@Knuckles-Fajita Lol. Yeah, although every now and again I love a good Ubisoft tower game with a large map and a bunch of quest markers to chase (Horizon Zero Dawn for example), I’ve never been able to garner enough interest to play a single Far Cry game, even if it is the granddaddy of the genre. Just doesn’t interest me either.
And yes, I’m positive you’d hate Skyrim if you dislike fantasy. Personally I thought it was great. But very heavy on the knights, wizards, castles, and dragons.
As far as SotC, there is a lot of open space with “nothing to do” but in my mind it was fun just exploring and the world is beautiful. There are a few minor collectibles (fruit in trees and lizards) that could pass the time between as you travel to the Colossi battles. But mostly it’s just observing and exploring a cool world for a few minutes until you can find that next boss. The lack of random battles is somewhat refreshing in a way, after playing the typical JRPGs and such. In the present gaming world where we have Red Dead Redemption 2 where after playing 30 hours, I feel like 15 of those hours have been on horseback getting from point A to point B, it’s nothing that onerous. The whole game of SotC will be done in 15 hrs, so it’s just enough to feel nice being in that beautiful world.
But if it doesn’t interest you then you still may hate it, so I’ll not oversell it as a surefire hit. Not everyone adores the game as much as I do.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
SOTC isn't big by modern day standards. You can probably traverse the map in a minute or so. The amount of time you spend in between bosses are really up to you. But it works in SOTC, and I don't feel that numerous NPCs, enemies or a dozen collectibles would've made the game any better.
I noticed at US Gamestop Kingdom come Deliverance is $20 for those interested. I was hoping for a psn sale since I have most of my extra money tied up in psn credit, but this sale is very tempting.
@Knuckles-Fajita Awesome. Be sure to post your experiences and impressions when/if you get around to playing. Especially NieR is a game that I found I enjoyed more by being able to talk about it and the forum thread on the game was part of the enjoyment.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Medieval fantasy and I don't get on, either. I've yet to find a major fantasy novel series that I can enjoy (Game of Thrones, Wheel of Time, Lord of the Rings, etc. all bored me to death). In terms of gaming, I go out of my way to avoid games with those sorts of settings. I enjoy Zelda games, but those are really their own sort of thing. The most medieval fantasy-like Zelda game on an aesthetic level was Twilight Princess, and, while I mostly enjoyed that game, I made no secret of the fact that I hated it aesthetically.
I've played Skyrim, and it was OK, but I didn't enjoy exploring its world. Partially because the game is janky as heck. Also partially because it's just ugly and medieval.
It's also a big reason I've avoided playing The Witcher series.
Currently Playing: Fields of Mistria (PC); Cookie Clicker (PC); Metaphor: ReFantazio (PC); Overboard! (PC)
I love most medieval fantasy. Final Fantasy 9 in particular has a wonderful setting, Divinity, Skyrim, Ultima Online - all good. The tone of games like The Witcher and Dragon Age are a bit too bleak for me though. Skyrim always gets a pass due to its awesome soundtrack. As for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 it is kinda ye olden day fantasy but there are plenty of sci-fi elements, too.
Sci-fi, fantasy, cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic; I don't really care. I do tend to prefer ''fantasy'' settings over realistic and/or historical settings. I mean, if you can do everything you want in a game, why stick to reality? But the setting doesn't really matter to me.
@Thrillho I'd really like to try that expansion tbh, it looks glorious too. I can't really justify buying it when I've been unable to get to the end of the base game, I always get bored after 20-30 hours. Well, the two times I tried I did, anyway. I tried again one more time recently and deleted it during the tutorial 😂
@ApostateMage on the level despite my love for this game and having played it through many times I always thought it was Albert Steiner until now 😂 Had to check. I think my mild dyslexia is to blame for this.
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