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That wizard came from the Moon [Official Destiny]

Started by don't let's, November 27, 2012, 07:21:21 PM

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Kalahari Inkantation

this is why i'm terrified of spending more than $10 on destiny

i don't want to end up in a situation like those who were unfortunate enough to pay full price for this unfinished game at launch, and then later had to shell out another $80 for all the marginally more interesting content that was cut in the months before release

bungie refuses to allow anyone to pay for this game just once upfront awdood;

Commander Fuckass

Quote from: Tectron on February 12, 2016, 01:08:23 PM
this is why i'm terrified of spending more than $10 on destiny

i don't want to end up in a situation like those who were unfortunate enough to pay full price for this unfinished game at launch, and then later had to shell out another $80 for all the marginally more interesting content that was cut in the months before release

bungie refuses to allow anyone to pay for this game just once upfront awdood;
>Blaming Bungie and not Activision

C'mon man
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Kalahari Inkantation

Quote from: Commander Fuckass on February 13, 2016, 07:03:01 AM
Quote from: Tectron on February 12, 2016, 01:08:23 PM
this is why i'm terrified of spending more than $10 on destiny

i don't want to end up in a situation like those who were unfortunate enough to pay full price for this unfinished game at launch, and then later had to shell out another $80 for all the marginally more interesting content that was cut in the months before release

bungie refuses to allow anyone to pay for this game just once upfront awdood;
>Blaming Bungie and not Activision

C'mon man


no, it's definitely bungie

activision just enables them

even if activision were solely to blame (which it isn't), bungie knew exactly what it was signing up for and is 100% complicit in these anti-consumer decisions

don't let's

May 18, 2017, 11:15:51 AM #378 Last Edit: May 18, 2017, 11:51:57 AM by don?t let?s
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awdood;

Commander Fuckass

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wawi


C.Mongler

Quote from: wawi on May 19, 2017, 03:01:56 PM
Quote from: Commander Fuckass on May 18, 2017, 11:46:40 PM
Yaaaaa boi

Gettin it for PC and PS4 now

no dedicated servers on PC sucks
and it's "soft-delayed" on pc too lol

these two things make me iffy on even picking it up, as someone who was never particularly impressed with destiny in the first place

Kalahari Inkantation


wawi

Quote from: C.Mongler on May 19, 2017, 03:12:51 PM
Quote from: wawi on May 19, 2017, 03:01:56 PM
Quote from: Commander Fuckass on May 18, 2017, 11:46:40 PM
Yaaaaa boi

Gettin it for PC and PS4 now

no dedicated servers on PC sucks
and it's "soft-delayed" on pc too lol

these two things make me iffy on even picking it up, as someone who was never particularly impressed with destiny in the first place

exactly, that and a few other things threw me off of it. Seems like it will be a repeat of the older game

Commander Fuckass

May 21, 2017, 04:27:48 AM #384 Last Edit: May 21, 2017, 04:34:12 AM by Commander Fuckass
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on May 19, 2017, 03:20:48 PM
wait4reviews before even considering it
I mean unless you liked the first one

also
>still trusting reviews in 2017

I did that for FFXV and it was trash
same with Horizon Zero Dawn
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Kalahari Inkantation

May 21, 2017, 05:05:36 AM #385 Last Edit: May 21, 2017, 05:50:10 AM by Majorana's Mask
Quote from: Commander Fuckass on May 21, 2017, 04:27:48 AM
>still trusting reviews in 2017


i trust reviews to affirm that suspected mediocre or worse games are indeed mediocre or worse, as any reasonable person should

but obviously not everyone is expected to like everything that gets a 9+ on metacritic

>not having figured out something as basic and essential as how to use reviews strictly to your advantage by 2017

C.Mongler

yeah tec kind of nailed it lol, also if you just look at a metascore and use that as your basis you're kind of a moron. find a handful of reviewers whom share similar tastes and interests to you and follow their opinions more closely and couple that with your own research, duh.

also ffxv has a metascore of a low 8 anyway, which is probably fair. at that range of course a decent chunk of people will just find it to be garbage; personally i'd give it like a 7.5 as it had its moments but the story was just dookie.

can't speak on horizon as i havent had a chance to play it yet

Kalahari Inkantation

May 22, 2017, 07:42:55 AM #387 Last Edit: May 22, 2017, 08:30:05 AM by Majorana's Mask
Quote from: C.Mongler on May 22, 2017, 07:19:16 AM
find a handful of reviewers whom share similar tastes and interests to you and follow their opinions more closely and couple that with your own research, duh.


srsly

there's an extremely basic formula to using reviews wisely



  • open metacritic page for game of interest

if:
  • score < 80

then:
  • close page and never look back

else if:
  • score ≥ 80

then:
  • glean handful of random reviews from reputable sources for general information about strengths and weaknesses and noteworthy points regarding title in question

if:
  • strengths > weaknesses sufficiently to justify current retail price of game

then:
  • buy game

else if:
  • strengths > weaknesses insufficiently to justify current retail price of game

then:
  • wait for adequate price drop

else if:
  • strengths < weaknesses

then:
  • close pages and never look back




and that's how you use metacritic strictly to your advantage each and every time

it's a very useful tool for saving time/money/frustration that would otherwise be wasted on garbage games

anyone who hates or shuns metacritic simply doesn't know how to use it, or enjoys having their time and money spent foolishly, or both

Thyme

idk man i'm looking at http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/release-date/available/ps4/metascore?page=1 and there's quite a few games i loved that i wouldn't have gotten to play because of that first conditional statement

[spoiler]and i unconditionally wait for sales baddood;[/spoiler]

Kalahari Inkantation

May 22, 2017, 08:14:30 AM #389 Last Edit: May 22, 2017, 09:31:03 AM by Majorana's Mask
you can adjust the given parameters to suit your budget of time/money/patience

in general, 80 works for my allocated gaming budget of time/money/patience

i own very few games that are exceptions to the first conditional, but i do acknowledge that indeed there are a tiny handful of exceptions

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