OpenCritic Challenge 2024!

[WelchyTV 451]

Now that 2024 is here, I thought it would be fun to have a little Forever Gaming competition! I haven’t come up with a fancy name yet so I’m just calling it the OpenCritic Challenge 2024! 

 

The concept is simple, everyone who wants to take part predicts what they think the final OpenCritic score of the below list of games will be. Each player gets points based on how close their prediction is. The scoring system goes like this: 

Exact score - 5 points 

1 score away - 3 points 

2 scores away - 2 points 

3 scores away - 1 point 

10 or more points away - -2 points! 

 

For example, if you had predicted that Alan Wake 2 would score a 90 on OpenCritic, you would receive 3 points, as it scored an 89. Similarly, if you had predicted it would score a 78, you would lose 2 points. 

 

For those who may be unfamiliar with OpenCritic, it is a website that collects review scores from all the major review outlets and calculates an aggregate score. 

 

Hopefully there will be some interest to join in with this, I have listed the 2024 releases below, just copy and paste the list and add your scores. I will keep score and keep you updated throughout the year. If a game on the list ends up being delayed to 2025, we will just remove it from the predictions. 

 

Obviously there will be games coming out this year that haven’t been announced yet, if every participant is happy to do so we can add them in as and when they are announced and we can submit our predictions then. 

 

I haven’t added remasters, as chances our they will score similarly to their original release and becomes too easy to predict. Remakes have been included if they are a substantial enough remake, for example the Final Fantasy Rebirth game is a significant remake. Feel free to let me know if you disagree and we can collectively decide to remove them or add other ones. 

 

I am going to be recording a video for my YouTube channel discussing my predictions, if it’s ok with you I will discuss some other predictions as well as mine to make it interesting. If you would rather me not mention your predictions (I would only be using your username from the site, no real names) then just let me know when you submit your predictions. 

This is just for fun, no awards for winning. Unless anyone can think of a good idea for the prize, maybe a new Forever Gaming Badge? 

 

Last point, as the first game on this list releases on February 2nd, all entries will need to be submitted by the 28th January (I don’t think reviews for Suicide Squad will be out until 29th at the earliest). Also worth pointing out I haven’t added every single game releasing, there’s just too many! 

 

Here is the list, I will submit my predictions below. Good Luck! 

 

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - 

Foamstars - 

Helldivers 2 - 

Skull and Bones - 

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 

Alone in the Dark -

Dragons Dogma 2 - 

Princess Peach: Showtime - 

Rise of the Ronin - 

South Park: Snow Day - 

Black Myth: Wukong - 

STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - 

Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 - 

Star Wars Outlaws - 

Little Nightmares 3 - 

Avowed - 

Towerborne - 

Hellblade 2: Senuas Saga - 

Indiana Jones - 

[WelchyTV 451]

Here are my predictions! 
 

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - 71

Foamstars - 81

Helldivers 2 - 77

Skull and Bones - 68

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 91

Alone in the Dark - 76

Dragons Dogma 2 - 83

Princess Peach: Showtime - 82

Rise of the Ronin - 83

South Park: Snow Day - 80

Black Myth: Wukong - 87

STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - 79

Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 - 75

Star Wars Outlaws - 84

Little Nightmares 3 - 83

Avowed - 81

Towerborne - 83

Hellblade 2: Senuas Saga - 89

Indiana Jones - 85

[Luseth 1,958]

This could be fun, I wonder if @GazzaGarratt could do this as a prediction league through the FG site as well?

 

I think mine would be -

 

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - 64

Foamstars - 72

Helldivers 2 - 86 - I think this will be a surprise hit

Skull and Bones - 74

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 86 It will do well but I feel like the series is riding on it's highs of yesteryear still.

Alone in the Dark - 68

Dragons Dogma 2 - 84

Princess Peach: Showtime - 88 (Again it will do well cuz nintendo fanboys I think)

Rise of the Ronin - 78

South Park: Snow Day - 72

Black Myth: Wukong - 82

STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - 80

Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 - 75

Star Wars Outlaws - 90

Little Nightmares 3 - 80

Avowed - 78

Towerborne - 76

Hellblade 2: Senuas Saga - 88

Indiana Jones - 78

[J4MES OX4D 10,035]

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - 60

Foamstars - 71

Helldivers 2 - 82

Skull and Bones - 56

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 84

Alone in the Dark - 69

Dragons Dogma 2 - 87

Princess Peach: Showtime - 86

Rise of the Ronin - 78

South Park: Snow Day - 80

Black Myth: Wukong - 87

STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - 73

Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 - 81

Star Wars Outlaws - 89

Little Nightmares 3 - 84

Avowed - 78

Towerborne - 75

Hellblade 2: Senuas Saga - 89

Indiana Jones - 73

[WelchyTV 451]

Thanks for the submissions so far! Quite interesting how different some of our scores are! 
 

Now that we’ve seen the Indiana Jones gameplay trailer, I’m pretty happy with my prediction! I think I have gone too high on Avowed though! 

[Andy_White_07 68]

Being someone that mostly plays fifa and cod, I have no idea 😂
 

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - 84

Foamstars - 75

Helldivers 2 - 81

Skull and Bones - 78

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 86

Alone in the Dark -79

Dragons Dogma 2 - 80

Princess Peach: Showtime - 81

Rise of the Ronin - 76

South Park: Snow Day - 80

Black Myth: Wukong - 84

STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - 80

Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 - 86

Star Wars Outlaws - 89

Little Nightmares 3 - 75

Avowed - 70

Towerborne - 73

Hellblade 2: Senuas Saga - 90

Indiana Jones - 82

[WelchyTV 451]

1 hour ago, Andy_White_07 said:

 

Being someone that mostly plays fifa and cod, I have no idea 😂
 

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - 84

Foamstars - 75

Helldivers 2 - 81

Skull and Bones - 78

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 86

Alone in the Dark -79

Dragons Dogma 2 - 80

Princess Peach: Showtime - 81

Rise of the Ronin - 76

South Park: Snow Day - 80

Black Myth: Wukong - 84

STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - 80

Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 - 86

Star Wars Outlaws - 89

Little Nightmares 3 - 75

Avowed - 70

Towerborne - 73

Hellblade 2: Senuas Saga - 90

Indiana Jones - 82

I will be STUNNED if Suicide Squad gets an 84 … but stranger things have happened! 
 

Thanks for submitting predictions mate!

[Andy_White_07 68]

33 minutes ago, WelchyTV said:

I will be STUNNED if Suicide Squad gets an 84 … but stranger things have happened! 
 

Thanks for submitting predictions mate!

After looking at the other predictions, it seems low 60s may have been a more appropriate prediction but who knows 😂

[J4MES OX4D 10,035]

1 hour ago, WelchyTV said:

I will be STUNNED if Suicide Squad gets an 84 … but stranger things have happened! 
 

Thanks for submitting predictions mate!

When even IGN say the game is shite you know it's gonna be bad. They'll still probably give it a 7 to avoid upsetting the publishers but rule of thumb with them is always deduct 3 for the real score🤣

[WelchyTV 451]

28 minutes ago, J4MES OX4D said:

When even IGN say the game is shite you know it's gonna be bad. They'll still probably give it a 7 to avoid upsetting the publishers but rule of thumb with them is always deduct 3 for the real score🤣

Yeah I stopped using IGN for my reviews a long time ago for that reason! 
 

I can see a few sites enjoying the story maybe and giving it an 8, but think the overwhelming majority will be around the 6 mark. I guessed 71 hoping a few outliers will bump the score up! 

[WelchyTV 451]

Just a little reminder to anyone else who may want to take part in this game/challenge, entries will close tomorrow night due to the imminent launch of the first game of the list … Suicide Squad! 

[WelchyTV 451]

Ok so entries are now closed! 
 

Only 4 of us have entered so only a small competition but should be fun to keep track of who is winning. 
 

A few fun stats from our entries:

 

Top 3 games on average prediction:

Hellblade 2 - 89.00

Star Wars Outlaws - 88.00

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 86.75

 

Bottom 3 games on average prediction:

Skull and Bones - 69.00

Suicide Squad - 69.75

Alone in the Dark - 73.00

 

Our total average predictions:

WelchyTV - 80.95

@Andy_White_07 - 80.58

@Luseth - 78.89

@J4MES OX4D - 78.00

 

Seems I am the most optimistic this year! 
 

Let’s see how the Suicide Squad reviews come out this week! 
 

Good luck all! 

 

[Andy_White_07 68]

22 hours ago, WelchyTV said:

Ok so entries are now closed! 
 

Only 4 of us have entered so only a small competition but should be fun to keep track of who is winning. 
 

A few fun stats from our entries:

 

Top 3 games on average prediction:

Hellblade 2 - 89.00

Star Wars Outlaws - 88.00

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 86.75

 

Bottom 3 games on average prediction:

Skull and Bones - 69.00

Suicide Squad - 69.75

Alone in the Dark - 73.00

 

Our total average predictions:

WelchyTV - 80.95

@Andy_White_07 - 80.58

@Luseth - 78.89

@J4MES OX4D - 78.00

 

Seems I am the most optimistic this year! 
 

Let’s see how the Suicide Squad reviews come out this week! 
 

Good luck all! 

 

Not the most optimistic when it comes to Suicide Squad tho 👀😂

[WelchyTV 451]

A Spanish website has posted the first review for Suicide Squad … and it’s a bad start for the game! 
 

Apparently Warner Bros are also refusing to give review codes to certain review outlets, including IGN! May be a while until we get the final OpenCritic score.

[Riff Machine 2,105]

Yeah, I saw that.  They're really trying to prevent Metacritic and reviews before release.  I can only imagine why that would be.  Lol 

[WelchyTV 451]

8 reviews for Suicide Squad now, OpenCritic score is currently at 60. A long way to go but if it stays at this score, that’ll be +5 points for @J4MES OX4D and -2 points for myself and @Andy_White_07!!

 

 

[Andy_White_07 68]

On 2/2/2024 at 7:15 PM, WelchyTV said:

8 reviews for Suicide Squad now, OpenCritic score is currently at 60. A long way to go but if it stays at this score, that’ll be +5 points for @J4MES OX4D and -2 points for myself and @Andy_White_07!!

 

 

good start for me then 😂

[WelchyTV 451]

Ok so it’s time for an update, as we now have 3 games with an OpenCritic score! 
 

Suicide Squad: 60

Foamstars: 64

Helldivers 2: 84 

 

Player scores so far:

@J4MES OX4D = 8

@Luseth = 1

@Andy_White_07 = -2

Me = -4 … 😔

 

Skull and Bones and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth up next, here’s hoping I can get back to a positive score soon!! 

[Andy_White_07 68]

20 hours ago, WelchyTV said:

Ok so it’s time for an update, as we now have 3 games with an OpenCritic score! 
 

Suicide Squad: 60

Foamstars: 64

Helldivers 2: 84 

 

Player scores so far:

@J4MES OX4D = 8

@Luseth = 1

@Andy_White_07 = -2

Me = -4 … 😔

 

Skull and Bones and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth up next, here’s hoping I can get back to a positive score soon!! 

wow! I’m not last 😂

[Luseth 1,958]

@WelchyTV I think you must have been too happy the day you made your predictions!

[WelchyTV 451]

1 hour ago, Luseth said:

@WelchyTV I think you must have been too happy the day you made your predictions!

I fear you might be right!! 
 

Although, I’m still confident with the rest of my predictions 🤞🏻

[WelchyTV 451]

It’s time for an update on the Open Critic challenge! 
 

Since the last update we have had 7 games release! Here are their open critic scores: 

 

 

Skull and Bones: 60

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: 93

Alone in the Dark: 65

Dragons Dogma: 88

Princess Peach: Showtime: 76

Rise of the Ronin: 76

South Park: Snow Day: 61

 

This means our scores are: 

 

@J4MES OX4D = 5

@Andy_White_07 = -3

@Luseth = -4

Me = -6 … 😔

 

We only have 9 games left on the list, so it’s looking like I’m going to need a miracle to win this! 
 

[Andy_White_07 68]

On 3/31/2024 at 11:12 AM, WelchyTV said:

It’s time for an update on the Open Critic challenge! 
 

Since the last update we have had 7 games release! Here are their open critic scores: 

 

 

Skull and Bones: 60

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: 93

Alone in the Dark: 65

Dragons Dogma: 88

Princess Peach: Showtime: 76

Rise of the Ronin: 76

South Park: Snow Day: 61

 

This means our scores are: 

 

 

@J4MES OX4D = 5

@Andy_White_07 = -3

@Luseth = -4

Me = -6 … 😔

 

We only have 9 games left on the list, so it’s looking like I’m going to need a miracle to win this! 
 

wow, am I actually second? 

[WelchyTV 451]

15 hours ago, Andy_White_07 said:

wow, am I actually second? 

Yes, you would be last but you got +5 for getting the Rise of the Ronin score correct!