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no problem haha. i wanted to see what all the other sites were saying so i posted the links for gamespot, ign, polygon, destructoid, and game informer

 

Didn't intend to paint a one way picture, I just go to GiantBomb first when it comes to reviews as my thoughts typically line up with Jeff Gerstmann (who has all that games journalism cred) and they are one of the few sites I know that I feel don't grade on a curve.

General reaction seems to be it's an average to great game.

 

Honestly, GB's review felt more like an actual review to me. Skimming through the rest of them felt like an ad for a game rather than a review but that's my personal opinion. If it sells well and people like it, rad for Remedy and MS.

 

"It's also worth noting that the TV-like episodes stream over the internet by default, which in my case led to uneven performance, with some episodes hitching up so frequently that the game finally gave up and asked if I wanted to just download the episodes. That's 75GB of hard drive space on the Xbox One, should you choose to do so."

Are those videos uncompressed or something 75GB for what may amount to what an hour or so of video?

 

I haven't played the Division in a hot minute. Still on like level 10 or so but life and comics took over. Hope I get to jump back in soon.

 

Hahahahaha 75GB? Really? Oh wow. That's like bigger than most of the storage space hog AAA games I have on my PS4 hard drive.

 

Division looks like such a fun time. I'd buy it if I weren't about to spend all of my money on wrestling.

 

It takes a lot for me to be impressed by a third person shooter and I hated Alan Wake's gameplay so I've been on the fence about QB

 

Well some people also won't really know how they feel about QB until they play it, to be fair. I had zero interest in the division until the week of release, and there were no reviews up then.

 

Seems like there is more of a consensus on the gameplay side of QB at least, most reviews note it isn't a selling point. So a lot of the glowing reviews seem more dedicated to the story/presentation side of things..

I mean the game is really pretty.

 

The Division took me by surprise. The beta is what sold me on the game, I hadn't paid attention to it much before it. Maybe this will happen to QB, anything can happen really.

 

Yeah I was the same with the Division. Would love to try QB as I don't want to drop €60 on it when it prob would not run great on my PC.

 

Jim Sterling has given Quantum Break a solid review, agree with him more often than not so even more excited now.

Quantum Break Review – Fringe Benefits – The Jimquisition

 

I didn't know there was another Dirt game out, gotta add that to my buy later list.

 

Well unless you're into racing focused channels on YouTube then no surprise, not really seen it elsewhere.

 

Wonder if Sony will explain that new Gran Turismo game at E3. I like the idea behind it.

 

I really enjoyed Alan Wake, which surprised me at the time. Third person shooters aren't my favorite, but if done correctly, they can be enjoyable. I wasn't a huge Gears of War fan. I enjoyed it, but I enjoyed The Division more so. So QB being 3rd person doesn't necessarily scare me.

Even if QB is more story driven than gameplay, I feel like that was the way with The Last of Us. I may receive a little flak for that, but I loved The Last of Us' story more than the gameplay and I loved that game. I want a sequel on the story presentation alone. If QB is close to that, I wouldn't regret spending money on it.

 

Lots of cocky, shit-talking players though. Nothing more satisfying than them running their mouth after an early goal only for them to lose 6-1.

 

Life is Strange is killing me because I always have to click on everything when I play these kind of games and there's so many damn things to click on. I don't know how sold I am on the story (only at the beginning of ep 2) but the characters and music are really good.

 

I think we've talked about this before but this is exactly how I am. I always feel like it takes me Forever and way longer than most because I pick up/examine everything haha. But damn if I don't love games like that!


Regarding QB I've really only ever been interested in the TV aspect, but haven't really seen much info on it thus far.

 

Anyone else get in to the Doom beta? I'm going to be checking it out all afternoon.

 

Well, these are some snazzy new forums. (iRob from AP, wanted new username.)

 

So is your real name actually Turtle then?

 

Too true. Nothing makes me more determined to win than that. Then, give them a bit of their own medicine. "What A Save!" "Great Pass!"

 

First name Turtle, last name Dude9.