Honestly, play it for yourself. People love to hate.
I’m loving the game and am over 50 hours in.
Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I purchased this game last week but I have not had a chance to play yet. Will Xbox/Microsoft refund my purchase? These reviews are making it pretty clear that I don’t want to play this game.
guriinii@lemmy.world 1 year ago
cre0@kbin.social 1 year ago
Then why did you buy it lol
snooggums@kbin.social 1 year ago
You should ask xbox/Microsoft about their refund policy.
Aermis@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Dude don’t listen to these shmucks. I’ve had no expectations and this is easily one of my favorite games I’ve played in a long time. Everything is amazing and beautiful. It’s stunning. If you liked skyrim and fallout you’ll love this game.
There’s going to be a few tweaks needed with mods (local maps and better menus) but other than that you can’t ask for much more. This game is immaculate. People complain and then say there’s more depth in no man’s sky lol
Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, I was just able to get about 3 hours of gameplay yesterday. Here are my observations so far.
I’ve done the flight tutorial, showed a lot of promise until I found out you cannot control the ship’s approach or landing on the planet. I can only pick a predetermined spot to land on. That’s a bummer. Maybe later in the game I’ll have more control of the ship.
Everything has to load. I don’t understand why except others have mentioned it is a limitation of the engine. So be it. The constant loading screens break the immersion for me.
The ship and parts of the game feel like a rip off of NMS and Elite Dangerous. Specifically the ship system management.
The visuals are excellent.
The beginning of the story seemed kind of weak. I touch a piece of metal, blackout and then this complete stranger just hands over his ship.
However, I’ve been made aware that the first 15 hours or so of gameplay are tedious, so, I’ll keep at it in hopes that things get better.
I am also well aware that playing this game 2 hours at a time doesn’t help. Unfortunately, that’s the time I have. So I should reach the 15 hour mark in about a week or two.
Aermis@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I never played elite dangerous but I did NMS. I’ve also played tons of space themed games and I guess ship design gets kind of mushed together, it’s hard to come up with something unique.
The beginning of all Bethesda games have always been a little weak in my opinion. Other than new vegas. It’s one of those “the story opens up” kind of scenarios for me. It’s rich if you have the time to read and listen to the dialog.
As for the loading screens I’m baffled of your experience. I literally have ZERO loading times. Everything is nigh instant. The only time I get a loading screen is on fast travel and that gives me hardly enough time to read the one screen tip. But I’m also playing on a 6900 xt video card and a Samsung NVME 1TB ssd. I wish I got a 2tb one lol.
Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You are correct! I was wrong. I’ve made it to the first terrormorph and have explored 80% of the outposts/planet and I find the story to be pretty good so far.
I also misrepresented my experience with the loading times. What I should have said is that traveling to and from the surface with loading screens breaks the immersion for me. Additionally, I don’t think it’s a deal breaker.
The visuals and the atmosphere is fantastic.
And lastly, I agree the beginning was pretty weak.
Sparkko@kbin.social 1 year ago
Maybe play the game yourself and draw your own opinions?