I don’t think it’s that, the game just doesn’t “click” for certain people, I dunno.
I play a lot of open worlds, and I absolutely loved this one at first, but it got stale for me REALLY quickly. I don’t know if it’s the wind blowing or the pan flutes or Jin’s delivery... but yeah, for some reason I can’t get beyond the first island without losing all interest. It’s just the same shit over and over - same enemy camps, same mission types, same fugly female companions.
Take for example an absolute shit game like Valhalla, came out broken and bug riddled around the same time as GoT, with all the same repetition, copy/paste enemy camps, ugly bitches etc, AS WELL AS all the sweet baby social cancer in it; as much as I viscerally hated that game, I think I honestly found it livelier and more interesting than GoT (and BELIEVE me I wanna kick my own ass like Ed Norton in fight club for saying that). About a year after my first attempt, I began to think maybe I should just give GoT another go, maybe I just needed to give it another chance, but I just got bored again.
I dunno, maybe it’s just too much of a slow burn for me. I won’t admonish others for enjoying it though, it was definitely made with good intentions and is legit one of the most beautiful games I’ve ever seen. It’s just not for me 🤷🏼♂️
I can’t say I played GoT, so maybe you’re right and there is something “off” with this particular open world. But Lethn raises this complaint about every open world game. He doesn’t like it as a design choice. I’m not saying that just because he didn’t like this one.
GoT is very much a slow burn in the first zone, to a point where its an absolutely slog at times if you try to do all the open world stuff.
I think in the latter half of the second zone, when all the characters start to get to their climaxes in their arcs is when it shines most in terms of writing and characters.
Until then its really just a case of "do you find the combat fun on its own?" Which I did, and it carried me until the writing and pace picked up. But if its not making the time fly by for you, then its probably just not your game and that's not a bad thing for anyone.
Have you ever considered just not playing open world games? You clearly hate them. Why did you spend your time on it?
I don’t think it’s that, the game just doesn’t “click” for certain people, I dunno.
I play a lot of open worlds, and I absolutely loved this one at first, but it got stale for me REALLY quickly. I don’t know if it’s the wind blowing or the pan flutes or Jin’s delivery... but yeah, for some reason I can’t get beyond the first island without losing all interest. It’s just the same shit over and over - same enemy camps, same mission types, same fugly female companions.
Take for example an absolute shit game like Valhalla, came out broken and bug riddled around the same time as GoT, with all the same repetition, copy/paste enemy camps, ugly bitches etc, AS WELL AS all the sweet baby social cancer in it; as much as I viscerally hated that game, I think I honestly found it livelier and more interesting than GoT (and BELIEVE me I wanna kick my own ass like Ed Norton in fight club for saying that). About a year after my first attempt, I began to think maybe I should just give GoT another go, maybe I just needed to give it another chance, but I just got bored again.
I dunno, maybe it’s just too much of a slow burn for me. I won’t admonish others for enjoying it though, it was definitely made with good intentions and is legit one of the most beautiful games I’ve ever seen. It’s just not for me 🤷🏼♂️
I can’t say I played GoT, so maybe you’re right and there is something “off” with this particular open world. But Lethn raises this complaint about every open world game. He doesn’t like it as a design choice. I’m not saying that just because he didn’t like this one.
GoT is very much a slow burn in the first zone, to a point where its an absolutely slog at times if you try to do all the open world stuff.
I think in the latter half of the second zone, when all the characters start to get to their climaxes in their arcs is when it shines most in terms of writing and characters.
Until then its really just a case of "do you find the combat fun on its own?" Which I did, and it carried me until the writing and pace picked up. But if its not making the time fly by for you, then its probably just not your game and that's not a bad thing for anyone.