So how bad is the gameplay actually?

[D-Jak]

I've seen some reviews where they say that the gameplay is basically just stealth, and that the stealth mechanics are terribly dull. Very forgiving, just keep whacking guards on the head with anything you find lying around. Is that true? I mean, if I want to watch a movie, I'll watch a movie, but I play games to be engaged by the gameplay itself.

[🅸🅽🆂🆃🅰🅽🆃🅲]

it's a walking simulator that pretends to be a movie

[D-Jak]

Originally posted by 🅸🅽🆂🆃🅰🅽🆃🅲:

it's a walking simulator that pretends to be a movie

Well damn, that kills it for me.

[alex010300]

Pity about Gina, if she doesn’t exist in the game. The game would have been a best seller by now and there would have been full of Praises and hype like fallout 4. But Disney had to tell them what to do.

[Eekhoorn]

From what I have seen on YT it's a handholding game (follow the marker), with pretty bad stealth and E-awareness plus a focus on bad looking melee combat.

The game looks beautiful though. I give them that.
Other than that, the more I see the less interested I am.
Gameplay is non-existent... just home in on the quest marker.

[D-Jak]

Originally posted by Eekhoorn:

From what I have seen on YT it's a handholding game (follow the marker), with pretty bad stealth and E-awareness plus a focus on bad looking melee combat.

The game looks beautiful though. I give them that.
Other than that, the more I see the less interested I am.
Gameplay is non-existent... just home in on the quest marker.

That's the impression I got from reviews on youtube. What a shame.

[katzenkrimis]

It's like playing the modern Sherlock Holmes games with very awkward combat, similar to Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

Watching a no-commentary playthrough would be entertaining enough for most people.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V99abjiIDw4

[Strexxin]

It is a walking simulator with very basic combat, very basic stealth and even more basic puzzles. If this didn't have Indiana Jones in it, nobody would care at all about this game.

[The Drunken Pumpkin]

It feels like assassins creed brotherhood, far cry 3 (bucks missions) and a Lucas arts point and click adventure had a baby. And that baby is wearing a VR headset playing a walking simulator.

But somehow it works. The stealth isn’t amazing, but it’s simple and the game looks amazing.

So it’s like a Freeform exploration game with stealth and punching bad guys.

[The_K00lDude]

Originally posted by Eekhoorn:

From what I have seen on YT it's a handholding game (follow the marker), with pretty bad stealth and E-awareness plus a focus on bad looking melee combat.

The game looks beautiful though. I give them that.
Other than that, the more I see the less interested I am.
Gameplay is non-existent... just home in on the quest marker.

Theres two difficulty customizations, one for handholding and one for finding your own way around. Im guessing those youtubers have selected the handholding option. So far the areas are linear with a few side areas, so kinda hard to get lost.

Saying all this though i just entered a completely open area, so maybe things change.

(Playing on gamepass, before people say i aint got the game)

[bruh]

bruh what is with all the people that don't own the game "reviewing" the game.

the game is fun, it doesn't hold your hand on mysteries and they're satisfying to solve (unless you choose the easy difficulty).

it's focused around avoiding combat but once you are in combat you have many ways to turn the tide in combat by picking up objects and throwing or using your whip. it reminds me alot of dark messiah

using the enviroment and tools around you will be usseful when playing on very hard, enemies can basicly 3 shot you, or even 2 shot if they manage to grab you, litteraly died 8 times against the very first enemy, forcing me to get git gud quikly.

the way the markers work is that you have to open a map which you have to find first, and it wil show markers (opening the map does NOT pause the game), mysteries (sidequests) will basicly show quest area markers basicly letting you figure it out yourself by reading the notes you find, while main story is more clear on where to go.

fist fighting looks clunky but once you get try it yourself it's very satisfying, the sound effects on punching are extremely well done.

the game is also very immersive, they did a good job with the first person by not half assing the animations when picking up items or interacting with something, most things require some input which adds to the immersion.

that's all i can say for now for i haven't beat it yet, but the story so far is interesting enough for me to see where the mystery is going.

[Random NPC]

Originally posted by D-Jak:

Originally posted by 🅸🅽🆂🆃🅰🅽🆃🅲:

it's a walking simulator that pretends to be a movie

Well damn, that kills it for me.

Dude doesn't even own the game and you're listening to his opinion?

[Strexxin]

Originally posted by Random NPC:

Originally posted by D-Jak:

Well damn, that kills it for me.

Dude doesn't even own the game and you're listening to his opinion?

You realise it is on game pass right? That is where a majority of PC players will be playing it.

[Strexxin]

Originally posted by bruh:

bruh what is with all the people that don't own the game "reviewing" the game.

You realise it is on game pass? Most PC players will be playing it there

it's focused around avoiding combat but once you are in combat you have many ways to turn the tide in combat by picking up objects and throwing or using your whip.

Many ways? You have named 2

the way the markers work is that you have to open a map which you have to find first, and it wil show markers (opening the map does NOT pause the game), mysteries (sidequests) will basicly show quest area markers basicly letting you figure it out yourself by reading the notes you find, while main story is more clear on where to go.

Is that true? From what I can gather it tells you an area to search (which is usually very small) not but the exact location and the solution is normally really really simple (like being on the back of the paper you are already holding)

[Random NPC]

Originally posted by Strexxin:

Originally posted by Random NPC:

Dude doesn't even own the game and you're listening to his opinion?

You realise it is on game pass right? That is where a majority of PC players will be playing it.

Explain that to the Neanderthals making threads about how many people are in game right now in Steam.

[Strexxin]

Originally posted by Random NPC:

Originally posted by Strexxin:

You realise it is on game pass right? That is where a majority of PC players will be playing it.

Explain that to the Neanderthals making threads about how many people are in game right now in Steam.

I am not sure why you are name calling, you also made the mistake of assuming that if you didn't own it on Steam you couldn't possibly have played it elsewhere.