Gaming Nintendo keeps on drooling over and over, over the perfect 10's BotW scores

[Spider_Man]

can we also remind ourselfs other systems get down rated over things that are present in this.

frame rate, yup other games have been down scored for this
weapon system, yup other games have also been down scored for this
actual game play, well again other games have been down scored for having repetetive levels/boss battles.
game AI, yup again.

I would give it an 8/10 at best

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Everyone's complaining about framerate, but I personally have never had any issue with it. It dips a little in some areas. Wow. Completely destroys the entire experience of the game. The framerate issues are "meh, they're a bit annoying I guess" at worst. And they barely happen outside of a few areas. Seriously??

i am assuming then you always play portable, when playing docked you notice issues simply running around hyrule field, and fighting large enemies even in portable mode causes the game to hang for at least 3 seconds.

either you are blinded and cant notice when frame rates drop or your one very lucky person to be the only one without it.

 

[cros107]

i am assuming then you always play portable, when playing docked you notice issues simply running around hyrule field, and fighting large enemies even in portable mode causes the game to hang for at least 3 seconds. either you are blinded and cant notice when frame rates drop or your one very lucky person to be the only one without it.

I do play mostly on portable, but I thought the docked issues were fixed with the 1.0.1 update or whatever? And the game never hangs for at least 3 seconds. Maybe I'm not far enough into it, but I don't tend to get game breaking lag when fighting moblins and moblin skeletons.

 

[s157]

Framerate is the only real nondebatable issue. It's there, regardless of how much you enjoyed the game. Other issues are more subjective and will likely lead onto heated arguments. For example, here are some other issues that people have:

Story. Or lack of it. Told mostly in memories. Some still liked it regardless

Weapon durability. A much debated topic.

Lack of dungeons. Like actual dungeons.

And so forth.

 

[Spider_Man]

I do play mostly on portable, but I thought the docked issues were fixed with the 1.0.1 update or whatever? And the game never hangs for at least 3 seconds. Maybe I'm not far enough into it, but I don't tend to get game breaking lag when fighting moblins and moblin skeletons.

thing is, the issues are not claiming game breaking, but they do exist, problem i find is it a next gen system and this title isnt exactly something thats graphically demanding so either its poor hardware causing it, or that nintendo cant be arsed to release quality games anymore.

i mentioned before, if people recall the reason behind nintendo's seal of quality slogan..... hmmm not the case these days.

 

[cros107]

A game randomly hanging for at least 3 seconds during combat of all times, is pretty damn game breaking. Also, the framerate issues are steadily being fixed. The last 2 updates have definitely improved the game framerate wise.

 

[Spider_Man]

A game randomly hanging for at least 3 seconds during combat of all times, is pretty damn game breaking. Also, the framerate issues are steadily being fixed. The last 2 updates have definitely improved the game framerate wise.

again its not game breaking because the game will resume, but its pretty darn fucked up when you have say 3 surrounding you and each time you attack your game hangs for 3-5 seconds, its pretty much appalling that no testing was done before launching.

but as we can see, even with the console itself nintendo have clearly thought fuck it will try fix these later, lets just get this on the market and take your money.

its things like this that spoil a game and other games have been down scored for..... yet how the fuck can it get perfect 5/5 or 10/10 ratings when it has issues like this.

 

[s157]

its things like this that spoil a game and other games have been down scored for..... yet how the fuck can it get perfect 5/5 or 10/10 ratings when it has issues like this.

They probably didn't want to get ddos'd or receive death threats. /s

 

[laudern]

Complaining about minor to noticeable inconsistent frame rate issues as the sole reason for a game not to get a 10/10 is not important enough if the game dose everything else right (or close enough to being right).

That's like saying super Mario 64 should not have gotten 10s because of camera control issues. At SM64's point in time, it was a phenomenal game that introduced the world to what a 3D platformer should be. At the time the camera control issues were noticeable, but did not hold back what an amazing game it was. Perfect? Not a chance. But game changing and absolutely amazing? For sure! 10/10.

As for BOTW, I personally think that the game is pretty boring. Large open space that has repetitive enemy interaction, boring fetch quests. Annoying fragile weapons. Pointless camps and a bunch of other things that I couldn't be bothered to mention. Yeah, sure it has an inconsistent frame rate, but that is by far the smallest concern and does not compare to the other issues I have mentioned.

I personally would give the game a 5 or 6 out of 10.

 

[Spider_Man]

Complaining about minor to noticeable inconsistent frame rate issues as the sole reason for a game not to get a 10/10 is not important enough if the game dose everything else right (or close enough to being right).

That's like saying super Mario 64 should not have gotten 10s because of camera control issues. At SM64's point in time, it was a phenomenal game that introduced the world to what a 3D platformer should be. At the time the camera control issues were noticeable, but did not hold back what an amazing game it was. Perfect? Not a chance. But game changing and absolutely amazing? For sure! 10/10.

As for BOTW, I personally think that the game is pretty boring. Large open space that has repetitive enemy interaction, boring fetch quests. Annoying fragile weapons. Pointless camps and a bunch of other things that I couldn't be bothered to mention. Yeah, sure it has an inconsistent frame rate, but that is by far the smallest concern and does not compare to the other issues I have mentioned.

I personally would give the game a 5 or 6 out of 10.

yet issues like this are the exact reason why games do not get a full rating, so how the literally fuck does this get perfect scores.... biased or paid for i bet.

 

[laudern]

yet issues like this are the exact reason why games do not get a full rating, so how the literally fuck does this get perfect scores.... biased or paid for i bet.

Hype, maybe??? Fanboyism?? I too find it incredible that BOTW got perfect scores, when to me it is such a bore. Yeah sure it does have one unique idea of being a true 'open world - go anywhere' game. But does that make up for the long, boring, vacant land that you can go anywhere in??? Nope.

I do think that there would be immense pressure on reviewers, that when everyone else is giving a certain score, and you are thinking something different, do you go against the perceived majority at the time and face the wrath of negative comments to your review and in turn, the business you work for????

 

[Benja81]

Ugh, did this debate need to be revived? If you don't like the way games are being scored, become a game critic..

 

[Spider_Man]

Ugh, did this debate need to be revived? If you don't like the way games are being scored, become a game critic..

but isnt it also game critics and reviewers that gave it 10/10.

i think others should be ok with other peoples faults rather than be like ohh shut up, i love the game your wrong attitude (which in my eyes is what makes a console fanboy, nintendo's seem to be worse)

 

[Benja81]

but isnt it also game critics and reviewers that gave it 10/10.

i think others should be ok with other peoples faults rather than be like ohh shut up, i love the game your wrong attitude (which in my eyes is what makes a console fanboy, nintendo's seem to be worse)

I know but this debate was already done about a month ago, just reading the same things I read back then. This made me feel deja-vu, which then made me think, why was this topic even revived?
"but isnt it also game critics and reviewers that gave it 10/10."
Thats my point, if you think reviewers are wrong with how they grade things, best thing you can do to change it is become one yourself.

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

BOTW personaly made me cry. Yes, really. And I think emotion played a big role in the perfect ratings. Is BOTW a perfect game? Definitely not. Is it a masterpiece like very few games are? Yes, definitely. And that's what 10/10 means. This game is definitely a blast to play. Yes, it's one of the best games ever made. Perhaps not the best, but still. People who say it should be rated as if it wasn't Zelda, or who give it a 5 because 'boring' are saying bullshit. There's no reason to rate an open world game if you don't like OW. Or to rate a Zelda if you don't like Zelda. Framerate is everything but gamebreaking, and glitches are present in litterally every game. Botw is a poetic game, with infinite freedom and a massive lifetime. And hearing douchebags like Sterling saying that framerate issues in 2 or 3 areas overwhelms that is just infuriating.

 

[Pomegrenade]

I don't see why it shouldn't get 10/10, it's a really good game and is a real stand out from the rest of the zelda series.
Plus it really brings me back to the NES classic

 

[The Catboy]

I am giving that trailer a 7/10. Too much clickbaiting.

 

[Reecey]

I expect a 10/10 for this game and Nintendo should milky it writly , reasons being because there has never been an adventure game born like this before which such an open world feel that basically you can just do about anything you like with the world in front of you!. I know there has been Grand Theft Auto 5 with this sort of feel, which I think was the first in its kind but you cant compare GTA5 to this game, to me it deserves more than a 10/10 and more for the fact on how much hard work has been put into this game over the years of its development. Its a one of a kind and probably will be for a while until the next Zelda game release but WOW!!! I'm really fascinated on how there going to make the next one better, how do you better on this???? I'm really not sure...

 

[Bladexdsl]

The game is buggy as hell

you don't like flying mine carts and being able to leave the final boss fight?

 

[Spider_Man]

you don't like flying mine carts and being able to leave the final boss fight?

after the first boss battle i dont like the rest, theyre basically the same apart from the elemental power they have.

 

[Proust]

just curious, so which games do get a 10 (or 9) for those who don't think BOTW is entitled to have such score...