recent: tears of the kingdom, or as i like to call it botw 1.2, its the same thing all over again just with one or two added gimicks, the open world is dead, npcs are boring and nintendo just got away with it like that

not so recent: i cant stand persona 5, joker and his entourage are annoying teenagers, the time management is a horrible gameplay addition and the artstyle is just a visual overstimulation

with that being said,~~ plz dont kill me~~

  • ohokthatsgood@beehaw.org
    20·
    2 years ago

    I still can’t make it through any of The Witcher games. Smooth and satisfying gameplay is super important for me to enjoy a game, and The Witcher has always felt slow, clunky, unintuitive, and super menu-heavy. I’m sure the story is great! But I just can’t get past its gameplay.

    • KHTangent@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 years ago

      Same here. I really want to like The Witcher 3, but after trying to play it for 10 hours without feeling any enjoyment, I just gave up.

    • doostein@beehaw.org
      6·
      2 years ago

      I adore Witcher 3. That said I’ve always said controlling Geralt feels like driving a boat. God help you for the very few instances that you do platforming.

      • eutsgueden@beehaw.org
        2·
        2 years ago

        They added a different control style sometimes after release, didn’t they? I can’t recall the specific difference, but I think I used it for my playthroughs and it was less boat-y.

        • doostein@beehaw.org
          1·
          2 years ago

          I’m not sure there. I played it several years after release, but I can’t remember one way or the other if there were alternate control options.

        • Nythos@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          Even with trying that new control style I still had to go through and download a good 10-15 simple QoL mods just to put up with the game and how floaty and slippery Geralt feels to control

    • Cambionn@feddit.nl
      3·
      2 years ago

      I’m playing mainly western RPG’s like that, but I also couldn’t get into The Witcher. The gameplay is fine actually (I played way more clunky games with lots of enjoyment). But somehow Gerald just never clicked with me, causing me never to feel really connected to my character and to what’s happening.

      It’s sad because I can notice how good the games are, but I just really cannot get into it.

    • BoneALisa@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      It took me 3 attempts at starting The Witcher before I eventually got through it. I had just came off of Dark Souls 3 combat, so the combat in Witcher was especially clunky feeling. Eventually I moved into a new home, had nothing else to do, and proceeded to do nothing but play the game for 50 hours until I beat the game lol. I would say the story is worth it, but I agree that its kinda tough to get into.

    • Scrumpf_Dabogy@beehaw.org
      1·
      2 years ago

      I couldn’t get into Witcher 3 for a very silly reason. I’m a delicate white man who couldnt stand being the target of racism in a game. I played for like, 3 hours and just felt sad.

    • 💡dim@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      I tried to play Witcher 3 and the combination of strange camera angles and very “tradional rpg” style icons put me off (the later is a really sad thing to be bugged by but whatever) - the interface for everything just seemed very outdated

      However, I now have a PS5 and i believe the PS5 update has huge improvements including to camera angles etc, so I may give it another go.