I love playing this game, and I hate everything about this game that keeps me from actually playing it. The gacha mechanics, sure. The artificial caps on resources, absolutely.
But the most disappointing thing about this game for me is that they've created a rich, expansive world with an incredible story, but the storyTELLING is absolutely excruciating. Every story moment is a tedious exposition dump. I started the Sumera story and I swear I just watched three hours of inelegant lore-based conversation broken up only occasionally with me running from one checkpoint to the next. It's not the only game that has this type of problem (Horizon Forbidden West had a similar problem with exposition dumps), but holy hell do I have no patience for what appears to be modern video games' achilles heel.
Final Note after Platinum: After everything, I can't recommend this game despite some of it's better aspects. The gacha mechanic does too much to impede progress in the game and the storytelling has gotten more cumbersome and inelegant as the game has gone on.
But the most disappointing thing about this game for me is that they've created a rich, expansive world with an incredible story, but the storyTELLING is absolutely excruciating. Every story moment is a tedious exposition dump. I started the Sumera story and I swear I just watched three hours of inelegant lore-based conversation broken up only occasionally with me running from one checkpoint to the next. It's not the only game that has this type of problem (Horizon Forbidden West had a similar problem with exposition dumps), but holy hell do I have no patience for what appears to be modern video games' achilles heel.
Final Note after Platinum: After everything, I can't recommend this game despite some of it's better aspects. The gacha mechanic does too much to impede progress in the game and the storytelling has gotten more cumbersome and inelegant as the game has gone on.