lol I came here all ready to pick apart what was sure to be flawed logic and Mr. Barker ended up taking the words right out of my mouth. Well said. And much more concise that I would've put it
My PERSONAL gripes with the widespread review scores being "less than" God of War 3 are that multiplayer is now included (and has CONSIDERABLE depth judging by the beta demo I played) and everything else - combat, visuals, flow - felt MUCH improved in the single player demo. I fail to see how an improvement can score so FAR below the prior entry. Was God of War 3 a 9? GIve Ascension an 8.5 and mention that while it may be a better experience OVERALL, it loses points for not quite having that "oomph" that GoW3 had. Is it REALLY a foll 1 to 2 points lower than the previous entry into the franchise? It seems unfair to give it that score when it is every bit the experience the prior game was, even EVOLVED, and yet the disparity in the score doesn't reflect that.
I will be reviewing the game myself when I get my hands on it. Maybe my mind will change after I play the full game but the reviews seem to unfairly undermine the game itself for being an improved entry into the franchise by a full point or more.
It seems so unfair. I wonder if the scores would be higher if this was called a reboot. I'm just sayin.
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Re: How Microsoft's Hostile Indie Policies Could Impact PS4
lol I came here all ready to pick apart what was sure to be flawed logic and Mr. Barker ended up taking the words right out of my mouth. Well said. And much more concise that I would've put it
Re: Talking Point: Do We Pay Too Much Attention to Review Scores?
My PERSONAL gripes with the widespread review scores being "less than" God of War 3 are that multiplayer is now included (and has CONSIDERABLE depth judging by the beta demo I played) and everything else - combat, visuals, flow - felt MUCH improved in the single player demo. I fail to see how an improvement can score so FAR below the prior entry. Was God of War 3 a 9? GIve Ascension an 8.5 and mention that while it may be a better experience OVERALL, it loses points for not quite having that "oomph" that GoW3 had. Is it REALLY a foll 1 to 2 points lower than the previous entry into the franchise? It seems unfair to give it that score when it is every bit the experience the prior game was, even EVOLVED, and yet the disparity in the score doesn't reflect that.
I will be reviewing the game myself when I get my hands on it. Maybe my mind will change after I play the full game but the reviews seem to unfairly undermine the game itself for being an improved entry into the franchise by a full point or more.
It seems so unfair. I wonder if the scores would be higher if this was called a reboot. I'm just sayin.