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IGN gave it a 9
Game Informer gave it a 9.5

I typically agree with game informer reviews.
Game sounding like a classic.
What if Game Informer gave o̶l̶d̶ ̶j̶o̶k̶e̶ ̶r̶a̶n̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶g̶r̶o̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶ MGSV a 7.1? What would you do? :lupe:
 

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I've only disagreed with ACG one time on a game I've played, and he gave this an immediate buy, didn't even go through the whole spiel he usually does :wow:
 

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Only in these times is an 8 just ok lol

Review numbers are so messed up these days that anything below a 9 is average and everything under a 8 is trash. The funny this is a lot of those games that get high praise don’t be game changers either.

People love to talk about how revolutionary RDR 2 is but it’s honestly not that different from part 1. Even teh story is exactly alike.
 

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Only in these times is an 8 just ok lol

Review numbers are so messed up these days that anything below a 9 is average and everything under a 8 is trash. The funny this is a lot of those games that get high praise don’t be game changers either.

People love to talk about how revolutionary RDR 2 is but it’s honestly not that different from part 1. Even teh story is exactly alike.

As long as I can remember anything less than a 7 was considered trash by the masses. Same as American school grading scale. Idk how far back you're taking "these times", but I remember in IGNs heyday everybody joking they wouldn't give a big AAA less than a 7 (really an 8) for that reason.

I disagree with that system applied to games, and honestly as I get older I prefer journalistic reviews with no score. Because I know that negative system is embedded in me from childhood :russ:
 

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Currently 84 on metacritic. Looks like it might settle at around 80 which is what most people expected.
Hopefully it sells very well and Sucker punch takes in the criticism to give us a better sequel.
 

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Only in these times is an 8 just ok lol

Review numbers are so messed up these days that anything below a 9 is average and everything under a 8 is trash. The funny this is a lot of those games that get high praise don’t be game changers either.

People love to talk about how revolutionary RDR 2 is but it’s honestly not that different from part 1. Even teh story is exactly alike.
I always found it strange how anything below an 8 on MC is considered average/amber
 

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Only in these times is an 8 just ok lol

Review numbers are so messed up these days that anything below a 9 is average and everything under a 8 is trash. The funny this is a lot of those games that get high praise don’t be game changers either.

People love to talk about how revolutionary RDR 2 is but it’s honestly not that different from part 1. Even teh story is exactly alike.
This. People think everything is either a 10/10 classic or complete toxic waste.
 

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Only in these times is an 8 just ok lol

Review numbers are so messed up these days that anything below a 9 is average and everything under a 8 is trash. The funny this is a lot of those games that get high praise don’t be game changers either.

People love to talk about how revolutionary RDR 2 is but it’s honestly not that different from part 1. Even teh story is exactly alike.
:yeshrug:Personally my cut off is 7 even though I’ve even enjoyed games that scored a little lower. People have to stop with the idea that something is either a classic or complete garbage.
 

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What if Game Informer gave o̶l̶d̶ ̶j̶o̶k̶e̶ ̶r̶a̶n̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶g̶r̶o̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶ MGSV a 7.1? What would you do? :lupe:
Then I would say they were wrong. :yeshrug:
I just checked...they gave it a 9.25....that’s the score I would WANT to give it but to be honest...the game is an 8 and I still feel uneasy about that. The game is unfinished. I don’t think an unfinished game deserves a 9. Shoot it might even deserve a 7 if we’re grading it based on how much of the game we actually got to play. Everything they did they knocked out the park up until the point Konami pulled the plug.
 
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