IGN review wrong... 5.5

[Fiancee]

IGN's review is pretty accurate. Once you take out the super fanboys, and MMO gurus. The middle of the road is left and so far with all the issues that this game had since release, from bugs, servers, content, bad patches, pvp, bad interface, no communication with other player, and the list goes on. I am surprised so many people defend the game as much as they do.

And the real money is the middle of the road gamers. And those are the ones that read the reviews.

Are you're still here AFTER 1 month.. and playing, so you are one of us buddy.

This has been debated here alot, Ive taken a look into it, and I really think IGN just wanted to creat some provocation. They sure succeed as everyone opened one thread. I hope that guy who reviewed it gets fired but Im hoping too much I know.

[froman]

NOTE:This is a bit of a "Soapbox", and I am not challenging anyone else's opinion here.

I agree that a 5.5 rating is a bit low for the game I am playing "at this time".

You may have noticed that prior to when Defiance was released, there were no reviews to be found regarding this game. My theory is, the reviewing media was slightly butt hurt by the fact they did not get early access to review the game(a huge privilege, for those in that position), and the game they reviewed upon release was plagued by bugs and online prohibitive server issues(I was there on day one).

But thinking back to the first week of release... a 5.5 is actually quite generous. I do feel that now the game is much better now and as bugs and stability are improved(adding note, I was dropped from the server about 5 times yesterday), and DLC (providing it has quality content) is released, The potential to be an excellent game is there.

Many people have commented that defiance was released while still in a "beta" state. In hindsight, it's easy to debate to that end. I agree with them. It seems maybe television network pressure required the games release, to coincide with the show, in an unready state.

With the ability to update "daily", and release "substantial updates" every few few weeks(almost unheard of thru xbox live system),
the possibility of a prosperous and enjoyable future for everyone exist.

The Fro hangs low... See ya on the road.

[Thanx4tehfish]

Are you're still here AFTER 1 month.. and playing, so you are one of us buddy.

This has been debated here alot, Ive taken a look into it, and I really think IGN just wanted to creat some provocation. They sure succeed as everyone opened one thread. I hope that guy who reviewed it gets fired but Im hoping too much I know.

Uhh if they were looking to get a rise out of people their review would be way higher or lower than the other publication's reviews. But it isn't

[Ozzalin]

IGN's review is pretty accurate. Once you take out the super fanboys, and MMO gurus. The middle of the road is left and so far with all the issues that this game had since release, from bugs, servers, content, bad patches, pvp, bad interface, no communication with other player, and the list goes on. I am surprised so many people defend the game as much as they do.

And the real money is the middle of the road gamers. And those are the ones that read the reviews.

100% TRUE.
IGN gave a very fair score as for the state of the game SO FAR, by the way.
Which is not even half completed, bugged as hell with same bugs since Alpha testing, content after storyline that is almost non existing and the smallest world map ever created for an mmo.

Keep in mind that most of every other review sites gave a low to average score as well.
And they are right, that is why i am playing something else myself until the devs here will decide to do something for this game which, by the way was in development since 2008 sadly...

Making us wondering, where is all the stuff they worked on and showed us for the last 5 years

[Darth Sully]

I am surprised that so many people agree with the 5.5 rating and are still on the Defiance forums and are still playing it?

[ghostercon]

I am surprised that so many people agree with the 5.5 rating and are still on the Defiance forums and are still playing it?

Lack of alternatives, specially sci-fi ones..

[abakai]

5.5 is just an opinion.
It is my opinion that this game is a 9 because I have been playing 5-8 hours every day since launch and the only bug I have experienced is losing one weapon one time. Other than that I have had no problems with the game and have enjoyed playing it.
It is also my opinion that all critics are bottom feeding scum and should be rounded up and put on an island somewhere where the only people they can try and force there opinion on are other self indulgent morons.

[DaMaJaDiZ]

I am surprised that so many people agree with the 5.5 rating and are still on the Defiance forums and are still playing it?

You keep trotting out the score as if it means something. What was written in the body of the review was accurate, and is exactly what I've told others about the game myself.
IGN didn't score it out of bounds from other publications, and many players agree with the issues. The point being that these issues will hopefully be addressed and we get a better game in the process.
Also, just because a person can be objective about the faults in a game, doesn't mean that they don't enjoy playing it. The two are not mutually exclusive.

[kirbs562]

100% TRUE.
IGN gave a very fair score as for the state of the game SO FAR, by the way.
Which is not even half completed, bugged as hell with same bugs since Alpha testing, content after storyline that is almost non existing and the smallest world map ever created for an mmo.

Keep in mind that most of every other review sites gave a low to average score as well.
And they are right, that is why i am playing something else myself until the devs here will decide to do something for this game which, by the way was in development since 2008 sadly...

Making us wondering, where is all the stuff they worked on and showed us for the last 5 years

Completely agree. The game still needs work to bring it above the 5.5 rating. Not saying it is not a good game just stating the facts. With that said, the game does have some good potential and I personally expect it to reach it at some point.

FYI, just because some of us agree with the rating does not mean we hate the game. I play it and enjoy it, but I am also not blind. I can see the obvious needs the game still needs to make it a whole lot better.

[Ozzalin]

I am surprised that so many people agree with the 5.5 rating and are still on the Defiance forums and are still playing it?

Don't be surprised my friend, it is because everyone WANTS to love Defiance, we have been here since Alpha or Beta, we bought 200$ packs or 99$ digitals, or even just the regular game, and honestly so far this should have been a $29.99 steam title, as regarding the content to be honest.

We are following the TV series, we all saw the videos, the dev diaries, the live streams and what they showed us this game would be, when we bought it, and so far, after 6 years in the making, i will be 100% honest with you, there is 100 times more content just in the beginning area town of the new Neverwinter game, that there is in the ENTIRE Defiance game, the devs over there are talking to players on forum every single day, there is no bugs, the game is fluid, beautiful, all the systems are 100% there, UI graphic options, full chat system, voice system options, there is over 800h worth of storyline, without talking side quests, special events, foundry events, Gateway, PVP, and Co-op... etc etc etc and all this with half the time they had compared to almost 5 years (August 2008) for Trion.

So seriously i don't know what the devs are doing here, but the more i see it, the more i suspect that going multiplatform killed this game, as their hands are completely tied regarding releasing content, patches and updates, because they have to go through the extremely long and painful process of the Microsoft and Sony approval.

So again, until they get it all together, and make this game what it should be.
We will tell them right here, talk about it right here, and ask them questions about it right here, but trust me i wont spend one more dime on it.
I spent about $400 already on this game, some of you, spent way more than i did i know, but still,
time to encourage devs that are actually pleasing us. I mean c'mon.

The game has TONS of potential, we all love the TV series as well.
So we'll be back later. Don't worry.