An opinion piece via EGMR in which the author discusses the age-old topic of how much of time spent playing a game makes for enough.
Quote: "Game reviews are the lifeblood of any gaming-related website that purports to be based on journalistic reporting of some sort. Getting onto Metacritic is a particularly effective means of promoting a site’s image and a good — or sometimes just sensational enough — review will pull site hits like you cannot believe. But what happens when those reviews are half-assed, or, perhaps more pertinently, what happens if they’re actually not but because of some reason or the other, people seem to think they are?"
Dark Souls 2 remains a divisive entry in the landmark RPG franchise, but Hidetaka Miyazaki believes it led to the success of Elden Ring.
DS2 was fine. While there was a bit of recycling assets or ideas for bosses, it was a bigger more open Dark Souls. The Fume knight boss is one of the hardest bosses in the series until Sekiro and Elden Ring were released.
The problem with Dark Souls 2 was the same problem when a different director takes over for a sequel to an outstanding movie. It typically (there are exceptions) doesn’t have the feel and vision of the previous movie.
I wouldn’t say Dark Souls 2 is terrible. Had Dark Souls 1 never been a thing and we got this, I think it would have been praised more. The problem is it didn’t have the Miyazaki touch to it and felt pretty derivative. The soundtrack is a banger though.
And it will happen in the future when he doesn’t touch them as he is planning on.
I like DS 2, might even be my favorite of the 3. But it's a hard sell, there's so many obscure things you need to do to make it an enjoyable experience. So always find it hard to recommend, but it is worth the trouble.
TheGamer writes, "Some weapons resist the test of time."
inFAMOUS Second Son was one of PS4's best exclusives, but does it hold up a decade later?
100%, locked 60fps and still look great all these years later, same with the expansion, definitely worth a look if people haven't played it yet, not the best games ever made but a good experience, hopefully a new infamous gets released
Never was my favorite infamous, but it was definitely a graphics showcase early on PS4. Still plays well with the unlocked frame rate.
Still remember getting hyped about this game nearing release. Funny because I never even got a PS4. Jumped from PS3 to PC so I never played it ahahaha
Its a good game. But thats it. Congratulations you made the best choice. I dream to have a great PC one day.
Graphically It's a absolutely stunning game that still holds up today.
Didn't have all that much depth to it forcing you to play though twice for a platinum trophy a good and bad run it was a little disappointing how similar those were Delsin would be like I'm not doing that for you in a cutscene but the cutscene would play out and force you to do it anyway just as you would of in a good run
I did like the story however it got a lot of complaints back in the day people hated playing as Delsin instead of cole despite Coles story being wrapped up.
Overall though the map wasn't overly saturated with useless points of interest there was some collectibles and things to find but nothing compared to a Ubisoft game.
I think it was a good game if a little hollow I've played it through around 4 times now since it's so short.
Also it's DLC was great a full story expansion
To the end unless it is a massive RPG or MMORPG and the reviewer should list they did not complete the game and how much time they spent with it.
I know that the article focuses on how much play time is enough for an accurate review but, even if a game is played all the way through, many reviewers have personal and sometime unconscious bias that also prevent them from giving a totally objective opinion. Many of them bring their love (or hate) from another game/genre into their reviews instead of judging a game on its own merits alone.
Depends on the game really and what genre it is, etc. There are some games that really don't begin to shine until you've spent a good amount of time with it. There are also games where you don't really get the full intentions of the developers until it's been let loose in the wild to be played online.
Lets look at Elder Scrolls. I played alot of the beta and have played the launch version for a week. Although the embargo lifted last friday for reviews, the company has said you cannot play through the game in that amount of time. They suggested doing a series of impressions thus far. Yet we see countless reviews. 25-50 hours can give you an impression but you cannot do a full review based on that for this type of game.