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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by verycoolusername@lemm.ee to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

Personally there are a few games which left me very dissappointed, after hyping myself up for years in certain cases.

Divinity Original Sin: turns out I prefer more streamlined, less packed games (love Pillars of Eternity) and that coop play in a CRPG stresses me out.

Wasteland 2: I actually managed to finish this one but secretly I admit I was hoping for a better Fallout which I didn't really get. New Vegas did the cowboy theme much better.

INSIDE: while the design was cool, it was just a ton of boring, easy puzzles in comparison to LIMBO, its predecessor.

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[-] Aquila@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

God I hope I don’t add starfield to this list!

[-] Fluid@aussie.zone 18 points 1 year ago

It’s a modern bethesda title. Not to be pessimistic, but you should probably lower expectations for it. It has a high chance to be 1. Buggy. 2. Shallow and derivative in both mechanics and story. 3. Full of DLC and shady monetary models. Bethesda succumbed to corporate greed and formulaic design principles a long time ago.

[-] h3rm17@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

See, that's the part that baffles me about Starfield. I'm hyped as fuck for it, since a bethesda space game is exactly what I want (and let's be honest, aside from the horse armor back in oblivion, their DLCs have been pretty solid with some misses)... but whenever I read people hype about it, it seems like they are expectont a completely different game, made by IDK, rockstar or something.

[-] Vrijgezelopkamers@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't know, if I'm honest, if there is one AAA developer out there that makes games that will keep me engaged for at least a couple of hundred hours, it's probably Bethesda. I think Starfield will be the same. Will there be bugs: yes. Will it be a variation on a well-known theme? Most definitely. Will it be less good than the hype: very likely. Will it be totally worth it nonetheless: probably yes.

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