Be skeptical of any developer that hides reviews until release

[World's Strongest Man 1984]

Review embargos are there to hide/silence people's opinions on the game so that it doesn't affect sales - which is exact reason reviews exist in the first place.

Be skeptical of any company that has a review embargo, especially if that review embargo only gets lifted an hour before full release. There's a correlation of developers having embargos because their game is under-polished and unfinished:
- Cyberpunk 2077: 24hr Review embargo
- Anthem: 48hr Review embargo
- Fallout 76: 48hr Review embargo
- The Division 2: 48hr Review embargo
- Star Wars: Battlefront II: 48hr Review embargo
- Watch Dogs: Legion: 48hr Review embargo
- Battlefield 2042: 48hr Review embargo
- No Man’s Sky: Review embargo lifted on release

And if you've pre-ordered, god help you, because you clearly never learn.

[World's Strongest Man 1984]

Цитата допису DaleGribble:

If only there was a refund policy based on playtime. So you could try it out for an hour or two and refund if necessary.

Oh wait

If only the game was out now so people could form their own opinions...

Oh wait.

[[GRVTS]Fat Bastard]

I haven't cared about reviews for over a decade. I'm not gonna start caring now.

[World's Strongest Man 1984]

Цитата допису Metophisical:

I must be the only person who actually liked battlefront 2 at launch. I wish they'd make 3 already.

I did too actually, but all my examples were of games that were generally poorly received. For the record, Cyberpunk was also the same for me. I experienced 1 bug during my entire playthrough at launch, and the game ran flawlessly, but I know it didn't for 90% of people.

[Kan3da.]

Цитата допису World's Strongest Man 1984:

Review embargos are there to hide/silence people's opinions on the game so that it doesn't affect sales - which is exact reason reviews exist in the first place.

Be skeptical of any company that has a review embargo, especially if that review embargo only gets lifted an hour before full release. There's a correlation of developers having embargos because their game is under-polished and unfinished:
- Cyberpunk 2077: 24hr Review embargo
- Anthem: 48hr Review embargo
- Fallout 76: 48hr Review embargo
- The Division 2: 48hr Review embargo
- Star Wars: Battlefront II: 48hr Review embargo
- Watch Dogs: Legion: 48hr Review embargo
- Battlefield 2042: 48hr Review embargo
- No Man’s Sky: Review embargo lifted on release

And if you've pre-ordered, god help you, because you clearly never learn.

Your list is at least neglectfully one sided, as you only list games that had problems which hints toward you being more keen to tell a story than making a point.

Ill also never understand why people have this obsession about having opinions about what other people do with their cash.

[SunfireKnight86]

Цитата допису podge112:

balders gate 3 done the same...

BG3 was in early access for 2 years and wasn't semi-cancelled partway through and brought back to life. Larian also had a proven history of solid games in that genre. This studio has never released a game that wasn't a mess until it was patched and modded. Don't believe me? Try plugging in a 1.0 version of Stalker and don't mod it. Good luck.

[Kashra Fall]

Цитата допису Metophisical:

I must be the only person who actually liked battlefront 2 at launch. I wish they'd make 3 already.

You are the only one who liked it at launch. From server issues, pay to win mechanics, horrible hero mechanics (Resulting in the same people being them over and over.) and the infamous LOOT BOXES, you're in a class of your own if you thought that was a good launch =P.

[baldman6]

Цитата допису argiebarge:

Oh my god! Thanks for pointing this out, no one ever in the history of the world has made this correlation before, certainly not on steam forums right before release, and most definitely not by some clown shoe with their edge lord Putin/Trump wallpaper.

This. As soon as I saw the wallpaper......good description "clown shoe"

[notSure]

you sure ?

[World's Strongest Man 1984]

Цитата допису Kan3da.:

Цитата допису World's Strongest Man 1984:

Review embargos are there to hide/silence people's opinions on the game so that it doesn't affect sales - which is exact reason reviews exist in the first place.

Be skeptical of any company that has a review embargo, especially if that review embargo only gets lifted an hour before full release. There's a correlation of developers having embargos because their game is under-polished and unfinished:
- Cyberpunk 2077: 24hr Review embargo
- Anthem: 48hr Review embargo
- Fallout 76: 48hr Review embargo
- The Division 2: 48hr Review embargo
- Star Wars: Battlefront II: 48hr Review embargo
- Watch Dogs: Legion: 48hr Review embargo
- Battlefield 2042: 48hr Review embargo
- No Man’s Sky: Review embargo lifted on release

And if you've pre-ordered, god help you, because you clearly never learn.

Your list is at least neglectfully one sided, as you only list games that had problems which hints toward you being more keen to tell a story than making a point.

Well done, you saw through my entire plan. You're right, what I should've done is argued against my own point, so that you don't have to do it.

[I like games]

space marine 2 had 24h review embargo.
baldurs gate 3 had reviews on release first.
elden rings had 48h.

it's easy to for OP to say devs having short review embargo means a game is bad when he clearly cherry pick the games that didnt turn out good.