ReCore Review - GameSpot

ReCore's solid mechanics are sullied by frustrating quest design.

[Nyxus]

"Crashes and UI bugs
Long loading times"

Hopefully a patch can fix these things.

[Genuine-User]

I knew this game would be average at best, the gameplay reveal left a really bad impression on me.

@Nitrowolf2

Yep. He and his team have let people down with Mighty No. 9 and Recore.

[Nitrowolf2]

I knew it would what to expect when Inaufane was behind it. Mans a hack, even before Mighty No 9. and Red Ash

[conanlifts]

A 6 from gamespot is an 8 by any other person, but then i happen to dislike gamespot reviews anyway ( having said this reviews from other sites dont look great either).

One thing in recores favour is that it's a cut price game. Hopefully it's not a terrible game as i have preordered it. But if it is no great loss, i am more fussed with gears 4 living up to the hype.

[SniperControl]

Damn, it's getting low scores all over the place, was really looking forward to this as well.

[nix]

Whoopsie...

I always said that this game is average. That first 15 minutes of gameplay was nothing but shooting bullet sponged enemies which keeps spawning unnecessarily.

And i had also said this game is being sent out to die.

[Freedomland]

Nothing in this game that can be appreciated, just an average old school shooting type of game with vibrant colors and some graphical enhancements.

[Mystogan]

I love how only the bad reviews get attention. Lol. so far it seems to be a 7 on average. not bad for a budget title.

[darthv72]

the game is probably fun but the glaring issues seems to be the detractor for fans to look passed in order to even play it.

Like limburger cheese. If you can get passed the pungent smell, it's a pretty tasty cheese but many just can't bring themselves to even take the chance so it remains a niche cheese. But to those that like it, it's worth the effort.

[NewMonday]

"delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad"

it had so much promise, should have delayed it, better to live with internet memes for a couple of days instead of releasing a broken game

[mikeslemonade]

Still gotta support them or they gonna go to mobile and be irrelevant to gaming.

[GameNameFame]

MS in general provides weaker first party experience.

Even before it lost all its exclusive to PC, if you look at metascore, PS4 doubles Xbox One in quality exclusives.

On Xbox 360, PS4 doubled on 90 to 80 bracket and TRIPLED on 90 to 100 bracket on exclusive.

Not only Sony supports more exclusive, it has more of the quality ones.

[bouzebbal]

Lol is this the game my X1 friends have been hyping up day and night because of a nice looking animation trailer ?
A mix between zelda and jet force Gemini?
Leaves you with gears of War which is very sad given the fact it's the same gametype you have been playing on 360

[MagicBeanz]

I said much the same thing and the xbox fanboys went bonkers. Turns out we were right.

[Trekster_Gamer]

Fix these things!?!?!

Fix the darn GAME before release!!!!!

[Nyxus]

Of course they should have done that, but the damage has already been done now and they should do what they can to fix things with patches.

[rdgneoz3]

If people keep buying games that are bugged to hell or broken at launch and then do patches afterwards, do you really expect a lot of devs to want to make sure they're releasing a non bugged / broken game at launch?

[jznrpg]

Can fix the bugs now but not the boring gameplay.

[sher123win123]

6 tera.......... flop!!!!

[Angeljuice]

But Xbox games release on time, it's one of the best features of XBone, they don't delay games!!!

[Ysmir6723]

The first,yes.The second,SSD.

[2pacalypsenow]

So you're saying we should buy an external SSD to fix the games issue?

[Ysmir6723]

@2pacalypsenow No,i have a NVMe ssd.Why would i buy an external ssd for my pc???

[PirosThe4th]

The last good game inafume worked on was Soul Sacrifice on VITA

[XanderZane]

Hopefully they will patch it in the next 2 weeks. I'll still pick it up though. Inaufane screwed up another game. Mighty #9 isn't the worse platformer, but it's not that great either. Pretty average and didn't look anything like the original reveal they were striving for. Recore looks a little more innovative. Fix those damn bugs though.

[S2Killinit]

I knew it wasn't a big game. But I didn't expect that it would get 6s.

[4Sh0w]

It's a shame this game has issues, watching the trailers I really liked the look of it, and the concept was cool, so Im a bit dissapointed. Ahh, well I guess I will still give it a go though.

[memots]

@Mystogan
So this big exclusive and no exclusive anymore is now a budget title ?
This was on those constant list from the like of Gansta_red and others here.

[DarXyde]

Even then, it looks like Gamespot had some notable gripes. Ambiguous mapping, frustrating progress barriers, length, etc.

Granted, GS is unusually strict in their assessments. They did say it feels like a fun PS2/GC era title. That's not at all a bad thing since I think many games had soul back then. It has plenty of potential, but the execution needs to be reworked. Ideally, nothing patches or sequels can't fix. It's never fun to see a game people were anticipating receive this type of reception.

I will say though, for a game published by Microsoft, I'm very surprised they allowed it to be released like this. A little more time in the oven could've made a fair amount of these issues non-existent.

...at least it isn't full price...?

[GamingIVfun]

Kinda sad about it, looked really interesting, but I had a feeling this game needed more development time.

[Dunban67]

Aren't Mighty Number Nine backers still waiting on patches, some even the game? I will be surprised if this games gets treated much better unless MSFT has some leverage over them to force patches and updates

[MagicBeanz]

There was a day one patch put out but it did not resolve loading times apparently.

[DragonDDark]

..

[EpicSandwich]

Looks like it didn't turn out as good as we thought it would. Makes clear sense why they barely marketed this game.

[generic-user-name]

Who is we? It turned as good as I thought it would, which is to say, not at all.

[leoms]

I don't think it will be that bad. It might just be divisive

[DigitalRaptor]

No, it turned out just as most of the smart folks of the interwebs thought it would.

I feel sorry for Kenji Inafune more than anything else - this hasn't been his year.

It's not been the Xbox One's year either.

[Eonjay]

I've seen Marketing all over youtube this last week. Also up by the Microsoft store at the mall this weekend.

[memots]

how's that pre-order for you

[DeeBeers]

maybe will wait for a patch before i consider it.

[EmperorDalek]

Yeah the gameplay looked pretty rubbish. Which is a shame; I was looking forward to a good 3D platformer.

[gamer1138]

If you bother to read, the gameplay is actually solid. It says it right there, in the description. Used to be that N4G users wouldn't click on the article but read the description. NOW they just zoom straight to comments.

[Nitrowolf2]

most people never bother reading anything about reviews they just read the score in the title it's always been like that

[yomfweeee]

Mechanics != gameplay.

Additionally, the "summary" description here on N4G... is no where in the article. It never calls the mechanics solid. So, did you actually read the review?

[EmperorDalek]

You cannot get away with bad quest design, especially in a platformer. In terms of gameplay, the platforming looks bland. The combat looks solid for a platformer, but combat should be there to either support the platforming, or at least be supported by it.

Just compare it to other combat based 3D platformers released a decade ago, such as Jak 3 and Ratchet. It doesn't even look half as fun as those.

[Arbormist]

It failed to capture me in the first place tbh. Felt like it was trying to be so much more than it was. But maybe that's due to my dislike of M$...

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

Who expected that team from Mighty No.9 to suddenly strike gold? But it's better than nothing......... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[SilverDemon]

they made a good game with Sony called soul sacrifice (vita exclusive)
for me it was awesome.amazing and interesting world with dark story and very memorable characters . I hope to see a sequel to it (or a remaster first like gravity rush)

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

I haven't forgotten Soul Sacrifice but after the success of his Kickstarter of Mighty No. 9, Comcept spread themselves way too thin. It's like Inafune lost his way after seeing so many dollar signs......

[Deathdeliverer]

Some of you guys hold on to hope so hard. This game looked average at best from the beginning. Any time you let CG videos get you hype, let downs are sure to follow. The actual gameplay was mind shattering in how much of a letdown it was. That they showed it at all is shocking enough. Just cause a game is exclusive on your favorite console does not mean you have to swear it's the second coming. Call a spade a spade. Record is not the first game people have championed and it won't be the last. Knack, Dragons Lair, Quantum Break ( game sucks imo), and now Recore amongst others.
Keep your hype in check with these games.

[EverydayGuy]

I think it should be in the same category as NMS as knack was a solid game for $40 that didn't really have any technical issues and dragon lair was a fun game offering a new combat.

[Relientk77]

I was expecting this game to be good. This is probably the most interesting new Xbox IP this generation

[XanderZane]

More interested in Sea of Thieves and Scalebound actually. Thought Recore was going to be an Indie game when I first saw it. I think Forza Horizon 3 will be great though. The 2nd game was brilliant.

@sammarshall102
Me too.

[Christopher]

After QB, I was hoping this would be the 'go-to' IP on XBO. It might still be for me, but the reviews are putting me off from getting it anytime soon.

Edit: Exclusives all around just aren't doing it for me. Hopefully Zero Dawn is different. But, I'm prepared to be let down :(

[UCForce]

Horizon is going to be different. Watch the Gameinformer about Horizon Zero Dawn. It does give you a little bit faith.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

I wasn't to impressed with this game to begin with. I never really liked the Metroid Prime control scheme. I watched a developer video with Major Nelson yesterday that was 45 mins long and the game actually started to look good to me. I'm going to give it a try myself but I'm not expecting much. I'll support it because I want MS to continue to make Exclusives.

[MasterCornholio]

I wasn't expecting the game to bomb.

It has a metacritic of 64 at the moment.

Dang..............

[DigitalRaptor]

OpenCritic is usually a better source for aggregated reviews.

It has it down at 62: http://opencritic.com/game/...

[Sm00thNinja]

Good thing I cancelled my preorder

[ZeroX9876]

Mighty No 9 then this?

[2pacalypsenow]

Has there been any New exclusive IP on either consoles this gen that has had critical acclaim?? The only one I can think of is BloodBorne and Titanfall.

This GEN has been a huge let down, I mean last gen we had Gears of War, Uncharted , Bioshock, Crysis, Little Big Planet, Mass Effect, The Last of Us etc

*most of those started out as Exclusives on their particular consoles*

Edit removed Portal

[cyber_daemonx]

Sorry but Bioshock Crysis and Portal weren't exclusive.

[2pacalypsenow]

Portal no but Bioshock was at some point and so was Mass effect and Crysis 1

[cyber_daemonx]

Yeah but they were also on pc except for mass effect.

[Paytaa]

This gen is very lackluster in comparison to last.

[_-EDMIX-_]

How could you compare last generation to this generation? So have any of you guys not realize you're comparing 3 years in comparison to 8? Lol

Unless some of you guys could tell the future I'd say the jury's still out on that comparison.

[Paytaa]

3 years into last gen we already had Gears of War, Uncharted, Resistance, Halo 3, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Fallout 3, Oblivion, GTA IV, CoD 4, Dead Space, Portal, Dragon Age, etc. And yes I'm including multiplatform games because there were more quality games overall coming out then versus now. And there were no microtransactions!

Only a few games this generation (if we even call it that anymore) have stood out for me. Nothing compared to last gen. The Witcher 3 and Rocket League are 2 prime examples. Both Xbox and Playstation exclusives have either been "okay" or just another sequel to older franchises. There has yet to be another Halo or Gears on Xbox and there hasn't been another Uncharted or God of War type of big quality game on Playstation.

This generation is in my opinion very stale. And that's my opinion.

[_-EDMIX-_]

This generation we have Horizon zero Dawn, Detroit ,sea of Thieves, scalebound, ,the division, Dying Light, Watch Dogs, for Honor, Ni Ho,Titanfall, OverWatch, Days Gone etc

I mean you're also disregarding that Electronic Arts with visceral games is working on an open world Star Wars game BioWare is working on a new IPs as well as a Star Wars game so the reality is you're not even waiting until those are out before declaring this generation a letdown could I not State the games that you mentioned in some respect or let down?

Couldn't I argue that the generation before last had great new ips like the mercenaries series, Splinter Cell, God of War, Bully etc?

So pretty please, can we wait til it's done first or?

Have you also not considered that Generations regarding intellectual properties are just as subjective as the intellectual properties themselves? Do you really believe that the entire game and Community definitively agrees with a generation being better or worse when we can't even say that about any specific intellectual property in the first place?

Consider we're only 3 years into the current generation I'm sorry but last generation 3 years in you didn't even have Red Dead Redemption, LA Noire , Heavy Rain, The Last of Us, Beyond two Souls and many more.

Sooooo let's wait on that bud. Considering this is one of the fastest-growing console Generations in the history of gaming I'd say the majority of Gamers actually disagree otherwise they wouldn't even be purchasing brand new platforms don't you think?

[Servbot41]

Most of those games aren't released though. You could make this argument at any point for any console (except the Wii U lol) and it adds nothing to the conversation. If you made a list of a bunch of now-released games two years ago, besides the listed Bloodborne, you'd have a list of disappointments.

[_-EDMIX-_]

@serv- "So pretty please, can we wait til it's done first or?"

...read.

"Consider we're only 3 years into the current generation"

[_-EDMIX-_]

Mindsyou every generation you're going to have hit or miss, we've never had any generation in the history of gaming that ever had every single intellectual property released knocked it out of the park, are you just forgetting that last generation we had games like Haze or Lair or MAG or Fuze, or quake enemy territories or Too Human etc.

Failed intellectual properties are not exclusive to any specific generation...

Also I'm not sure why you stated exclusives when the games you just listed are not even exclusive so I seriously have no clue what you're talking about.

How could Bioshock or Mass Effect or portal or Crysis have critical Acclaim as an exclusive when they're not even successful at being an exclusive in the first place? Lol

[Christopher]

Half of the ones you mentioned weren't exclusive unless PCs suddenly don't exist in our timeline. The others were about normal. You tend to get one new IP hit each generation. It gets harder and harder as third-party games tend to do much better just on numbers and carrying new IPs forward.

[2pacalypsenow]

Yeah But last gen we had way more memorable games in the first 3 years than this gen imo.

[P_Bomb]

Have to agree with you. The numbers don't lie. In the same inaugural 3 year window we had:

Resistance 1&2, Killzone 2, Uncharted 1&2, Assassins Creed 1&2, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Dead Space, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider Underworld, SplinterCell DA, Burnout Paradise, Warhawk, inFamous, Heavenly Sword, Motorstorm1&2, Forza 2&3, GT Prologue, LittleBigPlanet, COD4, GTA4, MGS4, DMC4, SF4, SC4, Halo3, Fallout3, RE5, Batman Arkham Asylum, Demons Souls, Valkyria Chronicles, Socom, Borderlands, Bayonetta, Gears of War 1&2, Crackdown, Dead Rising, Bully Scholarship Ed, Fable2, Ninja Gaiden 2, Left4Dead 1&2, Ratchet&Clank Future 1&2, the Orange Box, Elder Scrolls Oblivion.

If you averaged out the output with the acclaim on many of those new IPs and sequels compared to this gen, last gen takes it.

[the_dark_one]

i have read some comments downplaying some low score reviews saying its only a 40 dollar game so just didnt expect much from it or things like that, the thing is Ratchet and Clank was also a 40dollar game and it score great, so the price of the game shouldnt affect how good or bad it can be

[MasterCornholio]

The Witness is priced at 40$ and it scored great as well.

I believe the lesson to be had here is that it's possible for a 40$ game to be great.

[SmielmaN]

I think the $40 price is because the game is said to be around 5 hours long and is not a technical showcase. If they released a new system then sold you this for $60 you would have buyers remorse big time.

When they lowered the price and MS stopped talking about the game I just had a feeling this game was going to be DOA

[XanderZane]

It's not affecting how good or bad the game is. It's a little bit easier to take the bad when it's not full price. Would you rather pay $40 or $60 for a game and then find out it was an average game? I'd take the lower price all day. This has nothing to do with Ratchet and Clank. Ori and the Blind Forest was $25 and it's just as good, if not better then Ratchet and Clank. So do you get the cheaper game or the more expensive? It's possible for a $25 game to be better then a $40 or $60.

[UCForce]

I agree that. Ratchet And Clank is a great game.

[SilverDemon]

I wish if comcept goes back to make a sequel to soul sacrifice it was their best game (on ps4 would be awesome)

[BlakHavoc]

Thank god Deus ex is great, idk if I can fathom another disappointment

[SmielmaN]

I've been enjoying that game so far. Could use a patch to make it a bit smoother though imo

[BlakHavoc]

Ya for sure, totally agree

[XanderZane]

There has been many disappointments this gen. Immediately after the PS4 and XB1 launched.

[BlakHavoc]

Certainly, gaming just hasn't been as fun this gen. At first I assumed I was out growing gaming lol (hell no), but now I realize alot of games right now just plain suck!

[Servbot41]

Yeah, after playing that and then playing a few other games, along with watching streams of others, its really surprising how well Deus Ex turned out. Especially considering the average game release this generation and ESPECIALLY under the watchful eye of Square Enix, the publisher; You know, the guys who spent the last decade funding and developing one game. It has its issues sure, but damn they made a fine game overall. Really makes you wonder how all these other developers keep cocking it up repeatedly.

[UCForce]

Hey, when Deus Ex Mankind Divided DLC going to come out ?

[Auron]

These reviews are all over the place! Some are low, mid and some high! Oh well skyrim was glitchy as heck but i still loved it. Cant wait to play ReCore tomorrow.

[game4funz]

Me too I just got my notice it's on its way. Getting $15 back and if I don't like I can probably trade it in at gamestop for $10

In the end it will only have cost me 15$

Ever since last gen started I haven't been able to trust many reviews.. And specially from GameSpot....

@digital
Please refrain from acting like a child. Only whiny baby here is you. No one is balding anyone here. Calm down and breathe

[DigitalRaptor]

And now it's the fault of GameSpot apparently. All these reviews talk about the severe technical issues and design flaws that I told you about days ago. You wouldn't listen, and asked me if I had played it. Well here's news for you sunshine, I don't need to play a game to recognise its faults by simply looking at it and also trusting people being honest with early copies.

You talk about "smarter and more intellectually advanced comments", and yet you whined like a baby when I told you (warned you) about its problems that are being reported all across the Internet - makes the rest of us smarter than you buddy.

[Petebloodyonion]

A average looking game + a average promotion campaign from MS + a average media coverage + a average feeling = a average game at best.

Are we surprise by this review?

[MegaMohsi]

another broken game at release, the new standard smh

[Night99]

Once i buy an XboxOne again I sure will buy this game looks like a cool unique game that just has a few technical issues. i like unique games even if they might be not for everyones taste.

[andrewsquall]

Ouch and you would expect reviews to be a little more forgiving for the lower release date price too.

[Fist4achin]

I had high hope for this. I still think it should be supported though. Maybe when the price drops a bit.

[DefenderOfDoom2]

I am just bummed out that 'Dannny O'Dwyer' has left GAMESPOT! Two of my favorite shows, 'The Point' and 'Ask the Reviewer'(The Lobby) will not be as good without DANNY O'DWYER.

[Maxor]

If this drops to $20 I'll give it a try on the Windows Store. It'll be the first Windows Store game it'll play.

[trooper_]

Ouch...

[Monkeysmoke]

Xbox still struggling to get a hit with new IP this gen "Quantum Break, Recore" all down the drain. Nothing to put up against Bloodborne, Horizon is coming soon.

Scorpeo with all the teraflops will not guarantee high quality games, nothing comes close to the talent within Sony 1st party studios.

[DigitalRaptor]

I'm expecting the same result from Scalebound in 2017.
Microsoft just invests their money in the wrong third-party teams.

And it's not just about their new IP.

Microsoft has a serial issue with not providing its gamers quality AAA exclusive retail games throughout the 12 months of the year. It's actually defended like a personal insult when you bring it up. Imagine being an Xbox gamer and having to wait 9 months for the good stuff every single year, and now there's actually no guarantee that it's good stuff. They already have less of it than the competition.

I remember last year, when Xbox gamers had to wait 10 months between AAA retail exclusive games (November - August), both of them were remastered games, and one of them was completely broken. They need to step up with their games if they want to be where PlayStation is. I mean Sony has TWO huge in-house, open-world first-party exclusive new IPs in development at once. They have Japanese in-house teams making new IPs and risk/reward projects for gamers who seek something different and special. They also have PSVR soon which is naturally going to birth tons of new IPs from day one. MS needs to trust harder in first-party, but instead they're shutting down the first-party teams and thinking third-party devs like this can bail them out. And Rare is the only team they seem to be endowing with complete creative freedom - everyone else is just a franchise factory.

[feraldrgn]

Same guy who made Mighty Number 9, so no surprise there.

[Bolts]

Console exclusives suck these days. They're so damn meh that I can't get excited about anything. I mean just look at the entire list of exclusives for this gen, outside of UC4 and Bloodborne everything is just forgettable or just plain shit like, No Man Lie.

[Trez1234]

Ratchet and clank is pretty awesome if you like the genre and I still think Until Dawn is pretty special. I guess it really depends on the genre you're into, I'm lucky I appreciate alot of genre so I've had alot of memorable experiences already this gen and been suprised but the quality of some of the less hyped games.

On topic, don't let reviews stop you from buying a game that looked interesting to you. We need these niche games or gaming as a whole will just turn into this " big franchises" only crap where we will have less games/genre to play but more advertisements and PR crap.

[Bolts]

Youre right about that. Ratchet is probably the best exclusive that nobody played.

[Trez1234]

Nobody played? The game sold brilliantly and that usually means alot of gamers played it.

[UCForce]

Don't forget about Uncharted 4. That game deserve your attention and mine as well.

[Trez1234]

UCForce@ without a doubt. Uncharted 4 is a special ride.

[XanderZane]

It started out pretty bad at launch with lots of flops. Forza 5, Knack, Killzone: SF, Kinect Sports: Rivals, Dead Rising 3, Ryse, The Order 1886. Godzilla, DriveClub, Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash, Yoshi: Wooly World, etc.., etc.. Lots of terrible exclusives, There were a few decent games like Bloodborne, UC4, Sunset Overdrive, Forza Horizon 2, Halo 5, Rare Replay, Infamous Second Son, Ratchet & Clank, etc..., but there seems to be more bad games then good this generation. Last gen there were way more great games by this time in the console's life cycle.

[WickedLester]

Oh would you look at that! Another poorly reviewed Xbox exclusive.

[Xavy]

Or the game is just bad?

[XanderZane]

First PS4 with NMS, now XBox One with Recore. So I guess Wii U is next.

[TheDivine]

Bullshit. Game is solid as a rock, no crashes or bugs so far for me.i would rate it a 9 maybe higher so far. It really is amazing and people will see come tomorrow.

[Auron]

Good to hear! All the game play I've seen so far looked fun.

[Gamefan79]

Do u really believe that or just saying it so you don't feel bad about wasting 40 bucks on it. A 9 is a bit of a stretch

[StormLegend]

Well this sucks! I wanted this game to do well for the xbox brand. They need good new IP's

[LAWSON72]

Well this pretty much defined what you can expect from Inafune, real shame people had faith in him.

I really was hoping for a great new IP, but it looks like even with the technical problems there is just bad game design. I will pick this up sub $20 sale and decide how it is myself but this game is going to flop hard the damage is done.

[Ristul]

I think Capcom is the factor that made him great, back then everything (almost) that Capcom made were great. Their japanese studios had so much talent, Inafune did his part but there was more at play there.

[PizzaSteve]

I think Scalebound will be the same. I said before most XB games are not interesting. PS4 is #1 because of games. This is why you need a variety of exclusives and dedicated 1st parties to make new ips. Even their top games Halo, Gears, and Forza are on a decline. And XB fans think Scorpio will make things better but it won't.

[EpicSandwich]

Atleast we have normal games to play,
Halo gears and forza have been really good and they're consistent halo and gears mp and forza have not declined one bit they feel perfect so people will love them.

[Trez1234]

Normal games? As other games aren't " normal" ? Wow.

[Gamefan79]

Don't you get bored of the same games though? I will say it has been years since a proper gears release so maybe it will be good it just looks like ....gears though

[DaDrunkenJester]

The thing is X1 has a variety of good games, they just don't sell well so we don't see sequels to them to make them into BIG franchises. A lot of new IP's on all platforms review to "just okay" scores and then the sequels nail it in.

[Gamefan79]

It's true people have forgotten power doesn't equal good games. Not saying Scorpio is gonna be bad just who knows.
I've played almost exclusively on PC this gen and graphics do not make a game great. I've yet to see a reason to buy a rift or vive. You almost don't even here about them anymore . PSVR is weaker but has more buzz because of the quality of games the are releasing or coming soon. My top games to be released are spiderman ps4 and mass effect 4. They look awesome

[TheOptimist]

PSVR has more buzz, just because Sony is marketing it aggressively, and yeah, just as usual the media hype and Sony fanboys adding to that. If you really do play on Steam, you'd know that there are more than 100 games already on Steam that are VR exclusive.

[medman]

Oooof.

[Gamist2dot0]

But gamers are complaining about delays and every game should release on target date regardless of the problems. You guys asked for it, so now enjoy it.

[hellothere1977]

there would be no "delays" if publishers did not set release dates. if they give exact dates, then hammer the developers to get their sh!t done. developers, don't make promises or claims you can't back up.

a game can suck...i don't care. i just don't buy it. if a game is broken where it crashes frequently or has game halting bugs, then that crap needs to be automatically available for a refund. game sux and i buy it? that's on me. game is poorly coded and faulty? that's on the developers.

[hells_supernova]

Hmmmm.......No surprises there after the poor previews it had from Colin from Kinda Funny, he generally calls it right.

[daynnight365]

Doah!
Honestly this sux bc I was looking fowaRd to playing it on pc

[Gamefan79]

If it is like the other windows store releases it probably is way buggier on PC. Does anyone actually like the windows store?

[MilkMan]

Yep, this review is spot on. I saw some gameplay on it last night on Twitch.
It stopped me from buying it. The load times alone were ridiculous. The gameplay was good, though. Nothing else was. Inafune is fuquing up with a capital F.
I know Scalebound is gonna suck donkey ballz

[DaDrunkenJester]

What does Inafune have to do with Scalebound? Or was that just a separate thought you figured you would throw in?

[lizard81288]

So it seems that it is... MetaCore....

[WelkinCole]

6 from gamespot is still good. I think we (xbox and PS fans) all need to be more realistic with review scores.

6 or 7 scores are in no way bad or horrible games. That should be 4 or below. 6-7 are ok to average games.

If we keep expecting good games to be 9 up then I fear that most will miss out on many good to even great games because of this unrealistic expectations. It is also really bad for the industry and game devs as well where they will just focus on proven formula that creates games that have been getting 9 up in reviews.

If I have a xbox I might still give this game a go when I have nothing else to play.

[DaDrunkenJester]

You also have to take into consideration that there isn't a ton of games that get reviewed extremely well off a new IP unless they borrow heavily from another game.

[memots]

pc 75% off sale it seems.

[masterfox]

somebody said this was going to be the next Halo.....LOL

[stalepie]

ugh, why they gotta be so mean?

[PistolsAtDawn]

PS Fanboys REALLY needed this article this week.

[Xavy]

Its not PS fans fault that Xbone exclusives sux, like this one!

[jholden3249]

I got the game way early from BesrBuy and started playing last night before reviews were tearing this game apart, and I absolutely LOVED it!

It's just so good, I'm blown away. It's very, very similar to Metroid Prime. Not that it's as good as that timeless classic, but it's HEAVILY inspired by the Prime games. We're talking lock and strafe combat (only way more engaging with a puzzle element), strong female lead on an isolated planet, story primarily unfolds through audio tapes (like the lore in Prime), it even has mother freaking magnetic rails! Shields on enemies with a gap opening that spins around (just like Parasite Queen in Metroid Prime), health and items draw toward you, there's health upgrades hidden (just like energy tanks), there's areas you can't access until later when you get new abilities... it's insane how influenced it is. In a very good way.

Personally, I think these reviewers are nuts. It very well may have a buzz-killing fetch quest end game but, as long as I'm enjoying it this much along the way... I honestly don't care. If it bores me then I'll quit playing, but even 5 hours in I already feel it was worth it.

The loading times are insanely long though, that's legitimately a complaint I have.

***MY VERDICT***
If you've played Metroid Prime, you're gonna love this game, and appreciate it in a way younger games who've never played that classic can't. Don't expect it to be Metroid Prime 4, because that it's not, but it's the best dang spiritual successor since the Trilogy released and scratches that itch in a way no other game has been able to in the last 10 years. It's definitely different too- a major focus on platforming which is one of its strongest suits, and a much lighter puzzle element for sure. But the over world is fun to explore, the dungeons are a blast, and the combat is a lot, lot funner than it looks in gameplay vids. Just one of those things where watching doesn't do it justice.

That said, it's been well established there's a wicked end game fetch quest. Which, Metroid Prime had lots of backtracking too, but in my younger days I didn't care cause I had nothing to do all day anyways ;) The loading times suck, and the map is pretty lackluster. Also, I wish the crafting system was deeper.

Overall, I say these reviewers don't have a proper appreciation for the Prime formula (how many reviews even MENTIONED Prime? I can tell almost no one has played it before) so maybe that will affect your enjoyment. Still, ignoring the loading times as a technical issue I'd have to give this game a solid 8/10. It's an amazing new IP that's hella fun. I don't care what anyone else says.

[ibrake4naps]

man, this was one of the few exclusives I was looking forward to checking out

[fastNslowww]

I really dig the gameplay, refreshing from your typical close up 3rd person game.

[MagicBeanz]

Ouch.

[TheOptimist]

I'm a PC gamer, and no I don't own any of the MS games, QB (Bad port) or anything else that is Win 10 exclusive, but I think that the media is purposefully downplaying the MS Exclusive titles. Jimquisition and Yahtzee are probably the most unbiased reviewers in the media right now. Probably will throw IGN a bit, but not confident about that But it's my opinion.

[MagicBeanz]

IGN is nothing but xbox fanboys so dont expect unbiased reviews there either. And for the record the media downplays Playstation exclusives just as much, it all depends on what type of fanboy that media representative is. Game journalism is by and large a cesspool and you'd be better off to just play the games and make up your own mind.

[TheOptimist]

And yet IGN gave Recore and Quantum Break average scores, whereas U4 got 9.3. Also, neat divergent to when I say Jim and Yahtzee are the most unbiased reviewers, since Jim gave both QB and U4 the same score, and Yahtzee bashed both of them equally. So while I do agree that most media is a cesspool, there are some who have retained their standard. Unlike Gamespot who gave TLOU 8.3 and U4 an above 9, but still gave QB 8.5. There are a lot of inconsistencies here. Also the most recent Deus Ex, the reviews were all over the place, some were 60, some 70, some 80 some 90. That's why I still trust Jim and Yahtzee.

[burza1982]

XBox exclusive games :)

[King_Lothric]

The game looked very average on the trailers. I didn't get what the hype was all about. Now it is receiving mediocre reviews and the popularity of mega man creator has been destroyed with 2 mediocre games in a row.

[Xavy]

lol bone games sux

[Zarock]

Get ready to download a trainer to get 45 prismatic cores to get access to final boss or go out Into the dead world and enjoy countless hours of tedious searching for them.