The Last Guardian Continues 2016’s Disappointing Trend

I think for a lot of people, 2016 will be the year that they were let down by games that didn't attain the perfection promised by the surrounding hype. Whether that hype be generated by over-zealous advertising, or the gestation over a more than lengthy development period, games this year have consistently fallen short of the expected mark.

[FallenAngel1984]

Many still enjoyed TLG

[Gustertote]

A lot of people still highly praise TLG, and I don't doubt that in many ways, it's a great game. But for having been in development for so long, many reviewers are finding a lot of flaws that unnecessarily detract from what should be an amazing experience.

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

Ah gimme a break!

The issues with games always have to be overblown by the internet people, while others just work around them and still have fun. Some wonky camera is not something to make a big fuss about. It happes pretty much with everyona in closed areas. The feel of the controls have a purpose, but people rather call that an issue because they are used to games holding their hands.

A lenghty game development isn't magically gonna guarante a perfect game. That is just bollocks! You should be happy that TLG and even FFXV turned out to be well received with their troubled development, while other games plain suck or never see the day of the day

See that is the only issue here: the Internet people always have to bitch about something. It is not about games being great or fun anymore. Everyone now is a self centered critic. It's more fun blowing stuff out of proportion, hating games and exclusives rather than playing them. Way to go! You are doind the industry a big favor Internet.

[Razzer]

Did you write this article? If so....you are referencing other reviewers as your basis? Is that how you judge a game to be "disappointing"?

[TKCMuzzer]

Do you not think they may also look for the floors more because of the time schedule? Reviewers look for faults as they believe it is part of their job. It's very rare to read a review that sounds passionate about the game they are playing before their review head comes into play. I disagree with reviews more this gen than any other because I don't go into games looking for negatives so my overall outlook of the game differs from someone who reviews for a living. Games are art, development time should not really influence the review because they don't know the reasons behind the delay.
It's also important that games like this get mixed reviews, it was never going to be a game that everybody loved and that's good for the industry. Reviewers themselves continuously go on about the lack of variety this gen, they can't have everything.The game will have it's audience that loves it and thats the most important thing, just like the previous titles from the same guys.
Plus you are basing your comments off others without experience, what may be annoying to them may not be to you or I.

[ziggurcat]

"...many reviewers are finding a lot of flaws that unnecessarily detract from what should be an amazing experience..."

you mean like the reviewer who said the animation in the game was amazing, and then listed animation as being one of its "flaws"? and the same reviewer who said that Trico acting like how an animal is supposed to act was great, and then listed his that how his AI is handled as a "flaw"?

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I'm also guessing that the "complaints" about the controls/camera are coming from people who have never played any of this game's predecessors.

[xDealtwithIt]

There are definite flaws in the game. The flaws of camera is one of them and no, the horrible camera being in previous games isn't an excuse. It means nothing that could have been fixed or tightened up in previous games were fixed.

Basically a direct port.

10 years and the game drops framerate is inexcusable and the lot of you would crucify any other game on another system if it had the same issues.

I see a lot of you go after Ubi for a lot less. The game is getting praises regardless but let one or two reviews/opinions about a game and this fanbase gets easily triggered and start blaming gaming journalists of horrible journalism. (Even sometimes blaming America) Ive never seen such massive exaggeration get agreed and discussed as actual truth then I have with this fan base.

[OB1Biker]

'reviews sitting at less that 80% are being derided by those who refuse to remove their rose-tinted glasses and actually look at the game, but the chorus of reviews speak for themselves.

The Last Guardian currently sits at 83/100 on metacritic. This is an excellent score, no question. It seems as if many are truly enjoying the game, '

Wtf that doesn't make sense at all hahaha
'their rose-tinted glasses and actually look at the game, but the chorus of reviews speak for themselves. Themselves...themselves...
It seems as if...as if...as if...

[Razzer]

@xDealtwithIt

lol.....it isn't even a first-hand opinion. This guy focused on the flaws from negative reviews he read and dubbed the game disappointing. You can call that "journalism" if you want, but it isn't.

[ZeroX9876]

Ok, can someone tell me if there's a way to completely filter out every opinion piece on N4G's main page? I would really appreciate it if this feature is available/ or coming in the future.

I'm using this sites for news, articles, reviews and such, NOT for opinion pieces especially like this one. It's easy to enumerate the Cons of every game and not mention any Pros. I tend to be optimistic in general and I'll always be.

[Razzer]

I would love an "ignore site" feature here. Seriously.

[xDealtwithIt]

Not really sure if there's an ignore feature but you can try what I usually do, not . click . on . the . story.

It's a new technique that I'm sure many more will catch on with instead of complaining that they saw an article they didn't like.

[Razzer]

Yeah....we shouldn't give people options. Stupid idea.

[xDealtwithIt]

Don't click the article, exactly how many more options do you need?

[Razzer]

Look....too many sites use n4g to promote their click bait crap. I get it. "Don't click". Think bigger. If users are actively ignoring these sites then maybe they will stop drawing so much traffic from n4g. Publish the percent of users who ignoring each site. Gives users a tool to go by and informs the site of how their content is being rejected.

Yeah....it will never happen. I know this. n4g makes money from this click bait just like these sites do. Futile effort, but still.....one can dream.

[ZeroX9876]

@xDealtwithIt

Well It's just annoying having to scroll 4 pages long to realize that more than 50% of them are opinion pieces.

Ignore site would be a great start! Already got a list in my mind....

[Genuine-User]

2016 has been an absolute fantastic year for gaming.

Wtf is wrong with some of these gamers/writers. You gotta tone down your ridiculous hype fueled expectations.

83 metacritic from 64 reviews is a great f'king score. Especially for a game that's gone through a troubled 8-9 year development period.

[phantomexe]

Lost interest in it years ago. Game needed a different launch window imo as well. The ps4 has alot of great games out right now in the xmas window so maybe it will do alittle better down the road.

[SquidBuck]

Even on Metacritic there are 3 times mores positive reviews than lower ones.

[Aceman18]

So a game averaging in the 80s is a disappointment now? Give me a friggin break these entitled gamers, and media people need to go somewhere and do something with yourself.

[Inzo]

This is of course in your opinion right?

[Razzer]

No shit. These asshats write like they are speaking for everyone

[Silly gameAr]

Of course not. Gamerpros speaks for the net. Nothing but facts here. The blog has spoken.

[MRMagoo123]

it's sarcasm guys .......jeez the Internet is dumb 😂

[xDealtwithIt]

Exactly how is this piece acting like an opinion is fact when we all know it's an opinion.

Should the author put IMO after every sentence he makes to make sure people understand its his opinion? Do you need hand holding as well as coddling with your reading comprehension?

[Razzer]

@xDealtwithIt

No. He shouldn't write an article based solely on what others have written. This is the "journalism" you are defending.

[xDealtwithIt]

I am positive that this is an opinion. I saw the words Opinion Piece in the category. I know right, that an opinion doesn't line up with your own?

[Silly gameAr]

No need to come to the defense xDeal. I'm positive that it's an opinion too, but it's the whole acting like opinion is fact that I'm not a fan of.

[xDealtwithIt]

"No need to come to the defense xDeal"

In other words, join in on the very silly attacks, exaggerations and other angry antics of this mob mentality instead of being rational.

[Silly gameAr]

That's what you get from "no need to come to the defense?" So you're ok with his opinion, but not with anyone's opinion against the opinion of this article? You call it a mob mentality, but that's because you can't accept other people's opinions but the negative ones.

[xDealtwithIt]

@silly

Please read your silly comment over again please. Not agreeing with an opinion is one thing, but calling an article clickbait, accusing of the article of presenting their opinion as fact, wanting to get rid of the article are not defending opinions, they're nothing but irrational attacks.

The funny thing is you say no need for me to defend but you have no problem with all the hatred aimed at the story.

It's also funny that you say I can't accept anyone else's opinion when you yourself made up that this story was passed off as fact. Can I also use that lame excuse for the comments i dont agree with?

[moegooner88]

"The Last Guardian Continues 2016’s Disappointing Trend."

You mean the trend of "gaming journalists" writing crap pieces. Agreed.

[curtis92]

No need for me to scroll down any further, this comment sums it up nicely.

[xDealtwithIt]

- "Last Guardian is the best game ever!!"

Journalists are the best ever, i agree!

- "Last Guardian is a horrible game!"

Gaming journalism is the worse year after year. I hate all review sites who don't share my interests and likes!

[moegooner88]

Would you like some chips with that salt?

[xDealtwithIt]

Heck no, judging by all the comments here, these guys blood pressure is high enough right?

[renanbianchi]

TLG is a great game. You should stop the hype, it's harming the industry as a whole.

[Krangs_Uncle]

I've been trying to not get worked up by these shoddy writers now.. Because they don't matter essentially. They are a tadpole in a sea of, well, other tadpoles. They focus on PS4 games because that's where the 'clicks' are (I know he mentioned Quantum Break - but he focuses much more on Sony)..

The majority of gamers think differently to these sites, while Sony continues to put them in their place.. Time after time.

For the record I pretty much wrote more on my shopping list today than this chump did on this article - what a non-piece of journalism. Back to your day job!

[conanlifts]

The thing is i have played pretty much every game like quantum break etc and they were all underscored. To me gears 4 while still sitting in the 80's was the most underscored game. It easily holds its head up against all of its predecessors, which were all 90+. There is something wrong with game reviewers this gen. If the majority of people score a game 9 or 10 and a someone else scores it 4 they should really question whether they like gaming. For me i always think of bloodborne, i hated that game and tried for hours to enjoy it. But i hated it. Despite this i would give it a good score because i appreciate why people would love it. Its just not my type of game, so the problem would be mine not the games. This is, i believe, where reviewers are failing.

[Krangs_Uncle]

I was surprised by Gears score too to be honest, looked solid.. Haven't played it personally. There is no honour in the profession anymore.

Well said though!

[Aenea]

I've never seen a perfect game in my entire life. Heck, also never seen the perfect book, movie, tv show, or basically anything. I never rate anything a 10/10 since I know there will be something someday that will be better plus there's always at least one flaw or thing I didn't like.

How can this author expect games to 'attain perfection'? And since when is an 83 metacritic a disappointment? Boggles the mind...

[SegaGamer]

It seem's like everything has to be perfect these days. People's standards are ridiculous.

[Chaos_Order]

"And since when is an 83 on metacritic considered a disappointment?"

I can't comment on TLG since I haven't played it yet, but MGSV has a 93 on MC and is considered by a large part of the fanbase to be a massive letdown and the worst MGS ever. (Which is how I feel) Then there's GTA4, a 98 on metacritic but was considered a disappointment to many fans of the series. (Myself included) So I don't think metacritic is a good indicator.

As for TLG I hope I love it, since it's been my most anticipated game for the past five years.

[Aenea]

I know, but the author talked about it as if he thinks everyone was disappointed by it, since there have been quite a few good reviews, way more than bad, it means it's not true.

It can be a disappointment to him, yes, but I feel, like I sorta mentioned above, that the author wanted it to be perfect, which is just impossible to do...

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PS. I didn't like GTA4 either and struggled with MGSV, tho will retry the latter one some day...

[MrAmazing]

After waiting 10 years for a game, it's hard not to get hyped about it. Sure there is a lot of love for it, but also a good amount of people who felt let down :( Definitely a bummer to wait that long and be disappointed by a lackluster game

[kraenk12]

The people let down by it probably didn't know what to expect from a Team Ico game. Period.

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

Exactly. As a fan of Team Ico games I am pleased with what I've got. While others expected this to be something else just because of "10years of development omg!!!"

Now that the PS4 has the maintream, you will see a lot of people not happy with this game because it is not their cup of tea, while PlayStation fans will love it just like Shadow of the Colossus and Ico

[xDealtwithIt]

Or maybe after waiting 10 years and being told the game wasnt possible on ps3 are let down because the controls and design are no different than a regular PS3 game and the fact that on the ps4 the game drops to 20 fps. Period.

[bluefox755]

But it's not lackluster. If you're judging the game based on "10 years of hype" instead of it's individual merits, that's kind of your issue.

[zaherdab]

Why is it a lacklsuter game ? did you expect it to be any different ? i played it and it's exactly what i expected and the previews showed it to be ...

[Immorals]

I'm seeing more glowing reviews for this game than anything else. If that's a 'disappointment', not bad at all for a game that went through development hell like this one!

[CernaML]

From what Ive played so far, it looks and plays EXACTLY like the games before it.

So its a goddamn masterpiece to me.

[LP-Eleven]

In all my years, I never would have thought that a game scoring 82-83 would be part of some "disappointing trend". It's sad, but also the state of current journalism. Not just video games, either.

[TKCMuzzer]

Im afraid they are not journalists, they are 'modern gamers', they don't know what they want.

[Razzer]

Yep. Just one of the thousands of wordpress blogs out there pretending to be journalists.

[kraenk12]

^^so much this!

[_-EDMIX-_]

Absolutely agreed I believe that a journalist is simply supposed to convey something not interject their opinion into such an article as if they're gospel.

That's absolutely ridiculous and overzealous. I'm sorry folks but I do not believe in "trends of disappointing games" simply because I do not believe that there was any large majority that 100% agrees on any specific game in every aspect.

If someone was disappointed with the games that released in 2016.... thats nice. That isn't newsworthy, what is simply someone so narcissistic that they believe their opinion even warrants such an article.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed.

Apparently there's this bizarre assumption that there's some game that's going to get perfect scores by every single last reviewer. Until then, DOOOOOOOM!

[StormLegend]

Where and how is TLG a disappointment? You must be talking about that crap called Dead Rising 4

[zaherdab]

I agree that TLG is not a disappointment ... just don't get the relevance of Dead Rising 4 which is a good game in its own merit but different to even put in the same sentence.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed.

I can't stand when people make irrelevant comparisons, as if all Gamers play games the same way and for the exact same reasons.

[Drizzy]

If only I still had a local rental store like blockbuster that did 5 day rentals for $6. I wouldn't need to go online and be disappointed with everyday gaming news or get hyped over stupid bs that lets us down in the end anyway.In those days I didn't look at reviews I looked at box art to determine if the game was cool or not lol in regards to TLG I would of played it had I not seen it before hand. On a side note if a game intrest you dont listen to reviews

[343_Guilty_Spark]

I'm enjoyed TLG.

[kevnb]

Shut up.

[ThatGuyDart]

83 Metacritc says differently.

[Mr Lahey]

2016 the year of tons of amazing games people complained about online..

[MRMagoo123]

or 2016 the year of the entitled whiny babies.

83 on meta calls it a disappointment ¿¿

[_-EDMIX-_]

Lol agreed

What makes me so upset is the amount of disrespect some of these Gamers have we just got two games that otherwise may have never even released.

Many Publishers would have just cancelled these games and moved on so for a game to have a wild development and to release is a testament to both of those publishers commitment.

As an older gamer I'm upset that I'm not seeing titles like the older Resident Evil Concepts I'm upset that we're not seeing anything like onimusha, I'm upset because lots of things that I took for granted years ago when I was younger I'm realizing are not making returns or may never make a return so anytime we get a year like this in gaming I'm just not going to complain, I'm just more thankful that were able to even get these games in the first place as a lot of these entitled Gamers don't realize things could have been very different for some of the titles that released.

[bluefox755]

Disappointing? It's getting many rave reviews, it's unlike any other game out there. This game is exactly what Ueda fans wanted and then some. Much like SotC and Ico, it's not for everyone, and it has it's share of flaws, but it's a special game because it's greater than the sum of it's parts. It effects you in ways that no other game does. This may not be for you, but that doesn't mean it's not exactly what people wanted.

[curtis92]

Going back and looking at a lot of games, I can safely say a lot of it's not that the games are letting us down, it's that we're letting our own collective hype get too high.