09-11-2014, 07:45 AM
Well, I would say, on the whole... The average of the reviews isn't that far off...
Not that I have played the game, but from what I have pieced around from a ton of biased reviews:
Multiplayer has a ton of problems at this point. You go in with your own character that is leveled. There is supposed to be a system to layer this all out put in place sometime in the future, but if you turn on the game and go straight for multiplayer, you will be absolutely mowed down by people who have already beaten the game and are level 20 in stats. Gameplay doesn't have to be entirely symmetrical, but that is a large failure at this point. You shouldn't have to beat the game to stand get your stats high enough to play multiplayer. Secondly... no private servers. No balancing... This is supposed to be fixed in the future... but it seems like an incomplete game release then.
Also, the game has drawn so many other elements in from other style of games. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to do any of them well. So it's still good in gameplay from that aspect... just not great... Also, who made the menu choices? Why can't you just navigate menus with a D-Pad? Using a mouse style menu works well if you have a.. MOUSE. Not a joystick.
So, I'm guessing that it will start getting reviews in the 6-8 range from critics(and 10/10 from IGN). The median score on Metacritic will pan out over time to reflect this also.
Not that I have played the game, but from what I have pieced around from a ton of biased reviews:
Multiplayer has a ton of problems at this point. You go in with your own character that is leveled. There is supposed to be a system to layer this all out put in place sometime in the future, but if you turn on the game and go straight for multiplayer, you will be absolutely mowed down by people who have already beaten the game and are level 20 in stats. Gameplay doesn't have to be entirely symmetrical, but that is a large failure at this point. You shouldn't have to beat the game to stand get your stats high enough to play multiplayer. Secondly... no private servers. No balancing... This is supposed to be fixed in the future... but it seems like an incomplete game release then.
Also, the game has drawn so many other elements in from other style of games. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to do any of them well. So it's still good in gameplay from that aspect... just not great... Also, who made the menu choices? Why can't you just navigate menus with a D-Pad? Using a mouse style menu works well if you have a.. MOUSE. Not a joystick.
So, I'm guessing that it will start getting reviews in the 6-8 range from critics(and 10/10 from IGN). The median score on Metacritic will pan out over time to reflect this also.