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[Hudo]

Low to mid 80's.

I concur.

 

[acm2000]

with the xbox tax im expecting plenty of 8s and some 9s along with the odd 4/10 from those wanting the attention

 

[graywolf323]

Outer Worlds has a 83 on OpenCritic and I have a feeling Avowed will be below that

hopefully I’m wrong but I voted upper 70s, I think it’ll come in 77-81

 

[Codes 208]

75-85 is where I’m sitting at.

Honestly this kinda where xbox games have been sitting at in general for the last decade.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Low 70's.

 

[Orbital2060]

90+

Obsidian always delivers a game for my brain.

 

[Sanepar]

84 my guess

 

[salva]

It's going to be a 6/10 game with an 80 meta.

It is going to be 9/10 experience with 82 MC

 

[Mercador]

Team 76 (Critics)
Team 40 (Gamers)

 

[Come On Tars]

low 70s

 

[.Xeno]

75

 

[MrSmooth]

Another round of MS paying to garner positive reviews, so "best RPG of the year", "incredible adventure", "high engagement", etc. when in reality it will be mid as fuck....5/10

 

[mafon2]

Are we speaking Metacritic? 79, then.

 

[StereoVsn]

Probably turn out that it should be in high 70s. Will get high 80s for Obsidian’s “Return to Form”. .

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

5.5 to 6.8

 

[reinking]

80

 

[adamsapple]

5.5 to 6.8

Ehh really? It's gonna need to launch In a technically broken state to be that low..

 

[Ozriel]

Another round of MS paying to garner positive reviews, so "best RPG of the year", "incredible adventure", "high engagement", etc. when in reality it will be mid as fuck....5/10

 

[analog_future]

Another round of MS paying to garner positive reviews, so "best RPG of the year", "incredible adventure", "high engagement", etc. when in reality it will be mid as fuck....5/10

 

[Fabieter]

I think its gonna have a harder time with another first party rpg master piece out there this month. Iam going with 76.

 

[Ozriel]

I think its gonna have a harder time with another first party rpg master piece out there this month. Iam going with 76.

What game is that?

 

[Buggy Loop]

Another round of MS paying to garner positive reviews, so "best RPG of the year", "incredible adventure", "high engagement", etc. when in reality it will be mid as fuck....5/10

I think you're on the wrong company for these conspiracies. When did Microsoft win GOTY?

In a world where The Last of Us part 2 won so many awards from sites that you would have trouble tracking down nowadays as if they were shell sites for ramping up awards, there's not a fucking chance in hell anyone with eyes can say that Microsoft is pulling this shit.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

80-84 from gamers and critics

60-64 from grifters and their flock

 

[coachmcguirk91]

It will review in mid 80s. Mostly because Bethesda has completely shit the bed the last decade and games like this don't get made often. The Outer Worlds reviewed at an 83. It had a rubbish story and mediocre combat, but somehow was nominated for GOTY

 

[M1chl]

75%, even tho I would like more for Obsidian

 

[coachmcguirk91]

I think you're on the wrong company for these conspiracies. When did Microsoft win GOTY?

In a world where The Last of Us part 2 won so many awards from sites that you would have trouble tracking down nowadays as if they were shell sites for ramping up awards, there's not a fucking chance in hell anyone with eyes can say that Microsoft is pulling this shit.

TLOU2 was reviewed bombed. The game is incredible from a gameplay and technical perspective. I understand not liking the story but the game is a Marvel. To this day, it has the best animations of any game

 

[Brigandier]

This seems like it's a game made for the modern gaming journalist, not so much for the common gamer.
So around 90 from journalists. Maybe 70 from gamers.

This is what I think will happen too.

Press will jerk each other off over it but the paying consumer will think it's mid.

 

[adamsapple]

I think its gonna have a harder time with another first party rpg master piece out there this month. Iam going with 76.

Which other first party RPG is releasing in Feb? I'm legit confused lol.

 

[KungFucius]

Best RPG like this since Fallout NV. Right? Who the fuck isn't hoping this is good?

 

[Orbital2060]

Avowed on the 18th (game pass) and Pirate Yakuza on the 21st (pre order).

Dont think I can resist starting this up when it launches on 18th, and Yakuza once Im done with one playthrough. 100 + hours sounds like a lot, if thats one character.

 

[adamsapple]

Avowed on the 18th (game pass) and Pirate Yakuza on the 21st (pre order).

Dont think I can resist starting this up when it launches on 18th, and Yakuza once Im done with one playthrough. 100 + hours sounds like a lot, if thats one character.

Trails into Daybreak is also launching on the 14th.

This 7 day window is fucking INSANE and they're all 3 games that will actively be fighting for my time.

 

[Insanemaelstrom]

89. Won't be suprised if it goes 90+

 

[ResilientBanana]

I hope it’s good enough to make the most biased person want to play it.

 

[Raven117]

I hope it’s 85 plus! But man…. Outer Worlds was so toothless…. I just don’t know if they have it in them anymore to write something complex and legit edgy

 

[vaibhavpisal]

TLOU2 was reviewed bombed. The game is incredible from a gameplay and technical perspective. I understand not liking the story but the game is a Marvel. To this day, it has the best animations of any game

Its divisive.

My most devout PS fan friends didn’t enjoyed the experience.

A divisive game sweeping awards is suspicious. Same for Astro. Platformers is not a genre everyone’s into. Yet its doing a sweep.

 

[Fabieter]

Which other first party RPG is releasing in Feb? I'm legit confused lol.

First person* haha

 

[GymWolf]

If that semi-turd of the outer worlds can get an 85mc, this one is gonna easily have an 87\89 mc, especially if it cater to the purple mongoloids.

Activists need a win after the success of kc2

 

[SNPlayen]

90+ genders. Oh score? 80-84

 

[VolticArchangel]

Voted high 80's.

87 to be accurate.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Low 70s

 

[Ozriel]

80-84 from gamers and critics

60-64 from grifters and their flock

The usual 60 from James Sawyer Ford without playing it.

I hope it’s good enough to make the most biased person want to play it.

Grummz sneaking back to playing Indiana Jones was one of the funniest stories of December 2024

 

[Jinzo Prime]

91 from critics, 76 from actual players.

 

[Thief1987]

It's a woke western AAA so 80+ is guaranteed

 

[Spyxos]

I don't think it will be particularly good. With luck 70-75, but it could also be below that.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

It's a woke western AAA so 80+ is guaranteed

This.

It will score well with the journalist experts® and media but, it will share the same fate as other mediocre games of its ilk like Dragon Age Veilguard and other critical darlings® only for it to fall off the face of the earth hard after only 1-2 months, and not because of some "woke®" shit either but because everything about it looks so incredibly mediocre.

People have to understand that the days of Obsidian's FO:NV are over (also judging by the outer worlds which while being a critical darling was also mediocre).
Personally, from everything I've seen, you'd have to pay me to play it.

 

[Ozriel]

This.

It will score well with the journalist experts® and media but, it will share the same fate as other mediocre games of its ilk like Dragon Age Veilguard and other critical darlings® only for it to fall off the face of the earth hard after only 1-2 months, and not because of some "woke®" shit either but because everything about it looks so incredibly mediocre.

People have to understand that the days of Obsidian's FO:NV are over (also judging by the outer worlds which while being a critical darling was also mediocre).
Personally, from everything I've seen, you'd have to pay me to play it.

Known facts:

- Previews were great
- Obsidian’s last two games have great critic and user reviews
- Outer worlds a poor example since it was made on a smaller budget, by fewer people, in a rush.


But you…

 

[DenchDeckard]

I think you're on the wrong company for these conspiracies. When did Microsoft win GOTY?

In a world where The Last of Us part 2 won so many awards from sites that you would have trouble tracking down nowadays as if they were shell sites for ramping up awards, there's not a fucking chance in hell anyone with eyes can say that Microsoft is pulling this shit.

It's crazy how few MS games break 90 on MC yet its MS paying for review while games like spiderman 2 100% deserve to be insomniacs first 90 rated game, adding them to the GOTY discussions for that year.

.......

 

[Lokaum D+]

75_79

 

[RetroGamingUK]

It's crazy how few MS games break 90 on MC yet its MS paying for review while games like spiderman 2 100% deserve to be insomniacs first 90 rated game, adding them to the GOTY discussions for that year.

.......

Who’s ever accused MS of paying for reviews?

Their scores have hardly been glowing for the past decade

 

[Grizzled Ghost]

Best RPG like this since Fallout NV. Right? Who the fuck isn't hoping this is good?

That's what we thought about Outer Worlds, too, and those hopes were dashed.