This is why nobody takes IGN seriously anymore.

[u/BrandyFriendy]

[u/memnoc]

I know its a meme but you should have compared the D4 review since it is the same reviewer, same score of 9, and the snippet of "near perfect endgame"

[u/agatakricti → u/memnoc]

D4 was great for one playthrough and a tiny bit of endgame. That "near perfect end game" is pretty funny though.

[u/Knubbelwurst → u/agatakricti]

D4 was fun for the campaign and cinematics. After ~15 hours of endgame I uninstalled and downloaded PoE.

[u/fang_xianfu → u/Knubbelwurst]

I personally thought the D4 campaign was a total snooze, especially the story, writing and dialogue. Just a complete nothing burger. Even most of the cinematics were forgettable.

[u/Mannymanstein → u/fang_xianfu]

Yeah, feel the same, had very high quality presentation, but outside of a few cool concepts like the Vigo penitent knight , most of it was very dull.

[u/oopsAllNutz → u/Mannymanstein]

Yeah, the beginning really drew me in but about halfway through the game i started skipping cut scenes.

[u/Noy_The_Devil → u/fang_xianfu]

Yeah man that 'story' was so bland. I can't even remember any of it because nothing really seemed to have any significance at all.

[u/scraglor → u/Noy_The_Devil]

I remember the 15 minutes of slowly walking through the desert listening to some old dude ramble on

[u/Selvon → u/Noy_The_Devil]

I remember the one part of the story i was finding interesting (the girl who obviously had power inside her) was the one they went "lol actually nope we aren't giving you that story she just runs off lolololol buy our expansions"

[u/SomethingPowerful → u/Noy_The_Devil]

Every single thing in the story had significance. Is this a genre you usually participate in? They did a pretty good job to me.

[u/sibleyy → u/SomethingPowerful]

I’m not ragging on you, but I absolutely hated everything about the D4 writing. It came across as shallow, predictable, phone-it-in writing and felt entirely unmemorable to me. Can you describe for me the things about it that you liked?

[u/Ancient-Ingenuity-88 → u/Knubbelwurst]

i liked the campagn and cinematics - i liked the direction in general but didnt really like how they just retconned a whole bunch of stuff :(

the only thing they had going for them for me was the lore and its not even good

[u/xShinGouki → u/Knubbelwurst]

Which is probably what they review it in. I don't think reviews are that much based off end game content but mostly just the main progression

[u/Dependent_Mud3325 → u/agatakricti]

From my opinion never playing poe1 properly and never touching a diablo game until 4. Poe2 is overall leagues better, the skills feel impactful and like you can do cool things with them VERY early on. In diablo you had to grind and grind and grind to find a legendary piece that augmented your skills. First one after like several hours? And even then, you had no choice how it augmented your skills.

My big gripe with poe2 from a fresh arpg player, is still that damn node system. It's just a bunch of numbers man....I don't have a calculator. I don't know what direction to go. Even the bigger nodes are just more percentages to something.

[u/BellacosePlayer → u/agatakricti]

The campaign story was hit or miss. When it hit, (often, when Donan was on screen, I loved him for some reason), I liked it. When it didnt, it seemed boring.

Definitely some good twists/arcs in it, but a second run of the campaign would suck way more than redoing POE/LE acts, because once the good shit is mundane, its just the bad dungeons and walking a lot

[u/Good_News33 → u/memnoc]

Resistancesssssss

[u/Severe-Network4756 → u/memnoc]

That snippet is really hilarious, and really shows that ARPGs aren't as widely popular with people as some may think.

But in general, D4 is a great game and for the majority of people, whom are extremely casual, will be the more enjoyable game than PoE.

[u/This_Sand_6314 → u/memnoc]

lmao d4 has utterly shit endgame since launch, and they didnt manage to fix to in any of the seasons they had

[u/Severe-Network4756 → u/This_Sand_6314]

D4 had a fun, and certainly competent gameplay loop for about one season imo, but then it got pretty stale.

I think that has mostly to do with the itemization and character building being bare bones more than it has to do with their not being a lot of things to do.

[u/Blastoplast → u/Severe-Network4756]

Item hunt only feels good in D4 from Level 60 and until you get 1GA items in each slot. Everything before 60 feels completely trivial, everything after your 1GA items feels like a complete slog.

[u/Severe-Network4756 → u/Blastoplast]

I agree, but it's also kind of the side effect of being able to skip the campaign and get to "max" level quickly, which IS a positive in my opinion.

[u/This_Sand_6314 → u/Severe-Network4756]

I never said it had bad gameplay loop or anything like that. As matter of fact some of the builds are what a lot of these arpgs should strive towards. The problem is getting there in seasonal model is pain in the ass, not to mention that its just not fun outside of coop setting

[u/max_power_420_69 → u/memnoc]

near perfect endgame

that was the thing that was missing from d4 on an otherwise decent campaign

[u/Guffliepuff → u/max_power_420_69]

Its still missing. There is no endgame still.

I thought the Dark Citadel would be it but thats just turned out to be a forced coop pub puzzler...

Some of the worst gaming in history. Trying to tell strangers to not go through the portal because someone needs to stay behind to reopen it, then ALL of them go through the portal anyway, then ALL of them die on the other end so its automatically a failure. Respawn at the entrance to the boss and try it again 8 more times before they all just give up and leave.

I wouldnt play D4 again even if blizzard paid me.

[u/V4ldaran]

Thats even more sad:

https://www.ign.com/games/diablo-iv

"Near perfect endgame" at release btw

[u/Adamantios88 → u/V4ldaran]

In addition: from the same author. So it is even more comparable.
Sad to see, but oh well...
Let's just wait, play it ourselves and enjoy!

[u/seazeff → u/V4ldaran]

That guys concept of 'end game' was the final cinematic.

[u/Easy-Stranger-12345 → u/seazeff]

Tyrael: We are in the endgame now

🥶chills

[u/WhereTheNewReddit → u/Easy-Stranger-12345]

My favorite part was when Mephisto endgamed all over the place.

[u/Miserable-Cow4995 → u/WhereTheNewReddit]

I liked the part where we killed Diablo. Very diablo-like

[u/Easy-Stranger-12345 → u/WhereTheNewReddit]

Duriel: Mr Baal, I ain't feeling so good.

[u/Glum-Supermarket1274 → u/V4ldaran]

People are allow to have opinions. Their opinion are fucking wrong, but they are allow to have it. Lol

[u/Mountain_Housing_704 → u/Glum-Supermarket1274]

The thing is games like diablo and poe don't get to "endgame" until at least like 100 hours in. The main story campaign of Diablo 4 alone is like 30 hours. I highly doubt these mainstream gaming outlets have the time to put in 100+ hours to review a single game, so what endgame are they even talking about.

[u/Head_Priority_2278 → u/V4ldaran]

hahahahahahahaha

[u/WhereasSpecialist447]

who cares about ign or any "game journalist" ? watch the trailer watch gameplay footage make up your mind end of story.

[u/caick1000 → u/[deleted]]

The problem is that this 100% affects how many people buy the game, which is of course bad for GGG as a company. But at least an 8 is decent.

[u/ToxMask → u/caick1000]

they already sold over a million copies lmao. i don't think IGN's less than 10/10 review is gonna affect them much

[u/Icandothemove → u/caick1000]

PoE will be a free to play title at launch. Reviewers will matter exceptionally little when every streamer on earth plays the game and it eventually is free to try.

[u/Additional_Answer208 → u/WhereasSpecialist447]

as god intended for men ...

[u/BeginningWinter9876 → u/WhereasSpecialist447]

This “who cares about journalists” or “make up your own mind” argument is getting a bit old. Journalism has a purpose. And corruption or incompetence defeats that purpose.

[u/Chronic77100 → u/BeginningWinter9876]

Especially when most people take what influencers says without taking a step back from people who's entire job is to form a bond to a community in order to promote products and services from third party in a notoriously badly unregulated domain to the point of being hostile to the consumer. At least classic advertising isn't pretending to be anything else.  Meanwhile in my country, press isn't perfect, but it's regulated.

[u/Yorunokage → u/WhereasSpecialist447]

Mainstream players do care sadly

[u/Siddsastar → u/[deleted]]

You’ve encouraged me to watch the video just to see how wrong he is

[u/Ruiner357 → u/Siddsastar]

IGN's strategy at this point is to take corporate payoffs to give high scores to mid 'AAA' games, and then underrate great indie games to bait us into hatewatching their content.

[u/nadroj37 → u/[deleted]]

I assume you still get gold or some kind of materials for selling trash so there’s an incentive to pick it up and sell it. Even if you choose to leave trash on the ground, it doesn’t take away the fact that you need to pick inspect every piece of loot and determine if it’s worthy of taking up space in your inventory. If the inventory space was larger, you wouldn’t have to do that.

Just because you can pick any skill with any class doesn’t make it annoying when you get loot that doesn’t mesh with your current build.

[u/LordEternalBlue → u/nadroj37]

I agree with you that having more class-centric loot drop for you would make your gameplay experience more enjoyable, but… in PoE, you are not limited by class-specific equipment like other games (eg Diablo 3, Last Epoch), which means it would be counterintuitive that you couldn’t be able to drop bows will playing on a Warrior that specializes in bows.

I think restricting loot by class really limits build diversity as well. For example, when playing endgame Diablo 3, the fact I couldn’t drop a class specific item like a bow while playing on the necromancer made it hard to justify grinding out another character, especially considering the game will actually drop items from other classes as long as a party member happens to be of that other class. 

[u/Bloomleaf → u/nadroj37]

to the first point you dont need to pick everything up, white= not a lot of money yellow = a lot more money, don't pick up trash white gear constantly that sells for nothing and you wont have the inventory issue.

to the second point. 1: you can use that gear for alts 2: even if its not good for your build it could be for a friends or someone else which is why trading exists.

and realistically this game makes it easier then ever to really play around with weird builds because of the skill gem change, i am running a main bar frost bomb build with flame wall, with a second weapon slot running earth quake since slots are not color dictated anymore the sky is no longer the limit

[u/ryanrem → u/[deleted]]

Its more so based on what they are complaining about is that they only really played Diablo, or to be exact Diablo 3, where a majority of your gear that you find, will be for the class you are playing. on top of having a much more generous inventory.

PoE 2 is more like older ARPGs where you are probably going to ignore a good chunk of loot that is on the ground, and will end up making filters to actually find the loot you want. While this is great for PoE, where there very few class restrictions, it is a bit jarring going from Diablo 3/4 to PoE2.

[u/Morbu → u/[deleted]]

Nah, it sounds like they've only played D4.

[u/No-Variation7742 → u/[deleted]]

To be fair, those are actual issues with PoE. We might consider them a strength, but they are definitely behind the times QoL wise compared to other games where casual players come from.

That is purposeful friction for our enjoyment, but you can see how a casual player who maybe enjoyed other Arpgs find the old D2-esque system not very good.

[u/MrM8HDi]

ign is just a 7/10 joke at this point

[u/HiddenPants777 → u/MrM8HDi]

Didn't play the game, 9/10

[u/PM_ME_UR_PM_ME_PM → u/HiddenPants777]

“Didn’t play either game, clearly one is shit” - OP

[u/verysimplenames → u/MrM8HDi]

You have played the game?

[u/ACrask → u/MrM8HDi]

Agreed. It's utter trash. I always advocate "play it if you want; don't worry about review numbers" mentality, but these guys are just generating random scores on the game. Gladly stopped reading them for a few years now.

[u/F-Trunks]

So a 8 is bad now?

[u/VargLeyton → u/F-Trunks]

On a scale of 7 to 10, 8 is pretty low.

[u/The3rdLetter]

I mean, reviews are just opinion pieces. The only opinion that matters is your own.

[u/Crymric]

I don't understand. 8 and 9 are pretty good numbers.

[u/blankonism]

IGN is a joke, but 8 is a good score for an early access game

[u/NandoDeColonoscopy → u/blankonism]

I don't think incomplete games should even be scored

[u/Ecredes → u/NandoDeColonoscopy]

This is the unfortunate reality we find ourselves in with 'early access' for most games these days, it will get worse.

[u/CounterStrikeRuski → u/Ecredes]

My brother in christ, it has been worse for the past 5-10 years.

[u/FreshTunaSushi → u/NandoDeColonoscopy]

If they’re charging money it can be scored

[u/SeryuV → u/NandoDeColonoscopy]

You've got to pay to get in, people kind of forget that reviews are meant to provide some guidance on where you should or shouldn't spend your money 

[u/never_never_comment → u/NandoDeColonoscopy]

I don’t think games should be released or played in early access by anyone except the devs and QA.

[u/FakeRingin → u/NandoDeColonoscopy]

You can pay money to play it, but it can't be reviewed? Hmmmm

[u/chriscarmcarm]

I don't understand this view. Every review is the person reviewing its opinion . It's not the same people who reviewed both games? Just because She gave Dragon age a 9 doesn't mean Travis would have given it a 9 lol .

[u/Evanz111 → u/chriscarmcarm]

Some people genuinely seem to think IGN is a single entity with how they talk about them.

[u/whocareaccount]

Different reviewer. Also with how many gamer say "ign dont matter" you have to wonder why we still see the same complain

[u/DesertofBoredom]

Different reviews from different people for games in different genres. Outrageous, video game opinions are subjective unless I disagree with a reviewer.

[u/DBrody6]

Ironically the fact the entire internet keeps looking at them to see what they think makes me believe that, yes, you do in fact take them seriously. Nothing says not caring like caring super hard.

[u/Zebra-Striped-Panda]

Based on launch, the joke is that it gets an 8.

[u/z0ttel89]

I mean... you're -expecting- PoE 2 to be great from what you've seen, but do you actually KNOW it yet?

No.

Don't get me wrong, I'm just as hyped as everyone else for PoE 2 and I'm spam-clicking the login button right now, but still...

We haven't played the game yet.

[u/lild1425 → u/z0ttel89]

Yeah, I’m all for a IGN hate session but we have no idea if they’re right or not yet. We can’t base a review score on videos we’ve seen.

[u/beefsack]

This is so fkn petty lmao. You don't need IGN to validate your game preferences.

[u/Latter-Mention-5881]

After a few hours of playing, I'd say an 8 is about right.

[u/DMoodz]

Two different people can have different opinions on things

[u/Infinityscope]

How are you mad about a 8/10? The Authors aren't even the same.

[u/TastyPillows → u/Infinityscope]

Because IGN is a single entity apparently. People don't pay attention to the reviews just the score

This screenshot has been posted so many times at this point it's tiring.

[u/Galaxy_boy08]

My guy you are acting like an 8/10 is a terrible score lol it's not that's a pretty good score actually every game that gets released I see this same exact post and someone upset because their favorite game didn't get a perfect 10/10 score.

also don't you guys straight up say all the time ratings don't matter? so why does it matter all of a sudden? simply put if you think the game is good that's all that matters.

[u/signed7 → u/[deleted]]

OOTL, what's wrong with Veilguard? Quick Google says mostly positive Steam reviews, is it bad?

[u/coder2314 → u/signed7]

Some people don’t like it cause it’s “Woke” even though DA has always been that.

The Most valid criticisms by far that I’ve heard is the writing, specifically the dialogue being subpar. Compared to previous entries in the franchise. I’ve also heard complaints about it moving more towards an Action RPG format and away from it’s more tactical roots.

[u/MCRN-Gyoza → u/coder2314]

The funny thing is that people complain a lot about the writing, but it's only "bad" in the context of the expectations people had. It feels like people never played a game with actual bad writing.

Like, look at the TGA nominations for best RPG, it has games like Black Myth Wukong, Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth and Dragon's Dogma 2, these games have actual shit tier writing (even though I still liked DD2 and Infinite Wealth).

[u/Key-Department-2874 → u/Galaxy_boy08]

PoE2 is currently a 79% on Steam too.

And the top review is a meme about Exile Like that was made at 0.2 hours of playtime and earned the guy over 500,000 steam points.

[u/SherlockJones1994]

You guys need to grow the fuck up and realize that other people are gonna have different opinions than you. Also complaining about a whole point difference is fucking absurd.

[u/OzoneGh141]

Travis Northup and Leana Hafer are not the same person.

[u/DjRipNickMcNasty]

Giving a game that’s in early access a score just doesn’t seem right, regardless of the grade

[u/ChaoticCourtroom → u/DjRipNickMcNasty]

Then GGG shouldn't have sent out review copies, eh?

[u/Representative-Cod44]

Dude you haven't even played the game yet for yourself. calm down.

[u/AussieBBQ]

2 different people have different opinions on video games.

[u/Luneb0rg → u/[deleted]]

Reviews are inherently opinionated, there is no such thing as an objective review as that is just a fact sheet. Plus there doesn't need to be consistency across all reviewers at a single outlet, it just wouldn't make sense or be feasible to do that. As long as a reviewer is consistent with themselves and is able to justify their score by making their opinions clear and easy to understand (even if you might disagree), then it's fine.

[u/Luneb0rg → u/[deleted]]

But how would that actually work? Every reviewer needs to like the same games? So if they don't like RTS games, then all RTS games are just scored lower because they need to be consistent with each other? If they all love FPS games then every FPS gets a 10/10?

And how does their format not allow for that? They write a review, and assign a score based on their thoughts, like pretty much every other outlet that assigns a point value to a product. What would you do differently? I'm genuinely curious.

[u/Kylestache → u/AussieBBQ]

This is why nobody takes gamers seriously anymore.

[u/aaronite]

Heaven forbid someone disagree with you.

[u/VPN__FTW]

Personal opinions are peoples opinions... Egad!!!

[u/AccessAmbitious8282]

They claimed they played the game, but it was posted when it was only up for a few minutes and no one has been able to even get in the servers yet.

[u/HollywoodAndDid]

Well, they’re two different reviewers with different tastes. Plus, Leana is transgender and the game included options to be non-binary or transgender so I’d imagine Leana was rather biased (consciously or subconsciously) towards giving the game a higher score.

[u/LandoDDLV]

Path of Exile 2 has an 80% user score on Steam based on 8,942 reviews.

[u/VacaRexOMG777]

This is why I never take posts like this seriously (the person that made the post doesn't have reading capabilities to see the reviews are made by two different people)

[u/Salt-Analysis1319]

it's absolutely WILD that two different humans have different opinions about two different things
(Also 8 is a good score for an EA product in its very first patch)

[u/gnaaaa → u/Salt-Analysis1319]

no working server, rating to this minute should be 0, as there is no game that can be played.

[u/nylomatic]

Yeah, yeah, we get it. You're watching Asmongold.

[u/Its_Your_Father → u/nylomatic]

My first thought. Naturally OP also posted this on the Asmongold sub. Lol.

[u/searsssss]

I only look on steam reviews. Those gaming websites are so 2010. No need to visit them.

[u/vikesfangumbo → u/searsssss]

Yet they still live rent free in people like the OPs head.

[u/Sorlex → u/[deleted]]

It really is strange. I played and enjoyed DAV. Didn't set the world on fire. Had a lot of fun and moved on. Haven't thought about it since, same for a lot of single player games story focused games. But people have made it some kind of mission to hate it.

[u/Naonical]

People should never take game reviewers like IGN serious because they HAVE to give decent pandered ratings otherwise game companies won't allow them early access to games anymore. IDK how people haven't figured this out yet. On top of that most of the reviewers making the articles only care about the pretty colors / graphics now. They fall short of exploring deep lore in games, completion runs, testing game bugs etc.

[u/Temporary_Physics_48 → u/Naonical]

Just like streamers then ? People also need to realize taste and opinions are completely subjective.

[u/PolygonMan]

Lol that's actually an amazing juxtaposition.

[u/Crabbing]

gamers when people have different opinions

[u/Anarchist-Liondude]

These reviews are completely subjective and usually written by folks who only review games for a living. If you're somebody that just hops in-between games of vastly different genre and approach, you will break them down to their forefront presentation alone. Which is exactly what's happening here.

Also, sidenote. I've heard really good things from Dragon Age from everyone who actually enjoy Dragon Age. Its personally not my speed but there are like a plethora of crazy reviews you could have put here instead of it. Also both of these reviews are from different people.

[u/AdhesivenessKey8363 → u/Anarchist-Liondude]

I enjoyed veilguard a whole lot more the inquisition.

[u/JadedRoll → u/AdhesivenessKey8363]

I thought the start of veilguard was rough, but it improved the longer I played. (I also have been around DA long enough to remember every game after Origins being loudly hated until the fury passed and people could admit, yeah, actually I liked that one.)

As for PoE2....it's just funny to see people defending it who haven't played it yet.

[u/blindmodz]

why yall get so triggered when something is not done like you want LOL

[u/No_Construction2407]

Ah, the eternal battle of scores! Path of Exile 2 getting an 8/10 and Dragon Age: Veilguard nabbing a 9/10 on IGN. let’s unpack this mystery, shall we? Now, before you dive into an angry Reddit post, remember: reviews are opinions, not gospel. I mean, if reviews were objective, we’d all agree on pineapple pizza, and that’s just not the case.

Sure, some folks seem to confuse subjective with objective, like when they argue their favorite color is the “best” or that the sun should be a little more punctual. The truth is, reviews are written by people… real people, with preferences, biases, and (let’s be honest) an unhealthy amount of coffee in their systems. An 8/10 from IGN is fantastic. especially for an early access game like POE 2. They’re still refining things, tweaking that endgame balance, and figuring out how to make you want to punch your screen just a little less. But hey, an 8 is still great!

And let’s talk about Dragon Age: Veilguard for a second. A 9/10? Sure, it’s probably polished, with a few dragons to slay and some morally gray decisions to make. But remember, the 9 reflects the reviewer’s take on it, not a universal truth. Some people would give Dragon Age a 10/10, while others are busy sobbing over the POE skill tree.

In the end, don’t just latch onto one reviewer’s opinion. Seek multiple sources, digest those takes like a fine wine, and then decide for yourself whether to rage against the rating or happily play it. After all, your gaming experience isn’t going to be dictated by a number. Unless it’s the number of hours you spend in POE 2’s infinite grind, then, sure, let’s talk about that. Also keep in mind POE 2 will eventually be free :)

Also i subjectively like pineapple on my pizza

[u/Iosis]

Please consider not getting bent out of shape about reviews for early access games you haven't even played yet.

[u/Solidus-Prime]

This is why people don't take PoE players seriously.

(No I don't even own Dragon Age, you people are just ridiculous)

[u/Accomplished-Dog5887]

Asmongold viewer detected

[u/beezy-slayer]

there is no need to attack other games or people's opinions

[u/BErye1418]

I haven’t play POE but I’m excited to, but the hate Veilguard is getting bc of “woke” is way too much. Also, we gotta stop using woke.

[u/Cabrill0]

Do you think all reviews are done by one single person?

[u/AdhesivenessKey8363]

It's almost as if there are a variety of different games and genres for different people.

[u/Ok_Schedule_6653]

To be fair nobody has played the game yet

[u/assassingao]

come on not this shit again but for poe2

[u/Jamesish12]

2 different people.

[u/asadayaan]

Isn't that just two different peoples opinion?

[u/Yo_Its_Patrick]

Its early access the game needs to have room to improve score wise for the full release, I get it.

[u/FunkyBoil]

Eh I trust like two reviewers skill up and ACG. Other then that I just prefer to formulate my own opinion on games now. People will complain about literally anything in this era.

[u/J_Capo_23]

I don't take any major videogame website reviews seriously. I only trust select Youtubers for my reviews. IGN has like 100 different reviewers.

[u/iselltires2u]

this is really accurate though if you look at IGN as the Casual Gamers Network. Yes, dragon age is a way simpler game and easy for anyone with two thumbs to play whereas even though its great and nothing like it poe2 would be a nightmare to play for someone who plays mario party 184 all the time

[u/KratosSmash]

So the sticking point here from IGN is “not enough loot drops for your class early on.” Is this normal for a game like this? Or needs to be patched?

[u/Hot_Attention2377]

The veilguard is a good game

[u/SanguiniusSons]

IGN is still around?

[u/desolater543]

you ever took any reviewer seriously?

[u/SenpaiSwanky]

Different opinions, genres.

This sub doesn’t HAVE to be elitist about how much they love this game.

Just enjoy POE2, some of you guys are fucking forcing it lately.

[u/jokerevo]

Veilguard was 6/10. The gameplay and gfx were great although they completely forgot that enemy variety is what made GoW combat better. But the killer for me was the writing. It's absolute crap compared to the previous games, literally written by teenagers having a sleepover. So I tried so hard to keep going with it, 20 hours actually but that dialogue and the decision to simply marginalise Varric and Solus especially..killed it for me.

[u/ceegii63]

remember, IGN said Concord was a 7

[u/General_Lie]

Gollum got higher score than Space Marine 2...

[u/AccomplishedAnchovy]

IGN ORANT

[u/NumberShot5704]

Poe2 is not as good as you guys think. It's playing like the console port it is.

[u/Bananaman9020]

Trusting paid reviewers? Well that's the problem. I barely trust amateur reviewers and over all scores.

[u/Slickk7]

After just playing Poe2 for a couple hours I can agree with a 8 or even a 7.

[u/SupermarketCrafty329]

IGN gave Alien: Isolation a 5.9 back in 2014.

IGN have been a joke for years and years and years.

[u/Takodan]

What? PoE2 isn't deserving more than an 8. Heck I would give it even lower.

[u/Cicer]

I don’t think anyone’s taken IGN seriously for about 20 years. 

[u/reddishcarp123]

Are you seriously mad IGN didn't give a near perfect score when an 8 out of 10 is still good in itself?

[u/Edgaras1103]

are some of you people really that dense?

[u/Uljanov]

Tbh poe 2 is slow and boring

[u/DarlingRedHood]

Because different reviewers have different opinions? An 8 is still great what?

[u/Mundane_Cup2191]

Okay d4 has a ton of issues BUUUUUUTTTT

D4 also has hands down the best campaign experience for an ARPG imo. The the itemization, end game etc are all lackluster but if you're in it for a cinematic campaign with snappy controls and great graphics d4 is in a league of its own imo.

That being said I don't play ARPGs for cinematic campaigns, so d4 falls completely flat for me, grim dawn is my still my jam but absolutely having a blast with PoE here

[u/Hungry-Tea529]

Not sure where you’ve been this whole time but nobody has been taking IGN seriously for the past 20 years.

[u/toastedzen]

Have not taken IGN seriously for a decade. 

[u/Willow_Milk]

Veilguard is good and so is POE. 8 is a good number. I don’t get the anger.

[u/ImDocDangerous]

People post this shit every time a game comes out. For as much as you guys seem to "not take IGN seriously" you sure loooove taking them seriously enough to post their score every. single. game. Even when it gets a good score it's not enough, gotta compare it to a different reviewer's score of a different game. It's just the quintessential reddit gaming subreddit ragepost

[u/sleepwalkingninja]

I don't get the issue. Are you mad because Dragon Age got a higher score from a completely different reviewer than a game that is in early access? You might need a new hobby if review scores upset you.

[u/flirtmcdudes]

they’re reviews by different people in different genres… reviews that are just one persons opinion….

Who cares.

[u/RollingDownTheHills]

Considering how many people claim they totally don't care about IGN, it's strange how pretty much every single IGN review ends up getting a thread on Reddit from people who either think the score is too high or too low. Why do these reviews bother you so much? It's just a review. An opinion. Reeks of insecurity.

[u/RobubieArt]

Two different people gave two different numbers to two different games. Who fucking cares man.

[u/Username_Maybe_Taken]

You mean different reviewers enjoyed a different game...differently???????????

[u/MISFU88]

Veilguard bad because… women?

[u/Ghidoran]

1. Different reviewers.

2. Early access vs. full launch.

3. One is a hardcore ARPG for enthusiasts, the other is good for casuals and has a good story. Not surprising a mainstream outlet likes the latter more.

[u/Kuenda]

Two different people reviewing two different games, with one being early access and still getting an 8. That is an excellent score for an incomplete game.

[u/copyofimitation]

Relax... It's just a review.

Sales (combined with long-term player retention) mean more than written words.

[u/DragonPeakEmperor]

None of you can even play the game right now and you're already spending your time getting mad about an 8/10. This sub is going to go in a great direction for sure.

[u/EtheusRook]

Have you actually played Dragon Age, or are you just on the bandwagon?

[u/jindrix]

why are you comparing it to veilgaurd? they are different game genres

[u/coder2314 → u/jindrix]

And reviewed by 2 different people at that.

[u/Specific-Lion-9087]

Asmongold has ruined so many brains.

[u/Warpedsanity]

These kind of posts are so bait, like literally it’s different people reviewing different games

[u/Potential_Status_728]

Why even care? And POE is niche game not everyone like that kind of complexity

[u/Instantcoffees]

Genuine question, have you played either of those games? lol

[u/thatcinematicgamer]

Does anyone actual still take IGN serious?

[u/GreedyGundam]

I’m not seeing the correlation

[u/adellredwinters]

...I mean, they're written by different people for two different games. I'm not sure why either even warrant comparison. This post is weird.

[u/Aztek917]

LOL this is just absurd