Reviews say this is a repetitive game!

[himmatsj]

I wanted to buy, but so far all games say the gameplay is repetitive, although the graphics, atmosphere and soundtrack are amazing.

[himmatsj]

I am still highly interested. 11 Bit are one of my fav indie devs. Shall wait for reviews from the more "established" sites. It's either this or Frozen Synapse Prime I get tonight!

[PaniGrazynka]

Of course some elements are repetetive, like in all survival games. Nevertheless there is a lot of randomized things, so I wouldn't judge the game after one playthrough and reccomend waiting for more reviews.

[italis-hazardmc]

Some review says that they could not establish connection with characters and some of them says it's too difficult to play cause they fell that characters are very realistic. This game is not about getting highest number of points or beat others players. It's your experience of war, how would you behave when you'll be put in these situations. Maybe it's too harsh but everyone could decide how he is perceiving this game. For some people Papers, please is dull and repetitive game too.

[Arpogest]

By no means I expect this game to be "fun". You won't get a picture of war without constant stress and short bursts of catharsis.

[TheVillain]

Day Z is repetitive. You do the same stuff, even though you go new places all the time, encounter new people etc..
Counter Strike is repetitive. Even though you face different enemies, maybe use different guns, you're still fighting the same battle.
Dota is repetitive. Never played this, but from vids it looks damn reptitive... 500k current players can't be wrong though..
ARMA 3 is repetitive. All you do is kill people...But you do this on land, in the air, with dozens of vehicles, weapons etc...But if you don't like the genre, it's just "same old boring repetitive stuff".

Gaming is repetitive... :P
Life is repetitive!


That said, I don't think claiming a game to be repetitive and that then being a flaw should be considered good journalism.
If they think the repetitive aspects - which I guess would be the fact that every night you go scavenging, every day you attend to the house and so on - are boring then that's their opinion. But that then means that they simply don't like what the game offers, not that it is reptitive and therefore it's not good.

I take issue with the massive amount of 'reviewers' out there these days who consider themselves worthy of giving their opinions as facts - Obviously I can't say this individual has, just speaking more broadly now.

We were once in an age where reviews, however biased (looking at you IGN) were at least usually looked at by objective people. Those who may play a genre they don't like and not simply write it off because of this.


Yes you will do the 'same things' here, but the 'same things' would not be, visit same house, take same loot, construct same item - That's absurd. You will go to new locations, meet new people, build new things, die...die..and probably die.
How is any of that repetitive (apart from the die one..). Obviously making a new game would require you to revisit these same locations but how is that any different from any other game, however large/small out there? Restarting means just that, you restart...


NOTE - I am not playing this game yet so I like to think I am not biased, I would give this same argument to anyone who blames a game for being reptitive whilst ignoring the obvious facts.

/steps down from box.

[Ryoting]

^winner.

What he said. Gaming, in general, is repetitive. I think this game is unique, and brings something special to the table - if that's not enough for you, dunno what to tell you. Even the randomly-generated environs of other games get repetitive.

[UncivilS3rvant]

Every game is repetitive and so is life.

If routine bores you then how do you cope with real life?

[amandachen]

Originally posted by Si_W:

If routine bores you then how do you cope with real life?

Play exciting games at the weekends.

[himmatsj]

Originally posted by amandachen:

Originally posted by Si_W:

If routine bores you then how do you cope with real life?

Play exciting games at the weekends.

Duh, obviously! I play games to break from the routineness of life!

[TheRPGunit]

Are you sure that's what war is about? Are you sure war isn't mostly about armed conflict between groups? Are you absolutely sure war mostly is about refugees trying to find homes to live in and not get shot?

When you think of 'war', do you immediately think of people hiding in a house somewhere wondering what they're going to have for dinner?

War is about many things. There are many parts of it. History would lead us to believe that war is about soldiers, battles, regimes, idealogies and the world changing on grandscale. But I guess they should put more info in history books about individual refugees that struggle to survive and don't affect the world in any significant way.

I'm guessing "pew-pew" is some type of modern slang for shooting guns. I detect your disdain. I'm sorry you don't like games where you are a person with a weapon.

Originally posted by Gob:

You know what's repetitive? All those games where you play pew-pew soldiers! War is not all about pew-pewz... Wars are mostly about people trying to survive and find shelter while avoiding the pew-pewz.

[Gob]

Originally posted by TheRPGunit:

Are you sure that's what war is about? Are you sure war isn't mostly about armed conflict between groups? Are you absolutely sure war mostly is about refugees trying to find homes to live in and not get shot?

When you think of 'war', do you immediately think of people hiding in a house somewhere wondering what they're going to have for dinner?

War is about many things. There are many parts of it. History would lead us to believe that war is about soldiers, battles, regimes, idealogies and the world changing on grandscale. But I guess they should put more info in history books about individual refugees that struggle to survive and don't affect the world in any significant way.

I'm guessing "pew-pew" is some type of modern slang for shooting guns. I detect your disdain. I'm sorry you don't like games where you are a person with a weapon.

Originally posted by Gob:

You know what's repetitive? All those games where you play pew-pew soldiers! War is not all about pew-pewz... Wars are mostly about people trying to survive and find shelter while avoiding the pew-pewz.

I stand corrected.

[cassetto]

This game is so boring and frustrating that made me write a long review. I had more fun writing the review than playing the game itself.

[Fornax The Lazy]

Originally posted by cassetto:

This game is so boring and frustrating that made me write a long review. I had more fun writing the review than playing the game itself.:calm_creep:

So sorry that a game can't interest you,someone should pay you for that!