Is honeymoon phase already over for you? Game is unfinished.

[plasticsoda]

The more I play this game, the more the magic wanes and I can see the what's beneath it. This game is unfinished and while I can say I love it, I truly do, and it will probably be the only game I will play until next year, it sucks that you will have to wait at least a year before playing the way it's meant to be played aka the 'definitive' edition or 'enhanced' edition, whatever they want to call it.

In all my years of 'gaming' this is the very first game I buy upon release, and while I can say 60 hours on Act I alone (restarted many times to try new builds) is enough to get my value back, I can't help but feel duped

[ULTRA]

The honeymoon phase never started. I always just saw it as a pretty good but Larian-y (i.e. unfinished at launch) CRPG. The only difference between early access and "release" to me is the amount of content. I didn't bother buying in to early access, btw.

[Recjawjind]

If you truly love the game, but still feel duped, maybe take a step back and readjust your attitude, give it some thought.

Yes, there is cut stuff, yes it's unfortunate, no I don't even remotely feel duped. I got MORE than my money worth, and hundreds of hours of fun.

[✙205🍉🐆→]

It doesn't matter if you've already bought the game, you've been cheated.
All the money will go to the developers for fun at Disneyland
Have a nice day

[Solidus2kill09]

yes, I think I will continue my 4 players coop with friends but the game is dead for me, no matter what patch 2 will add the game is unfinished and we can only wait larian finish it

[SerraShaar]

how is it Unfinished???

[Jadedragon]

As long as they dont charge extra for the definitive edition if it aires, im ok.

[Mr Fred]

I think this game will become the go to entry level crpg for years to come but it cruelly lack on the depth and replayability department to ever be mentionned in the same sentence as classics.

[zpc]

Originally posted by SerraShaar:

how is it Unfinished???

The usual stuff you know - cut content, bugs, yadda yaddy. Everybody makes their own hell - we humans are very good at that =)

@OP

Still enjoying the game a lot after 200+ hours. But I'll stop playing once Starfield arrives...

[Jean-Maurice Nya]

The honeymoon stopped after the original trailer of the game. When Larian showed which game mechanics they were using, the honeymoon was over and I had no good expectations, and Larian prove me right: 5e ruleset is dumb for video gaming, TbT is way too easy with Larian, the tone is far from original games and far from the seriousness of the events of the game,...
This is a Disney game.

[MakeshiftRiot]

Originally posted by ✙205🍉🐆→:

It doesn't matter if you've already bought the game, you've been cheated.
All the money will go to the developers for fun at Disneyland
Have a nice day

Why are you even here? You do not own the game.

[Jack]

Nah, not really. To be honest they delivered way more than I expected.
And they/we where doing so well up untill a cuple of weeks before release.

Then the overhype exploded, especcialy Fextralifes misunderstanding of the "Final" act.
(And every channel that used his statement as a single source after.)

I was lucky enugh to navigate around it, so I guess my expectations wasent as high as many others.

BTW: Good luck enjoying Starfield if you belive everything stated the last weeks will be exactly like you or media imagened it. (your setting yourself up for disapointment, you got your vision, they got theirs.)

[plasticsoda]

Originally posted by Recjawjind:

If you truly love the game, but still feel duped, maybe take a step back and readjust your attitude, give it some thought.

Yes, there is cut stuff, yes it's unfortunate, no I don't even remotely feel duped. I got MORE than my money worth, and hundreds of hours of fun.

I absolutely already got my money back and I will probably replay it once I finish the game is just that the game is really buggy, even on ACT I, and the cut contenct really does detract from the experience as things feel rushed and nonsenscial narratively wise. I don't think I need a change in attitude, I've only been playing games a year or two after release, or old games mostly, and I'm accostumed to them being already in top notch condition and while I can understand why studios don't release games 100% fixed on release, it's not an experience I ever had before

[ULTRA]

Originally posted by SerraShaar:

how is it Unfinished???

Because there are features that the creative authors of the game wanted to include, but weren't able to get around to for marketing reasons. It's like a Chevy Bel Air without fenders basically. It drives around and looks cool and you can pass it on to your kids but there are no fenders there dogg. Where did they go? Hopefully they get added on later out of the goodness of Chevy's heart. Cool car though.

[Vera♡]

The ending killed all the joy and replay for me, I can't understand how they thought that ending without slides or consequences could be an "epic" ending to the story. I know patch 2 probably is going to fix bugs and a lot of triggers so you can play new things in act 3, still is not giving us a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ epilogue. I cant wait for the definitive edition, i also wont be buying any game from larian again until like a year after they release it, Divinity2 now bg3 i can see a pattern of not finishing games and a year later drop the best definitive edition ever, if thats their bussines model, so be it but im done with ea and unfinished games.

[Rex is back, baby!]

Originally posted by plasticsoda:

The more I play this game, the more the magic wanes and I can see the what's beneath it. This game is unfinished and while I can say I love it, I truly do, and it will probably be the only game I will play until next year, it sucks that you will have to wait at least a year before playing the way it's meant to be played aka the 'definitive' edition or 'enhanced' edition, whatever they want to call it.

In all my years of 'gaming' this is the very first game I buy upon release, and while I can say 60 hours on Act I alone (restarted many times to try new builds) is enough to get my value back, I can't help but feel duped

You CAN help and not feel duped.
Don't listen to doubt. Don't listen to your immediate emotional reaction.

You got duped by the trolls, and others who were duped about "cut content," without understanding the nuance and processes of game design. Logically, could you tell where it is "unfinished" or is it just your emotional brain manipulating you? Careful of the hope/hype that makes you assume that a 'definitive edition' will become your savior. Setting this belief up will only let you down, because ideals are never meant to be met. They are designed to drive you, but never reward you. Ever hear of the expression "chasing the dragon"? that's what an ideal is. Realistically, try to ground yourself. Hype, especially for gamers, is dangerous, and hurts more than helps. Yet companies manufacture hype to get people to buy things :X.

Seriously, ask yourself where it is "unfinished." Read their most recent update as of 8/29/2023.

It is also a normal emotional reaction to feel wanting. Especially in 2023, where dopamine is a button press away. We feel the lows much more significantly than our ancestors. What consistently brings you pleasure? Or do you suffer from anhendonia?

Resilience and Grit, trick your mind back as your mind has tricked you.
Never leave wanting, because you will never be satisfied. Understand that this game is a game, and not a miracle pill toward fulfillment. At the end of the day, it only seeks to pass your time. A success, as you already have said you got your money's worth.

I think you got more than what you bargained for, and got more value than the money you spent, but alas the brain makes us anxious, wanting, and fearful. It is an inevitability that the honeypot ends, and we realize the reality of our world again.

Really, the only cure to not feel the way you feel is to attach fond memory to the product or force your brain to undergo plasticity. As we get older beyond our formative years, it gets harder and harder to do. At the ripe age of 45, our brains start deteriorating cognitive function (memory, reasoning and comprehension skills) making plasticity near impossible.

I challenge you to fight back these feelings, to walk into the depths of your mental prison. Take your emotions and deconstruct them, reconstruct them like a puzzle.

OR, just ride the lightning, as the expression says, until you chase the next high the next game that will come :b.