What's the replay value ?

[Anomaly]

Is this one run thing for 12 hours or so or is there more to be done ? It seems to be a single story driven game but given the theme I wonder if there is more exploration and a tint of sandbox tomb exploring elements. Those who have finished it , reasons to play through it multiple times ?

[Waldo]

There is no replay value.
There is barely any play the first time value
It's just a boring disappointing game.

[Fredwick]

Edit: Ignore the guy above who doesn't own the game.

There are 4-5 big areas to explore.

Aside from the main story objectives that progress you to the next area, each contains "Fieldworks", "mysteries" and some other side quests. And there are a TON of well-written documents and NPC dialogue in native languages. Each area requires about 8-10 hours, if not more, to fully explore.

You can either play through slowly and be a perfectionist, or go through the story then revisit the individual areas to complete all side quests.

Side quests grant you action experience and upgrades to your character that makes the game feel a lot nicer.

[Waldo]

Originally posted by Fredwick:

Edit: Ignore the guy above who doesn't own the game.

There are 4-5 big areas to explore.

Aside from the main story objectives that progress you to the next area, each contains "Fieldworks", "mysteries" and some other side quests. And there are a TON of well-written documents and NPC dialogue in native languages. Each area requires about 8-10 hours, if not more, to fully explore.

You can either play through slowly and be a perfectionist, or go through the story then revisit the individual areas to complete all side quests.

Side quests grant you action experience and upgrades to your character that makes the game feel a lot nicer.

I own the game on gamepass

Why lie?

[Fredwick]

Originally posted by Waldo:

I own the game on gamepass

[Waldo]

Originally posted by Fredwick:

Originally posted by Waldo:

I own the game on gamepass

At least you admit you are a liar

[Ray tracing is faster]

Originally posted by Waldo:

There is no replay value.
There is barely any play the first time value
It's just a boring disappointing game.

Boring, but not disappointing. I'm not sure why anyone would expect it to be anything other than what it is.

[Fredwick]

Originally posted by Waldo:

Originally posted by Fredwick:

At least you admit you are a liar

You don't see the irony do you

[Waldo]

Originally posted by Fredwick:

Originally posted by Waldo:

At least you admit you are a liar

You don't see the irony do you

All I see is a fool telling people they haven't played the game to try and defend it's huge shortcomings

[Shrinkshooter]

Originally posted by Fredwick:

Originally posted by Waldo:

I own the game on gamepass

So? He's not wrong, there is effectively no replay value. Which could be said for any game that effectively only includes a single player campaign that's limited in scope (e.g. not something like Shadow of War which has a campaign but a ton of replayability).

Outside of playing the story, which is going to be the same general experience every time, there isn't really anything free-form to draw you back in. It's like reading a book: once you've read it, that's it, that's the story. You can re-read later but it will be extremely close to the same experience. The only minor exception to this is what you already mentioned: being a collectathon perfectionist. And that doesn't provide any real replay value itself.

[Zaris]

Just finished the game with 35hrs on normal difficulty, it's a puzzle / stealth game in the first place with zero customization in any way so another playthrough is literally the same. The only difference is that you can use all tricks you learned later on to navigate the missions and solve the puzzles faster. I personally want to restart on max difficulty but am already horrified because of the 3-4 boss fights which were already a pain on normal.

[Fredwick]

Originally posted by Waldo:

All I see is a fool telling people they haven't played the game to try and defend it's huge shortcomings

Says the guy who "own" games on gamepass

[Fredwick]

Originally posted by Shrinkshooter:

So? He's not wrong, there is effectively no replay value. Which could be said for any game that effectively only includes a single player campaign that's limited in scope (e.g. not something like Shadow of War which has a campaign but a ton of replayability).

Outside of playing the story, which is going to be the same general experience every time, there isn't really anything free-form to draw you back in. It's like reading a book: once you've read it, that's it, that's the story. You can re-read later but it will be extremely close to the same experience. The only minor exception to this is what you already mentioned: being a collectathon perfectionist. And that doesn't provide any real replay value itself.

I agree even though I think there is some replay value by design like Elder Scrolls.
I just found his "owning a game via gamepass" comment funny.

[Lankester Merrin]

Seems rather expensive if there is no real worth in a replay.

[Waldo]

Originally posted by Fredwick:

Originally posted by Waldo:

All I see is a fool telling people they haven't played the game to try and defend it's huge shortcomings

Says the guy who "own" games on gamepass

You think you own your digital content on steam?

[Waldo]

Originally posted by Lankester Merrin:

Seems rather expensive if there is no real worth in a replay.

Get gamepass for 11 bucks or whatever and play it that way