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[Noviere]

It sounds like he wanted an open world Bethesda-like sandbox. Which is odd -- has he never played a Bioware RPG?

[Cadaveth]

Davidus wrote...

eurogamer gave oblivion and fallout 3 10/10 ...

I somewhat liked Fallout 3 but it's not even close to AAA or 10/10 game.

[Amberite]

Yep Eurogamer have always been a little rogue, and many people do say that they do it purposefully. They also gave Mass Effect an 80/100.

[Ulyn]

http://www.theonion....gives_music_6_8

[Ulyn]

 http://www.theonion.com/content/news/pitchfork_gives_music_6_8

Basically.

[SheffSteel]

Your mileage may vary. I thought it was a good review. It cut through the marketing hype, it didn't tell you all the stuff you already knew from a million other reviews and previews, and it contained a good deal of criticism of both the artistic and technical merits of the game.



8/10 is only a bad score compared to other reviews.

[Sarevok Anchev]

Madlax27 wrote...

I love some of the comments on this review though:

"There's a huge gulf between the completely mindless Easy and the demanding Normal. On the latter, you'll either have to be a Tactics genius or prepared to pause and micro-manage frequently to get through tougher fights, and even veteran RPG players with a full command of the game's skills will find some regular pulls or mini-bosses turning into epic wars of attrition that will drain their stocks of consumables. That's all fair enough, of course, but without a smooth step up from Easy, it cramps what should have been an expansive middle ground for novice players who wanted to get deeper into the game. Dragon Age is either a pushover or a hardcore RPG. "

Seems to be a real RPG n00b.
He is just angry because he has to wailt for his Diablo3, where he can hunt shiny things and stick pointy thingies in squishy thingies, meanwhile he has friends with lvl 99 FO/Cl Soso's and Hammerdins helping him to "advance" in the "storyline". Pffff

[Nosuchluck]

Why do they get people with no experience with real RPGs and who obviously dislike games which actually involve something other than hitting things with a stick?

[Kelnaz]

Madlax27 wrote...

Oh as an on topic note:

Eurogamer to me has always seemed like the "punk kid" of the Game reviewers. Always wanting to be "different" and cause up a stir and saying "F you mom" 10 times a day.

Agreed, that's the impression I got from reading the review. Seemed like they were nit picking the whole time. Constantly complaining about how this game was generic, obviously the games fantasy setting is generic, there's only so much you can do in the fantasy genre, but that's what makes it fun, why fix what isn't broken? It's a hardcore fantasy RPG, BioWare knew who the consumers were for this game and built the game specifically for them, which more games should do nowadays as opposed to trying to please everybody.

[velimirius]

eurogamer reviewers sounds like noobs to me.

[Soul Strider]

Fraservet wrote...



Sounds like the reviewer just plain doesn't like the type of game this is - quotes Oblivion and WOW several times!

He technicaly didn't quoted just WoW, he quoted the Warcraft universe as a whole  and he was talking just about the lore aspect and everyone must admit that warcraft universe is one of the richest ones out there.

Having said that,  I must say that I strongly disagree with the review,  all other reviewers strongly praise the game and the reviews clearly was expecting a action based rpg,  **** he even critized the excess of dialog.

[Trelow-LMG]

Funny thing is that everything they droned on about being wrong, is what attracts me to this game. Strokes and folks, eh?

[kalniel]

That's a really good review. They cover the important things, and then rather than just say 'jolly well done', they explore in detail how the game could be improved (aka what's missing/lacking). It's given me a better idea of the game than any other review yet, and also helped temper my expectations so I'm likely to enjoy the game more - while clearly pointing the way for Bioware to make a better game (in ways I'd agree with!)

[kalniel]

*double post*

Modifié par kalniel, 03 novembre 2009 - 10:07 .

[Scorns]

This is clearly a case of someone who wanted to dislike the game, but realized it was so good that even he couldn't give it anything lower then an 8.

[GhoXen]

Usually when you calculate an average score, you exclude the top and bottom scores: in this case Giantbomb's 100 and Eurogamer's 80. The average after that from 10 other reviewers yield a metascore of 93.3% for DAO.

[Drag0n-RD]

Guys for the reviews of the game from each platform I'd recommend keeping an eye on Metacritic.  

PC:
http://www.metacriti...ns?q=Dragon Age

360:
http://www.metacriti...ns?q=Dragon Age

PS3:
http://www.metacriti...ns?q=Dragon Age

I'm extremely happy to see the PC reviews so far. Eurogamer have never been that great of a review site anyway...though I understand fully how biased that may sound. Just waiting for my CE in the post...bloody UK postage!

[Wompoo]

Quote:

eurogamer gave oblivion and fallout 3 10/10 ...



lol that says it all, both were lack luster, uninspiring, lifeless and heartless games, lacking any depth... it all comes down to taste, I rate those 2 games 8 at best.

[JamesX]

Fallout 3 is fun, but I hated Oblivion. Different strokes for different folks.

[Martyr1777]

"There's no alternative to the eeriness of Elder Scrolls, the colourful exuberance of Warcraft, the gritty savagery of Warhammer, the classical lyricism of Tolkien."



This combined with other comments about WoW or Oblivion is what tells me this guy shouldn't be doing reviews because he's not objective.



Dragon Age seems to be a great alternative to all of them, because it's different and there for an alternative. Not to mention it seems to be one of the more fully realized worlds right out of the box.



And in my own opinion, most of his negative points are things I associate with Oblivion (one of the most expansive yet amazingly bland and empty settings I've played), something he seems to hold in higher regard and don't see those failings at all with DAO.

[Scorns]

It sounds like the reviewer actually wanted to hate the game, but couldn't see giving it less then an 8 because it was actually an excellent game.

[Illusory_Enemy]

Davidus wrote...

eurogamer gave oblivion and fallout 3 10/10 ...

This.