I'm suspicious of high scores these days ....

[mojitsuu]

I don't want clown awards as I'm not trying to troll but there’s something worth addressing in the world of game reviews: the lack of integrity.

Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a troubling trend where mainstream journalists seem all too eager to hand out 8s, 9s, and 10s like participation trophies. It’s not just journalists, though. Influencers, Twitch streamers, and YouTubers often hype games to the moon—perhaps to stay in publishers' good graces and secure those coveted early review copies.

Another issue? A lot of mainstream reviewers don’t even seem particularly skilled at the games they’re critiquing, which can call the validity of their evaluations into question. Due to my exceptionally large wiener, I can't play games on easy mode like most journalists do.

There were several games last year that released with 8-10 scores and they were pretty ass and forgettable. Good on a superficial, graphical level, but gameplay had no soul or depth.

I hope that is not the case here ....

[Snakeyes511]

Kai a écrit :

From my experience this did not feel like Warriors but a WoLong kind of game targeted to non Musou fans. I cant play as my fav characters i usually like to, females are nerfed visually, weird campaign structure. Its just not fun like musou used to be. The price is dumb so even nitpicks become major criticisms.

ANy new game is hyped up and somehow manipulated, wait some time and see if this was actually worth the money and time in hindsight

How exactly is it closer to a Wolong type of game?

[Louis Cypher]

I totally agree with the op and not only gameing journmalist, the journalists in all areas are trash.
Today's journalism is more like a fantasy novelle or famnfiction

[mojitsuu]

Just bumping this to make sure everyone sees how spot-on I am in the coming weeks. By the end of the month, I guarantee we’ll be drowning in takes like, “The game was fun for the first few hours, but I got bored.” It’s the classic case of a game being a mile wide and two feet deep in gameplay.

What really frustrates me, though, is how game publishers and mainstream outlets seem to be perpetually in bed together, and gamers keep falling for it. Instead of forming honest, critical opinions, people just parrot the same shallow takes. It’s a cycle we desperately need to break.

[Horrible Marksman]

mojitsuu a écrit :

Just bumping this to make sure everyone sees how spot-on I am in the coming weeks. By the end of the month, I guarantee we’ll be drowning in takes like, “The game was fun for the first few hours, but I got bored.” It’s the classic case of a game being a mile wide and two feet deep in gameplay.

What really frustrates me, though, is how game publishers and mainstream outlets seem to be perpetually in bed together, and gamers keep falling for it. Instead of forming honest, critical opinions, people just parrot the same shallow takes. It’s a cycle we desperately need to break.

Every Warriors game has played pretty much the same since I was a child. Dynasty 2, start to finish, only different in what enemy you were murdering at any particular time. IF someone starts playing a game like this and expects extreme longevity outside of grind more than I honestly find it difficult to take the complaint seriously.

Orochi 3 has one of the better endgame options of any Warriors game. That mode translated to, click stage, murder for 3 minutes, click stage, murder for 3 minutes, click stage, murder for 3 minutes, click stage, murder orochi, rinse and repeat. These games are 100% repetitive as all hell. There is very little actual depth to any of these games and I say that as someone who has enjoyed a lot of them.

I don't need every game to be some kind of deep sea dive. Sometimes you just want a puddle to splash around in. These games excel at scratching that itch and this game does it quite well.

[Snakeyes511]

Horrible Marksman a écrit :

I don't need every game to be some kind of deep sea dive. Sometimes you just want a puddle to splash around in. These games excel at scratching that itch and this game does it quite well.

honestly tho, if you want depth in a warriors game, the empires series is the the way to go. but ya i agree that not all games need to have the depth of the Mariana trench to be enjoyable. games like super smash bros, any rogue like, boomer shooters, warriors, vampire survivor likes are very basic by nature but are still enjoyable because they are replayable.