Metacritic Score is too high

[Chocos Ramabotti]

I was fairly interested in the game, but now i'm not sure anymore, this game got a Metacritic Score of 96(!) which is way too high, every game with such an high score from game journalists ended up being overhyped mainstream trash with no edges, nothing special, thought-provoking or anything else. A game for everyone isn't a game for anyone.

[TheZWolf]

Look at the ganeplay / game description if you're not sure also you can alway wait for a sale. What exactly ar you expecting out of this game if I may ask?

[Hill]

The only thing too high here is yourself

[BORN2DIE]

This is NOT a game for everyone and I don't think any game journalist made that claim. Same goes for post-war french cinema, but it can still be fantastic.

[Chocos Ramabotti]

Originally posted by BORN2DIE:

This is NOT a game for everyone.

It is, 96 speaks for itself, usually game journalist are quick in downrating special/niche games.

[TheZWolf]

Originally posted by Chocos Ramabotti:

Originally posted by BORN2DIE:

This is NOT a game for everyone.

It is, 96 speaks for itself, usually game journalist are quick in downrating special/niche games.

Why can't it just mean that it was good to them? I don't understand.. I mean what does gameplay you see make you think?

[Chocos Ramabotti]

Originally posted by TheZwolf:

Originally posted by Chocos Ramabotti:

It is, 96 speaks for itself, usually game journalist are quick in downrating special/niche games.

Why can't it just mean that it was good to them? I don't understand.. I mean what does gameplay you see make you think?

Not sure I can only say I have pretty bad experiences with absurdly high rated games, be it GTA IV, BioShock Infinite, Nier Automata or BotW they all are very shallow games that choose safe approaches to win over a large demographic and I don't trust game journalists anymore.

[FidelCashflo]

Originally posted by Chocos Ramabotti:

Originally posted by TheZwolf:

Why can't it just mean that it was good to them? I don't understand.. I mean what does gameplay you see make you think?

Not sure I can only say I have pretty bad experiences with absurdly high rated games, be it GTA IV, BioShock Infinite, Nier Automata or BotW they all are very shallow games that choose safe approaches to win over a large demographic and I don't trust game journalists anymore.

this is the opposite of that

[TheZWolf]

Originally posted by Chocos Ramabotti:

Originally posted by TheZwolf:

Why can't it just mean that it was good to them? I don't understand.. I mean what does gameplay you see make you think?

Not sure I can only say I have pretty bad experiences with absurdly high rated games, be it GTA IV, BioShock Infinite, Nier Automata or BotW they all are very shallow games that choose safe approaches to win over a large demographic and I don't trust game journalists anymore.

Nier (beside the bad quality of the port) and BoTW are prob some of my favourites, but yeah I agree that some games get too high scores but the games you mentioned are at least for ME not good examples for that. Anyways I'd say don't wirte a game of based on that just look at what the game is and try to make your mind up based on that (My recommendation at least)

[BORN2DIE]

Originally posted by Chocos Ramabotti:

Originally posted by BORN2DIE:

This is NOT a game for everyone.

It is, 96 speaks for itself, usually game journalist are quick in downrating special/niche games.

With a risk of sounding a bit like "to be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty" but:

This is a game that references Heraclitus and Wittgenstein and that within itself _at length_ discusses philosophy, political theory and art criticism with actual academic terms. However you spin it, those are niché subjects and it caters to those versed in it.

Can you still enjoy the game without knowledge in those subjects? Of course, it is incredibly well-written and funny.

Is the game "mainstream trash with no edges"?

Nope.
Nope.
Nope.

No one who ever played the game would make that claim, even if they hated it.

EDIT: also, to state the obvious: this game has more text than the whole harry potter series - you think that reading that is something that is appealing to mainstream gamers?

[TemmieNeko]

Originally posted by Chocos Ramabotti:

I was fairly interested in the game, but now i'm not sure anymore, this game got a Metacritic Score of 96(!) which is way too high, every game with such an high score from game journalists ended up being overhyped mainstream trash with no edges, nothing special, thought-provoking or anything else. A game for everyone isn't a game for anyone.

i would ignore all review-aggregate sites.
The game is akin to FAllout * 2, only there's no combat.
there's only skill checks, and dialogue.
The way you place stats, and win skill checks in dialogue ( represented by literal dice orlls ) will affect not only the dialogue, but your goals and opens up all sorts of things.

if none of that sounds appealing, then it's not for you.
I know ppl throwing words liek pretentious, and that rick and morty meme; but yeah - the game offers a ton of writing in the vein of something like " hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy " or maybe even " the big lebowski " and that's kinda the charm.

it's not trying to be smarter than itself, or it's audience. and you can approach every situation pretty much however you want to ( your character's path and choices often affect what you're even allowed to do in a conversation )
it's not like you get a shiny STAT UP + CONVERSATION 50 ~ on the screen.

things just are different.

And for an example of how the game can be - I died in the tutorial room, trying to grab a tie that was tied around a fan.
Probably the fastest death in video game history.

[Happy meal]

Of course you're probably wondering how 'Keen: One Girl Army' only got 76 while this trash got 96. Chocos my boy here's the thing, games are subjective and I recommend you play it to the end before criticizing people's ratings who have.

[Chocos Ramabotti]

Originally posted by Happy meal:

Of course you're probably wondering how 'Keen: One Girl Army' only got 76 while this trash got 96. Chocos my boy here's the thing, games are subjective and I recommend you play it to the end before criticizing people's ratings who have.

No I think 76 is a pretty good score and pretty fair to the game.

96% pretty much means the game is nearly absolutely perfect which sets up ridiciously high estimations. So yeah I guess Disco Elysium will still be good but overrated nontheless. However I see for now the Score of 96 resulted from only 9 reviews so perhaps it's really just a lucky situation for the game that it found the right people, Stephens Sausage Roll was in a similiar lucky position where I really can't believe that a broad demographic would see it that way.

TemmieNeko summarized my concerns pretty well, I fear that the game is too pretentious, and tries to act more clever than it actually is and people are hopping on a bandwagon want to look good that they like such an highly "intellectual" game. Games like Shadow of the Colossus or Journey have similiar problems and become elevated to an messiah, the perfect candidates too look like you're a man of taste and culture.

[Happy meal]

How did Neko sum up your concern when your concern is about how the game isn't a 96. Neko is tellling you to ignore the rating while you continue to bring up that magic number 96. That's all this thread is about, you ranting about the metacritic score.

Also I suggest if you still care about this whole rating non-sense to lookup the 2019 disco elysium metacritic score instend and realise that the 2021 version is a post free dlc. you will find more outliers from a smaller pool of reviews.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/disco-elysium

[Chocos Ramabotti]

Originally posted by Happy meal:

How did Neko sum up your concern when your concern is about how the game isn't a 96. Neko is tellling you to ignore the rating while you continue to bring up that magic number 96. That's all this thread is about, you ranting about the metacritic score.

Also I suggest if you still care about this whole rating non-sense to lookup the 2019 disco elysium metacritic score instend and realise that the 2021 version is a post free dlc. you will find more outliers from a smaller pool of reviews.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/disco-elysium

Sadly the whole rating nonsense is important to the success of an game, trust me I hate it myself.

[TheZWolf]

Originally posted by Chocos Ramabotti:

Originally posted by Happy meal:

How did Neko sum up your concern when your concern is about how the game isn't a 96. Neko is tellling you to ignore the rating while you continue to bring up that magic number 96. That's all this thread is about, you ranting about the metacritic score.

Also I suggest if you still care about this whole rating non-sense to lookup the 2019 disco elysium metacritic score instend and realise that the 2021 version is a post free dlc. you will find more outliers from a smaller pool of reviews.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/disco-elysium

Sadly the whole rating nonsense is important to the success of an game, trust me I hate it myself.

You're making it important tho.. Like you could chose to ignore it.