Does it get better? Just another Ubi-like?

[The Alchemist]

Got a free copy with my PS5 but for some reason just skipped and never really bothered.

Figured I'd finally give it a chance on PC to enjoy playing @ 4K with 120hz

So far, I've got to say it hasn't grabbed me. Just seems like another Ubisoft-like with a Japanese coat of paint but with an admittedly cool story.

Sort of the same deal with Horizon Zero Dawn - just another Ubi-like but an extremely passionate fanbase who act like they've never played an open world game before.

Does it get better? If it's just 40 hours of clearing camps, basic "crouch to stealth"-stealth, and Arkham series combat, I might just try to get a refund.

Also what happened to this game in development?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSAvzeopPC8&t=432s

The video looks much better ... Seemed like a twitch style, sekiro-like combat system with better lighting and more realistic atmosphere.
It seemed way more dark and moody. Fitting for a game about your homeland being invaded, torched, and destroyed by barbarians.

In the game there are bright flashing UI elements with generic beat-em-up combat set against "fantasy Japan" with neon-pink trees.
No darkness. No atmosphere.

What the ♥♥♥♥?

[☠Afro Punk🐴🎮]

its a mix of ubisoft, breath of the wild, witcher 3.. This game is ok, but would of been better as a fantasy samurai game. mid game is the full package experience it seems.

[Ghost]

Origineel geplaatst door ☠Afro Punk🐴🎮:

its a mix of ubisoft, breath of the wild, witcher 3.. This game is ok, but would of been better as a fantasy samurai game. mid game is the full package experience it seems.

I agree with this.

[The Alchemist]

Origineel geplaatst door ☠Afro Punk🐴🎮:

its a mix of ubisoft, breath of the wild, witcher 3.. This game is ok, but would of been better as a fantasy samurai game. mid game is the full package experience it seems.

I agree.

They should've gone either full, gritty, historical with more consequence focused combat with a brutal story OR fantasy with magic, yokai, with big hero characters, evil villains, etc.

Instead it's this weird middle path where you play as a samurai who can free kill like 10 men in like 5 seconds while restoring your health mid-combat with... "resolve"??

Seems like Sucker Punch still wanted to have fantasy elements but couldn't commit to either genre (historical fiction or historical fantasy)

[NOCTURN 浪人]

it's a good open world game so far... not an ubi-like (thank god!)

[The Alchemist]

Origineel geplaatst door NOCTURN 浪人:

it's a good open world game so far... not an ubi-like (thank god!)

But it is dawg

- You clear camps/watch posts for progression
- There is a rudimentary upgrade system for skills and armor
- You explore an open world, stopping every 5-10 minutes to engaged counter-attack-counter-attack combat
- It's needlessly long at 40+ hours; half of which is the above gameplay described
- Stealth is basic and too easy/OP and trivializes the game after your crack it

[Raider Deci]

Yes, but both worse and better.

It relies heavily on its overall atmosphere and the melee combat. Which are the good parts. The rest is pretty mid at best. Personally I have a disdain for the conversations when accepting/finishing quests which is like 15 years outdated (like Bethesdas but in binocolular-mode), barebones af and unskippable

Yes Valhalla was a stinker but when it comes to the rest I rank both Origins & Odyssey way higher than this. I also recently played Forbidden West before this and it just beats this by a huge margin imo

[イスマイル•YK]

"No atmosphere." after "
In the game there are bright flashing UI elements with generic beat-em-up combat set against "fantasy Japan" with neon-pink trees." is wild. bad bait is obvious

[Jeronimo Collares]

Games in themselves are a 'fantasy', even those that seek historical realism (very rare).

Just one consideration: for me, who has worked with Ubisoft, I can say - it is an excellent company for open world RPG games.

[reprodukTOOOOOOOOOOOR]

just another ubi like, boring as hell

[NOCTURN 浪人]

the key difference is quality. it's fun in this game, but in ubisoft games it feels like work. for me at least it feels natural in Ghost of Tsushima. in ubisoft games it's just icon to icon traveling on the map, uninteresting characters, boring story etc... nothing I would associate with this game so far

[Archivista]

it also remembers me a lot the style of Shadows of Mordor

[reprodukTOOOOOOOOOOOR]

Origineel geplaatst door NOCTURN 浪人:

the key difference is quality. it's fun in this game, but in ubisoft games it feels like work. for me at least it feels natural in Ghost of Tsushima. in ubisoft games it's just icon to icon traveling on the map, uninteresting characters, boring story etc... nothing I would associate with this game so far

you literally described ghost of tsushima, its literally the same what you wrote, tell me one key difference from ubi open worlds apart from setting

[The Alchemist]

Origineel geplaatst door Archivista:

it also remembers me a lot the style of Shadows of Mordor

That had the nemesis system tho.

[LordOfTheBread]

To be fair ity is just another Ubisift like open-world bvut the stting and overall ambiance are what makes it special.

Overall, a well-made ubisoft open 2world with better story than most Ubisoft games, nothing revolutionary tho.

[reprodukTOOOOOOOOOOOR]

protagonist running around island like kid lost in supermarket screaming " uncle, uncle.. my uncle... yeah top notch