Does the game get better?

[Nythe]

I am almost 2 hours in and its just been one boring cinematic after another and a couple boring fights with a trillion tutorial screens explaining mechanics WAAAAYYYY to early for me to even know what the hell they are talking about! I need to put my lumina in my pictos so my aimed shot can add a burn effect to the stains on the .....

Sorry... just getting annoyed by the pacing of this prologue. How many hours do I have to put in before the game actually starts?

Edit:
I found some videos of others struggling with not finding the opening as fun and they suggested to stay with it. Currently only at 7 hours in but once I got past the initial slow start I am beginning to enjoy the game for what it is. Thanks again all!

[Ogami]

If the game does not grip you yet then honestly i recommend refunding.
The story is the focus in this game so there will be a lot more cutscenes and the world does not truely open up till Act 2 which is about 10 - 12 hours in depending on your pace.

If you dont enjoy what the game is currently offering then its not for you, its that simple.
Also i disagree about the tutorials, all the tutorials come exactly at the point when those functions/skills unlock.
I thought it was one of the better ingame tutorials i experienced in a long time.

[Sheiriff Woody]

Originally posted by Nythe:

I am almost 2 hours in and its just been one boring cinematic after another and a couple boring fights with a trillion tutorial screens explaining mechanics WAAAAYYYY to early for me to even know what the hell they are talking about! I need to put my lumina in my pictos so my aimed shot can add a burn effect to the stains on the .....

Sorry... just getting annoyed by the pacing of this prologue. How many hours do I have to put in before the game actually starts?

The game gets better after 0 min. Dear gosh, you should just refund if you are not having Fun. Its Heavy Story focused.

[sleepiest dhampir]

yep, it's a story game. refund it lol

[Nythe]

Sigh, I was hoping more of a JRPG than a cinematic game. I know every review said visually stunning and I get that... I just really hoping the game would be at least 75% actually playing the game.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by Nythe:

Sigh, I was hoping more of a JRPG than a cinematic game. I know every review said visually stunning and I get that... I just really hoping the game would be at least 75% actually playing the game.

Well, combat and exploring becomes a lot more prominent over the course of the game and there will be a lot of mechanics introduced to make it more interesting but at its core the game is what you experience in the first few hours. Story scenes with some exploring and combat inbetween. Later when you get a overworld map and can explore more freely and also do side content it may feel different to you but if you are not invested in the story yet and find the combat "boring" like you wrote i dont think the later parts of the game will change your mind.
The heart of the game are the characters and the story and if neither is gripping you then its most likely not the game for you.

[toughnails]

The prologue is story heavy, how else would the game introduce you to its world? It's only 2 hours though, the rest is all action. It's not like Persona 5 where you barely play the game between all the talking.

But I'd still say you should probably refund it, because the story is freaking amazing, and if you feel nothing, then it's not for you.

[Weltall8000]

Originally posted by Nythe:

I am almost 2 hours in and its just been one boring cinematic after another and a couple boring fights with a trillion tutorial screens explaining mechanics WAAAAYYYY to early for me to even know what the hell they are talking about! I need to put my lumina in my pictos so my aimed shot can add a burn effect to the stains on the .....

Sorry... just getting annoyed by the pacing of this prologue. How many hours do I have to put in before the game actually starts?

Narratively, if you didn't like the events of the prologue, you probably won't care about the story.

Gameplay, if you don't like what you see in the first zone after arriving on the continent (after the beach massacre and the woods level), you probably won't care about the gameplay.

If you're even thinking the way you're talking about it after two hours, I strongly suspect this is not the game for you.

[Nythe]

Thanks everyone... I will quit for tonight (I think I am under 2 hours) and decide tomorrow.

[Weltall8000]

Originally posted by Nythe:

Sigh, I was hoping more of a JRPG than a cinematic game. I know every review said visually stunning and I get that... I just really hoping the game would be at least 75% actually playing the game.

There is a lot of gameplay here. Personally, I think the story is the real draw for me. But it is fun gameplay to me. Not something I want to do forever, but it's pretty fun and something I don't get very often from games.

The whole package, feels like it has most of the sensibilities of the PS2 era JRPGs. Obviously, better visuals, and the timing elements that we saw some of in like Super Mario RPG and some of the Final Fantasies (particularly VIII and X).

After the first few areas, the balance of time in game is skewed heavily towards playing it though, read: exploration and combat. Still, it will be punctuated by spots of cutscenes and dialogue that can, at times, drag on awhile. I will say that the script is possibly the best I have seen in a game, it's damn good.

[Svlyn]

Games are like books and some stories are not interesting for everyone. I find BG 3 boring and i can never get invested in it and I regret that I did not refund it. I knew this from the start, but everyone was saying it was so good so i thought my feeling would change. But they never did.

This game; however, grabbed my attention immediately. You pretty much know immediately if a story is for you, even if others are yelling from the roof tops GOTY.

[BlueCat]

If this game didn't grab your attention immediately it's not going to.

[Josh]

If the cinematic seem boring? Yeah, just quit. It won't get "better". After 2 hours, you already passed the refund window. Sucks.

[Metadragon]

I mean, once you are past the prologue the game is about an hour of exploring an area, followed by 5 minutes of cinematic and about 10 minutes of dialogue. Then exploring a new area etc. Sometimes it can go a little longer on the exploration side, sometimes the cinematics are a little longer but thats the game.

If you dont like the story now, you are not gonna magically like it later. Its a lot more of the same. Melancholic