Typical "AAA game"?

[Immortan Johann]

Why is this anticipated game so bad?
Poorly ported?
Microtransactions?
What?

[Oddar]

The game itself is great.
- It is not poorly ported, but has some settings that are designed for future systems, and many people have turned those settings on and then got upset when it caused poor performance. I have a solid 60 fps at 1080p with fantastic looking graphics (using a GTX 1070 with most settings maxxed).
- there will be optional microtransactions at some point, but currently the store is empty. These are purely optional as it is a single player game and affects no one else.
- there are some launch day bugs that are preventing a small percentage of people from playing and it's no surprise that they are upset.
- the mouse controls are wonky at the moment and will hopefully be fixed. If you use a controller like I do it's a non-issue.

[se7en |MWD|]

Terrible port

[Sparrow]

Poor performance (Will be fixed)
Microtransactions in a game that already costs £40 for the base game and £25 for the season pass.
Mediocre story compared to HR, much shorter as well.

All the complaints are justified imo, anyone who's defending the game in it's current state are merely people screaming "BUT IT RUNS FOR ME!" or "YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY THE MICROTRANSACTIONS!" but the point is that those microtransactions shouldn't be there in the first ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ place. It's a single player game that already costs £65 for the obvious "intended experience".

[phylum sinter]

Who says it is bad? I am having a great time.

Sucks that there is always a margin that screams about their problems louder than people enjoying the game (who are generally... well... enjoying the game and don't have time to report their experience).

With big games, i've come to expect a parade of folks with old cards/drivers, or people thinking they can max everything to show up here and in the reviews before anyone else.

I have no complaints personally so far, and i hope that those that have issues are able to get them resolved (or get their refunds etc).

[Selfish Lee Everett]

Originally posted by se7en |MWD|:

Terrible port

terrible pc

[Kozzy]

So bad, what are you on about.

Critics love it, fans like it and even people who are hard on games like total biscuit and jimquisition love it. Are you just basing this off of the steam forums or something.. lesson learned maybe.

I am 5 hours in so far and it runs well and gameplay is fantastic.

[Don Vincenzoo 57]

390x / graphics option well configure and everything run pretty smooth .
i just hate denuvo DRM ...
everything else is pretty fine for me :)

i don't max everything and cry !
without everything max it is very good :) and graphics are better than tons of games here still with everything not max .

Msaa off the game is still pretty good and no aliasing disturb me :)
volumetric to max but on or off to win FPS :) not a big deal .
shadow turn down to help fps . (me it is on )

stop complain . learn to tweak graphics option and learn what it doeas before crying like a cow

[phylum sinter]

Originally posted by Joshua |UKCS|:

Poor performance (Will be fixed)
Microtransactions in a game that already costs £40 for the base game and £25 for the season pass.
Mediocre story compared to HR, much shorter as well.

All the complaints are justified imo, anyone who's defending the game in it's current state are merely people screaming "BUT IT RUNS FOR ME!" or "YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY THE MICROTRANSACTIONS!" but the point is that those microtransactions shouldn't be there in the first ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ place. It's a single player game that already costs £65 for the obvious "intended experience".

I agree in part, but not about the story - i think this game has a much deeper plot than HR did.

Microtransactions i haven't even noticed, and i hear that part of the menu is empty. I feel that it is an entitled position to think that a company can't decide its' own financial strategy. Yes, perhaps it will feel 'cut out' if you somehow desire those things instead of 'tacked on' or optional, but from where i'm sitting now i have no reason to thump the tub or boo the developer because i'm actually enjoying the game, and it runs decently.

[Dumnezeii Matii]

Originally posted by Sloth Johann:

Why is this anticipated game so bad?
Poorly ported?
Microtransactions?
What?

All of them, with a smattering of SocJus STRONK BLACK WOMYN to boot.

there's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ credit packs so microtransactions count

[N-Sign]

Because it was a sequel to a legitimately good game that basically reintroduced a beloved franchise to the gaming crowd. If you can't tell why it was anticipated after that sentence, well...

[BareNakedSlayer]

That is weird you would say that. I haven't seen a bad review yet to be honest. On PC Gamer it got an 88/100. Also, port is actually pretty great so far as PC specific settings and all the different options. The Micro-transactions are a non-point because they are only for the online Breach mode, not for the actual game.

[dogged contender]

Too many people defending a bad port with their copypaste answer "LUL TURN DOWN GRAPHICS"

[Sparhawk122]

Woeful port.

Microtransactions,

Delay only for PC users,

Yep. It can join No Man's Sky......

[Ismail]

Totalbiscuit and some other reviewer sites think its a good port just because its running like crap on your potato dosen't mean its a bad port.

[apricot]

Originally posted by phylum sinter:

Microtransactions i haven't even noticed, and i hear that part of the menu is empty. I feel that it is an entitled position to think that a company can't decide its' own financial strategy.

The company can absolutely decide its financial strategy, but then it better consider the fact that some people hate microtransactions and *won't buy the game at all* if it features them, as part of the said financial strategy.

The reason for the hatred, is that games which feature microtransactions are artifiically designed to be grindy, in order to "encourage" players to pay for them.