto / 139 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 23, 2018, 10:26 PM
Oh wow, that makes the average 95 exactly after 139 reviews. Kinda funny.

Also we've now hit 41% perfect scores!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (94 Open/ 82 Reviews) (95.00 Matto / 139 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 23, 2018, 10:51 PM
I have never given any game a perfect score.

Lordy
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 97 Reviews) (94 Open/ 82 Reviews) (95.00 Matto / 139 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 23, 2018, 10:57 PM
I have never given any game a perfect score.

Lordy
Edge could've done it.
"we've never given GoW a perfect score...until now"

They missed out on this opportunity
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 99 Reviews) (94 Open/ 83 Reviews) (95.00 Matto / 139 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 23, 2018, 11:26 PM
Metacritic added the two reviews and now its back to where it was before the 80, 95, 90 streak of reviews. Recovery.

Looks safe from Edge now, but probably still not safe from Edge + GameCritics
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 99 Reviews) (94 Open/ 83 Reviews) (95.00 Matto / 139 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 23, 2018, 11:31 PM
Aw man these updates are almost as intense as the game!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 99 Reviews) (94 Open/ 83 Reviews) (95.00 Matto / 139 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 23, 2018, 11:34 PM
Aw man these updates are almost as intense as the game!
Lol it feels really weird honestly. I had a week of being obsessed with the reviews before the game came out. Now I've played the game and completed the story and here I am still keeping a close eye on reviews. Instead of hoping for more good reviews to reassure me/ hype me, I'm now just checking that the reviews recognise the greatness that this game is :D
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 99 Reviews) (94 Open/ 84 Reviews) (95.00 Matto / 139 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 24, 2018, 10:07 AM
10/10 from the Sydney Morning Herald, added to meta. Its now the highest its ever been on meta, made it above Halo 2. Excellent!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 100 Reviews) (94 Open/ 84 Reviews) (95.04 Matto / 140 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 24, 2018, 03:21 PM
9.8/10 from Pittsburgh Post Gazette, which is on opencritic but won't be on meta.

Opencritic average back up to 94.48, on the brink of returning to 95.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 100 Reviews) (94 Open/ 85 Reviews) (95.06 Matto / 141 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 24, 2018, 03:56 PM
Looks like a Russian site (PlayGround.ru) is on meta.. uh oh!

Syke! They scored 9.5/10. Solid! Great in fact, they have never given a 10/10 before. Highest is a 9.8
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (94 Open/ 85 Reviews) (95.06 Matto / 142 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 24, 2018, 04:05 PM
Still a better love story than twilight
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (94 Open/ 85 Reviews) (95.06 Matto / 142 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 24, 2018, 04:13 PM
Still a better love story than twilight
Me and this thread? :D
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (94 Open/ 85 Reviews) (95.06 Matto / 142 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 24, 2018, 04:18 PM
Me and this thread? :D
God of War Review Saga
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (94 Open/ 85 Reviews) (95.06 Matto / 142 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 24, 2018, 04:21 PM
God of War Review Saga
Lol. Still waiting on GameCritics, but then we can get a real good sense of if 95 will stay.

User score on meta is 9.3 now. This is crazy, whatever's driving it. That makes it the third highest user score of all time. Part of me wants to think its because the general audience is loving it to bits, but I realise its probably due to some effect like lack of haters.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (94 Open/ 85 Reviews) (95.06 Matto / 142 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 24, 2018, 05:20 PM
Why does open have less reviews than meta?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (94 Open/ 85 Reviews) (95.06 Matto / 142 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 24, 2018, 06:27 PM
Why does open have less reviews than meta?
Because its not really open
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (94 Open/ 85 Reviews) (95.06 Matto / 142 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 24, 2018, 06:58 PM
Why does open have less reviews than meta?
Because they're even more selective/ have less people on board. I'm pretty sure they've always had lower numbers of reviews. Its just that they don't use weighting, and have a better score classification than meta, plus the distribution chart and the top %.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (94 Open/ 85 Reviews) (95.06 Matto / 142 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 24, 2018, 07:06 PM
Why does open have less reviews than meta?
I just looked through.  
Meta usually has more reviews. Opencritic is newer, so it's not surprising I don't think.  

Meta usually looks like it has fewer reviews for multiplats, because they are spread out more.  

But I checked Bloodborne, Horizon and Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy, MC has more reviews on each.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (95 Open/ 86 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 143 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 24, 2018, 08:22 PM
10/10 from Gamers Heroes. Puts Opencritic back to 95!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (95 Open/ 86 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 143 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 24, 2018, 08:45 PM
10/10 from Gamers Heroes. Puts Opencritic back to 95!
The struggle is real.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (95 Open/ 86 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 143 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 24, 2018, 09:49 PM
Edge vs the world. So edgy
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 25, 2018, 11:14 AM
Two Persian reviews were added to Open: Gamefa 10/10, Zoomg 9.5/10.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 25, 2018, 06:07 PM
Here's the current review distribution (Mattocritic)

ScoreNumber
10060
991
989
974
963
9521
941
933
924
910
9028
890
880
870
860
852
840
830
820
810
807
790
780
770
760
752
Total145
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 25, 2018, 06:10 PM
It's kind of crazy how quickly opencritic came up.

It's replaced gamerankings.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 25, 2018, 06:13 PM
It's kind of crazy how quickly opencritic came up.

It's replaced gamerankings.  
idk this Mattocritic place seems even bigger right now.

Spoiler for Hidden:
Kappa
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 25, 2018, 06:48 PM
I wonder what are the chances we will get a lost legacy or left behind type dlc that the last of us and Uncharted 4 got. Would be cool considering it will probably be 3 years and on the ps5 before we get gow2..
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 26, 2018, 09:01 AM
Edge review added and its still 95. Just 1 game below it on 95 too. Surprised it survived the 8 from edge. Probably about 10 reviews left to be added. Will it hold..
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 101 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 26, 2018, 10:30 AM
Edge review added and its still 95. Just 1 game below it on 95 too. Surprised it survived the 8 from edge. Probably about 10 reviews left to be added. Will it hold..
Yeah well I worked out that Edge needed to have over 2.8x the average weighting to drop it. So I guess maybe they had something like 2.5x. fudgy hell that's a lot though
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: BananaKing on Apr 26, 2018, 10:53 AM
Yeah well I worked out that Edge needed to have over 2.8x the average weighting to drop it. So I guess maybe they had something like 2.5x. fudgy hell that's a lot though
Waaaay to much for one publisher. I don't see how that's fair or realistic
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 26, 2018, 11:33 AM
Basically, the Edge review counted as something like a 58. Insane.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 26, 2018, 01:00 PM
Metacritic must be run like a business. I presume reviewers have to pay a yearly fee to keep a certain weight.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 26, 2018, 02:55 PM
95 party time!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: BananaKing on Apr 26, 2018, 03:54 PM
Metacritic must be run like a business. I presume reviewers have to pay a yearly fee to keep a certain weight.
Why one earth would a publication care avabo it's weighting?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 26, 2018, 04:49 PM
Edge review added and its still 95. Just 1 game below it on 95 too. Surprised it survived the 8 from edge. Probably about 10 reviews left to be added. Will it hold..
Hold the door!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 26, 2018, 06:44 PM


Includes spoilers
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 26, 2018, 09:31 PM
Edge vs. Metacritic: Does a game's platform influence its EDGE score? (http://edgevsmeta.blogspot.is/2010/03/edge-vs-metacritic-does-games-platform.html?m=1)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: BananaKing on Apr 26, 2018, 09:44 PM
Edge vs. Metacritic: Does a game's platform influence its EDGE score? (http://edgevsmeta.blogspot.is/2010/03/edge-vs-metacritic-does-games-platform.html?m=1)
It would be cool to see an updated version of that with Nintendo scores as well
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 26, 2018, 10:24 PM
Edge vs. Metacritic: Does a game's platform influence its EDGE score? (http://edgevsmeta.blogspot.is/2010/03/edge-vs-metacritic-does-games-platform.html?m=1)
dang. An 8 average difference between Xbox and PS exclusives is almost too much to ignore.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 26, 2018, 10:27 PM
dang. An 8 average difference between Xbox and PS exclusives is almost too much to ignore.
It's pretty old. Someone should update it!  

Spoiler for Hidden:
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Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 88 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 145 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 26, 2018, 10:36 PM
dang. An 8 average difference between Xbox and PS exclusives is almost too much to ignore.
Almost. Trend continued with the latest scores.
I also bet they review Nintendo titles more favorably
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 146 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 26, 2018, 11:07 PM
Almost. Trend continued with the latest scores.
I also bet they review Nintendo titles more favorably
Probably. They always seem to favour gameplay.

Fun fact, 92.5% of the reviews for this game are 9/10 or higher.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 146 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 26, 2018, 11:22 PM
Fun fact, 92.5% of the reviews for this game are 9/10 or higher.
Boy that is a fun fact.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 146 Reviews)
Post by: BananaKing on Apr 27, 2018, 12:08 AM
Probably. They always seem to favour gameplay.

Fun fact, 92.5% of the reviews for this game are 9/10 or higher.
The notion that Nintendo games have the "best gameplay" and that other games can't match or exceed it always baffles me.

Many story driven games or "cinematic" games have awesome gameplay like uncharted, tlou, god of war, farcry, and many many others. Just because the other aspects of the game are up to par doesn't mean there isn't a strong focus on good gameplay
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 146 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 27, 2018, 12:31 AM
Well, I think Nintendo has awesome gameplay.  Not the best, but I have loved pretty much every game I've played.  

But I do hate their philosophy of good story=bad gameplay.  Their gameplay is awesome, but their games lack depth.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 146 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 27, 2018, 12:33 AM
The notion that Nintendo games have the "best gameplay" and that other games can't match or exceed it always baffles me.

Many story driven games or "cinematic" games have awesome gameplay like uncharted, tlou, god of war, farcry, and many many others. Just because the other aspects of the game are up to par doesn't mean there isn't a strong focus on good gameplay
Plus, GoW has it in spades.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 146 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 27, 2018, 12:34 AM
The notion that Nintendo games have the "best gameplay" and that other games can't match or exceed it always baffles me.

Many story driven games or "cinematic" games have awesome gameplay like uncharted, tlou, god of war, farcry, and many many others. Just because the other aspects of the game are up to par doesn't mean there isn't a strong focus on good gameplay
Well of course. The "best gameplay" depends on personal preference.

There's absolutely no doubt though that Nintendo games are the ones most focused on gameplay. All of their games show this. They focus more on gameplay than story/ voice acting (that kind of thing) than any other big dev/ pub. BOTW and SMO were gameplay kings last year, which is why Edge gave them 10s and why they reviewed so well overall.

Playstation exclusives have always favoured story, more than any other first party devs. This just seems to go against Edge's preference. This is where God of War stands out though. The gameplay is exceptional, yet they still only give an 8.

Well, I think Nintendo has awesome gameplay.  Not the best, but I have loved pretty much every game I've played. 

But I do hate their philosophy of good story=bad gameplay.  Their gameplay is awesome, but their games lack depth. 
Yeah this is true. But you expect that from Nintendo though, so you're not disappointed or it doesn't detract from the experience if there's not a good story. I buy Mario for the gameplay only, I hold BOTW so highly for its gameplay not its story. That being said, BOTW does have a very good story still, which is why its a standout Nintendo game for me. If only they did it more often.

Also what would you consider the best gameplay?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 146 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 27, 2018, 01:08 AM
Yeah this is true. But you expect that from Nintendo though, so you're not disappointed or it doesn't detract from the experience if there's not a good story. I buy Mario for the gameplay only, I hold BOTW so highly for its gameplay not its story. That being said, BOTW does have a very good story still, which is why its a standout Nintendo game for me. If only they did it more often.

It's weird.  With Nintendo, I don't mind if there's no story.  But for a lot of other games, even if I love the story, I feel weird thinking about them without their stories.  Not sure if I'd play them, but I probably still would.  

Also what would you consider the best gameplay?
*shrugs*

I think most companies have pretty good gameplay.  I wouldn't put any to be "the best" though.
Like I love Mario Kart Wii, put hundreds of hours into it.  But, I don't think I'd just say yep this is the best.  I think Modnation Racers is pretty comparable.  

I would say Nintendo probably has the best platformers. But aside from that a lot of companies do great gameplay.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 146 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 27, 2018, 01:36 AM
It's weird.  With Nintendo, I don't mind if there's no story.  But for a lot of other games, even if I love the story, I feel weird thinking about them without their stories.  Not sure if I'd play them, but I probably still would.  
*shrugs*

I think most companies have pretty good gameplay.  I wouldn't put any to be "the best" though.
Like I love Mario Kart Wii, put hundreds of hours into it.  But, I don't think I'd just say yep this is the best.  I think Modnation Racers is pretty comparable.  

I would say Nintendo probably has the best platformers. But aside from that a lot of companies do great gameplay.
Yeah I know what you mean.

My favourite melee combat is probably God of War now. My favourite ranged combat is probably Horizon.

Gameplay overall is BOTW without a shadow of a doubt. Second place to that are the Super Mario 3D games. I have no hesitation in saying Nintendo makes the best gameplay overall for me.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 146 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 27, 2018, 02:13 AM
It's weird.  With Nintendo, I don't mind if there's no story.  But for a lot of other games, even if I love the story, I feel weird thinking about them without their stories.  Not sure if I'd play them, but I probably still would.  
That's a good point. I really don't care in the slightest for shooters and what not without a story and god of war is the first time in a very long time I'm enjoying playing challenges just for the sake of the challenge.

Yet Nintendo like games feel perfectly fun to me even though they are also mostly just gameplay.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 146 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 27, 2018, 02:58 AM
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 146 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 27, 2018, 06:40 AM

I posted that like 4 days ago! ;)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 146 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 27, 2018, 11:43 AM
I just watched it. That's some extremely high praise. He says its the highest 9/10 he can give, and that only a few things make it fall short of a 10.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 146 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 27, 2018, 07:53 PM
I just watched it. That's some extremely high praise. He says its the highest 9/10 he can give, and that only a few things make it fall short of a 10.
It was a good review. 95 on meta so by his review he may have went higher then the average.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 146 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 27, 2018, 08:11 PM
It was a good review. 95 on meta so by his review he may have went higher then the average.
Yeah seems like he pretty much agrees with 95 but his 10s are super super rare.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 146 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 27, 2018, 08:20 PM
5/5 from The Post Athens
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 147 Reviews)
Post by: BananaKing on Apr 27, 2018, 08:33 PM
5/5 from The Post Athens
Does it go on meta?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 147 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 27, 2018, 08:34 PM
Does it go on meta?
Narp
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 147 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 27, 2018, 10:02 PM
Does it go on meta?
Only question that matters
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 89 Reviews) (95.12 Matto / 147 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 28, 2018, 12:12 AM
Digiato 10/10
GameSkinny 10/10
PCMag 4/5

None on meta, all three on open.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 92 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 150 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 28, 2018, 12:19 AM
Its only just holding on to 95 on both Open and Meta, but the overall average I'm keeping shows that it should be well clear of 94. Rigged confirmed.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (95 Meta/ 102 Reviews) (95 Open/ 92 Reviews) (95.09 Matto / 150 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 28, 2018, 09:07 AM
GameCritics 7.5/10. Oh my god, we might actually stay all positive here! I wasn't expecting more than a 7 from these guys.

Drops 5 places on the all time list. #61 to #66. Not too bad, clearly GameCritics weighting is way less than half of Edge's. 95 is still possible, just need mostly 10s from the last 10 reviews or so.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 103 Reviews) (95 Open/ 92 Reviews) (94.99 Matto / 158 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 28, 2018, 01:02 PM
Nooooooooooooooooo!

Oh that's not too bad.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 103 Reviews) (95 Open/ 92 Reviews) (94.99 Matto / 158 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 28, 2018, 02:10 PM
Dooooooooooooooooom! This game is trash now.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 103 Reviews) (95 Open/ 92 Reviews) (94.99 Matto / 158 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 28, 2018, 02:28 PM
A 7.5 from them is great. Quarter to three the only troll reviewer left. Looking forward to the next 5 or 6 reviews.

About the game critic reviewer "Mike's first exposure to video games was when his parents bought him a Game Boy and a copy of Kirby's Dream Land."

He's a Nintendo fanboy and he's review scores reflect that. Pity he can't grow up, it would be like me only reviewing games like crash and spyro high because I grew up with them. This guy isn't qualified to review mature games.
 

God of war reviews have triggered this fanboy on resetera. He's always pro Nintendo and anti Sony in the mediacreate threads. He didn't react like this when zelda was reviewed. Salty. Everything wrong in the game press industry is your fault | ResetEra (https://www.resetera.com/threads/everything-wrong-in-the-game-press-industry-is-your-fault.39091/)

 
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The recent stream of great exclusives games releases is certainly a good thing, and while some consoles are getting more of the spotlight than others, all three big ones made the press rather positively recently, whether it's due to their record-breaking sales or amazing reception by the press. The unfortunate side effect of that situation is that it also reveals the dirty side of the press industry, and by that I don't mean to blame at all the hard-at-work journalists, but instead the reason of everything wrong in the game press industry: you. Let me start by defining that "you". I'm talking about you, the reader of many media outlet, whether it's online press (IGN, Kotaku, Polygon, Eurogamer…) or physical magazines (Edge, GameInformer…). It also includes all of those who aren't reading any reviews and just looking at the scores that ResetEra spontaneously gather every time there's a new release. Same for those who don't have the time for all that and only use Twitter for the big headlines. And, more importantly, it includes all of those who are commenting these articles, the behaviour of those media outlets, who are following their activities, and in general are actively participating in the game press industry's world. Of course, that includes me too. And if you don't feel like you're in any of the categories I just mentioned, you probably read them wrong, or you're only here for the laughs (and I certainly won't blame you for that). I'm going to begin with a recent example, the God of War release. It'd be hard to argue that the game wasn't received incredibly well. Look at that Metascore, 95 out of 100, therefore ranked as one of the best games of all-time. Look at those sales, breaking records in every country it's releasing in. And it's certainly resonating as well with the gamers, just a sneak peek in the OT on this board and all you'll see is people having a blast with the new video game they bought. Santa Monica are probably the happiest they've ever been in their life with these glowing reviews after several years of hard work. What to say of Sony, that is probably glad that they're once again making the headlines, especially when it's followed by the surge of people who are buying a console just to play that game. Every party involved is supposed to benefit from that situation, the developers who made a great game, the gamers that can play a great game and the publishers who will sell a lot of that great game. Who could possibly be losing anything in this situation? Well, there's one actor that is, and paradoxically it's also one that is contributing a lot to this situation: the press. As I've said, God of War was received incredibly well. Practically only 10/10 reviews, with a few 9/10 here and there from outlets that either never give 10/10 or maybe had a hard time reading those small subtitles, but no sweat over those, they're not going to lower the Metascore, so it's all fair. People are cheering on Twitter or the ResetEra review thread, making posters will all the perfect review scores the game got so far. In that honeymoon-like atmosphere, imagine being "that" outlet, about to make your review public, the one that isn't a 10/10, nor a 9/10, but a reflection of your opinion which isn't as glowing as the others. Well, whatever you've wrote, you better not look at your twitter account because you're about to get wrecked by a mob of angry fans. I'm of course referring to the Edge review thread on this very board, which was locked after twenty pages of fanboys spiting all the poison they could before a mod came in and locked that trainwreck. Edge is essentially responsible of two capital sins according to those people: reviewing God of War too low (it got 8/10) and rewarding Sea of Thieves of a score (7/10) too close to God of War. What's the relation between those two games you say ? Well, one HAD to be recognized as the second coming of the Christ by absolutely everyone, while the other had a more mixed reception and thus couldn't seriously have a score that fly so close to Santa Monica's sun. Different reviewers, different perspectives, different writings, different opinions, that doesn't matter to them, all wearing their Kratos avatars and showing their perfectly neutral stance by the same occasion, it was an impossibility. Then comes the research for explanations, and by chance, Edge happens to be published in the same country as Sea of Thieves developers, Rareware, comes from, so that must be it! These very professional journalists must have been biased and that's why they gave it such a high score, and I, a grown man spending all my day ranting on the internet, am much more objective than them and that's why you should avoid spending a dime to read their papers. Now, that was one specific and recent example coming from this place. Let's talk about another but not that different case. In May 2016, brilliant reporter Jason Schreier reported that No Man's Sky was about to be slightly delayed, two days before the game's developers confirmed it. In those two days, here's what happened. I invite you to read Kotaku's entire article about the subject (https://kotaku.com/i-got-death-threats-for-reporting-on-a-video-game-delay-1779617741). That case was widely reported as an example of extreme fanboyism. I'll assume that you already know what to think of sending death threats over video games (and in case you don't: first, you're scaring me, second, sending death threats to anyone is bad), so instead I'm going to talk about why you should feel concerned by that article. You're probably thinking that it doesn't have anything to do with you, because you're a decent human being and know that you shouldn't threat anyone over games, but that still doesn't mean at all that you didn't play a role in that. By complaining about review scores or articles you don't agree with, you're contributing to this nasty atmosphere that is toxic against games journalists. You're not going the extreme mill yourself, but you're encouraging those who are broken enough in their minds to go that far. And I'm going to clarify right now what I mean by "complaining": of course, nobody should ever blame you because you're disagreeing with an opinion and want to argue against it. It's the point of these reviews, to make people react, whether just by agreeing or by arguing otherwise. But arguing against doesn't mean one second that you should attack the outlet, the reviewer itself, or even his opinion about the game. Your opinion is NEVER more valid than the reviewer, most of the time it's much less valid because you don't have years of experience and a 2000-words essay to back you. Disagreeing is fair, arguing against is fair, trying to discredit the writer because you can't stand criticism against the company you've swear loyalty for isn't. And yes, this has consequences. Because you're trying to discredit the game press industry, you contribute to create movements against it, such as the GamerGate. You're directly responsible of that abomination. Even if all you were doing was a bad post about how Edge sucks because they gave low scores to all your favourite games, and therefore they must have been paid or just have a hate-rock. Hey, why not dig up that old battleship and almost fake-news story about how Polygon is paid by Microsoft, surely that won't stir even more hate against an industry that, by being based on people's personal opinions, is already heated enough. You are criticizing in bad faith an outlet or a reviewer -> more people that think the same way as you will follow your example -> creates a toxic atmosphere of hate against the press -> gives more excuses and confidences to even dumber people -> death threats and harassment comes -> the gaming community continue to be the worst in the entertainment industry. Now, that long post so far was a lot of blaming. And again, I'm blaming "you" to make you feel concerned, but that applies to me as much. I too have been trying to discredit reviewers or outlets when they were the outlier in the middle of a bunch of glowing scores about a game I was anticipating a lot. I often brushed off Polygon and Kotaku as clickbait outlets that just want to stir as much controversies as possible. I'm a contributor to that toxic atmosphere against the press, just like anyone else here is. But there are solutions. If you've come to this conclusion, just like I did, you probably want to change things, to improve yourself, and to improve the working conditions of reviewers. Supporting people is always the key. You think that God of War is a 10/10 game worth of every possible praise it had, and you can't comprehend how Edge could like it less than you did? Well, then just buy the issue and answer your own question. You can read the review and the numerous arguments the writer used to justify his score. You will probably understand why he thinks that way and just decide that what he considers as a flaw doesn't bother you enough to ruin in the slightest your experience. You may also just disagree with him, and you could then write here why you don't think like him, engaging with other people that may or not agree with you, and all that by staying respectful for the work of others. Buying a magazine may be too much for some, but that only applies to specific outlets. When Jim Sterling is giving Zelda Breath of the Wild a 7.5/10, watch his review video instead of spouting nonsense about his Nintendo hate rock, trying to back up your point with his previous and unrelated work. Yes, you're giving him clicks, advertisement and money by doing that, but that's how the entertainment and information industry work in general. If you still disagree with him, and his views in general, you can then explain why you don't like his opinion, or just decide to not watch any of his videos anymore. In any case, he won't suffer much of your loss alone. I could have given more examples of why the gaming community is acting against their interests and worsen media outlets, like that time when Bethesda announced that it wouldn't give press review copies in advance because they had faith in gamers to make the good choices, but this post is already way too long so I'm going to end with this: the gaming press industry is both better and worst than it was 20 years ago. It's better because we have a lot more variety and publishers are less directly invested in outlets, creating more neutral and diverse contents. The day of old magazines giving 90+ scores to every game the publisher sent them in fear of being blacklisted is over. We now have reporters that aren't afraid to break big news because they know that their audience will follow them no matter what the publisher could do. But it's also worst because people are now so emotionally invested in their favourite company that they can't stand any kind of criticism and try to create movements to protect them. Spoiler : big multinational companies doesn't care at all about you defending them on Twitter, you should try to go outside more often instead.TL;DR : when you criticize in bad faith a reviewer or a media outlet because you don't like that they gave god of war a lower score, you're responsible for the toxic atmosphere that leads to death threats being sent and the creation of stuff like GamerGate. Also, you shouldn't answer to my long-dog post just after reading this tl;dr.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 103 Reviews) (95 Open/ 92 Reviews) (94.99 Matto / 158 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 28, 2018, 05:06 PM
^ I don't disagree with the content itself. People take game reviews way too seriously and some people just have different opinions.  There's nothing wrong with that.

A 98 added to MC.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 103 Reviews) (95 Open/ 92 Reviews) (94.99 Matto / 158 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 28, 2018, 06:27 PM
fudgy troll reviewers lol
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 104 Reviews) (95 Open/ 92 Reviews) (95.01 Matto / 159 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 28, 2018, 06:55 PM
Omg the Era review thread is back. This will be much easier now.

Game Debate 9.5/10, on meta apparently.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 104 Reviews) (95 Open/ 92 Reviews) (95.01 Matto / 160 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 28, 2018, 07:06 PM
Omg the Era review thread is back. This will be much easier now.

Game Debate 9.5/10, on meta apparently.
Every point counts. Keep em coming boy
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 104 Reviews) (95 Open/ 92 Reviews) (95.04 Matto / 162 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 28, 2018, 07:27 PM
News Arbiter 9.6/10
Nerd Slash 5/5
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 104 Reviews) (95 Open/ 92 Reviews) (95.04 Matto / 162 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 28, 2018, 07:47 PM
News Arbiter 9.6/10
Nerd Slash 5/5
On meta?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 104 Reviews) (95 Open/ 92 Reviews) (95.04 Matto / 162 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 28, 2018, 08:15 PM
On meta?
Narp. And neither is AVForums, who gave a 10/10.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 104 Reviews) (95 Open/ 92 Reviews) (95.07 Matto / 163 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 28, 2018, 08:43 PM
Narp. And neither is AVForums, who gave a 10/10.
Ffs people. Send meta your applications!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 104 Reviews) (95 Open/ 93 Reviews) (95.07 Matto / 163 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 29, 2018, 07:46 PM
Another review added to meta, still 94.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 104 Reviews) (95 Open/ 93 Reviews) (95.07 Matto / 163 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Apr 29, 2018, 08:54 PM
Another review added to meta, still 94.
Hanging on the edge
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 104 Reviews) (95 Open/ 93 Reviews) (95.07 Matto / 163 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 29, 2018, 09:10 PM
5th from the top of the 94s.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 105 Reviews) (95 Open/ 93 Reviews) (95.10 Matto / 164 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 29, 2018, 10:04 PM
10/10 from Pardis Game on opencritic. Secures the 95 a little bit more there.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 105 Reviews) (95 Open/ 93 Reviews) (95.10 Matto / 164 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 30, 2018, 12:16 PM
It's now 1 spot from 95 on the list again. I more review higher then 95 should push it over. Super close.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 105 Reviews) (95 Open/ 93 Reviews) (95.10 Matto / 164 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 30, 2018, 12:24 PM
It's now 1 spot from 95 on the list again. I more review higher then 95 should push it over. Super close.
Its happening!

Will update when I get home
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 105 Reviews) (95 Open/ 93 Reviews) (95.10 Matto / 164 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 30, 2018, 01:16 PM
I have three perfect scores to add but only one is on meta (the one already added)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 106 Reviews) (95 Open/ 97 Reviews) (95.22 Matto /168 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 30, 2018, 02:11 PM
Independent.ie 5/5
Tech Advisor 5/5 (on open)
Digital Fix 10/10 (on open and meta)
well-played.au 10/10
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 106 Reviews) (95 Open/ 97 Reviews) (95.22 Matto /168 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 30, 2018, 02:14 PM
We're up to 44.6% perfect scores. Its a shame meta isn't quite as positive.

Opencritic is up to 94.73 now, looking more secure.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 106 Reviews) (95 Open/ 97 Reviews) (95.22 Matto /168 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on Apr 30, 2018, 03:45 PM
I just made my first user score on metacritic. Gave god of war a 10.

So will mimir or atrues win the best supporting character role awards this year?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 106 Reviews) (95 Open/ 97 Reviews) (95.22 Matto /168 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on Apr 30, 2018, 04:05 PM
I just made my first user score on metacritic. Gave god of war a 10.

So will mimir or atrues win the best supporting character role awards this year?
Atreus should win if there's a child category. He was 9 when they first started working with him.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 106 Reviews) (95 Open/ 97 Reviews) (95.22 Matto /168 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 30, 2018, 04:44 PM
10/10 GameSpew, on meta (and open). On the brink of 95 now!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 106 Reviews) (95 Open/ 97 Reviews) (95.22 Matto /168 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 30, 2018, 04:46 PM
2 perfect scores in one day, and it's still not up? 
WHY!

It's so close to 95...  RIGHT ON THE *EDGE! 


*It's all their fault
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 107 Reviews) (95 Open/ 98 Reviews) (95.25 Matto /169 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 30, 2018, 04:48 PM
2 perfect scores in one day, and it's still not up?  
WHY!

It's so close to 95...  RIGHT ON THE *EDGE!  


*It's all their fault
It would be 95 even with Edge by now, its thanks to GameCritics 75 it hasn't made it back yet :P

Or I guess you can blame whichever out of those two you want.

Its on the brink anyway now, just needs an average of 95 from the last set of reviews. Hopefully no more below 90 come in, but it'll probably happen.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 107 Reviews) (95 Open/ 98 Reviews) (95.25 Matto /169 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Apr 30, 2018, 04:52 PM
It would be 95 even with Edge by now, its thanks to GameCritics 75 it hasn't made it back yet :P

Or I guess you can blame whichever out of those two you want.
Psh, GameCritics barely did anything.  Edge practically gave them a 58, you said!  That's way worse.

Its on the brink anyway now, just needs an average of 95 from the last set of reviews. Hopefully no more below 90 come in, but it'll probably happen.
I bet it'll hit 95.  And 3 months later, we'll get 1 troll review and down to 94.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 107 Reviews) (95 Open/ 98 Reviews) (95.25 Matto /169 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Apr 30, 2018, 04:55 PM
Psh, GameCritics barely did anything.  Edge practically gave them a 58, you said!  That's way worse.

I bet it'll hit 95.  And 3 months later, we'll get 1 troll review and down to 94.  
Well Gamecritics are the ones who actually lowered it to 94!

Yeah I'm thinking something like this as well, probably Quarter to Three or similar coming in late with a 6.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 107 Reviews) (95 Open/ 98 Reviews) (95.25 Matto /169 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on May 01, 2018, 11:02 AM
Cubed3 8/10, on open.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 107 Reviews) (95 Open/ 99 Reviews) (95.16 Matto /170 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 01, 2018, 06:45 PM
Cubed3 8/10, on open.
Now on Meta.

Back to 66.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 107 Reviews) (95 Open/ 99 Reviews) (95.16 Matto /170 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on May 01, 2018, 07:39 PM
Now on Meta.

Back to 66.
Looks like I'm winning the contest  :D
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 107 Reviews) (95 Open/ 99 Reviews) (95.16 Matto /170 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on May 01, 2018, 09:14 PM
Now on Meta.

Back to 66.
Wow, it was 94 just yesterday  :'(
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 107 Reviews) (95 Open/ 99 Reviews) (95.16 Matto /170 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 01, 2018, 09:15 PM
Wow, it was 94 just yesterday  :'(
::)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 107 Reviews) (95 Open/ 99 Reviews) (95.16 Matto /170 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on May 01, 2018, 09:52 PM
Wow, it was 94 just yesterday  :'(
oh you
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 107 Reviews) (95 Open/ 99 Reviews) (95.16 Matto /170 Reviews)
Post by: SWORDF1SH on May 10, 2018, 08:00 AM
Another 1 just added, LaPS4 with a 98 and Riot Pixels added a 95 the other day. Up to 64 on the all-time.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 107 Reviews) (95 Open/ 99 Reviews) (95.16 Matto /170 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on May 10, 2018, 11:07 AM
Another 1 just added, LaPS4 with a 98 and Riot Pixels added a 95 the other day. Up to 64 on the all-time.
So close to a 95, yet so far.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 107 Reviews) (95 Open/ 99 Reviews) (95.16 Matto /170 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on May 10, 2018, 02:11 PM
The dream is still alive
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 110 Reviews) (95 Open/ 104 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on May 10, 2018, 02:19 PM
The two OPMs could tip it back to 95.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 110 Reviews) (95 Open/ 104 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on May 12, 2018, 04:26 AM
Back to alfheim on my second playthrough now. I'm still getting blown away by this game. The world serpent first appearance was godly.

Anyway really hope this gets another 2 or 3 100's
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 110 Reviews) (95 Open/ 104 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: SWORDF1SH on May 17, 2018, 12:29 PM
91 and 90 from Games Master and games. Down to 70 in the all time. The dream is over.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 110 Reviews) (95 Open/ 104 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: Legend on May 17, 2018, 03:16 PM
Doom
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 110 Reviews) (95 Open/ 104 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: SWORDF1SH on May 21, 2018, 04:31 PM
A couple more reviews in. Official PlayStation Magazine UK and PlayStation Country both gave it 90. Down to 72nd in the all time .
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 110 Reviews) (95 Open/ 104 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 21, 2018, 05:08 PM
A couple more reviews in. Official PlayStation Magazine UK and PlayStation Country both gave it 90. Down to 72nd in the all time .
PlayStation magazines. *SMH*
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 110 Reviews) (95 Open/ 104 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on May 21, 2018, 06:35 PM
A couple more reviews in. Official PlayStation Magazine UK and PlayStation Country both gave it 90. Down to 72nd in the all time .
What the eff son
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 110 Reviews) (95 Open/ 104 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on May 21, 2018, 06:48 PM
Lol well OPM UK are notoriously quite strict critics and don't give bias to Playstation. Counting on them for a 10 wasn't the best idea.

Can we officially say I won the bet now? :D
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 114 Reviews) (95 Open/ 107 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: SWORDF1SH on May 22, 2018, 09:57 PM
From 9.2 to 8.9 on the user review in a couple of days. Fanboy attack?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 114 Reviews) (95 Open/ 107 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on May 22, 2018, 10:16 PM
From 9.2 to 8.9 on the user review in a couple of days. Fanboy attack?
Awards season
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 114 Reviews) (95 Open/ 107 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on May 23, 2018, 01:04 AM
Awards season
?
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 114 Reviews) (95 Open/ 107 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on May 23, 2018, 07:06 AM
?
"During Awards Season People Will Realize God of War is not a 10" (by some people on the internet) | ResetEra (https://www.resetera.com/threads/during-awards-season-people-will-realize-god-of-war-is-not-a-10-by-some-people-on-the-internet.43471/)

 
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Si I've read this (some person said that it's the best 8.5/10 of your life) and got me wondering: Regardless of what I think about the game, right now it seems like the press have made up their mind (and heart) and even if they think the game is... I don't know, a 6/10, it looks like everything before it is less than that so, it doesn't have to be a 10 by the end of the year everything else would be lesser. Now, projecting into the future, it's expected that Red Dead Redemption 2 will get major attention but other than that what else could compete? Spider-Man? Smash Bross? It's undenniable that God of War will be in the conversation whether people think it deserves it or not and it'd be weird if the press would backpedal on their claims so much. An example used to back up this claim was Uncharted 4, stating that it got a lot of 10s and by award season got brought down because "people" changed their opinion but that game still got a lot of goty's so... Do you feel that press is on a famous honeymoon phase and got carried away? Personally I think they were to vocal to turn around. (I'm not saying nothing can top it, juts that it'd be weird is they suddenly say "you know, actually it wasn't that good). Bring ragnarok upon me if I'm not making any sense.  
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 114 Reviews) (95 Open/ 107 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on May 23, 2018, 11:09 AM
"During Awards Season People Will Realize God of War is not a 10" (by some people on the internet) | ResetEra (https://www.resetera.com/threads/during-awards-season-people-will-realize-god-of-war-is-not-a-10-by-some-people-on-the-internet.43471/)

 
Oh, its not awards season yet though so why would this change the meta? :P
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 114 Reviews) (95 Open/ 107 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: Dr. Pezus on May 23, 2018, 04:15 PM
Oh, its not awards season yet though so why would this change the meta? :P
It's a joke, son!

A meta joke about meta
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 114 Reviews) (95 Open/ 107 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on May 23, 2018, 04:55 PM
It's a joke, son!

A meta joke about meta
Its not meta enough tbh
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 114 Reviews) (95 Open/ 107 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 25, 2018, 11:34 PM
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There's very few people I am not able to talk to in the Sony first party family, and get inspired by their actual process and detail. And that's the kind of thing we sort of lost as we became owned by corporations-as developers, we don't get to share as much, everything is proprietary and involving secrets. GDC is no longer the thing where everyone is like "hey, let me show you that code, that shows you exactly how I solved this rendering issue problem"

We're starting to see a little bit more of that, but within Sony, we have these things called Creative Share Weeks, with several developers, where we send our developers to their studios for a week, and they send theirs to ours for a week. And they get a desk, they're working on the game. And then at the end of the week, they give us a sort report card of, "hey, we solve problems like this, you solve them like this. Hey, your way is better" or "our way is better, and let me show you why". And that kind of sharing is born is amazing, that is something that is truly born out of this creative thing. We are better because we share."

The thing with The Last of Us, is, for me, I think a lot of people mean it as a dig, which I've never really understood," he said. "Like, "oh, you're just doing your own Last of Us", so, o-Kay. One, I am incredibly inspired by Neil and his team, they are absolutely otherworldly with their abilities and how talented they are and how much they bring to and elevate the medium. And I think to me, I would love to be considered as somebody alongside, or even within the proximity of someone who helped elevate the work that we do. Help make people see the work we do in a different light. So I will never ever be bothered by the fact that we are being compared to The Last of Us, because I think it's truly a watershed moment in our industry. So to be considered in the same vein as that is fantastic. But I think it shortsells any idea when you say there's a similar part to something else, like "aw man, The Avengers is ripping off Batman. You've got people running around in outfits". Of course, there are outfitted people and there's superhero stuff, but it's not just ripping off Batman."
To Be Compared to The Last of Us is Fantastic: God of War Director | IndianNoob (http://www.indiannoob.in/to-be-compared-to-the-last-of-us-is-fantastic-god-of-war-director/)
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 114 Reviews) (95 Open/ 107 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: Kerotan on May 26, 2018, 01:05 AM
Oh, its not awards season yet though so why would this change the meta? :P
It's not a 10...its a 94 and awards season will reflect that!
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 114 Reviews) (95 Open/ 107 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: SWORDF1SH on Jun 03, 2018, 11:38 PM
Just got another 10 out of 10 from Jeuxvideo.com. Stays at 72nd on the the all-time though.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 114 Reviews) (95 Open/ 107 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: Xevross on Jun 03, 2018, 11:40 PM
Just got another 10 out of 10 from Jeuxvideo.com. Stays at 72nd on the the all-time though.
:o

I remember when I was constantly on the lookout for every new review. Man, that month and a half flew by.
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 114 Reviews) (95 Open/ 107 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: SWORDF1SH on Jun 08, 2018, 09:44 AM
A 95 just came in. Still at 72nd in the all-time
Title: Re: God of War Review Thread (94 Meta/ 114 Reviews) (95 Open/ 107 Reviews) (95.14 Matto /177 Reviews)
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jan 12, 2022, 04:24 PM
PC port seems to be excellent:

Sitting at 93
God of War for PC Reviews - Metacritic (https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/god-of-war)
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jan 14, 2022, 02:27 PM
God Of War Devs Talk PC Release, Mod Support, And Playing With Keyboards - Game Informer (https://www.gameinformer.com/interview/2022/01/13/god-of-war-devs-talk-pc-release-mod-support-and-playing-with-keyboards)

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Let's cut to the chase. Why do you think people should check God of War out now that it's on PC?
Cory Barlog: Because it's a giant smokescreen to sell you on the fact that Silent Hills is secretly inside the game? Totally kidding. Honestly, I think for us, it's really exciting that there's a new potential audience of people who haven't played the game who get to experience it and show it off on their beefy machine. I don't have a 3090 [GeForce graphics card], but I'm sure they all have a 3090. But also, even if you have experienced it, I've played the game a few times, but playing it on my ultra-wide is a pretty awesome experience.
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How much insight do you guys have into how Sony decided that the PC was a market they wanted to push this on to? Was that something you were championing early on?
Barlog: I think it was the collective of studios all over saying this is a really good idea. We should be looking into this. Eventually, I think it reached that tipping point. When we had sent so many suggestion box suggestions that they were like, "I'm tired of hearing all this. Fine, we'll do this." It's a process. We're still figuring it out as a company and as individual studios how to do this and what the process and strategy will be.
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So, do you think that we might see Ragnarok on PC sooner than four years after its console release?
Barlog: I have no idea. Right now, we're taking it one game at a time, kind of looking at each one and determining, "Okay, is this the best thing?" And we'll gauge how it does. Do people enjoy it? Did we do it right? Is there anything we did wrong? What can we do better in the future if we do this again? But at the end of the day, ultimately, it's Sony's decision.
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How much did you think about mouse and keyboard controls for God of War?
DeWald: Quite a bit, because right away we knew that, coming on a PC, we're gonna have to focus on that. We're gonna have to figure out what that looks like. One was building a customizable interface that you can change all the keys. That's not something that existed on the console. There's a lot of work just doing that. But then figuring out what is that default setup? And does that feel natural?
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A lot of people use their Xbox controllers to play on PC. How do you guys feel about people playing God of War with an Xbox controller now?
DeWald: Awesome. We even put in all the glyphs for you so you don't get confused by the button press. Yeah, we have no problems with that. You can even use a Switch controller here as well.
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jan 14, 2022, 02:29 PM
They mentioned above that the PC port was 2 years in the making.

God of War PC's new accessibility features 'laid the groundwork' for God of War Ragnarok | PC Gamer (https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/god-of-war-pcs-new-accessibility-features-laid-the-groundwork-for-god-of-war-ragnarok/)


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Pavlin mentioned that the PC's customizability and support for all kinds of controllers naturally open the door to more accessibility options, but those benefits can also carry over indirectly to Santa Monica's next game on PS5: God of War Ragnarok. Revisiting the 2018 code gave the developers an opportunity to build a "more accessible framework" for their next game.

"Working on things like keyboard remapping allows us to actually look at how that pipeline functions overall, and carry that forward through all of our SMS products," Pavlin said. "So that will help us to build a better foundation to work off of in future products."

Senior technical producer Matt DeWald added that "PC is just a small sliver of what we want to do for accessibility. It's the stuff that we could easily do without going back and re-authoring content. But to Mila's point, accessibility is really important to us. And we want to try to make sure we can support as much as we can. So there are some big plans."
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jan 14, 2022, 04:29 PM


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Sounds fantastic. We're in the weird spot of superior Sony PC ports compared to Microsoft.
Yes - I consider this in a number of ways better than FH5 and Halo Infinite PC ports at the moment.
Though to be fair - the best PC port in years came from MS with Gears 5.
Pretty glowing praise from Digital Foundry here (https://www.resetera.com/threads/digital-foundry-god-of-war-on-pc-digital-foundry-tech-review-playstation-vs-pc-performance-optimised-settings.539393/page-2#post-80231396)
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: Legend on Jan 14, 2022, 04:46 PM
I'm glad this is a great port. How does it compare to Horizon, Death Stranding, and Days Gone?
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jan 14, 2022, 04:57 PM
I'm glad this is a great port. How does it compare to Horizon, Death Stranding, and Days Gone?
tl;dr:

God of War might be the best port.
God of War > Death Stranding > Days Gone >>> Horizon




Death Stranding was a great port.

Horizon wasn't a good port. Had tons of issues at launch. A lot of them got fixed, so I think it's decent today.

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In the wake of Kojima Productions' generally excellent Death Stranding PC port, expectations were sky-high for Horizon's PC conversion. With that in mind, it's both baffling and extremely disappointing to see the port fall so far short of expectations.
Digital Foundry (https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2020-horizon-zero-dawn-pc-tech-review)

Days Gone was a good port.

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While we're not getting the ultimate package here - there's no ray tracing and disappointingly, no DLSS - there's no doubt that this is a solid, impressive port.
Digital Foundry (https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2021-days-gone-pc-port-analysis)

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God of War on PC is a simply sensational port
Digital Foundry (https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2022-god-of-war-on-pc-is-a-simply-sensational-port)
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jan 17, 2022, 08:28 PM
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: kitler53 on Jan 17, 2022, 08:39 PM
- pissed off console owners
- the best place to play ps games is not on ps damaging their hardware appeal. 
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jan 17, 2022, 09:07 PM
- pissed off console owners
Personally I'm at the stage where I'm thrilled to watch PC owners see what they are missing.

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- the best place to play ps games is not on ps damaging their hardware appeal.
Well, I doubt the vast majority of PS owners will care enough to get a PC.

But, this is a bit disappointing for sure.
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: BananaKing on Jan 17, 2022, 09:40 PM
- pissed off console owners
- the best place to play ps games is not on ps damaging their hardware appeal.

I agree with you that this is a bad thing for their long term strategy.

But if they keep releasing games that are more than a couple of years old, then I think minimal damage will happen.

I wonder how much sales these games are doing. Rumor has it Horizon and Days gone are between 1-2 million? If so, is it really worth releasing these games on PC?
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jan 17, 2022, 10:13 PM
I agree with you that this is a bad thing for their long term strategy.

But if they keep releasing games that are more than a couple of years old, then I think minimal damage will happen.
I don't think the end result will matter.
I don't think the PC and console markets overlap that much.
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I wonder how much sales these games are doing. Rumor has it Horizon and Days gone are between 1-2 million? If so, is it really worth releasing these games on PC?
These ports are very low budget. The God of War port was done by 4 people over 2 years.
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: Legend on Jan 17, 2022, 11:25 PM
I don't think the end result will matter.
I don't think the PC and console markets overlap that much. These ports are very low budget. The God of War port was done by 4 people over 2 years.

Is that confirmed? They talked about having to make new animations for ultrawide support.
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jan 18, 2022, 12:00 AM
Is that confirmed? They talked about having to make new animations for ultrawide support.
How God of War was brought from PlayStation to PC • Eurogamer.net (https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2022-god-of-war-pc-tech-interview)

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Digital Foundry: When did the porting process begin? And who is working on it, Sony Santa Monica, as well as Jetpack?

Matt DeWald: So, we've actually been working on this for a while, but it started kind of slow to begin with. It just started as like, "Hey, can we even do this? Do we have the technical expertise? How do we work together? blah, blah, blah." So, there's a lot of interstitial work that needs to happen just to figure that out. It's probably been about two years of total work, but with a very small crew - there's a team of four at Jetpack that have been doing the primary engineering efforts. And they're almost all engineering efforts, there's been a little bit of assistance from internal, just where things are, "Hey, how does this work? Where is this thing placed?" and then internal Santa Monica, myself leading the project from a production standpoint, but then mostly, it's just QA support, and then tapping different individuals to help fix bugs that may have existed on PC. So, it's a very small team that we've tried to produce this with. Keep it lean and mean.

Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: Legend on Jan 18, 2022, 12:28 AM
How God of War was brought from PlayStation to PC • Eurogamer.net (https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2022-god-of-war-pc-tech-interview)

That sounds like more than 4, but still very very small.
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: kitler53 on Jan 18, 2022, 12:54 AM
I agree with you that this is a bad thing for their long term strategy.

But if they keep releasing games that are more than a couple of years old, then I think minimal damage will happen.

I wonder how much sales these games are doing. Rumor has it Horizon and Days gone are between 1-2 million? If so, is it really worth releasing these games on PC?
I think there is a lot more overlap then you think.  and it's a mind share thing.  ps has no exclusives... I can just buy them on PC... 

I mean really,.. with the console like experience that valve deck is offering why shouldn't I just migrate there where I can play all ps all Ms and all of PC exclusive games.  like seriously,.. i'm reconsidering my PS5 already and feeling quite likely to not get a ps6.  
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: the-pi-guy on Jan 18, 2022, 12:58 AM
I think you meant to quote me.

Speaking as someone who now has a great PC, I still prefer consoles. Ease of experience is huge.

Steam Deck could be the game changer.
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: the-pi-guy on Feb 18, 2022, 02:13 PM
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 30, 2022, 03:22 AM
Replaying God of War.

I think I saw my first bug?
I am sure there was another one that I've forgotten.

Boy got stuck. :(
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: Legend on Oct 30, 2022, 03:35 AM
Replaying God of War.

I think I saw my first bug?
I am sure there was another one that I've forgotten.

Boy got stuck. :(
I spent a long time trying to glitch boy but I don't think I ever succeeded. Did manage to make him reliably teleport though.

Also I found another God of War bug!

Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>This is the review thread, our OT was https://vizioneck.com/forum/index.php?topic=6212.0 (https://vizioneck.com/forum/index.php?topic=6212.0)<br><br>Does not matter since the game is so old.<br>
Title: Re: God of War |OT| Now on PC
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 30, 2022, 04:34 AM
(https://i.imgflip.com/10bqdj.jpg)