It got boring shockingly quick

[Masura]

I was really looking forward to this game after seeing all the cool gameplay demo videos that were floating around, and the trailers.
But after playing it really does just boil down to a very generic survival game very quickly, and the combat is really not nearly as engaging as it looks either. It also has some framerate issues despite running a 3080 12gig.
Idk this game looked right up my ally but, something about is just off, making really very boring, nothing is hooking me, it feels like a game ive already played through 10 times before.

[Troy Muni]

idk what to tell you, i'm having a blast with it solo. The exploration is giving me Elden Ring and Skyrim vibes for some reason. Doubt I'll play it long though, but it's filling the void nicely for me.

[Anal Seepage]

Stick to cod lil bro

[Troy Muni]

Wasn't me, I just saw your second post.

[Masura]

Originally posted by Troy Muni:

idk what to tell you, i'm having a blast with it solo. The exploration is giving me Elden Ring and Skyrim vibes for some reason. Doubt I'll play it long though, but it's filling the void nicely for me.

Thats totally fair, but I was never big on skyrim maybe thats it idk, I dont exactly even think its the game, I think ive just played too many survival sandbox RPGs at this point and it just, feels like ive played this game too many times in the past lol.

[Undeathical]

Well, it is in Early Access. Alot of stuff is barebones. If you can say the same thing a year or two from now, then calling it boring would be justified.

[Masura]

Originally posted by Hugh G. Rection:

Stick to cod lil bro

CoD blows, "lil bro" lol, go be cringe elsewhere my man.

[Masura]

Originally posted by Undeathical:

Well, it is in Early Access. Alot of stuff is barebones. If you can say the same thing a year or two from now, then calling it boring would be justified.

Also totally fair, kinda the plan is to refund it for now and keep up with it, and see where it goes in the future. I was very excited for this game so I still have interest in keeping up with it. It just feels very boring to me at the moment, hopefully that will change in the future.

[Dark Exile]

The exploration is fun if you're not trying to get anywhere fast, the map more often than not is annoying to traverse.
The combat is the big let down for me though.

[Masura]

Originally posted by Dark Exile:

The exploration is fun if you're not trying to get anywhere fast, the map more often than not is annoying to traverse.
The combat is the big let down for me though.

yeah, also early on the bow trivializes the game way too much, I hope that they add some more early game enemy variety that can counter the bow, because right now ranged is just easymode.

[brewedjuice]

early game mobs quickly turned to nothing, and dps wise ranged can still wreck mobs mid game, but theres definitely some faster enemies who chunk me, 2-3 hit kill. one boss i fought melee felt like it coulda been an "asylum demon" intro boss difficulty, but the 2nd boss i found got sorta melted by the bow (she 2hit me the first time tho) so maybe early game just needs a bit of a quicker ramp up? bows definitely feel insanely strong, between headshots and stealth and just being ranged, but ive also gotten 2hit like 5 times today in the midgame, so im not entirely sure about the difficulty curve yet

[Makimera]

im totaly with you i was looking forward to the game, started out with a few friends and im already boored, i loved doing farming, cooking and animal handling in valheim, but in enshrouded those mechanics are really lacking, and im just boored and dont really have anything to do :/

[⛧ Al1nar]

this is what i was looking for before buying ,bc to much happy trash reviews 2 hours only,thanks for good words,won't buy atm the combat looks clunky

[Dragonic]

Ironically it had the opposite effect for me.
Haven't felt this instantly hooked and immersed in years.
And considering that this is the first version of Early Access, I can't even begin to imagine what the final version will be like, gonna be awesome.

[Skywalker]

Originally posted by Dark Exile:

The combat is the big let down for me though.

I come from Valheim (many compare it with this game) and the combat in Enshrouded is for me way better. You can feel the impact of blows (not in VH), you can log on the target or not (not in VH), the combat animations are fluid (not in VH), there are a skill tree to get much more combat skills (not in VH), you can loot weapons of different tiers and with skills (not in VH) ... so as a VH player I must admit: The combat in Enshrouded is way better. You can always make improvements, but for a EA game the combat is ok.

[roogun]

Right now, I'm fine with the combat. well, I'm a bow user and not soo far into the game yet (lvl 3), but the combat feels fluid and doable for a casual player. Sure, if you are accustomed to Dark Souls and the like, it's probably boring :)

But I tend to be cautious, trying to single out enemies and fight on my conditions. That may be the cause, that the combat is "easy". Don't know, how middle/late game combat is or when I'm swarmed by multiple opponents. I think that will make a big difference.