no deep thoughts bc im not even out of like tutorial-ish area yet but i feel kinda sick of chasing realism in videogames. all this in service of these uncanny creepy faces and an environment where i can barely tell what object is interactable and what isnt. i need game to become uglier and more readable noewww
edit: the more i play this the more confused i feel... everyone was hyping this as a 10/10 RPG that will change the industry and how RPGs are perceived but i feel. so bored? the writing is so trite, maybe it's my fault for expecting any sort of depth but the way the goblins are treated is just baffling. there's nothing fun for failing at all, even for critical failures - the thing you try to do simply doesn't happen, and there's no retrying it either, it's just gone. the locations are pretty, but the camera is so annoying that exploring is... not fun either? the "evil" option has like 0 reason for you to take it. be good or be bad is not an interesting decision in any game much less an rpg supposedly about playing how you want and being a person in the world or w/e. i don't know man. i will stick with it for a while bc i do like the companions and i want to know more about them, but i feel such a disconnect with everything, and worst of all, i'm BORED! i don't think games should make you feel bored...
edit2: ok got out of the goblin/grove stuff feeling less bored yay
edit3: it was aight. the main story is boring and act 3 is horrifically buggy so i ended up locking myself out of wyll's quest :( and the other quests that were there did not work correctly like the foundry... ah well. it's a 7/10 game with 10/10 moments at times but the scale and polish early on make it at least an 8. i'd throw in a 0.5 for astarion and karlach i enjoyed them but the clear disparity in companion content is wild ksjdfs they bet it all on their tumblr sexyman and i guess it worked... i like him but i dont want to see his fandom ever god bless anyway time to play smth else. also by god i hope they find a way to overhaul the inventory system that's just terrible, not being able to access everyone in camp without asking them to join / leave party is ridiculous. there are more QoL moments like that that pissed me the fuck off but well. w/e zzzz
edit4: girl how was the epilogue stuff Not there at launch its wild hsdhfsdf its good but like... omfg how did u guys launch it and not think that ppl will want this content come on
edit: the more i play this the more confused i feel... everyone was hyping this as a 10/10 RPG that will change the industry and how RPGs are perceived but i feel. so bored? the writing is so trite, maybe it's my fault for expecting any sort of depth but the way the goblins are treated is just baffling. there's nothing fun for failing at all, even for critical failures - the thing you try to do simply doesn't happen, and there's no retrying it either, it's just gone. the locations are pretty, but the camera is so annoying that exploring is... not fun either? the "evil" option has like 0 reason for you to take it. be good or be bad is not an interesting decision in any game much less an rpg supposedly about playing how you want and being a person in the world or w/e. i don't know man. i will stick with it for a while bc i do like the companions and i want to know more about them, but i feel such a disconnect with everything, and worst of all, i'm BORED! i don't think games should make you feel bored...
edit2: ok got out of the goblin/grove stuff feeling less bored yay
edit3: it was aight. the main story is boring and act 3 is horrifically buggy so i ended up locking myself out of wyll's quest :( and the other quests that were there did not work correctly like the foundry... ah well. it's a 7/10 game with 10/10 moments at times but the scale and polish early on make it at least an 8. i'd throw in a 0.5 for astarion and karlach i enjoyed them but the clear disparity in companion content is wild ksjdfs they bet it all on their tumblr sexyman and i guess it worked... i like him but i dont want to see his fandom ever god bless anyway time to play smth else. also by god i hope they find a way to overhaul the inventory system that's just terrible, not being able to access everyone in camp without asking them to join / leave party is ridiculous. there are more QoL moments like that that pissed me the fuck off but well. w/e zzzz
edit4: girl how was the epilogue stuff Not there at launch its wild hsdhfsdf its good but like... omfg how did u guys launch it and not think that ppl will want this content come on