Top 10: 1. Baldur's Gate 3 - 96 2. Dead Space - 89 3. Diablo IV - 86 4. Final Fantasy XVI - 87 5. Hogwarts Legacy - 84 6. Octopath Traveler II - 84 7. Pikmin 4 - 87 8. Resident Evil 4 - 93 9. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - 85 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Alternates: 1. Assassin's Creed Mirage 2. Like a Dragon: Ishin! - 81
Top 10: 1. Dead Space - 89 2. Diablo IV - 86 3. Final Fantasy XVI - 87 4. Lies of P - 81 5. Octopath Traveler II - 84 6. Resident Evil 4 - 93 7. Sea of Stars - 88 8. Starfield - 83 9. Street Fighter 6 - 92 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Top 10: 1. Atomic Heart - 70 2. Dead Island 2 - 73 3. Dead Space - 89 4. Diablo IV - 86 5. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 6. Hogwarts Legacy - 84 7. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - 85 8. Starfield - 83 9. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96 10. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty - 81
Alternates: 1. Final Fantasy XVI - 87 2. Oxenfree II: Lost Signals - 73
Top 10: 1. Baldur's Gate 3 - 96 2. Dead Space - 89 3. Final Fantasy XVI - 87 4. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 5. Forza Motorsport 6. Octopath Traveler II - 84 7. Resident Evil 4 - 93 8. Street Fighter 6 - 92 9. The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure - 81 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Alternates: 1. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - 85 2. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty - 81
Top 10: 1. Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key - 81 2. Baldur's Gate 3 - 96 3. Diablo IV - 86 4. Final Fantasy XVI - 87 5. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 6. Horizon Call of the Mountain - 79 7. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 8. Octopath Traveler II - 84 9. Resident Evil 4 - 93 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Alternates: 1. Hogwarts Legacy - 84 2. Like a Dragon: Ishin! - 81
Top 10: 1. A Space for the Unbound - 85 2. Atomic Heart - 70 3. Dead Space - 89 4. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 5. Forspoken - 64 6. Hogwarts Legacy - 84 7. Like a Dragon: Ishin! - 81 8. Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened - 75 9. Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life - 72 10. Wild Hearts - 79
Alternates: 1. One Piece Odyssey - 74 2. SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake - 70
Top 10: 1. Baldur's Gate 3 - 96 2. Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse - 68 3. Final Fantasy XVI - 87 4. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 5. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 6. Octopath Traveler II - 84 7. The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure - 81 8. The Legend of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie - 81 9. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96 10. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty - 81
Alternates: 1. Dead Island 2 - 73 2. Wild Hearts - 79
Top 10: 1. Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key - 81 2. Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon - 81 3. Final Fantasy XVI - 87 4. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 5. Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe - 79 6. Like a Dragon: Ishin! - 81 7. Master Detective Archives: Rain Code - 77 8. Street Fighter 6 - 92 9. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96 10. The Plucky Squire
Top 10: 1. Dead Space - 89 2. Diablo IV - 86 3. Hogwarts Legacy - 84 4. Horizon Call of the Mountain - 79 5. Kerbal Space Program 2 6. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 7. Octopath Traveler II - 84 8. Resident Evil 4 - 93 9. Street Fighter 6 - 92 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Top 10: 1. Dead Space - 89 2. Diablo IV - 86 3. Final Fantasy XVI - 87 4. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 5. Hollow Knight: Silksong 6. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 7. Octopath Traveler II - 84 8. Pikmin 4 - 87 9. Starfield - 83 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Alternates: 1. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - 85 2. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Top 10: 1. Atomic Heart - 70 2. Dead Space - 89 3. Diablo IV - 86 4. Final Fantasy XVI - 87 5. Like a Dragon: Ishin! - 81 6. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 7. Resident Evil 4 - 93 8. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - 85 9. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Top 10: 1. Alan Wake II 2. Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key - 81 3. Dead Island 2 - 73 4. Diablo IV - 86 5. Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes 6. Final Fantasy XVI - 87 7. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 8. Octopath Traveler II - 84 9. Street Fighter 6 - 92 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Alternates: 1. ONI: Road to the Mightiest Oni - 73 2. Process of Elimination - 70
Top 10: 1. Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key - 81 2. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 3. Hogwarts Legacy - 84 4. Like a Dragon: Ishin! - 81 5. Octopath Traveler II - 84 6. Rise of the Ronin 7. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - 85 8. Starfield - 83 9. Tekken 8 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Top 10: 1. Clive 'N' Wrench - 52 2. Diablo IV - 86 3. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 4. Final Fantasy XVI - 87 5. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 6. Mina the Hollower 7. Resident Evil 4 - 93 8. Sea of Stars - 88 9. Starfield - 83 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Top 10: 1. Dead Space - 89 2. Forza Motorsport 3. Horizon Call of the Mountain - 79 4. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 5. Octopath Traveler II - 84 6. Redfall - 56 7. Resident Evil 4 - 93 8. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - 85 9. Starfield - 83 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Alternates: 1. Street Fighter 6 - 92 2. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty - 81
Top 10: 1. Alan Wake II 2. Dead Space - 89 3. Diablo IV - 86 4. Final Fantasy XVI - 87 5. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 6. Forza Motorsport 7. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 8. Resident Evil 4 - 93 9. Starfield - 83 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Alternates: 1. Horizon Call of the Mountain - 79 2. Pikmin 4 - 87
Top 10: 1. Diablo IV - 86 2. Final Fantasy XVI - 87 3. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 4. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 5. Hollow Knight: Silksong 6. Kerbal Space Program 2 7. Octopath Traveler II - 84 8. Pikmin 4 - 87 9. Resident Evil 4 - 93 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Top 10: 1. Animal Well 2. Baldur's Gate 3 - 96 3. Diablo IV - 86 4. Forza Motorsport 5. Horizon Call of the Mountain - 79 6. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 7. Sea of Stars - 88 8. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - 85 9. Starfield - 83 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Top 10: 1. Diablo IV - 86 2. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 3. Forza Motorsport 4. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 5. Octopath Traveler II - 84 6. Resident Evil 4 - 93 7. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - 85 8. Starfield - 83 9. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96 10. Unannounced Mario Movie Tie-In
Alternates: 1. Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key - 81 2. Theatrhythm Final Bar - 87
Top 10: 1. Dead Space - 89 2. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 3. Hollow Knight: Silksong 4. Like a Dragon: Ishin! - 81 5. Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name 6. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 7. Pikmin 4 - 87 8. Starfield - 83 9. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96 10. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty - 81
Top 10: 1. Diablo IV - 86 2. Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes 3. Final Fantasy XVI - 87 4. Hogwarts Legacy - 84 5. Hollow Knight: Silksong 6. Pikmin 4 - 87 7. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - 85 8. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League 9. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96 10. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - 34
Alternates: 1. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 2. Street Fighter 6 - 92
Top 10: 1. Baldur's Gate 3 - 96 2. Dead Space - 89 3. Death Stranding 2 4. Diablo IV - 86 5. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 6. Hades II 7. Hollow Knight: Silksong 8. Resident Evil 4 - 93 9. Starfield - 83 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Top 10: 1. Dead Space - 89 2. Diablo IV - 86 3. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 4. Forza Motorsport 5. Hollow Knight: Silksong 6. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 7. Resident Evil 4 - 93 8. Senua's Saga: Hellblade II 9. Starfield - 83 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Top 10: 1. Assassin's Creed Mirage 2. Diablo IV - 86 3. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 4. Hogwarts Legacy - 84 5. Hollow Knight: Silksong 6. Horizon Call of the Mountain - 79 7. Metroid Prime 4 8. Octopath Traveler II - 84 9. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96 10. The Wolf Among Us 2
Top 10: 1. Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp - 82 2. Fire Emblem Engage - 80 3. Forspoken - 64 4. Hollow Knight: Silksong 5. Horizon Call of the Mountain - 79 6. Kerbal Space Program 2 7. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 8. Octopath Traveler II - 84 9. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League 10. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 96
Alternates: 1. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 2. Dead Space - 89
Top 10: 1. Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile 2. Crash Team Rumble - 67 3. Disney Illusion Island - 73 4. MrWang And Love 5. Peppa Pig: World Adventures - 72 6. Romancelvania - 64 7. Star Trek: Resurgence - 71 8. T-Rex Dinosaur Game 9. The Last Case of Benedict Fox - 58 10. The Plucky Squire
Top 10: 1. 2D Metroid Remake 2. Legacy of Kain/Soul Reaver Remake 3. New Civilization Game 4. New Hyrule Warriors Game 5. New Lego Game Based on a Comic Book/Graphic Novel IP 6. New Rayman game 7. New Shantae game 8. New Tetris game 9. New Thunder Lotus Game (Creators of Spiritfarer) 10. WarioWare: Move It!
Alternates: 1. New ARMS Game 2. New EA Sports Racing Game (Not F1 or WRC)
Upcoming Releases:
September: Lies of P - September 19
October: Forza Motorsport - October 10 Assassin's Creed Mirage - October 12 Alan Wake II - October 17 Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 - October 20
November: WarioWare: Move It! - November 3 Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name - November 9
League Overview:
Welcome to Year 6 of the GameTZ Fantasy Gaming League! This is basically fantasy football with games. Each person picks 10 games and those 10 games make up your "team" for the year. The Metacritic scores for your 10 games are tallied up at the end of the year to determine your total. Highest overall score wins. You also get 2 alternate picks (these should be safe choices) just in case one of your picks gets delayed into 2024. So if you shoot for the moon with a game like Armored Core VI and it gets pushed into 2024, one of your alternates takes its place and you don't end up with 0 points for that game. The goal is to pick games that you think have a very good chance of releasing in 2023. Don't YOLO your way into a bunch of 0s lol.
The Rules: 1. No DLC or Expansions 2. No Ports or Remasters (full remakes are allowed) 3. Alternate picks can only replace games delayed into 2024. They cannot be used to replace games in your top 10 that review poorly.
The Prizes: 1st Place: A $50 Amazon Gift Card 2nd Place: A $20 Amazon Gift Card 3rd Place: A $10 Amazon Gift Card
I feel that way too, that's also why I haven't opened RE8 yet. But for RE4, it wasn't made clear if the full game would be playable in VR or not. Some are thinking it will just be a side-story mode added in. I'm hoping they are wrong.
Man, the gaming industry loves their RE4... in spite of the things it got right (being an action shooter), the horror value is just way down on it. While I see it's greatness, it's not in the same realm as the other RE's I know and love.
I still intend to play it, but I'm glad I ended up not putting it on my list. The only game on my list I'm worried about at this point is Kerbal Space Program 2. It hasn't been reviewing so well on Steam, but it's still only in Early Access.
I really thought Dead Island 2 was gonna tank. I think I’ll wait for it to come to Game Pass tho or something since I still have Dying Light 2 to sift thru.
I think Heavyd814life goes back through at the end of the year to adjust the points based on ratings change because you can expect more reviews later on in the year... so maybe a game doesn't get a Metacritic score now, but in October, it gets one.
> I think Heavyd814life goes back through at the end of the year to adjust the points
> based on ratings change because you can expect more reviews later on in the year...
> so maybe a game doesn't get a Metacritic score now, but in October, it gets one.
Yup! And if for some reason a game only gets say 3 reviews, I'll just average out the scores for those 3 reviews. We've never had to do that, though. Even the most niche games end up with enough reviews to get a Metacritic score.
OP updated with scores for Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp. It's currently at 82 on Metacritic from 49 reviews. Very solid, but I actually thought it would score higher.
So rewinding a few days back to the Dead Island 2 review scores last week
I'm kind of surprised by the scores. I haven't played it myself yet, but the game has already passed the 1 million sold mark in its first 3 days (who knows how many more copies it would've sold on the PC side had it not been exclusive to Epic Games Store because I know I'm not alone in that I only purchase PC games from Steam), and in this thread below nobody really has anything negative to say about it, they're all saying how fun it is and some even claiming it is their current GotY. A 74, while not technically a bad score, doesn't seem to reflect all the good things I'm seeing in this thread.
The 74 Metacritic score tells me to wait and see if it goes on sale during Black Friday, but now I might pick it up a little earlier. Just need to see if PS5 and PS4 versions can play together (this should be a requirement to state if this is supported or not in PlayStation Store listings) and whether or not my co-op friend wants to. https://www.resetera.com/threads/dead-island-2-has...
@PizzaTheHutt I image the issue with this game, just like the first one. Is that it is really fun and fresh in the first ~10 hours. But then after that its just a slog of open world crap to get through with bad mission design. And the fun factor of the combat wears off. And you start to see deeper into the cracks, and all the issues you glossed over in the first ~10 hours because you were having so much fun with the combat. Also reviewers should never be trusted.
For the most part I never base a purchase on a Metacritic average score. For a long time there was always one or two reviewers per website who I felt I could trust, but in that line of work jobs seem temporary and they're always leaving and going to work for some other site and I got tired of tryng to keep track of where they are. These days the ones I trust the most are only on YouTube and for whatever reason Metacritic won't include their scores. Several of them don't even give scores, which I like, you have to actually watch the review to hear what they like or don't like about the game.
You know what the worst YouTube review channel is? Gameranx. They never tell you not to buy a game and it's just non sensical rambling with no cohesive script to the review ever.
There's someone out there that managed to get an early copy. He seems to be enjoying it but says there are quite a few performance issues, like lots of screen tearing.
83 reviews now. Still an 86. Figured this would fall through out the day. Because up until today I was only hearing negative things about it. About what a technical mess it is. And how it has so many issues. Not that I mind. Its on my list. But I expected a much lower score because of the last two days of leaks and bad mouthing.
Holy Toledo! I picked that one whim cause it was From Soft and when they say something they typically mean it and they said a 2023 launch! Can’t wait!!!
I heard it’s getting bashed on Steam cause of the issues. And lord knows why it’s 140 something GB for the install. That’s just morbidly obese for no reason.
> Apparently Star Wars is playing poorly on console and PC. If I bother I'll wait for
> sub $10
The subreddit for this game is nothing but complaints about crashes, issues and bugs. No one has anything good to say in it. Wonder how all those review scores were what they were now. Because they played without the day one patch.
For some reason I thought Redfall dropped today. But I guess its tomorrow. Its also never a good sign when reviews are embargoed until the actual release date. Not too many times do those reviews come in glowing.
It's not PVP. It's co-up (more like Borderlands or The Division), which I've always liked. I'm not saying it's going to be good, but I hope it's good. Arkane Austin has talent; I loved Dishonored 2.
TalonJedi87 wrote:
> When I found out Redfall was more of a PVP game I immediately said meh. Not surprised
> They don't need to release good first-party games on GamePass, throw them out broken,
> and fix them later. No one's really buying them
This isn't exclusive to gamepass. It seems like 90% of all games are released too soon and need major patching. When was the last time a major AAA title released in a great state?
not that I'm trying to say Redfall is a AAA title.
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