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AoC drops further on Metacritic
AoC drops further on Metacritic
Metacritic - July 11, 2008
Submitted by aceundor (13398) at 12:25AM PST on June 11, 2008
17 reviews have now been registered on Metacritic for Funcoms Age of Conan. The average score is now 80, which while still good is a substantial drop from the 86 they had last week.
Lack of high end content is the main problem according to the most negative reviews. Funcom is working hard to deliver new content and have submitted their development plans for this summer. Critics suspects that these patches will rectify most of the negative issues.
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1Alchemy posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 8:21PM PST on June 11, 2008. RE: AoC drops further on Metacritic@lstormy10,
The problem with reviews and MMOs is that nobody issues new review scores based on patched and improved versions. Star Wars Galaxies was very poor at launch but over the next year its development became a totally different game. Reviewers didn't come in to replace the originally very poor scores.
However, in terms of long legs, I think word of mouth is more important. In the case of MMOs, word of mouth is far more important as people join to play with their friends.[ Elite ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 408 ]bids
1lstormy10 posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 7:35PM PST on June 11, 2008. RE: AoC drops further on Metacritic@apujanata,
MMORPGs are a bit of a different beast when it comes to review scores affecting sales. Unlike another title such as a FPS or puzzle game, MMORPGs are virtually guarantteed to become better as more bugs are fleshed out, more content is added, and so on and so on - all via patches.
On the other hand, the review score could be used to compare its possible success compared to other MMORPGs (such as WoW - which has a 93 on Metacritic).
However, Age of Conan still has a 80 on Metacritic - a score that is still very good.
In addition, we all know that review scores does not directly translate to good or bad sales.[ Oracle ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 294 ]bids
1apujanata posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 6:58PM PST on June 11, 2008. RE: AoC drops further on Metacritic@aceundor,
Will this cause "decreased possibility of long legs" ? Or is long legs not affected by review score (like Carnival games legs and it's review score) ?[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 14935 ]bids
15aceundor posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 12:25AM PST on June 11, 2008. Article: AoC drops further on Metacritic17 reviews have now been registered on Metacritic for Funcoms Age of Conan. The average score is now 80, which while still good is a substantial drop from the 86 they had last week. Lack of high end content is the main problem according to the most negative reviews. Funcom is working hard to deliver new content and have submitted their development plans for this summer. Critics suspects that these patches will rectify most of the negative issues.[ Newbie ] [ Level 4 ] [ Rank: 13398 ]
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So, did you or Lstormy10 play MMO ? Did any of you play AoC ? Are they good (for you) ?
None of my friend played AoC (yet), so I couldn't get their opinion on it.