Raining on Me
Jesus Loves Winners
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Not sure if people on moopy are fussed by this or not, personally I loved the first game and rank it up there with the finest of all time. The story and dialogue was INCREDIBLE.
Now this is out there and I'm bewildered and worried at the same time. I know reviews can be taken with a pinch of salt and especially the difference between critics/users on Metacritic but has there ever been such a vast contrast as this? The difference is an average user score of about 3/10 versus a critic average that puts it up there as one of the highest rated games ever made!
I know a lot of it is trolling, but this is quite extreme, no? Or are we just at the point now where the big releases are inevitably going to be slated just because it's so easy to abuse that power en masse? Yet at the opposite end of the spectrum we have 10/10 critic reviews, with the age old response of "they're paid to say that". Again, I'm sure that's always existed, but unless I'm being naive I don't recall a divide quite like this before?
Digging around elsewhere seems to bring up the same opinions, slating the story and characters, which were vital in the first one, and relentless, questionable violence. But, to go deeper, I know there's a lot of LGBT vibes in this and a lot of comments range from thinly veiled trans/homophobia up to real disappointment they've pushed for a "woke" approach at the expense of characters/story. I suspect that's bollocks and it will fit in fine but this is all very jarring.
The only way to find out is to pop it into my little machine and play, but I'm SCARED now
My expectations are significantly cooler though, which is probably a good thing...
Now this is out there and I'm bewildered and worried at the same time. I know reviews can be taken with a pinch of salt and especially the difference between critics/users on Metacritic but has there ever been such a vast contrast as this? The difference is an average user score of about 3/10 versus a critic average that puts it up there as one of the highest rated games ever made!
I know a lot of it is trolling, but this is quite extreme, no? Or are we just at the point now where the big releases are inevitably going to be slated just because it's so easy to abuse that power en masse? Yet at the opposite end of the spectrum we have 10/10 critic reviews, with the age old response of "they're paid to say that". Again, I'm sure that's always existed, but unless I'm being naive I don't recall a divide quite like this before?
Digging around elsewhere seems to bring up the same opinions, slating the story and characters, which were vital in the first one, and relentless, questionable violence. But, to go deeper, I know there's a lot of LGBT vibes in this and a lot of comments range from thinly veiled trans/homophobia up to real disappointment they've pushed for a "woke" approach at the expense of characters/story. I suspect that's bollocks and it will fit in fine but this is all very jarring.
The only way to find out is to pop it into my little machine and play, but I'm SCARED now
