Comment on I feel like Expedition 33 is overrated [minor spoilers]
slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think the game deserves good reviews, but I’m not quite sure how it won so many GOTY awards. Perhaps it just wasn’t the game for me.
So, I haven’t played the game, and haven’t read most of your post because of spoilers. The reason I opened the post (and why I am replying to this specific part) is that most of my friends who have played the game consider this one of the best game in a very long time, if not ever. One of the very few 10/10 game for them. They loved the gameplay, the music, and the story (and probably more, but I didn’t delved deep into it cause didn’t want any spoilers). Oh, and they did find the platforming unnecessary too. I don’t think I heard anyone counting that as positive, it just the game was great despite that.
This is just to say that it wasn’t just the awards, lots of other people loved it too and consider all the awards well deserved. It is possible the game just isn’t for you. I have had similar issues with some very highly rated games (case in point, Red Dead Redemption 2 which I am playing right now). Different people have different tastes. No matter how universal acclaim a game is, there will be people who can’t get into it.
Same here. I can’t get into RDR2 at all. I don’t mind the slow movements (I enjoy most walking simulators), but I don’t care about the characters, the story doesn’t interest me, and the combat feels annoying.
That said, I can still understand why many people like the game, it is just not for me.
Yeah, I don’t have much issue with the story (though I am still in early game), but I agree with the rest.
MightyPez@fedia.io 1 day ago
This should be the top comment.
GTA, Red Dead, Metal Gear, and Souls-like games hold no interest for me. I just find them boring and can't sustain playing them. At no point would I ever call them overrated because they were not for me.
tmyakal@infosec.pub 1 day ago
“I didn’t read OP’s post or play the game, but here’s my opinion” should be the top comment? Really?
mursejoy@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I had the same thought lol
slimerancher@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Heh, well I didn’t comment to be the top comment, just having a conversation. 😀
Why? I think the game is overrated and I’ve quite clearly listed my reasoning. When I suggest that perhaps the ‘is not for me’, it’s not because I don’t enjoy the genre in the first place etc. The exact opposite in fact - on paper, this game is everything I’d want out of an RPG. When I say it’s not for me, I mean that perhaps I have some personal gripes that others could overlook; that’s my suggestion for why the game is constantly rated so highly despite my feeling that it shouldn’t be.
If the game sounded like it would hold no interest for me, I simply wouldn’t have played it. I wouldn’t play a football game (which I know I wouldn’t enjoy) and say it’s overrated simply because it’s not a genre I like.
Expedition 33 DOES do a lot of things I like, and it kept me more-or-less interested throughout. I just don’t think it deserves perfect reviews.