@piecez If a soundtrack could file a restraining order on me, this one should, many times over. I think symphonic music and music in other languages is just not for everyone, much like VNs, but a lot of people do clearly get it if you look at the comments section for any of the tracks on YouTube.
@TheLegendOfDan Clearly you're not familiar with the concept of review bombing. Many of those "reviews" are by people who haven't even played the game, or only played the first hour, if that. User scores on Metacritic have a huge problem with that. I would agree that this game is probably more of a 9 or 9.5 than a 10 though.
Honestly, I don't envy Kate's position. She either pisses off fans of this VN, or breaks the internet. As for me, I take this as proof that Metascores were always an overrated metric for measuring a quality of a game, and are taken way too seriously. I'm grabbing popcorn regardless, because the amount of crying over this is quite amusing. Plus, an obscure title is getting free publicity, and I couldn't be happier.
@ArtiomNLS And simultaneously not a comparison, because I don't think it's worth even attempting to compare those two very dissimilar things. Likewise, I don't think there's a real point in trying to compare Ocarina of Time to The House in Fata Morgana. One is one of the finest action/adventure/puzzle platformer titles ever made, and the other is one of the finest visual novels.
About the only thing I can think of that ties them together, other than the fact that they are both entertainment software, is that I sometimes hum Saria's theme to this day, and nowadays, I sometimes hum Nellie's theme.
@AnnoyingFrenzy It may be more than a week. Don't forget, this is a collection that contains three VNs, not just one, plus extra side stories. Sure, there's the main game, but there's also the fantastic prequel, and...decent sequel. Not all the side stories are amazing, but there are some that are pretty great too, and it's welcome content nonetheless.
@ArtiomNLS I prefer to think of it in a different way. I love Ocarina of Time too, but it's kind of like how I love rollercoasters and gummy candy. I enjoy both for different reasons. Rollercoasters are definitely more exciting, but just because I sometimes like to enjoy gummies while watching YouTube, doesn't mean I consider gummies to be a rollercoaster killer. Both things are too dissimilar to come up with any parameters to adequately compare.
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Re: Review: The House In Fata Morgana - Brutal, Beautiful Storytelling In This 'Breath Of The Wild' Metascore Rival
@piecez If a soundtrack could file a restraining order on me, this one should, many times over. I think symphonic music and music in other languages is just not for everyone, much like VNs, but a lot of people do clearly get it if you look at the comments section for any of the tracks on YouTube.
Re: Feature: A Perfect Metascore? We Play The Switch Game "Better Than Zelda: Breath Of The Wild"
@TheLegendOfDan Clearly you're not familiar with the concept of review bombing. Many of those "reviews" are by people who haven't even played the game, or only played the first hour, if that. User scores on Metacritic have a huge problem with that.
I would agree that this game is probably more of a 9 or 9.5 than a 10 though.
Honestly, I don't envy Kate's position. She either pisses off fans of this VN, or breaks the internet. As for me, I take this as proof that Metascores were always an overrated metric for measuring a quality of a game, and are taken way too seriously. I'm grabbing popcorn regardless, because the amount of crying over this is quite amusing. Plus, an obscure title is getting free publicity, and I couldn't be happier.
Re: Feature: A Perfect Metascore? We Play The Switch Game "Better Than Zelda: Breath Of The Wild"
@ArtiomNLS And simultaneously not a comparison, because I don't think it's worth even attempting to compare those two very dissimilar things. Likewise, I don't think there's a real point in trying to compare Ocarina of Time to The House in Fata Morgana. One is one of the finest action/adventure/puzzle platformer titles ever made, and the other is one of the finest visual novels.
About the only thing I can think of that ties them together, other than the fact that they are both entertainment software, is that I sometimes hum Saria's theme to this day, and nowadays, I sometimes hum Nellie's theme.
Re: Feature: A Perfect Metascore? We Play The Switch Game "Better Than Zelda: Breath Of The Wild"
@AnnoyingFrenzy It may be more than a week. Don't forget, this is a collection that contains three VNs, not just one, plus extra side stories. Sure, there's the main game, but there's also the fantastic prequel, and...decent sequel. Not all the side stories are amazing, but there are some that are pretty great too, and it's welcome content nonetheless.
Re: Feature: A Perfect Metascore? We Play The Switch Game "Better Than Zelda: Breath Of The Wild"
@ArtiomNLS I prefer to think of it in a different way. I love Ocarina of Time too, but it's kind of like how I love rollercoasters and gummy candy. I enjoy both for different reasons. Rollercoasters are definitely more exciting, but just because I sometimes like to enjoy gummies while watching YouTube, doesn't mean I consider gummies to be a rollercoaster killer. Both things are too dissimilar to come up with any parameters to adequately compare.