Dumb questions (sorry in advance)

[Bacon Overlord®]

Ok, so.. I tried this (family shared) and ... I couldn't even get past the start. Is the entire game kind of a love story or something? Because, not even slightly interested in the lives of pixels and it feels like you have a LONG way to go to get to the actual game... unless the entire game is cut scenes and human drama.

Not trying to be disrespectful, just curious since I'm the kind of guy that yells at the screen that I don't care as you follow people around on horseback on games like "Ghost of Tsushima" as they lay out their entire life in unskippable monologues.

[Ratsplat]

By the end of the game, you'll be wishing it was just simply a love story.

[Blackened Halo]

it is actually kinda family tragedy-related story

[Kethanid]

The tags on steam say RPG...story rich...you got cataracts?

[Bacon Overlord®]

Originally posted by Kethanid:

The tags on steam say RPG...story rich...you got cataracts?

It could be that the story is about a town or a sword or a villain, etc. Not necessarily a love story or some other human element. That's kind of why I asked.

[Bacon Overlord®]

Originally posted by Blackened Halo:

it is actually kinda family tragedy-related story

Is it worth playing or is it one of those "enjoy playing, suffer through the story" type games/

[Bacon Overlord®]

Originally posted by Ratsplat:

By the end of the game, you'll be wishing it was just simply a love story.

Because the story is bad or because it's a good story, but bad ending or something?

[Kethanid]

Totally subjective, you can't tell people that hey you'll love going to watch The matrix, and they end up hating it. If someone loves games like Myst, why would you recommend GTA?

[MakitaRotSprout]

I feel exactly the same. I've never been keen on story games. I love Expedition for the gameplay.
In this game cut scenes are skippable. The action starts about 90 minutes in, or 30 minutes if you're like me and want to rush to the action to make sure you don't want to refund it.

[MakitaRotSprout]

Originally posted by Bacon Overlord®:

Originally posted by Ratsplat:

By the end of the game, you'll be wishing it was just simply a love story.

Because the story is bad or because it's a good story, but bad ending or something?

Because the story is depressing.

[Some Rando]

Story is a mystery and it's not really about Gustave and Sophie, if that's what you mean. Gameplay is fun, and you can play a lot at once. Even if you don't like the story, the gameplay makes it worth it, and I don't find the cutscenes intrusive. In other words, it has decent pacing imo.

[Apocalypse]

Originally posted by Bacon Overlord®:

Ok, so.. I tried this (family shared) and ... I couldn't even get past the start. Is the entire game kind of a love story or something? Because, not even slightly interested in the lives of pixels and it feels like you have a LONG way to go to get to the actual game... unless the entire game is cut scenes and human drama.

Not trying to be disrespectful, just curious since I'm the kind of guy that yells at the screen that I don't care as you follow people around on horseback on games like "Ghost of Tsushima" as they lay out their entire life in unskippable monologues.

Hmm, yes, the game is a story of love, lost, grieve, depression, suicide, addiction and madness and all the other good human range of emotions.

But if you don't give a damn about the life of some pixels, you are in good company and can still enjoy the game for what it is outside of the story. A fantastic mix of dodge/parry mechanics and classic JRPG turn-based combat with a dash of exploration.

Have you kicked that stupid mime's ass in the prologue and was that fun too you?
Because you get a lot more of that also in the game. But you also get a lot more of that drama from the prologue in the story and cutscenes and especially in the soundtrack.

The game delivers in a lot of ways. Might be not all for you. But certainly there is a lot of ass kicking to be done and invoking the spirit of no damage run in DMC while listing to a kickass OST, but in a completely different genre.

Anyway, it's up to you if you get over the drama in the story.

[Bacon Overlord®]

Thanks for the responses. I'll give it another try and see what's up.

[BigBoss]

No, it's not a love story, its a fantasy mystery story about family.

[ShockedHearts]

*buys story based RPG

"guys is this game story based??"

[Suntorias]

Okay, so the game in general is VERY story focused. It's not a toy to be rummaged through like many games are, many times what you get out of progressing is just even more story, and it's the highlight of the game, so if you're not invested in that, not sure how much you'll enjoy it.

"I'm playing Super Mario 64, yaay I get 120 stages to clear" this is not.

Watching the reveal trailer makes sense in a sort of "read the pamphlet before a play" way, as it outlines the general plot with just little enough that it's not really spoilery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qgOZDRDynw

As much as it's a great game purely gameplay wise, this IS a game about investing into the characters, so you'll kind of miss the main point of it if you ignore that altogether.