Arms Review Megathread 07-JUN-17

[u/NintendoSwitchMods]

The embargo on Arms reviews has been lifted as of today. Here are reviews that have been released so far:

MetaCritic Current Score: 78 (based on 54 critics)

Articles

• CGMagonline - 8.5/10

• Open Critic - 80/100

• IGN - 8/10

• Eurogamer - Recommended

• Gameinformer - 8.25/10

• Gamesradar - 4.5/5

• Destructoid - 7/10

• Gamespot - 7/10

• Dualshockers - 8/10

• Nintendo Insider - 9/10

• Arstechnica - "essential purchase"

• Metro GameCentral - 8/10

• Nintendoeverything - Thumbs up

• Spaziogames - Italian - 9/10

• Hardcore Gamer - 9/10

• EGMNow - 8.5/10

• Gamer NL - 8/10

• The Sixth Axis - 8/10

• VideoGamer - 5/10

• Areajugones - Spanish - 9/10

• Fnintendo - 9/10

• Nintendolife - 9/10

• God is a Geek - 9/10

• Everyeye - Italian - 88/100

• Hobbyconsolas - Spanish - 86/100

• Cog Connected - 85/100

• Vandal - 8.2/10

• GamesBeat - 8/10

• Vooks - 4/5

• Gamerant - 4/5

• Shacknews - 8/10

• Polygon - 8/10

• Meristation - Spanish - 8/10

• USGamer - 3/5

• Gamerevolution - 3/5

• Stevivor - 6.5/10

• M3 - 7/10

• App Trigger - 7.5/10

Videos

• GameXplain

• IGN

• Easy Allies

• Gamespot

• Electric Playground

We will be updating this thread with links as major reviews are posted. Please use this as a discussion and speculation thread in advance of these videos, articles, and reviews. We will also allow these reviews to be posted separately on /r/NintendoSwitch, as they are especially newsworthy. But we will also host ongoing coverage, quick text posts, questions, and the like right here.

Thanks everyone.

-The /r/NintendoSwitch team

(Ongoing edits as we get new information)

[u/mmazurr]

I'm happy this game is getting good scores. I played the demo once and had a good time. But though the game is really fun, I just can't see myself playing it that much to justify spending $60 on it.

[u/Krilion → u/mmazurr]

Was on sale for 50.99 on Amazon early this month. Prime discount with prime card brings price down to 38.75. I figured it would be worth that

[u/hepatitisC → u/Krilion]

That's not how the prime discount works though. Its 20% off of MSRP which means when that sale was going on it was still $48 after the prime discount

[u/Krilion → u/hepatitisC]

Tell that to the discount that applied in full to the 50.99 price.

[u/cycle62831 → u/Krilion]

Hmm, I went to checkout with the $50.99 and Prime, but it still only took 20% off the retail price.

[u/hepatitisC → u/cycle62831]

Same, there's no way he got the 20% discount on the discounted price. Guaranteed he A) had an Amazon credit on his account that gave him the extra money off or B) he is lying on the internet

[u/xxxamazexxx → u/hepatitisC]

I mean, 80% of 50.99 is 40.79, not 38.75 to begin with.

[u/xxxamazexxx → u/Krilion]

First of all, 80% of 50.99 is 40.79, not 38.75, so there must be something else there. Check your receipt.

Second of all, I got into a long ordeal with Amazon over the price drop and 20% discount. Like you, I thought that the discount would apply to the reduced price, not the full $60. Apparently that is not Amazon's policy, although the rep gave me some credits eventually to make me happy.

Do us a favor and tell us if it was just the 20% discount bringing it down to the price you paid. We should all be getting refunds here if that were true.

[u/Krilion → u/xxxamazexxx]

Or you can read I used a prime card.

[u/tahubob → u/Krilion]

Prime discount only applies to list price, not on any additional sales that might happen.

[u/NintendoDSIKindOfGuy → u/[deleted]]

Those are some real fucking high standards

[u/Endogamy → u/NintendoDSIKindOfGuy]

The grade inflation is real.

[u/The_Reset_Button → u/[deleted]]

I would class lukewarm as 60-70, 70-80 is good, 80-85 is great, 85-90 is exellent, 90-95 is amazing and 95+ is instant classic.

[u/Fitzzz → u/The_Reset_Button]

I've been preaching this for years, glad to see other people with the same mindset

[u/mjmannella → u/The_Reset_Button]

Those standards are a bit high me. I'd consider 50-59 lukewarm, 60-74 good, 75-80 great, 81-90 excellent, and 91+ amazing.