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Bleeding Edge Review Thread
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hobbyconsolas (spanish) - 7.2
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Análisis de Bleeding Edge de Ninja Theory para Xbox One y PC
Review con nota de Bleeding Edge, el título de combates multijugador 4 vs 4, desarrollado por Ninje Theory (Hellblade) para Xbox One (también con Gamepass) y PC.
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The art style looks the exact opposite of what you just describe, honestly.
Low 70s is equivalent to a C- grade. That's pretty mediocre.
You do know how grading works, don't you?
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Review scores in gaming have always been weird to me. If I got a 7 at school, I'd be happy. As a 5.5 was enough to pass. So I'd say 5.5 - 6.5 is mediocre, whereas 7 is more ''Okay''
This is getting into different territory now, but I personally was never happy with anything less than an 80 when I was in school (I'm just a bit of a perfectionist though, and cared about doing as well as possible).
Getting a C wouldn't be the end of the world, but I certainly wouldn't be aiming for that or happy with that outcome.
I think it's reasonable to say the same applies to game devs too
It's a bit of a crapshoot right now with a lot of people still learning the game. I still have fun playing by myself though.
I feel like the two most important metrics are:
1) Where it ranks relative to other games
2) How varied the opinions about it are
OpenCritic does a decent job with both of these which is great. The numbers themselves then become much less random and the subjective discussion about "is a 7 good" disappears. Suffice to say there are a lot of games that are 7/10 quality, so whether or not you consider that to be 'good', it is much harder to justify time/money playing a 7/10 game than a 9/10 game.
These days, a 7/10 to me is only really of interest if it is right down my street in terms of genre/theme/features whereas I'd seriously consider buying any 90+ rated game.
Sorry, what?
Graffiti samurai, zombie with a robot snake, fire-breathing goth rocker. Basically every body height/shape represented. Characters from multiple different countries. How in the seven planes of hell are you getting "focus tested" from these characters?
I always consider 6's to be mediocre, 7's being flawed but good and enjoyable games, and 8 and above being great to fantastic.
Getting 6's in school was always a bummer and 7's and above a release at least. ;p
I remember reading same discussions when Days Gone embargo ended. That game has average score of 71 and according to OpenCritic the game falls more or less in the middle when comparing to other games: "Days Gone is ranked in the 48th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic."
Bleeding Edge seems to have similar review scores. Personally I don't see any issue to describe the critical reception as "mediocre", "average" etc.
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Yeah, I can agree with this.
To be fair to MS, they've been hitting homeruns lately. With Gears, Age of Empires and Ori.
Why are people even starting to debate review scores now? So now when I game gets a 7 people decide it's mediocre because it suits their narrative?
7 is a fine score, nothing wrong with that. Small budget title made by a small team, content is lacking but gameplay is fun and game has potential to be updated over time.
7 is a fine score, nothing wrong with that. Small budget title made by a small team, content is lacking but gameplay is fun and game has potential to be updated over time.
It seems fine from what I've played, but that's not really enough to hold my attention with so many amazing games out right now.
Interestingly, Opencritic gives games with 70-ish scores the 'Strong' rating.
This is not really true.
So low 70s get a fair rating. High 70s get strong.
If someone at Ninja Theory is reading this, A sequel to Kung Fu Chaos is much wanted.
I can't tell if this is a joke or not, cause like, everything you just said is a perfect example of a focus-tested style. It's covering like, every single base you can cover.
Can't blame them either. Worked for Overwatch.
Is having a diverse cast bad?
Its amazing Ninja Theory has gone full circle.
First game they developed for Xbox.....and now they are back developing for Xbox.
But seriously.....give us another Kung Fu Chaos game.
Are none of the Ninja Theory team on Resetera? During development of Hellblade they seemed like a really open honest studio I figured atleast one member was on ERA.
Don't even bother with the grading equivalency because the grade brackets are different everywhere. I have never in all my years of education seen a low 70 be a C-.
Very curious where you live, since I'm pretty confident that 90-100= A, 80-89= B, 70-79= C, etc. is the standard practice in most places.
I dunno. It irritates me personally. I love that studio (NT) and when they consistently make these fantastic games and then something like this comes out with basically no fanfare or apparent care/purpose AND is not a great game it's not a win for anyone. I don't know why NT suddenly started making this type of game but it's so different from what they are good at. I suppose maybe this was the team that isn't doing H2.
Great games are better for everyone, no? I just wish MS exclusives would, for once, actually make me want to own an Xbox. Especially going into next gen. Not trolling, I've owned their consoles before, but what they put out these days, bar a few exceptions, just seem so pointless.
Honestly, I think it's their pre-production that is out of touch and not worked on enough.
If I look at 360 exclusives and OG exclusives vs now I don't get how they've ended up here. If you're gonna buy a studio like NT they should continue producing at the level they always have.
Of course not. All games like this need as much racial/gender inclusion as possible. I was referring to the "graffiti samurai/zombie with a snake/rock star" visual style of the game as the focus-tested part.
Also a remaster would be appreciated.
Heck, even just the crane mini-game. °_°
The problem you face is when a company is bought if the new owner just comes in and says scrap that and do this it doesnt really set a good precedent.
Fans also constantly want MS to let developers diversify and do something different then when they do they respond with but that sucks so why did you do that.
Are you sure? The team behind this game has always done this kind of game.
You don't know much about the studio.
Let's be real. The user your responding to doesn't actually want diversity. They want the same Sony thing for every game. God forbid a developer make a passion project without people saying why. Because they wanted to that's why
70 percent at university is a first class honours.
We can do this all days if you like.
But better to look at the actual review scales being used and, for almost all of them, 7 literally means Good. Not excellent. Not mediocre. Good.
That said why people are saying it's good. Because it's good.
Good.
A 70 is the minimum passing grades in the states. 69 is where F starts.
You are no better than them making such valid generalizations.
Maybe we'll hear about Daemon's Sad Dad (TM) in his spin off 3rd person cinematic origin story.
Can people stop comparing school grades to game reviews? Some people are showing their ages here.
I wasn't competing it to game reviews. I'm actually wondering where the Hell a 5.5 is a passing grade.
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In The Netherlands. As it's above average on a scale 1-10.
If you have a 5.5 on all your subjects in this country, you pass and get your certificate or degree.
When the vast majority of games are in the 7 range, that makes them all mediocre.
Mediocre would be a 5/10 if game reviewers actually used the full video game scale.
British Columbia, Canada.
In highschool and university C- was low 60s.
This game would of been on PS4 if MS hadn't acquired them. This isn't something representative of xbox.
