EA's biggest PC game of the year and the brainchild of renowned game designer Will Wright, "Spore" hits store shelves today. The game has won Best of E3 awards and been lavished with positive pre-release coverage in the gaming and mainstream press.
So why is it getting 8s and 9s rather than 10s? And what does Wright make of reactions such as that of the New York Times' review?
On Friday, MTV had a chance to talk to Wright about the response the game has been getting, giving him a chance to clarify the goals of his design team and to reveal how he's playing "Spore."
From Xfire: "Anyone who's played video games for a couple of years has stuck around long enough to stumble across a few weird ones. Some are even quite popular, which is all the more reason why you'll wonder what made the developers think about making such a game and why people are loving it, despite its weirdness anyway. Not all weird video games are head-scratches. Some are actually quite good."
The stick of truth is a must have for any South Park fans. I spent a good afternoon on Goat simulator, a rare real open world. I planned to try hatoful boyfriend since it was free on Ps Plus. Disco Elysium is on my radar since the final cut came out; as soon as there is a discount, i will take it. Like movies, i like weird games too :)
From Xfire: "The four-hour director's cut known as Zack Snyder's Justice League has led to the discussion of movies in the past that might have fared a whole lot better had they been released to be more in line with the original vision of their creators. But, as it turns out, cut content doesn't just happen in movies. In fact, the act of cutting content before the release date happens arguably just as often in video games as it does in cinema."
I can't believe they cut stuff from Skyrim. At release, it was a barebones game with a slight improvement in graphics.
"Now, before we proceed, we'd like to say that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is one of the best video games ever made. It's not just a fine piece of gaming. It's one of the finest there is"
Really?
MGSV is easily the worst main line MGS game and not just because of cut story content, the open world is bare bones and there's hardly anything to do. It's repetitive, samey and is just lifeless. I appreciate the stealth mechanics, the animations and the way you can go with combat but it's not enough to keep me engaged the full way through.
Kojima should have done a twist and make the main chunk of the game a Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2 remake to bring the story full circle.
Story issues aside, V has amazing gameplay. I'm not sure what you're wanting out of the world in terms of "things to do", it's all the great gameplay the series has always had. Useless filler that other open worlds have like collecting flags and petting horses would have added nothing to that game.
THE TRUTH! I don't even know how that game gets praised. The previous ones were so much better.
While we have witnessed a lot of remakes, remasters and even sequels to games a decade old. There are still some gems that are close to my heart that are lost to me. Here are some classic games that I'd love to either see remakes or remasters of, or even a sequel on new hardware.
He had a very interesting and tactful reaction, and he made a good point about sales vs. metacritic ratings. Pretty much the complete opposite of Dennis Dyack, who says that people just don't "get" Too Human.
I'm only at the tribal stage, but I have to say, its an exciting and ground breaking product whatever else it is!
I agree that his response to criticism seems more mature than many, and his thoughts and comments are intelligent and articulate.
Fallout 3 might not turn out to be a bad game, but it has been extremely dumbed down for the masses, thats all 1.2 was saying, that with a new IP and low expectations, this is fine. But fans of the Fallout series have known F3 wouldn't live up to their expectations since Bethesda bought the rights a few years ago, Bethesda is notorious for making their games dumber and easier with each new release, especially the TES series. Lern 2 history.
they should care about making games that people like, not critics but everyday people. The importance devs and publishers are putting into metacritic is bad for gaming. Most consumers don't put much thought into reviews, it's no different then music or movies. Most of you here probably like a whole bunch of movies and cds that got low reviews, and hate a whole bunch more that got high scores.