MicluxOne of the few games I played through. 7.5/10 for me.
Out of curiosity, why the low score if it’s one of the few games you finished?
7.5 is a high score, if not the best game they have ever played. A low score would be something well below average (average being 5 in this case).
Out of curiosity, what game would you say is a 5/10?
I was just scrolling through my most played on Steam and the closest one to average that I can think of is probably . It’s basically a space colony building simulator. This is the kind of game that you boot up once every 3-4 years, play through a whole colony, and then uninstall and forget about. Not bad by any means, but I wouldn’t say it’s very exceptional either. While it has some challenge scenarios and different planets with their own characteristics, the game boils down to the exact same formula once you get a self-sufficient base started, and therefore replayability is really not there. However, it has entertained me for over 100 hours in the past 8 years, so do with that information what you will.
A perfect 5 or 6 out of 10.
The issue here really is medium bias. Different mediums of entertainment have different “average” scores. It seems (i think) like things that take more time to enjoy (video games, TV) have higher baseline scores that are considered average than say a movie.
In my opinion and not based on fact, i think that school grades also impact that bias a little bit (59 or below (some 69 or below) is a failing grade). This might provide some additional basis for 50% being a below average score, in spite of it being mathematically accurate (unless the scale is 1-10).
All that being said, i don’t think most would agree that a 5/10 is average. I would be willing to bet that average for a video game would fall into the 7-7.5 range for most people. There are probably other biases at play as well, many of which i believe are impacting the scores in the first place. If i saw a game with aggregate reviews of 7.5, i would think it had major problems and may not be worth my time investment. 7.5 is almost certainly not a “high” score.
I agree, and it’s a terrible thing that has happened. Basically the result is that all reviews are either 4 or 5 stars if at all positive, and 1 star if anything went wrong, making the whole system useless.
I don’t necessarily disagree that 7.5/10 is not a very low score in general but given it’s one of the few games they’ve finished, it stood out to me.
I just finished it and was a bit underwhelmed. There is an amazing game there ruined by a lot of tangents with subpar game design. It was like they were not confident enough in their core gameplay and just kept adding mediocre noise instead of streamlining the main appeal. I just wanted to dive and run a restaurant and the game kept forcing me to do other things. Very frustrating.
NarannThanks for your review. The trailer shows many mini games. Are they the noise you are referring to?
The mini games can be a part of it. When they work they’re intuitive, quick, and immersive. But sometimes the mini games aren’t well thought out and/or not intuitive. The real problem for me is that I was 40 hours into the game and it’s not only introducing new elements but the tutorials long, uninteresting, and constant. The game just doesn’t have time to breathe.
I would say if you’re on the fence you’ll probably like it. Like I said, there IS an amazing game there. Just go in with lower expectations and you’ll have a good time.