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@Jim269 @SupremeSarna @Zidimo @Frank @Bleed_DukeBlue @Sailorneorune @Lunar @Tonymack21 @Scott

Figured I'd ping you guys just in case you want to get your guesses in before the embargos lift.

Guesses for game scores?
Alone in the Dark - 73
Dragon's Dogma 2 - 90
Princess Peach: Showtime - 84
Rise of the Ronin - 89

Alone in the Dark- 70
Dragon’s Dogma 2- 87
Princess Peach: Showtime- 73
Rise of the Ronin- 85

Alone in the Dark - 75
Dragon's Dogma 2 - 80
Princess Peach: Showtime - 70
Rise of the Ronin - 78

OP updated with scores for Alone in the Dark. It's currently sitting at 66 on OpenCritic from 45 reviews.

https://opencritic.com/game/16050/alone-in-the-dar...-

66 is rough, but I'll probably still grab it once it's like $20 because I loved the original. No one guessed 66 but 2 people guessed 65 and 1 person guessed 67 so still a chance we get a winner if the score moves up or down a point.

@SupremeSarna @Zidimo @Sailorneorune @Lunar @Tonymack21 @Scott

You guys can still get guesses in but only for Dragon's Dogma 2, Princess Peach, and Rise of the Ronin.

Figured Alone in the Dark would land in the 60s. I’ll still play it too on a deep sale.

It is now at a 61 from 83 reviews. Ouch.

I was 1 off on Alone in the Dark xD

Outcast: A New Beginning is sitting at a 69 from 40 reviews. Looks like just SilverOwl had this one.

Nice

Archer wrote:

Thanks for the heads up. Just added it to the OP.

Dragon’s Dogma 2- 85
Princess Peach: Showtime- 78 (likely due to whining from the "it's too easy" crowd that also throws a fit about Kirby)
Rise of the Ronin- 86

sailorneorune wrote:

Isn't Nintendo's target audience.... Small kids/children? Why would they make their games not easy?

Dragons Dogma 2 currently at 89 with 59 reviews!

Nice!

Shane12m wrote:

Alone in the Dark - 62

Our guesses:
1. DemonAlcohol - 86
2. Boss - 80
3. Nonamesleft - 79
4. SilverOwl - 76
5. Bogo - 75
6. Frank - 75
7. Jim269 - 73
8. Heavyd814life - 72
9. Ryan - 72
10. Shane12m - 71
11. Thatfootballguy - 71
12. Bleed_DukeBlue - 70
13. Hum - 69
14. PizzaTheHutt - 69
15. BloodPuppetX - 68
16. TalonJedi87 - 67
17. Mattyg00013 - 65
18. Sefjwm - 65
19. Bonham2 - 64
20. benstylus - 63
21. Incubus421 - 63

No winners this go round. We were all too high on it. The score was at 66 yesterday but it just kept dropping and dropping.

OP updated with scores for Dragon's Dogma 2. It's still at 89 on OpenCritic from 63 reviews.

https://opencritic.com/game/16051/dragons-dogma-2

@Archer Happy birthday, dude!

Heavyd814life wrote:

Thanks.

Who guessed 89 for dragons dogma 2?

Shane12m wrote:

Just @TalonJedi87. If the score holds through today then he wins. We were all really close on this one, actually. A lot of guesses in the high 80s to low 90s.

It's crazy how Capcom never misses these days. Back in the PS360 era it felt like everything was a miss. But ever since RE7 they've just been on a roll.

Heavyd814life wrote:

Dang, good guess! @TalonJedi87 why didn’t you put it on your list with that guess haha?

Heavyd814life wrote:

It’s at 63 now so if it stays there then it would be a tie between Ben and incubus

So what I do right now is I recheck the score the day after the embargo lifts and just go with whatever the score is at that moment. Once I post the list it’s official…

Unless everyone wants to make it a year long thing instead. So the OpenCritic score at the end of the year is the score we go by. That way we don’t have to worry about the score changes. I can create a separate section in OP and just keep a tally of all our guesses throughout the year. And then the winners for each game get their winnings then.

Thoughts?

Heavyd814life wrote:

Oh sorry haha. I think the way you do it is great.

Rise of Ronin reviews will be up tomorrow morning
I’m expecting the same for Princess Peach

Shane12m wrote:

Oh wow I did? Hah. Honestly I didn’t have it on my list because I didn’t care for the first game. I may check this out tho if I can ever free up some time from the never ending backlog.

Heavyd814life wrote:
I say how it is now, and not all at the end of the year. Leaving everything until the end makes for too much waiting without much interaction related to the scores.

Yes, scores might have fluctuated between a game's release and the end of the year, but the current way seems more fun and interactive to me.

Princess Peach currently at 75 after 51 reviews.

Rise of the Ronin much lower than I expected
Currently at 76 with 40 reviews

Good thing my year was already done and dusted. Those scores don't help, lol

Ugh. That may be it for me.

Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:

Why? It’s on a lots of our lists. You are still in it

Yeah you still have a shot at top 5 @Bleed_DukeBlue since everyone above you had at least one of them as well.

Lol. I should have looked first. I actually didn’t realize how many people had it on their lists.

BloodPuppetX wrote:
Wow. That's not super low, but that's still pretty low. I'm surprised. It's been years since Peach was a main character. I'd have thought a new game with her as the main would be very solid. 80-89.

nonamesleft wrote:

I think a lot of had that exact same thought.

Didn’t that Princess Peach game on the DS do really well? They should have just made a sequel to that instead of trying to stir the pot.

TalonJedi87 wrote:

That game got about the same overall review average

Wow, didn't expect Rise of the Ronin to be in the 70s. Updating OP now...

EDIT: OP now updated. Rise of the Ronin and Princess Peach: Showtime are sitting at 76 and 77 respectively