recent: tears of the kingdom, or as i like to call it botw 1.2, its the same thing all over again just with one or two added gimicks, the open world is dead, npcs are boring and nintendo just got away with it like that

not so recent: i cant stand persona 5, joker and his entourage are annoying teenagers, the time management is a horrible gameplay addition and the artstyle is just a visual overstimulation

with that being said,~~ plz dont kill me~~

  • CptNoobCanoe@feddit.dk
    1·
    1 year ago

    Red Dead Redemption 2. Everyone goes on about how awesome it is, but I just found the story and gameplay really slow and dull.

    • sjolsen@beehaw.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      RDR2 suffers heavily from the same problem as GTAV’s single player mode: it’s a movie posing as a video game and both aspects suffer for it.

      RDR2 would have been great if it was just the part where you wander around tracking critters and collecting flowers and playing cowboy dress-up, but the game really doesn’t want you to do that. Not to belabor the point, but between how unpredictable the connection between “interact with item/character X” and “start mission with character Y” can be and the game’s tendency to fail missions the second you go off-script, RDR2 often felt like it was directed by someone who actively resented the concept of player agency.

      • foonex@feddit.de
        1·
        1 year ago

        There‘s this great video essay that basically agrees with you. Rockstar want to create these cinematic narrative experiences but that does not mash well with their concept of an open world.

      • Kindajustlikewhat@beehaw.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        You articulated my issue with it perfectly. In theory it was this amazing open world with tons of player freedom, but the minute you engage with the actual story at all you have no choice in anything. There was one quest where I HAD to rescue Micah and kill a butt load of people which really annoyed me given I was going for a white hat run.

    • thirdtower@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      My friends love it, but two hours in, I just feel worn.

      Then I just drop it and never look back.

      Can’t get it to stick.

    • Poitou@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      My main grip with this game is how slow ans cranky everything feels. I miss the arcade feel of RDR1.