From a comment it seems like he may have mistook a feature for a bug.

mistercrayon wrote:

From a comment it seems like he may have mistook a feature for a bug.

Spoiler:

I.e. His save got deleted.

Even the dude at ign who had their prey save corrupt only gave it a 4. It's madness

It's completely ridiculous.

Please leonardo da Vinci please adjust the smile so I can enjoy it without having to use my own brain to perceive nuance.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Instead of asking in the Hellblade thread, I'll put this here.  I've noticed Eurogamer seem to be considered a decent source for reviews these days, is that generally the case?  I've lost track of which websites/mags are considered reliable as I mostly read a random good and bad review from Metacritic links.  Destructoid for example - I have no idea, but I've noticed they're a little more restrained than most in terms of scoring.  Which of the names that appear on Metacritic are considered worth reading?  Subjective, obviously, but it'd be nice to know what people like.

As Tempy says:

Tempy wrote:

Read the reviewer not the site.

But, yeah, if you wanted specific sites and stuff then, sure, Eurogamer are generally solid and have been for a while, but it's worth checking author as it will give you an inkling of how your tastes match.

Destructoid are fine for Jap nerd shit, generally - Atlus games, niche side scrollers, Souls etc. Their whole fanbase is full of people who discuss who is best waifu and all that shit, so they have their uses, but I'm not a regular there unless there's something Persona related.

ACG on YouTube tends to be worthwhile in that he actually discusses stuff like audiowork. He does that annoying thing where games are broken into their component parts - audio, visuals etc - but just about gets away with it because the guy actually knows his shit.

Easy Allies - also on YouTube - are ex-gamestrailers guys. Which means they're hype prone and basically a video-based IGN. But I tend to check their stuff as it's relatively free of cynicism and they have The Last Guardian GOTY, so I know our tastes often align.

But yeah - if you can find writers you like, follow them rather than the site.

Always liked Edge and find myself aligned with their views and reviews, still do, but they Souls wankery is getting way too annoying

hylian_elf wrote:

Always liked Edge and find myself aligned with their views and reviews, still do, but they Souls wankery is getting way too annoying

The review section has gone from being first ready to maybe read after a glance at the scores.

regmcfly wrote:

1/10 for Hellblade suggests dude was after the Metacriticclick.

Having seen that video (but not the original review which has been pulled), he encountered a situation where the game autosaved in a position where he could no longer progress because he hadn't picked something up, but could no longer go back to get that item.

That doesn't sound like a feature to me, that sounds like a gamebreaking bug.

That you seem to be ok with that seems the worse thing to me.

Eurogamer and RPS for me.

Which was my point

monkey wrote:

His output seems to be a cycle of creating controversy and then reacting to it.

Yes. Sometimes it's very very funny, but as I said, never reliable.

Fuck man, those DOS games back in the day must have been SHIIIIITTTT.

And also Portal 2. That crashed on me on PC - got completely stuck and couldn't get out of a wall.

Sterling belongs to that school of internet buffoonery that resembles a child's drawing of a dinosaur going RAAARR!

Yup.

#teamyoss