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Hellblade - 88
Paper Mario 84

Hellblade 2 84
Paper Mario 83

Hellblade 2 - 86
Paper Mario - 84

Paper Mario 86
Hellblade 2 91

Paper Mario - 90
Hellblade 2 - 87

Last day to get guesses in, guys. I think reviews drop for Hellblade tomorrow.

If Hellblade II gets a 67 it’s gonna cause a huge upset. I think the majority of folks including myself have it pegged in the high 80’s, low 90’s.

Regarding Hellblade, for a game coming out very soon, to me there seems to be a big lack of gameplay videos.

With many games, there's lot's of gameplay prior to the release. But I'm not finding much of that here. Seems odd.

It's a very hard game to market but even then there is very little marketing behind it

So far Hellblade II is sitting at an 84 on OC from 70 critic reviews. I figured it would land in the 80’s somewhere even tho I over shot my score by a few points.

https://opencritic.com/game/16475/senuas-saga-hell...

Okay guys I just updated the OP with scores for both Hellblade II (82 OpenCritic) and Paper Mario (90 OpenCritic).

https://opencritic.com/game/16475/senuas-saga-hell...
https://opencritic.com/game/15500/paper-mario-the-...

Heavyd814life wrote:
Wow. I'm off by 1 for both of them? Now that's just a tease.

Lunar wrote:
Ha. Made me chuckle.

Is that supposed to mean that being off by 1 isn't really close at all?

Heh, just commenting on that's how slot machines/scratch offs work, always just ALMOST winning.

nonamesleft wrote:

It's not over yet. I won't finalize our guesses until tomorrow morning since scores can move up and down as more reviews come in. So there still a chance!

Lunar wrote:
:) Yeah. You're right. Being one off in the lottery really isn't close.

My lucky streak on guesses has ended haha I’m off for both. If I reversed my guesses I too would be just 1 point away from Paper Mario.

Heavyd814life wrote:
Man, now I'm off by one on Paper Mario

So are you counting 89 or 90? You updated op with 90 but OC is now at 89.

TalonJedi87 wrote:

Wow PC Gamer really didn't like it.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/senuas-sag...

Frank wrote:

Scores in the OP are just whatever the OpenCritic scores were when I did the update. So the scores aren't always exact since scores can go up or down a point or two throughout the year and going in and updating it every time the score goes up or down a point is a chore.

For our guesses I go with whatever the OpenCritic score is the morning after reviews drop. So I give it a day for reviews to settle down and then whatever the score is the morning after is what I go with.

benstylus wrote:

I can understand some of their points. I honestly never imagined this would get a sequel and it sounded like they kind of had to make one since MS bought Ninja Theory's studio or else, so it kind of makes sense where some things may feel out of placed, tacked on or forced opposed to the first game's organically feeling story and story beated elements. I see a bunch of GP deals now. I may just re-up for a 3-monther code and run thru this and a few other games I had my eye on in GP over the past few months.

Hellblade has very mixed reviews, though it's holding in the 80s overall. These are going to be interesting reads (yes, you should read reviews instead of just the numbers xD)

Hellblade II: Senua's Saga - 82

1. Shane12m - 91
2. Bonham2 - 89
3. TalonJedi87 - 89
4. Lunar - 88
5. Mattyg00013 - 88
6. Frank - 87
7. DemonAlcohol - 86
8. PizzaTheHutt - 86
9. Sefjwm - 86
10. Heavyd814life - 85
11. SilverOwl - 84
12. BloodPuppetX - 83
13. Nonamesleft - 83
14. Incubus421 - 77
15. benstylus - 69

No winners for this one, but @BloodPuppetX and @nonamesleft came really close.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - 89

1. benstylus - 91
2. Frank - 90
3. Nonamesleft - 89
4. Lunar - 88
5. BloodPuppetX - 87
6. Bonham2 - 87
7. PizzaTheHutt - 86
8. Shane12m - 86
9. TalonJedi87 - 86
10. Heavyd814life - 85
11. Incubus421 - 84
12. Mattyg00013 - 84
13. Sefjwm - 84
14. SilverOwl - 83
15. DemonAlcohol - 82

Most of our guesses weren't high enough. Congrats @nonamesleft. PM incoming!

Turns out that meme was for me 🤣

Congrats @nonamesleft , you hit the Jackpot finally!

What’s on tap for June?

Luigi’s Mansion 2 remake? Does that one count?

TalonJedi87 wrote:


That one didn't count because it's more of a remaster.

Ah ok. Gotcha. I don’t have it on my list anyway, but I do enjoy this guessing game for the average score even if there’s no reward this time haha.

Lunar wrote:


Cool!

Heavyd814life wrote:
Awesome!

TalonJedi87 wrote:
There are two games that I know of that are set for a June release, but I don't think anyone here has them on their list: Killer Clowns from Outer Space, and Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance.

That second one might be a remaster though. Seems like it has some extra content, like maybe an alternate story or something, but I don't know much about it other than it's set for June.

My 3 remaining games need to be 90 or above for me to have a chance of winning.

Seeing Tekken 8 as one of my alts still hurts. And I think not having Metaphor: ReFantazio might end up costing me. But if Microsoft Flight Simulator reviews well, I think I should be in the mix when it's all said and done.

Heavyd814life wrote:

Yeah you are gonna be good with MFS.

Shane12m wrote:

We're in the perceived MS downward spiral now. Nothing they do is good enough anymore.

Don't be surprised if most reviews are disappointed that it's too similar to the previous one

MS has turned to the darkside. They’re the gaming industry’s Imperial Galactic Empire from Star Wars. Constantly devouring up studios to do nothing but strike fear into the hearts of those who oppose them. Fear will keep those local systems who they acquired in line. Fear of their layoff battle station.

TalonJedi87 wrote:

Maybe? With as many layoffs as their have been in the gaming industry (not just MS) I'm sure a lot of folks are brushing up their resumes anyway. People are realizing their dream job may not be quite the dream.

That’s why I never pursued a career in the gaming industry. The closest I got was managing a GameStop but they’re probably worse or just as bad as publishers. I still refuse to buy anything from a GameStop to this day after working there and witnessing the horrors that go on behind the scenes.

Mina the Hollower update but it's still just "coming soon." Looks awesome though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5MbAFiFlOA

I actually bought into the Kickstarter for mina. Very excited for that one