Who would’ve thought Kirby Air Riders would review better than Metroid Prime 4.

one of those is made by Sakurai lmfao

Currently sitting at a 79 on Metacritic..

Imagine caring this much about what other MEN think #damagecontrol #copium

i was right

83 opencritic

Just shadow drop the prime 2 and prime 3 remasters and I’ll cop those instead

Apparently KAR ain’t selling as well as Nintendo hoped

Since we’re on the topic, how the heck did Starfield get 83 on Metacritic when it’s objectively a 6/10 game
Just goes to show that these numbers are MEANINGLESS

For as long as this took to come out this is going to impact how people review it. Everyone is expecting a masterpiece

Everyone was expecting a masterpiece with Dread a few years ago and we got one lol. And it was in development on and off longer than this was

It’s basically what I thought when I initially saw it. The desert/bike portion seems like it’s the weakest.

lmao, people on Reddit are crying about the reviews and cancelling pre-orders or saying they'll wait for it on sale

in what world is an 8/10 average bad

That doesn’t change what I’m saying. My point is this being anything less than a masterpiece people are going to be a bit harsher on it. Dread being one also raised the bar higher for this. If had to literally be perfect or it was going to be an 8 for most reviewers

Even a 7/10 isn’t bad. People look at review scores in a dumb way. I still want this, but with money tight it might be a wait for a sale kind of game for me

With how many ppl dooming the score is amazing to see

reviews are looking kinda mixed ngl

overall gist seems to be the game is very much so a prime game and one of the best looking nintendo games, but the addition of the open world section and npcs are tacked on and that the endgame and what you have to so to get it are underwhelming / grindy

Metacritic score has gone up to 81 now
Quite close to my prediction from yesterday (“82”)!

Our worst fears about the game came to pass

Negativity aside, I’m still keen on experiencing what makes these games so great (environmental aesthetics, atmosphere, music, boss battles).

Oh jeez

The score itself is disappointing, but actually reading/watching reviews from longtime fans it seems like a great prime game so im still quite hyped. But this definitely will lead to Metroid's botw era, this game feels like skyward sword in a lot of ways, so at least non-fans or people put off by the meta can find solace in a brighter future lol

The MCU poison has creeped into my Nintendo games

Some criticisms ive seen are funny tho lol, how you complaining about linearity when the masterpiece prime 1 has basically two fully linear maps in magmoor and phazon mines.

I cant wait to make my own mind about this game, stay tuned for the Stardust review in like one/two months

This reviewer actually said if Digital Foundry reviews had scores then MP4 would be a 5/5
Aww S*** WE BACK

Sorry for the bluesky link, but it seems one of the critical reviewers agrees with me
bsky.app/profile/apzonerunner.com/post/3m6zbsfczkk2i

The main takeaway i got from most reviews is if you really love the prime games you'll love this one although not without some grievances, but its not the unmissable masterpiece that everyone hyped it up to be. Disappointing for sure but great metroid games don't come too often so im not complaining too much. Cant wait to spend the entire weekend on it