Comment on I feel like Expedition 33 is overrated [minor spoilers]
Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I bought it without knowing the hype, only seeing a score and wanted to play a JRPG.
It’s one of the best games i’ve ever played. The emotional delivery of the story is on point. The gameplay is solid. The build variety is quite fun.
It’s difficult but not too difficult. The art is absolutely on point for me (art is always subjective.)
I would love to see a followup, and given the story there could be one given the openings left in the story to expand upon.
It was quite refreshing seeing the endings too. They are an awesome talking point and the fact that it’s not just a boring “good ending”, “bad ending”, “golden path” like most games fall into is quite refreshing.
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I respect that i just never gave a shit about any story in any video game ever lmao. Like I grew up on NES mario, “save the princess from the monster” that’s the whole story and it’s more than enough.
Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I grew up with an NES as well. I started playing when I was a couple of years old, but I also remember going to the library often and reading a ton of books. Reading assignments in school were tough because i’d want to read ahead of the class, and the teachers were somewhat willing to allow it but they always wanted me to write reports about it and the one thing I would never do was homework.
I love good stories. I started reading a lot of the big epic fantasy and science fiction novels out there. Stuff that we’ve seen turned into movies, books and TV many years later. Game of Thrones, Sword of Truth, Wheel of Time, Mistborn, The Expanse, Ready Player One, American Gods, Gone Girl, Hunger Games… all kinds of stuff. I love a great story.
It takes a lot of patience to play story focused games, but when the systems in them are entertaining enough to keep me engaged I can’t put them down once i’m hooked. The end of the first act in expedition 33 hooked me so hard, and the overall art and extremely french story won me over despite my preconceptions.
It helps that I have a sizable amount of patience, and i’m usually pretty good at games of all kinds aside from the ones that require memorizing combo moves beyond monster hunter or something like dynasty warriors. Dodging in E33 is incredibly forgiving, only parrying requires precise timing imo, so you don’t need to memorize it much.
Right now i’m playing the shit out of warframe. The story is effectively nonexistent for me and the whole game feels like ADHD, and i’m reveling in it. I don’t know many people who play almost all genres though like myself.