slimerancher

Heh, well I didn’t comment to be the top comment, just having a conversation. 😀

Yeah, I don’t have much issue with the story (though I am still in early game), but I agree with the rest.

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.