It seems the standard for Bioware's games is to receive very high scores. DA2 being the exception. So I expect it will get the standard Bioware treatment.
It will get a lot of 9/10s and 9.5/10s. There will probably be an 8/10 somewhere in there and a couple of perfect scores.
IGN is going to give it a 9.5. I will be very surprised if they don't.
So I'd say it's average review score will be 9/10.
*Adam Sessler Voice*
Dragon Age is a 5. Out of 5.
I want it to be a high score, but considering I don't have a review copy, I won't really get to tell until I purchase it and play it.
I don't know, man. If I trust anyone to give an unbiased look at it, it'd be Jessie Cox but I doubt I'll see video's from him before after a few weeks of it being released.
In The Escapist, I trust.
I don't know man, Jesse Cox seems pretty biased regarding which parts of the game he wants to explore.
I wouldn't trust him for an informative, objective review.I imagine his review will be more of a "fun impression video", it will be biased, but still entertaining and insightful.At least that's my prediction.
As for me, I'm hoping for a 95/100 
Either way, I personally can't wait to explore this game!I doubt it'll dissapoint me!
I don't know man, Jesse Cox seems pretty biased regarding which parts of the game he wants to explore.
Two things I know about Jesse.
He is a story nerd and he wants to explore/loot everything. On that criteria, i'd trust him more than most.
Also, if you are already a fan of BioWare games then you should take an average of all the reviews that DA:I gets and add a half of a point (on a 1-10 scale) to it because you'll enjoy it more than most of those who aren't fans of BioWare's games.
Likewise, if you are a Dragon Age fan then you can add another point to the average because you'll like it even more than the standard BioWare fan.
If you thoroughly enjoyed Dragon Age 2 then you should add 10 points to the average because anything Dragon Age will please you. (Just kidding, the game isn't THAT bad.)
*If it wasn't obvious, I'm not being completely serious with this post. There are of course some factors that wouldn't make this true. Such as the game being completely broken, or the story being crap, or getting 3 endings to the game that completely ruined the series for you even though you loved the game up until the final 15 minutes of it.*
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88-91. I except it to be in the running for GOTY awards with Dark Souls 2 and Bayonetta 2.
I've been picking up a vibe already that games journos already anticipate liking this game. There is a vibe of "hot hit/release" about the game. But I still see a lot of Bioware/EA hate in comments sections (a lot of it juvenile at best) so while I think it will be a critical hit I suspect the user score will be dragged down by people with a grudge for EA and Origin.
What will really tell are youtube reviews and "let's plays." There is no way to hide a games faults in those and similarly it can often show how splendid a game is if it is so.
Considering that even DA2 (the PC version) has a score of 82 on Metacritic, I'm quite confident that DAI's average score will be somewhere between 85 and 95. My personal estimate (based on what we've seen so far and the mostly positive media attention the game has been getting) is slightly above 90.
Most review scores are meaningless as are most fans driven review sites.
Judging from what I've seen, anyone who claims these is an incompetent moron.
Seriously there's a whole underground waterfall thaig to explore ... and a dozen unique dragon fights we know of.
The fact of the matter is, if you judge a Dragon Age game by the first 10% of it, you're doing it wrong.
Underground waterfall thaig? Here's what they'll say:
"While the environments are relatively pretty and take advantage of the Frostbite engine, there's no interactivity - you can't jump, sprint, or traverse the environment in any way. In a post-Assassin's Creed and Uncharted world, that's becoming increasingly unacceptable"
Numerous unique dragon bosses? Here's what they'll say:
"There are plentiful bosses, and they are quite difficult, but beating them essentially boils down to buffing up your party and just hammering away at them, remembering to quaff potions every now and then. There are no unique tactics involved, and I found myself dreading the boss fights because of the tedium involved, or even lowering the difficulty to Casual just to get past them"
I keep hearing that all the times, critics scores are meaningless, Metacritics score doesn't matter ...
For whom ? Maybe for some people, personally it doesn't matter for them. But saying it doesn't matter at all is ... not true.
Studios are losing money, people are losing their jobs because of that
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obsidian wasn't the first and won't be the last
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I'm fairly confident that it'll get >= 8.
My guess is the average will be somewhere around 85-90. I think people will like it, but there will be some flaws that we haven't seen yet. At least this time around there aren't too many obvious issues that will have a major impact. For DA2 a lot of the problems like the Darkspawn redesign, all love interests being player-sexual, the vast majority of the game taking place in one city, and the faster paced combat were all being scrutinized pretty heavily before the game came out. For DA:I so far we really only have no healing specific branch and the 8 action ability limit as major complaints.
3.3 - 3.7/10 by gamers
9.5 - 9.7/10 by critics
Considering the average review score has been dropping of late, and the series never scored as well as Mass Effect (Origins has a 91 at Metacritic; Mass Effect 2 has a 96 and Mass Effect 3 has a 93), I'm going to wager around 84 or 85. Which would make it one of the best-reviewed AAA games of the year.
Considering the average review score has been dropping of late, and the series never scored as well as Mass Effect (Origins has a 91 at Metacritic; Mass Effect 2 has a 96 and Mass Effect 3 has a 93), I'm going to wager around 84 or 85. Which would make it one of the best-reviewed AAA games of the year.
O there's no doubt. It will be one of, if not thee best AAA game of this year. The scale alone proves that this is not a game to be trifled with.
reviews sites will be in the 90s, they can't risk EA pulling ads.
Around 9 for most Gaming media maybe a few 10's, 7 to 8 for those websites wanting to be edgy and click bait.
I expect the average to be within the 85-91 range. Really, for a game of this depth and magnitude, an average score below 80 would be pretty disappointing and could signify some significant problems with the game
Underground waterfall thaig? Here's what they'll say:
"While the environments are relatively pretty and take advantage of the Frostbite engine, there's no interactivity - you can't jump, sprint, or traverse the environment in any way. In a post-Assassin's Creed and Uncharted world, that's becoming increasingly unacceptable"
Numerous unique dragon bosses? Here's what they'll say:
"There are plentiful bosses, and they are quite difficult, but beating them essentially boils down to buffing up your party and just hammering away at them, remembering to quaff potions every now and then. There are no unique tactics involved, and I found myself dreading the boss fights because of the tedium involved, or even lowering the difficulty to Casual just to get past them"
I think both will be different.3.3 - 3.7/10 by gamers
9.5 - 9.7/10 by critics
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