>Review aggregate website Metacritic has implemented a 36-hour delay to its user-written video game reviews "to ensure [its] gamers have time to play games before writing their reviews".
>Metacritic reportedly confirmed the policy change wasn't implemented because of any one specific game but was instead "based on data-driven research and with the input of critics and industry experts".
Oh? You want to see if it’s worth getting? See if your peers like it rather than the paid reviews? Too bad, play it then see.
This has nothing to do with Last of Us 2 btw tee hee
last of us is shit, that game is mediocre, but this is a sensible policy you can't fucking review a game an hour after it released
Isaiah Reyes
Just pirate it and try it yourself.
Christian Brooks
Just wait 36 hours to see if it’s good or not. Plus, don’t you have friends or even content creators with opinions you trust or value?
Angel Peterson
You don't have to play a game to be able to tell it sucks from videos.
People can still review it without playing anyway, that doesn't change.
John Walker
>Literally trying to stop people from warning others about bad games Thank god, there will be a replacement site now that doesn't suck Nintendo/Sony cock
Julian Turner
Most of the sales of a game happen within the first 24 hours then the first week. After that it’s a drop off.
A game like The Last of Us 2 showed their shitty cards in the first 2 hours. If something so shitty happens in 2 hours that makes you want to get refund, I think people should be able to warn others.
Chase Cooper
>friends they all have shit taste
Michael Clark
>not only does he rely on reviews >he buys games at new prices
Fucking lynch yourself.
Asher Hall
or or or let the coomsoomer freaks burn themselves and waste their fucking money IF THEY CAN'T WAIT 2 FUCKING DAYS FOR THE GAME also >preordering But no, you aren't eligible to review a fucking product right after it released Something like at least 10-15 hour time limit would be sensible
Sebastian Ramirez
>because streetdates never get broken fuckoff moralfag or bootlicker or whatever you are. this is only enforced because the reviewbomb of tlou2 otherwise they woulnd´t publish the review of "professional reviewers"
>noooooo why cant i shitpost review game 1 minute after it released for teh ebin lulz ahhhh you moralfag impeding on our oldfag immoral ways aaaaaah mooooom literally kys you salty dumb faggot
Logan Roberts
>play glitchy game and lose all goodwill for it in 1 hour >dewd you didn’t play it front to back no review for you >:)
These are games mind you not books. You can tell if a game plays like are within usually 20 minutes.
Jaxson Barnes
Meanwhile, journalist can score the game without playing it
Aiden Richardson
imagine in future they will require you to beat the game before review, like when you beat the game it will release a "review key" to verify in these websites
Henry Williams
>speedrunners become the new reviewers >they autistically blitz the game as fast as possible and then spam all the review sites with their opinions
Michael King
>This has nothing to do with Last of Us 2 btw tee hee It also has to do with Astral Chain as well.
Austin Nguyen
Not true. I've played many bait and switches and games that have been effectively DoA such as Alone in the Dark 2008 and Homefront in my younger days.
James Howard
The excuse to delay and undermine user scores to favor paid reviews even more finally arrived and they welcomed it with open arms.
Jaxon Butler
>You can tell if a game plays like are within usually 20 minutes. because gameplay is a defining measure for each and every genre out there, yes you pathetic dumb iq 20 monkey faggot? i wouldnt care for all the fucking bugs and game breaking bs if say, an rpg delivers after a 50 hour fest in a most mind blowing story I've fucking witnessed
Charles Campbell
Oh no, Zig Forums baby abuses and breaks his toy and then complains about it.
Not him, but if a game doesn't have fun gameplay in the first 20 minutes I consider it a 0 and turn it off. E.gm The Last if Us and Red Dead Redemption 2.
Matthew Morgan
>people play TLou2 for story, well most people do >mad incels here think they're eligible to review A STORY-DRIVEN GAME after an hour of playing through it cope
Isaiah Taylor
>still clinging on the offical release date you´re beyond help my man, i´ve played tlou2 2 days prior release, FF7R & Trials of mana 3 days before offical release and all that without any contacts, just know where to buy my games. i could tell you after a few hours which game is shit and which is not but you do your and enjoy your garbage. don´t even reply to me because i don´t care.
Jace Jenkins
im just going to a toilet now, user i'll be thinking of this post and visualizing shitting all over it so I can show you how much I care about your shit take you fucking faggot.
Adrian Rivera
Ok mate.
Jayden Stewart
are you trying to tell me that the TLOU2 user reviews would actually help me make an informed decision on if I want to buy the game or not? delusional
Cameron Jenkins
see same applies i'll have one heck of a shit, all thanks to your hot takes :)
Angel Wilson
>dude what the fucks, this story is so shit, I don’t even want to play anymore! The commercials mislead me, I was under the impression Joel would be in the game for more than 39 minutes! and now I have to play as the killer, someone I hate! Not to mention the gameplay is the exact same as the first. You know what, I won’t finish it.
Leo Thomas
Oi! You got a license for that review mate?
Yew take your take with that game? Fully experienced it then? Collec all the collecables? No?
Why does metacritic even have user reviews? There are loads of places you can get user reviews written by people who actually played the game.
Jonathan Rodriguez
imagine playing a game for the story it´s like reading a book for the beautiful fonts or watching a movie for the great soundtrack or listening to music because of the silence you cant stand
story is a good support for a game, but a game with the focus on story is not a good game.
>argues to the extreme position because he doesn't have an actual argument or you can wait 10 hours or 30 hours to post your take this trend will teach people to be prudent and not be day one buying coomsomer cattle they fucking are
Noah Evans
I've never written a review before, but seeing these soys get so fucking booty blasted over negative reviews has convinced me that I must change that.
Brayden Powell
>story-driven game
Yuck.
Owen Johnson
I didn’t buy Last of Us 2 day one. Wanna know why? User reviews.
Angel Richardson
imagine being shit at analogies without even using a single food analogy on top of that imagine anyone here caring about your shit take people never liked FF games, planescape torment, baldurs gate etc etc for the spectacular gameplay or aesthetics they had - but for the story you inbred cretin
Jaxson Rivera
It isn't going to work. Review bombing aren't opinions, it's toxic behavior.
Jose Taylor
the fact that you need to rely on opinion of others to be wise enough not to buy ANY game on day 1 speaks enough of you
Andrew Hill
Quit going to review sites then restart
Jaxson Hughes
Honestly people who buy games at 0 hour midnight release with their preorder receipt clutched in their clammt 13-year-old hands deserve to get burned by bad games with no reviews. Fuck em. Their stupidity props up my patientgamer habits.
Evan Garcia
this it's absurd that you can post a review without verifying a possession of a copy it's like going to coffee shop and plastering posters around how their coffee is shit, yet you've never once walked in there to actually drink the said coffee
Carter Gonzalez
>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I NEED MY PAID REVIEWS I NEED MY SHILLBOTS I NEED TO BUY THE GAME THE MINUTE IT COMES OUT I MUST CONSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
