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Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of March 24th (beehaw.org)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Whatcha all been playing? Been kind of sick this week so I took it easy but still found some time to get some Isaac runs in. Also started up rogue legacy 2 again which is a good time

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How different is it from the predecessor in terms of gameplay? That one felt very derivative, a near carbon copy of the Ubisoft formula. I usually consider those games a guilty pleasure of mine, but HZD felt too repetitive and clunky. It's a shame, because I really like the setting.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's still clunky and repetitive. I didn't finish Zero Dawn and the more I play Forbidden West the more I feel it likely I won't finish this either. I think you're right to make a comparison to Ubisoft. Fine looking games with loads of potential but I suspect fear of bad sales result in bland, generic characters and storylines that are just not engaging.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Companies are deathly afraid of introducing a new main character in the same series, her story was finished in the first one, would have been good as a mentor for a new character. Maybe MGS2 scared the market

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I really wish they had; I was playing again today and her character was just being so awful to people. It would be fine to have such a character if over the course of the story she realises she has attachment issues and gradually tries to deal with them throughout the game, but she doesn't, she just keeps being mean. I have no idea why you would have someone like this as the main character, I have no sympathy for her and the game is not even attempting to get me to empathise or sympathise with her. She's meeting some really lovely people and I'm getting embarrassed by her behaviour! 😅