I think it goes to show you how bad things are but it does seem like a bunch of people are buying that game as a way of snubbing Ubisoft's artificial hyping which is pretty funny but this is a classic example of just because the crowds seem to like something doesn't mean you'll find it fun.
If Sony really does end up doing a purge of it's western studios though, the may be able to muscle in on market share simply by virtue of not being woke it doesn't change the fact that I think most open world titles are beyond boring and follow the ubisoft design philosophy. They're probably going to make millions simply by not following through on censorship half as much as other studios lol.
. Create empty open world with random NPCs that's way too big so even if it looks pretty there isn't that much to do
. Extremely awkward camera angles and behaviour you can't adjust to your liking
. Scatter collectible crap in it you barely use if you're simply going through the main story and it doesn't really have much impact on the story anyway
. Don't even attempt to try and play this game M&K
. Spam QTE on fucking everything even if you're just trying to do something like turn a wheel or stand up
Just something to be aware of if you see anyone trying to hype up these titles.
Glad its once again "because I don't like something, its trash and everyone who likes it is retarded normies."
Its a game with fun combat and a solid story mostly free of any modern wokeness (which is why mainstream media hated it on release, because of its "racism"). That's why people are buying it, its fun and it has a reputation for being so without any strings besides the open world being tacked on. Fortunately because its tacked on its so useless that you can also nearly completely ignore it and just chain missions. Not a defense of it, but literally nobody defends it either.
I refuse to double dip, especially full price, so I can't speak of any changes this Director's Cut and new island made from the original. But the entire reason anyone liked it was because the combat was fun and just felt good to play, as well as being a legitimate stealth game in an industry that hates those.