If a game is released and is fairly good, but didn't live up to it's hype, does that make it a bad game?
>>337130680
If a game is legitimately good then it's legitimately good. Only retards buy into hype machines.
>>337130680
>Dishonored
>>337130680
Yes.
Source: Guild Wars 2.
>>337130680
But anon, Overwatch is still bad.
I literally read that in his voice
>>337130680
No, it just means the people who expected much more will be disappointed and attempt to bring reason for their disappointment by calling it bad.
It depends. Of course a games quality partly depends on the context it's released in. Metal Gear Solid V would be a perfectly good game if it wasn't the long awaited conclusion to a critically acclaimed series that was advertised in a way absolutely not indicative of it's actual content.
Nah, it just means it wasn't as good as fans were hoping for or the marketing made it out to be.
MGSV is a good example. Most people were expecting a climactic finale to the series that tied up all the lose ends, offered amazing gameplay, and typical MGS standards of bosses, world-building, and characterization. In the end the game itself was pretty fun for quite a while, and the gameplay remains some of the best stealth gameplay out there to date. But the story was a let down, the characters were nothing, there wasn't really a good finale, and it failed to deliver on many of MGS' standards of quality.
Despite all that it was still a well made game. It controlled well, played well, looked fantastic, allowed for truly open ways to tackle stealth, and did have a couple of truly great missions. In the end it's an alright game with only a few things that stand out as just plain bad. But it's a gigantic disappointment for fans of the series and from what the marketing was setting up. A game can be good, but not live up to any of its hype.
>>337130680
Absolutely. That's why Star Citizen and No Man's Sky will be shit no matter what.
Anyone who falls for the hype deserves every bit of the disappointment they'll inevitably experience.
>>337130680
According to Nintendo anything below 85 on metacritic is shit.
>>337130680
Yes, just look at DaS2
Everyone hates it even though its a pretty good game
>>337130680
quality is eternal, but fan reaction changes with the times
MGS2 was panned to death by fans because of the changes, but has had a recent resurgence of popularity because fans who were not around for the initial hype aren't disappointed by Raiden, as they already know that he is the player character, and are impressed by the story and kojima brand TECHNOLOGY.
tl;dr - fans move on eventually, but the game stays the same. good games stay good, no matter the initial reaction.
