Reading this thread makes me feel like I'm taking crazy pills. This game was mediocre as fuck. The open world was practically empty. There were like five characters with anything but a superficial motivation. Combat is point and click nothingness, there is no strategy whatsoever and the AI is practically nonexistent. Constant bugs and graphical issues. The big fixes only fixes the very last thing.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Based on everyone telling me BotW and TotK are the finest games ever made, perhaps people just want mostly empty open worlds with basic combat and max five characters with personalities.

[–] squeakycat@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I felt the same about BotW. At first I enjoyed the freshness and exploration but it quickly gave way to the sinking realization that it's an empty world with smatterings of lifeless villages and MMO-style quests. Ew.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Yeah. I'd much rather have the small number of deeper side quests in OoT or MM than, "hey buddy can you catch me ten crickets in exchange for a fistful of rupees? Thanks."

[–] trslim@pawb.social 7 points 6 months ago

Have you played it after the 2.0 update? The combat feels awesome, as least my build did. I also disagree with the openworld being empty, driving around, listening to music, was one of my favorite things to do. Occasionally coming across little stories and unmarked encampments was really fun.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago

So did you just mash through all the dialogue and cutscenes or

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Amen to that. Technical issues aside, it's one of the most shallow open world games I've played. There's nothing to do when you're not doing missions. There's no depth to the combat. It's a 5/10 at best for me.

[–] lemmyaccount01@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

i think you are being hyperbolic ( although its your subjetive opinion for sure ) id give it ez 7.5 etc... and higher coz i like cyberpunk you know i enjoyed shadowruns better ofc but thats coz i like izometrik

[–] MufinMcFlufin@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Eh, at least as far as the combat goes I liked doing the Net Runner thing: hacking cameras left and right and killing off enemies before they ever saw me. That being said I put the game down when it became too much of a chore to get much anything upgraded. My combat style may have been suboptimal but I had fun with it.

I also didn't have any issues with bugs or graphical issues, but I also first played it pretty far into its life after they could fix plenty of things. Don't remember exactly when it was, but it was after the anime was no longer super relevant but before that big 2.0 update. I also know I played using some mods, and I can't remember if there was a mod that fixed a bunch of issues.

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I think you’re one of the people who wanted a cyberpunk GTA game and didn’t get it.

The story is fucking amazing, some of the side quests will stay with you for a long time.

The combat and driving are fine, I endure both to get forward in the story.

[–] Emmie@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

There is some truth to what you say but the game is more than a sum of its parts. Even though individual strokes of game dev brush may be not perfect the whole package as of today creates memorable, even unforgettable experience.

[–] AWittyUsername@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

CDPR has so many fanboys that they managed to convince other people that it was a good game.