Commenters question whether review scores reflect hype or quality
5 Nov 2 12:44 AM · 9d ago · 8 comments · 1 source · development 5 of 7
Several commenters argue that enthusiastic YouTube and press reviews are inflated compared to the game's actual difficulty and design, drawing comparisons to past overhyped releases.
“SO MANY of the reviews scream 7.5 or 8. The game looks cool... but the Youtuber and gaming site reviews for this are suspect as fuck.”
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So here is an interesting thing I learned about Japanese games back in the day. Many Japanese games tried to hide the fact that they were Japanese when they released the games in the west. The idea was that westerners didn’t like Japanese games so let’s make it look like it came from the west so people think it’s from a western studio. This is why…
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From what heard from a dev blog. They wanted it to be accessible to a wider audience than make it another souls-like that punishes you harshly and makes you redo entire levels of enemies. Which I totally agree, we don’t need anymore souls-like. Action games with challenge like this is okay. It took me 20 tries to beat Hua to understand timings and…
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It looks cool and it's cool seeing people be hyped about it. But those review scores are suspect as fuck. How many times have reviewers and gamers shat on other games for all the text logs and audio diaries and being too easy. For me, it's like Black Myth = 50% discount or lower and after a few patches.
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SO MANY of the reviews scream 7.5 or 8. The game looks cool and I'm always glad to see sp games succeed but the Youtuber and gaming site reviews for this are suspect as fuck. I can't trust any of those ride the hype / encite the unwashed masses dorks like SkillUp. Youtubers like him are fake as hell.
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Yeah, they'd also make more aggressive box arts because they thought Americans would respond better to them. It's funny as hell looking back on it. A notorious one that stands out to me was Symphony of the Night, check out the difference between the US and JP boxart lmaooo.
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Idk man. This looks like another "I'm so hyped I'm gonna ignore all the shit I always complain about in other games" type of game. The game sounds piss easy too.
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Actually beat Hua the bride when I was still early. It’s doable when you know what to look out for and just not be in her red lily’s
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It's not but it does take a bit to get used to not necessarily the controls but the combat as a whole I guess.
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