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Activision supposedly not sending out early review copies for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice [update: some review copies are out, see threadmarks]
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exactly the same for me
same as Bloodborne or DSIII without DLCs
sure, what is critically acclaimed HAS to be liked by everyone or what the heck are you implying? don´t judge about my taste in games without knowing what i like or not like. BotW sucked for me and other people, even if you can´t imagine it. it was a major disappointment for me personally.
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It's not about whether any individual needs or benefits from having a review before launch. It's about transparency and how review outlets fit within the greater marketing dynamic. Good or bad, reviews have their place in keeping consumers informed.
A vast majority of reviewers, if not all, are professional enough not to leak or spoil games.
A vast majority of reviewers, if not all, are professional enough not to leak or spoil games.
People's talent to sneak BOTW in unrelated conversations never ceases to impress me.
Even with a vast history of hits, there are misfires tho
https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/steel-battalion-heavy-armor
https://www.polygon.com/2012/10/19/3526578/steel-battalion-heavy-armor-review-emergency-ejection (The only time I've seen a 1/10 on their old scoring)
They don't have the same working culture at all. Like you can see with this move from activision.
50 MC confirmed.
*pre-orders Days Gone instead*
:)
*pre-orders Days Gone instead*
:)
i do agree it's kinda shitty of publishers doing this for highly anticipated games tho. If you are worried, don't pre-order games.
I think when people refer to From in this context, they're specifically talking about the Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro team, which this is.
They've gone... 89 -> 89 -> 92 in terms of metacritic scores, which is pretty absurd.
If FROM wasn't happy with Activision they wouldn't have gone back to them, but the truth is that they did.
We don't even know for sure this is all Acti, all From, both...
Honestly, Activision haven't been so bad with this game. You guys rather have Namco Bandai fuckery again lilke with DS3, where the game got delayed 1 month on the West for no reason while they gave keys to streamers that leaked the shit out of the game?
It sucks but From needs a publisher for the West no matter what.
Not a problem for me. Given the developer and the kind of game it is I feel fairly confident it's going to be great. Same as RDR2 (to me anyway!), didn't need a review for that to know it's a day one purchase.
I'm not telling people what to do but shouldn't do that regardless.
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This is a new Tenchu game , I'd buy it even if it was riddled with abusive MTX.
Have you been to the preview thread? It's near unanimously positive.
I'm a massive From fan, Sekiro's demo is the best thing I've played in years and I still think this is utterly shit to do.
After a big preview event so close to launch, which has been really positive too, I don't think there's any need to worry about Sekiro, especially when it's a From Software game.
Anyone saying this is good is talking shit and letting their FS fanboyism get in the way.
Irrespective of how this ends up reviewing, this is the kind of scummy shit publishers pull to obfuscate/withhold pro-consumer information for launch.
If you support or handwave this I better not see you in topics about EA/Ubisoft calling them out for similar shit.
Irrespective of how this ends up reviewing, this is the kind of scummy shit publishers pull to obfuscate/withhold pro-consumer information for launch.
If you support or handwave this I better not see you in topics about EA/Ubisoft calling them out for similar shit.
I have no idea why they would do this. I wonder if streamers will have access to it before the release date?
For real.
Idk what Acti are playing at, they talked a big talk about how they could not pass up a chance to work with Fromsoft and then they do this. Not sure if this is an internal corporate decision or if they are not 100% confident in the game but now that they have done this it is only gonna cause tongues to wag.
Between this and that stupid, STUPID decision by Bamco to give every guy with a face cam and a youtube channel a copy of DS3 an entire month before paying customers, it seems From are destined to be marred by some dumb pre release shenanigans for their games.
I think it's what a poster mentioned earlier in the thread, where they're using a game they know will review well to Trojan horse in a blanket 'no reviews pre-release' policy or whatever. Then later they can be like 'nah, it's not a decision indicative of game quality at all, we just think blah blah'.
Nothing you typed justifies why this is "good". It's only negative for consumers.
Just like if they never allowed any hands on preview events before release. Which they didn't but for some here I expect it'd be the same response of its "good" just because you like the dev and anticipate the game.
Yea actually they didn't do much at all, so they couldn't be that wrong right? I trust from but I absoluty dislike activision.
I don't care for me I'm all in, although now you guys make me wonder about performance as I'm getting it for regular PS4. worst case scenario, I made it through years of PS3 Blighttown!
But in general its unfortunate, not everyone who's thinking about buying the game is a FromSoft-nut, and I want to read reviews of games when I'm in that position of wanting to know more about a game before I buy it. It has to impact sales, it has to.
But in general its unfortunate, not everyone who's thinking about buying the game is a FromSoft-nut, and I want to read reviews of games when I'm in that position of wanting to know more about a game before I buy it. It has to impact sales, it has to.
Come on it's Activision. It's because of sales obviously
Either way it's day 1 for me without a doubt
I trust FromSoft to make a good game, but boy am I glad I didn't preorder Sekiro.
This is such a negative PR move to make just before launch, so fucking baffling.
Did they learn nothing from Bethesda?
This is such a negative PR move to make just before launch, so fucking baffling.
Did they learn nothing from Bethesda?
Yes and I remember IGN Podcast shitting on Doom on their midweek released podcast because they hadn't been allowed to play the game before it's release on the upcoming Friday.
Game was releasing in like literally 2 days and they were like "oh, doesn't look good. Only bad games don't let us see them before launch".
I stand with Acti here.
One of the streamers was posted dates, when preview embargo ends and he was allowed to upload whole playthrough of the game day before release. I wonder if their plans have changed in last second?
I agree that with it being FromSoft -- and particularly Miyazaki -- it's more than likely still great, but this is still some bullshit, if true.
I mean, it's whatever if people feel like they don't need any info before launch, but that doesn't mean others should be denied it.
I mean, it's whatever if people feel like they don't need any info before launch, but that doesn't mean others should be denied it.
Wasn't there a big game that also did this, and everyone was in panic mode, but it turned out fine?
Oh yeah, DOOM 2016!
I don't think we need to worry.
And that gives me more confidence to buy the game shortly after launch, after hearing people's impressions.
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