tapped out after getting through the first village because i saw my entire life laid out in front of me in a series of gray fogs dissipating.
it's fine, its technically a very good "video game", you press x and he swings a sword to a delightful combat whatever whatever whatever. its just i got my spotify wrapped from the past year and i felt like i spent it in an algorithmic tar pit, listening to whatever came up next, not acting with intention about what i put in front of my eyes and ears. and like: cool man, i survived last year, presumably you did too, congrats all around, etc etc etc. but like when i was going through the prologue of this game i swear to god i heard each of the committee voices speaking in the design room. when i got to the Mandatory Loosely Historical Minigames section I just... I mean, i could move on, but why? this isn't even assassin's creed. this CAREFULLY GENDER-NEUTRAL BUT DEFINITELY SEXED (UNLESS???) protagonist doesn't have the charm of ezio. this isn't cloak and dagger medieval italy or Crusades Jerusalem. This is the netflix show i watched in a haze while feeding newborns for six weeks at 3am (The Last Kingdom, not the other two netflix exclusive viking shows). I'm not scouting out a unique assassination location, i'm running into guys and pressing X a bunch because stealth attacks dont work until you get to a higher level and spend your skill points(???) just like every other video game about vikings that exists. Oooh i hope it has a rune system for my upgradeable equipment! (it does).
if you want to spend 60 hours playing a videogame this is definitely one you can do that in. no problem.
it's fine, its technically a very good "video game", you press x and he swings a sword to a delightful combat whatever whatever whatever. its just i got my spotify wrapped from the past year and i felt like i spent it in an algorithmic tar pit, listening to whatever came up next, not acting with intention about what i put in front of my eyes and ears. and like: cool man, i survived last year, presumably you did too, congrats all around, etc etc etc. but like when i was going through the prologue of this game i swear to god i heard each of the committee voices speaking in the design room. when i got to the Mandatory Loosely Historical Minigames section I just... I mean, i could move on, but why? this isn't even assassin's creed. this CAREFULLY GENDER-NEUTRAL BUT DEFINITELY SEXED (UNLESS???) protagonist doesn't have the charm of ezio. this isn't cloak and dagger medieval italy or Crusades Jerusalem. This is the netflix show i watched in a haze while feeding newborns for six weeks at 3am (The Last Kingdom, not the other two netflix exclusive viking shows). I'm not scouting out a unique assassination location, i'm running into guys and pressing X a bunch because stealth attacks dont work until you get to a higher level and spend your skill points(???) just like every other video game about vikings that exists. Oooh i hope it has a rune system for my upgradeable equipment! (it does).
if you want to spend 60 hours playing a videogame this is definitely one you can do that in. no problem.