Hypothotical: The game has come out and has negative reviews. What went wrong?

[Chardon]

This is just a fun thread for discussion and all just hypotheticals so let’s not read into much.

Hypothetically the game has come out and has awful reviews. What do you think the reasonings would be?

[Detroit Tigers]

Bugs, systems that don’t work right (auto-subs come to mind), underwhelming audio, underwhelming player models (especially auto-generated recruits); questionable polling logic, leading to questionable playoff models, etc.

It could happen lol. I don’t think it will though. Everything is pointing to this being *at least* a solid 7/10 with an outside shot of them hitting a grand slam with it.

[TarHeelPhenom]

Madden 06 Xbox 360 re-skin

[Dawgfan1]

Well, since most reviews are not made by hardcore sim gamers that will find all the small issues with the game...

Probably because the game is broken and has a ton of glitches and bugs. Not really sure what else at this point. A lot of the Dynasty and RTG features and systems could have major flaws in them, but that might not affect user scores too much if they aren't found and known by most players within the first week.

[noarmsduck]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dawgfan1

Well, since most reviews are not made by hardcore sim gamers that will find all the small issues with the game... Probably because the game is broken and has a ton of glitches and bugs. Not really sure what else at this point. A lot of the Dynasty and RTG features and systems could have major flaws in them, but that might not affect user scores too much if they aren't found and known by most players within the first week.

This is the most likely option. Lots of crashes, can't connect to servers, audio/visual bugs, that sort of thing. Maybe stuff like stat totals not lining up. Outside chance it's bad playoff logic like in the old NCAA games where MAC teams would routinely make the BCS title game, but c a s u a l players won't care too much about that and we won't really have a feel on that until lots of people play several years of dynasty anyways. And unfortunately most c a s u a l players don't care about the editing stuff so that won't make a dent even if it is bad.

[Funkycorm]

Reviews mean nothing. It is what the individual player thinks.

[Ghost Of The Year]

Quote: Originally Posted by Funkycorm

Reviews mean nothing. It is what the individual player thinks.

Yeah, I'm not concerned if it doesn't live up to others expectations, it just needs to live up to mine.

[Detroit Tigers]

Quote: Originally Posted by Funkycorm

Reviews mean nothing. It is what the individual player thinks.

Undeniably true. However, if this game debuts with a 32 metacritic and a 1.9 user score, it will mean quite a bit. Certainly in the spirit of what the OP is asking.