{"id":2001,"date":"2010-02-08T14:19:40","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T19:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/08\/wkci-%e2%80%93-inside-the-review-scores\/"},"modified":"2010-02-22T21:58:21","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T02:58:21","slug":"wkci-%e2%80%93-inside-the-review-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/08\/wkci-%e2%80%93-inside-the-review-scores\/","title":{"rendered":"WKC:I \u2013 Inside the Review Scores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been watching the first week of WKC:I review scores with interests.  Universally the critics are panning the game; 63 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/games\/platforms\/ps3\/whiteknightchroniclesinternational\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/games\/platforms\/ps3\/whiteknightchroniclesinternational', 'metascore');\" target=\"_blank\">metascore<\/a> (11 critic reviews).  Compare with an 8.5 user rating (84 user votes) and something is amiss.<\/p>\n<p>Several things could be a play.  First, the game could completely suck, but fanboys of JRPGs are defending the game.  Second, most reviewers could care less about JRPGs; they are so \u201cyesterday\u201d which reflects in the attitude of some of the reviews with comments about PS2 graphics, outdated game mechanics, and a clumsy combat system.  Finally, WKC:I has the distinction of not being FFXIII.  If WKC:I was released six months ago, to some extent the first two points would still be valid, but the game would not have to overcome being released four weeks from FFXIII.<\/p>\n<p>I have not played enough to form a real opinion other than the game does not seem terrible; it\u2019s just too soon for me to tell.  Because FFXIII looms, WKC:I will either hit the discount rack in a few weeks, and it has the potential to become a collectable, cult classic.  Based on the early reviews, there is no way that this one will get a subsequent printing.<\/p>\n<p>For me the real test will be to see if WKC:I can hold my attention long enough to continue to progress and comment on the game, or if it quickly falls by the wayside.  I only have so much disposable free time, so a game has to be interesting, rewarding, and offer a steady progression on improvement (i.e. fair gameplay) for me to stick it out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been watching the first week of WKC:I review scores with interests. Universally the critics are panning the game; 63 metascore (11 critic reviews). Compare with an 8.5 user rating (84 user votes) and something is amiss. Several things could be a play. First, the game could completely suck, but fanboys of JRPGs are &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/08\/wkci-%e2%80%93-inside-the-review-scores\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WKC:I \u2013 Inside the Review Scores<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,11,17],"class_list":["post-2001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-ps3","tag-rpg","tag-wkci"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2095,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions\/2095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}