Why was my Starfield post removed from the Starfield thread @karmakidMy guess for Starfield's score on OpenCritic:
82
From who? Are you referring to the review from Metro that was completely misrepresented by Xbox fans?I mean we saw Hi Fi Rush marked down because it was a MS title...
Doesn't at all.Those games I mentioned goes against your hypocrisy. If what you said was true, XGS games would never get good reviews and that is clearly not the case.
From who? Are you referring to the review from Metro that was completely misrepresented by Xbox fans?
They were saying the accolade of it being the best exclusive was limited because of the other exclusives. Completely misrepresented.You mean the review that not only dissed Xbox output and said it limited what accolades they could give the title, But also incorrectly claimed was the first exclusive title published by MS for the series X/S?
You removed the previous section saying its the best exclusive. They are essentially saying that the lack of exclusives limits what it means to call it the best exclusive."The wasteland that has been the Xbox release schedules for the last few years limits the accolades we can give the game but it’s a breath of fresh air for Xbox gamers"
Not even a true comment apart from last years output.
Also not the first Series Exclusive.
The reason is that ScreenRant articles pop-up about Redfall stating that Microsoft doesn't "deserve exclusives". You don't see a media narrative like that against Sony or Nintendo.
Doesn't at all.
But I'm done with your stupid crap.
You removed the previous section saying its the best exclusive. They are essentially saying that the lack of exclusives limits what it means to call it the best exclusive.
They didn't dock the game for being on Xbox. That is really the only relevant issue.
I would argue that the Halo infinite score was inflated because it was Halo and people wanted to like it. The gameplay was great but the actual "campaign" was almost non existent and the open world pointless. Rinse and repeat missions, no variety in the environment, average looking at best etc. The campaign at least deserved no better than a 7, it seems incomplete, but it was being praised as Halo's return. Halo 5 has an 8.2, worst game in the series and shouldn't have gotten better than a 6.5 lol, there is no bias against MSGS but there is a bias FOR certain big franchises.Deathloop 88
Halo Infinite 86
Psychonauts 89
Ghostwire Tokyo 77
Forza Horizon 92
Doom Eternal 89
Hifi Rush 89
Pentiment 86
Grounded 83
Flight Sim 92
All these were not docked points for being XGS. That is fact too.
It's no more negative than being the truth either. It's been a while since a AAA XGS game came out and performed. It will be a wait and see moment if Starfield rises to the challenge.
Maybe but that is moving goal posts. They didn't dock it for being on XboxThe comments dumb. They wouldn't and haven't said it about any PS5 game despite just about all being available on PS4.
Halo really does poke a huge hole in this argument particularly the one of the original tweet. Reviewers have had excuses to slam Halo for about a decade and haven't.I would argue that the Halo infinite score was inflated because it was Halo and people wanted to like it. The gameplay was great but the actual "campaign" was almost non existent and the open world pointless. Rinse and repeat missions, no variety in the environment, average looking at best etc. The campaign at least deserved no better than a 7, it seems incomplete, but it was being praised as Halo's return. Halo 5 has an 8.2, worst game in the series and shouldn't have gotten better than a 6.5 lol, there is no bias against MSGS but there is a bias FOR certain big franchises.
Is that really a media complaint when Valhalla reviewed either slightly better or slightly worse depending on platform?I'm going to piggy back on what alot of others have said.
There is a media bias in gaming. As there is in most written or visual media. What that bias is however, is subjective and open for interpretation.
As I see it today, Sony and to a greater extent Nintendo are not judged as harshly or nit picked as much as Microsoft or Ubisoft.
For example, Ghost of Tshima is a universal well received product. It shares MANY likeness to Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed series. Some reviewers went as far to say it was the Assassin's Creed in Japan they've been waiting for Ubisoft to make. Now compare that universal acclaim to the scorn that modern Assassin Creed games from Origins to Valhalla have received by basically being the same game in different locals.
Just because reviewers haven't laid into Halo doesn't mean there isn't an overall bias against Xbox. There doesn't even need to be a bias against Xbox all of the time, or even most of the time for there to be bias. If Xbox exclusives are rated more harshly than Nintendo and Sony, all else equal, even if it's only 1 out of every 10 games, the bias would still be present.Halo really does poke a huge hole in this argument particularly the one of the original tweet. Reviewers have had excuses to slam Halo for about a decade and haven't.
There is a big difference between that and what the original tweet suggests which is that gaming outlets have already decided to give Starfield lower scores.Just because reviewers haven't laid into Halo doesn't mean there isn't an overall bias against Xbox. There doesn't even need to be a bias against Xbox all of the time, or even most of the time for there to be bias. If Xbox exclusives are rated more harshly than Nintendo and Sony, all else equal, even if it's only 1 out of every 10 games, the bias would still be present.
Unless it's a complete mess Starfield won't score below an 8 I'm sure and if it gets an 8 it'll probably have a lot of issues that are being overlooked or downplayed. The only mainline bethesda game in the last 10-15 years that got knocked hard in reviews was the FO online game and that deserved it.
Spoken like a true journalist..I'm going to go ahead and put a 79 on the rating prediction based on what I've seen so far.
I think it'll be forgiven for some things because it's so ambitious.I'm going to go ahead and put a 79 on the rating prediction based on what I've seen so far.
Like Tears of the Kingdom…I think it'll be forgiven for some things because it's so ambitious.