Game Informer's review says it's "one of the best games of all time." Nice. I'm stoked for it and accept that I will get nothing done for the next couple weeks
Game Informer's review says it's "one of the best games of all time." Nice. I'm stoked for it and accept that I will get nothing done for the next couple weeks
Pre-release reviews and games media are just a different kind of advertising. Never preorder a game.
(That said, even my old curmudgeonly ass is a little hyped.)
I am falling prey to the spectacle help me.
Also this thing is the only media thing I've actually being excited for. I don't remember the last time I even glanced at a release date.
same
what's making you guys so excited about this game (honest question, just lazy to google)
love dark souls tbh. and souls game at their earliest are the best, servers are filled, rulesets are wonky and exploitable. lots of hype too, a lot of 10s flying around, and it's the first time fromsoft will do an open world souls game proper, something that was clearly demanded since the first dark souls. every preview was like "this is going to be open world" just to be laid out in a metroidvania fashion.
I just like things made by guys with the last name Miyazaki. That's all it is really
True, you only get pre-release access to games if developers know you're going to give a good review
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It's a combination.
As the point of the early release and embargo time is to cause more places to talk about your game at the SAME time, so it's ubiquitous.
The sites want to get the Article out fast because Clicks.
Not getting copies into the hands of media means any coverage of the game from the different sites comes as they are able/willing to do so. Also GAMERS are much less interested in a review of a game a week after it's release when it's essentially settled on day one.
As even though most sites do finish games, these super big games tend not to do much to change your opinion between hour 5 and hour 50 if you are playing at a normal pace. It's rare for games to shit the bed THAT badly in the later parts, they dip some but it's not like games go from 9/10 to a 3/10 suddenly.