how much of a downer is the story (without spoilers please)?

[Mermidion]

honest question cause i am really interested in buying it.
I saw all the cool gameplay videos and was super impressed and hyped.
then i saw a video about the beginning of the game with the festival and the people dying which certainly set a tone for the game.

the thing is ,with all the dark souls/elden ring type like games i am really tired of the whole "everything is bleak and depressing and death" trope. its kind of overdone in my opinion. so i wanted to know (without spoilers if possible) if the whole game is just a pathway into depression or if it is just the beginning of the game?

[tankanidis]

Prologue:

"'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." - Alfred Lord Tennyson


Main Story:

“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”
― Friedrich W. Nietzsche


Ending:

“Why are we still here? Just to suffer? " - Hideo Kojima/Metal Gear

[Mermidion]

Originally posted by tankanidis:

Prologue:

"'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." - Alfred Lord Tennyson

i saw the prologue and i get that. but that completly doesnt answer my question about the rest of the game.

[CoraTora]

The game is bleak. You're gonna get your heart stepped on a few times. It's 100% worth playing.

[BNUYY]

Originally posted by Mermidion:

honest question cause i am really interested in buying it.
I saw all the cool gameplay videos and was super impressed and hyped.
then i saw a video about the beginning of the game with the festival and the people dying which certainly set a tone for the game.

the thing is ,with all the dark souls/elden ring type like games i am really tired of the whole "everything is bleak and depressing and death" trope. its kind of overdone in my opinion. so i wanted to know (without spoilers if possible) if the whole game is just a pathway into depression or if it is just the beginning of the game?

It isn't a trope, the game has a depressing setting and story for a reason. The ending is just as sad as the start, maybe even sadder

[Mermidion]

Originally posted by BNUYY:

Originally posted by Mermidion:

honest question cause i am really interested in buying it.
I saw all the cool gameplay videos and was super impressed and hyped.
then i saw a video about the beginning of the game with the festival and the people dying which certainly set a tone for the game.

the thing is ,with all the dark souls/elden ring type like games i am really tired of the whole "everything is bleak and depressing and death" trope. its kind of overdone in my opinion. so i wanted to know (without spoilers if possible) if the whole game is just a pathway into depression or if it is just the beginning of the game?

It isn't a trope, the game has a depressing setting and story for a reason. The ending is just as sad as the start, maybe even sadder

Ah thanks. that is the kind of information i was looking for.

[Strexxin]

If you don't ask any questions then the story is decent enough. If you ask any questions at all things fall apart very quickly. Hardly anything is explained, you are just expected to accept that is the way it is.

[Dalr0n]

Originally posted by Strexxin:

If you don't ask any questions then the story is decent enough. If you ask any questions at all things fall apart very quickly. Hardly anything is explained, you are just expected to accept that is the way it is.

LOL someone didnt play the game

[Mermidion]

Originally posted by Strexxin:

If you don't ask any questions then the story is decent enough. If you ask any questions at all things fall apart very quickly. Hardly anything is explained, you are just expected to accept that is the way it is.

Originally posted by Dalr0n:

Originally posted by Strexxin:

If you don't ask any questions then the story is decent enough. If you ask any questions at all things fall apart very quickly. Hardly anything is explained, you are just expected to accept that is the way it is.

LOL someone didnt play the game

Nah its alright, i was just wondering over the overall atmosphere and feeling of the story and i thing i got the answers i needed already.
no need to further argue and disagreements.

[Strexxin]

Originally posted by Dalr0n:

Originally posted by Strexxin:

If you don't ask any questions then the story is decent enough. If you ask any questions at all things fall apart very quickly. Hardly anything is explained, you are just expected to accept that is the way it is.

LOL someone didnt play the game

I played it right up to the end of Act 2. Nothing is explained about the zones, nothing is explained about the bosses you fight, nothing is explained about how different people have different powers. You go from one zone to the next because "we said so". Conversations you have don't matter, characters barely even remember those conversations, gameplay in hour 20 is the same as hour 1.

I won't spoil the story but it is pretty obvious what it is about for anyone paying even a little bit of attention.

[phantommail]

Originally posted by Strexxin:

Originally posted by Dalr0n:

LOL someone didnt play the game

I played it right up to the end of Act 2. Nothing is explained about the zones, nothing is explained about the bosses you fight, nothing is explained about how different people have different powers. You go from one zone to the next because "we said so". Conversations you have don't matter, characters barely even remember those conversations, gameplay in hour 20 is the same as hour 1.

I won't spoil the story but it is pretty obvious what it is about for anyone paying even a little bit of attention.

LIterally everything was explained about zones , bosses and monsters.

As for people having different powers - it's a game , duh. And there should be this litte thing called gameplay.

Your path trought map also was clearly explained.

Gamplay of Dark Souls in hour 1 is the same as hour 20, same for BG3 or literally any other game. What kind of dumb nonsense is this ?

[Dalr0n]

Originally posted by Strexxin:

Originally posted by Dalr0n:

LOL someone didnt play the game

I played it right up to the end of Act 2. Nothing is explained about the zones, nothing is explained about the bosses you fight, nothing is explained about how different people have different powers. You go from one zone to the next because "we said so". Conversations you have don't matter, characters barely even remember those conversations, gameplay in hour 20 is the same as hour 1.

I won't spoil the story but it is pretty obvious what it is about for anyone paying even a little bit of attention.

Im at end of game act 3 , I understand alot and could spoil most of it. Like most stories of this nature most is revealed near the end. They do explain mostly everything to me so far I havent rolled end credits yet so i expect more answers then, maybe you didnt pay attention mr edgelord?

[MachineGod]

The answer is yes

[Strexxin]

Originally posted by phantommail:

Originally posted by Strexxin:

I played it right up to the end of Act 2. Nothing is explained about the zones, nothing is explained about the bosses you fight, nothing is explained about how different people have different powers. You go from one zone to the next because "we said so". Conversations you have don't matter, characters barely even remember those conversations, gameplay in hour 20 is the same as hour 1.

I won't spoil the story but it is pretty obvious what it is about for anyone paying even a little bit of attention.

LIterally everything was explained about zones , bosses and monsters.

As for people having different powers - it's a game , duh. And there should be this litte thing called gameplay.

Your path trought map also was clearly explained.

Gamplay of Dark Souls in hour 1 is the same as hour 20, same for BG3 or literally any other game. What kind of dumb nonsense is this ?

"The Paintress made it" isn't an explanation.

The gameplay for BG3 is certainly not the same at hour 20, not unless you have cheated to have unlocked everything immediately.

[Strexxin]

Originally posted by Dalr0n:

Originally posted by Strexxin:

I played it right up to the end of Act 2. Nothing is explained about the zones, nothing is explained about the bosses you fight, nothing is explained about how different people have different powers. You go from one zone to the next because "we said so". Conversations you have don't matter, characters barely even remember those conversations, gameplay in hour 20 is the same as hour 1.

I won't spoil the story but it is pretty obvious what it is about for anyone paying even a little bit of attention.

Im at end of game act 3 , I understand alot and could spoil most of it. Like most stories of this nature most is revealed near the end. They do explain mostly everything to me so far I havent rolled end credits yet so i expect more answers then, maybe you didnt pay attention mr edgelord?

I am not even at the end of Act 2 and could spoil most of it, the story and all the "twists in it" are very obvious, the entire thing is basically the result of a family falling out

[Dalr0n]

Originally posted by Strexxin:

Originally posted by Dalr0n:

Im at end of game act 3 , I understand alot and could spoil most of it. Like most stories of this nature most is revealed near the end. They do explain mostly everything to me so far I havent rolled end credits yet so i expect more answers then, maybe you didnt pay attention mr edgelord?

I am not even at the end of Act 2 and could spoil most of it, the story and all the "twists in it" are very obvious, the entire thing is basically the result of a family falling out

Congrats you display basic understanding of dialog in cutscenes given to the player. Do you enjoy acting like an assclown or is this a genetic trait? In case I'm not making myself clear here, the story isn't trying to be confusing or mysterious, you understand exactly what the game needs you to, when it reveals the info to you in a very straight forward style. The info on how the world works and came to be and who the monsters and others things that you mentioned earlier cannot be known until they tell you.