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

sefjwm wrote:
That Kickstarter was 2 years ago?! Time flies.

Looks good. Reminds me of Link's Awakening in a way. Maybe we'll finally get something close to that 2D Zelda we've all been waiting for :)

Looks like I was one year off for Metroid 4 :( Almost had it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMAgmdR8jwU

Not sure if DLC is allowed for this, can't remember. Don't think anyone has it on their list either, but I also didn't look. But Shadow of the Erdtree (Eldren Ring DLC) is sitting at a 94 from 59 reviews so far. 1 point lower than the base game that has over 200 reviews.

sefjwm wrote:


This is pretty much guaranteed to make every single list next year...except for benstylus who does his own thing.

sefjwm wrote:
Oof. Me too. Maybe I shouldn't have chosen Metroid 4 and Silksong too...

One was a gamble, but both? Didn't think it through. Ah, who knows. Maybe Silksong has been kept secretly guarded and will have a surprise release this year.

DLC doesn't count. It's also not always reviewed but stuff like Elden Ring and Cyberpunk are an exception.

I expect Hades 2 and Metroid to pretty much be on every list. Hades 2 near perfect 100 in early access xD

Nobody has "a new 2D Zelda game" on their list. Would've thought at least 1 person would have had it. (Echoes of Wisdom)

I think the Hades 2 Early Access scores should count for Hades 2. Come on Heavyd, make it happen!

(I'm panicking since the 3D Mario is definitely not happening, and I am worried about Star Wars Outlaws.)

bonham2 wrote:

I honestly wouldn’t care and if it’s getting reviews it should count, buuuut, why are so many outlets reviewing it? Are they going to review it again when it’s full release?

Shane12m wrote:

They did the same thing with BG3. No idea why they review early access games like this.

bonham2 wrote:
Ha. Yeah, that would be great, Hades 2 being on the board.

Archer wrote:

Really? I don’t remember seeing scores posted on big sites though

Shane12m wrote:

Oh yeah, all the big outlets did a review for early access. All of them. It was kind of strange. Something like over 60 reviews if I remember correctly. They aren't listed on metacritc or opencritic anymore as early access reviews, but if you google it they will all show up. I think they all just got merged on the aggregate sites because most all of them just updated their reviews 3 years later when the full game came out. They didn't make new reviews. You will see a lot of them were originally written in 2020 when it came out in early access. And then updated in 2023 when the full game came out. And even in 2020 the reviews were very good and high numbers.

EDIT: And if I remember right, a few people in the 2020 topic were talking about how they wanted the reviews to count. Because the reviews dropped, and they had it on their list. But the game didn't officially come out.

Hades 2 is too big and too popular not to review. All the sites need clicks so anyone not reviewing the early access were going to miss out.