played 5 hours & im sorry but the open world just isn't doing it for me. i was excited for this after beating bloodborne last year but tbh all i really experinced here was a big open world filling space between the dense interconnected level design that i actually want to play. the open world didn't have anything that enticed me to continue foward...all i found was barebone dungeons with easy bosses at the end & boring standard fodder to kill off.
maybe i'm missing something but man...i was just deadpan. something i should say is that for me when it comes to games that are 'challenging/cruel/vague' is that personally? i much prefer that in smaller scale games like a classic resident evil or a hack n slash like ninja gaiden black & even tho bloodborne is a long game thats big it does through having multiple dense areas being compiled on one another that you do one by one instead of a massive open world so it doesn't overwhelm me with it's scale right out the gate like this does.
everyone else seems to have got the game they wanted & i'm happy for all of you but this just ain't for me.
maybe i'm missing something but man...i was just deadpan. something i should say is that for me when it comes to games that are 'challenging/cruel/vague' is that personally? i much prefer that in smaller scale games like a classic resident evil or a hack n slash like ninja gaiden black & even tho bloodborne is a long game thats big it does through having multiple dense areas being compiled on one another that you do one by one instead of a massive open world so it doesn't overwhelm me with it's scale right out the gate like this does.
everyone else seems to have got the game they wanted & i'm happy for all of you but this just ain't for me.
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this is fair! sorry you had a bad time. for what it's worth, I was in pretty much your exact position at the 5-hour mark of my playthrough, feeling super underwhelmed and disappointed and like I had no reason to continue, but I stuck with it and I'm SO glad I did. I found Limgrave mostly pretty boring and honestly spent way too much time there trying to get a feel for things, but the further I've branched out, the more captivated I've been by the world and the secrets I've found. the barebones mini-dungeons become a lot more complex, the open areas become less generically flat/grassy, and the enemy encounters in them start to require deeper engagement than just "ride up on your horse and slap em a few times". and even if the open world never clicks for you the way it finally has for me, I'd at least encourage you to check out Stormveil Castle, the castle on the cliff visible from the starting area—it's beautifully dense and intertwined like a Bloodborne or Dark Souls area, and in my opinion, rivals the very best of them. seriously so fucking fun to explore and piece together and definitely the best time I've had with the game so far.
obviously you're under no obligation to force yourself to play more of something you haven't been enjoying, but like I said, I'm so happy I stuck it out, and maybe you would be too if you gave it another shot. who knows!
obviously you're under no obligation to force yourself to play more of something you haven't been enjoying, but like I said, I'm so happy I stuck it out, and maybe you would be too if you gave it another shot. who knows!
I'm glad your time got progressively better but im just not feeling it to hop back in
maybe sometime down the line in a few years I might give it another shot when my feelings/memories of this game aren't so recent. Ii could go in again aware of what its actually like & not with the expectations Ii had. 'go in with the right mindset' basically is what im saying.
who knows maybe in 2 or 3 years ill try it again & look down on current me go 'damn you were an idiot this game owns actually' it wouldnt be the first time.
but for now I'm just gonna relax & play more laid back games for now, ill finish vampire: masquerade bloodlines, been wanting to try deadly premonition, gravity rush & then when my brain is in the right mood ill try a different souls game...maybe sekiro since I like bloodborne's more fast paced gameplay & combat than this one's which feels slow by comparison
maybe sometime down the line in a few years I might give it another shot when my feelings/memories of this game aren't so recent. Ii could go in again aware of what its actually like & not with the expectations Ii had. 'go in with the right mindset' basically is what im saying.
who knows maybe in 2 or 3 years ill try it again & look down on current me go 'damn you were an idiot this game owns actually' it wouldnt be the first time.
but for now I'm just gonna relax & play more laid back games for now, ill finish vampire: masquerade bloodlines, been wanting to try deadly premonition, gravity rush & then when my brain is in the right mood ill try a different souls game...maybe sekiro since I like bloodborne's more fast paced gameplay & combat than this one's which feels slow by comparison
im kind of feeling the same which is why im only using map guides now and still want to continue playing since im a sucker for souls exploration
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i was considering using a guide too but considering how big the world is, how much stuff there is & that I re-read stuff all the time to make sure...it would take me forever
yeah dont use a guide thats lame af, the sense of exploration and discovering stuff for your own is amazing
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