The PS4 thread

[probablyoliver]

Just make sure you use PayPal and not debit card. I did the latter and so they debit the full amount and refund the savings in 28 days.

And that's fucking awful.

[probablyoliver]

Well reviews are coming in and, uh, yeah, it's polarizing to say the least. What seems to be the general consensus is that it looks incredible but might be lacking in substance beyond that.

I'm sure I'll have more to say tomorrow once I've actually played it but it seems to be in the same league as the first Assassin's Creed, in that the artistic vision is fantastic but there's a lot of creases that need ironing out.

[peteypirahna]

Polarizing seems to be putting it mildly, 6.5 seems to be the average score which is well below acceptable for a game hyped like that.

[King Ellis]

What site is this Groupon deal for? The Very one?

[apsham]

Oh man. The Kotaku review made me so depressed - but I'm glad to know there's a QTE stealth section where you insta-die if you miss a button press. Yikes.

[Dan]

What site is this Groupon deal for? The Very one?

Yeah. I combined it with The Crew for £30 and Metro for £19. Had to get some pencils for my son to bump it over £50 but still seems like a good deal.

[Lint]

Right now the average at gamerankings.com just below 64%. Double yikes

[King Ellis]

What site is this Groupon deal for? The Very one?

Yeah. I combined it with The Crew for £30 and Metro for £19. Had to get some pencils for my son to bump it over £50 but still seems like a good deal.

Everything on there is way overpriced anyway, hardly seems worth it. :/

[Your Mom]

Oh man. The Kotaku review made me so depressed - but I'm glad to know there's a QTE stealth section where you insta-die if you miss a button press. Yikes.

Yeah I just read that one This sucks. This is one of the games that made me excited to be getting my PS4 when they showed the first trailer

[Dan]

What site is this Groupon deal for? The Very one?

Yeah. I combined it with The Crew for £30 and Metro for £19. Had to get some pencils for my son to bump it over £50 but still seems like a good deal.

Everything on there is way overpriced anyway, hardly seems worth it. :/

Yeah, it's why I decided on what I did. I've seen people selling The Crew on facebook for about £20 and I've wanted to pick up Metro for a while so even if I send up selling The Crew it'll mean Metro cost me a fiver.

[probablyoliver]

Polarizing seems to be putting it mildly, 6.5 seems to be the average score which is well below acceptable for a game hyped like that.

When reviews fall anywhere between 20/100 and 95/100, I'd say that's pretty polarizing.

[Whisper]

Do people actually buy games based on internet reviews?

[Bobfoc]

I imagine a lot of people do.

[apsham]

That's essentially saying "do people buy things based off how they're reviewed" which doesn't even need to be thought about twice.

[Pizza]

If something I haven't heard of or was on the fence about gets great reviews from people I trust then yes.

[Lint]

WWhen a game is getting torn apart like The Order is, you should pay attention. When the negative reviews far out weigh the positives, its saying something

[TKz]

Do people actually buy games based on internet reviews?

Only people that aren't complete fucking idiots.

What kind of dumbass doesn't look into other peoples experiences with a product before buying it? "WELL IF THE COMPANIES SAY IT'S GOOD, I HAVE NO REASON NOT TO TRUST THEM! WHY WOULD THEY LIE?"

I keep coming back to this post but I just can't fathom the blind stupidity you'd need to ignore reviews entirely. There's just not enough mocking in the world.

[King Ellis]

You ignore the reviews because the good ones are paid off by the publishers, the bad ones are written by fanboys of the competing system and the middle ones are just shit because 7/10 is a bad number.

[Meacon Keaton]

"That TV on the Best Buy website has a one-star rating and every single person says theirs didn't work, but I bet my experience will be different!"

[John Stones' Paint Trophy]

The Order has always seemed like a rental title to me but that's because I treat the majority of single player games that way these days. As it stands, shitty reviews or no, I'll have Boomerang send it, fire through it in a weekend and send it back. It looks really pretty but I wonder how long that can carry it.