Only heard a couple people talk about it online (that I trust to be reasonable) and they basically said it was fine but didn’t blow them away. And that’s fine but it makes for boring “cOnTeNt”.
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masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
People are complaining about Avowed? What the fuck is wrong with them?
I’ve been too busy loving it to be online reading anything, honestly cannot fathom what their complaints are tho. Avowed has repeatedly impressed me by being more clever and nuanced than I was expecting a game to be.
Piatro@programming.dev 1 day ago
PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
From what I’ve heard, its mostly people expecting the game to be more dynamic - more akin to Skyrim’s varied gameplay systems or Fallout: NV’s story and quests. They’re going in expecting something with heavy RPG focus and getting something more action focused.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Skyrim’s varied gameplay systems?
It has stealth, it has magic, it has melee combat, it has ranged combat, it has dialogue options for talking your way through stuff, it has multiple ways of solving quest lines…
It’s basically Skyrim, if it was smaller and more focused, with better combat, voice acting, and heads and tails better writing.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Obsidian getting dinged in reviews for making more focused games that don’t waste your time and don’t bet their company’s entire future on its budget and scope has been very frustrating to see.
ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Because as it turns out, most people don’t want games like that, only a very small, very loud minority wants 20min ‘focused’ games.
You’re upset that a viewpoint you hold is not actually the universal common viewpoint you thought it was.