Things I don't like about games I do like
Some spoilers in notes.
20 Games
Villager dialogue/personalities and interactions are extremely lacking. It's so jarring to build an elaborate island and watch your villagers all congregate in the middle and mindlessly zone out or lift weights, ignoring everything else. This is not a proper social sim. Also really needs multiple islands/save files.
Lacks the necessary gameplay variety to sustain its length. Open world is beautiful but mostly empty.
All my favorite characters die and then I'm depressed.
Vanilla combat is extremely lacking, and the terrible hotkey system makes playing a mage a chore. Wanted the option to side with Astrid in the Dark Brotherhood quest.
Really jarring mix of conflicting graphics styles. Awkwardly written script that's hard to follow.
Most new sidequests are pretty shallow gameplay-wise.
Incoherent story with a lot of wasted potential. Far too many abilities and powers and rarely a good opportunity to use them.
Could've used a few more checkpoints in some of the longer/harder missions.
Terrible, sometimes nonexistent level design. Awkward story pacing makes a lot of Disney worlds feel like filler.
Very lackluster boss battles.
Cumbersome (and anxiety-inducing) save system. A lot of bosses aren't that great.
Lack of content in general, far too easy sometimes, and super annoying late-game fetch quest padding.
Clunky combat and terrible inventory management.
Really annoying cover/vaulting mechanics, and pretty boring level design.
Shooting is super clunky and ultimately unnecessary.
Very unappealing textures? Shaders? Idk on character models. The models themselves are fine but something about the colors or shaders is way off and makes everyone look like weird plastic/clay toys. Unnecessarily cumbersome fast travel system. Terrible Pokemon boxes management.
Environmental graphics looks like ass and performance is embarrassing.
Combat can get repetitive. Could've used a few more combos.
No more hats >:(
Geralt takes fall damage far too easily. Yen and Triss both suck as romance options.
