PCgamer review... Anyone else worried? PLEASE READ PAST THE FIRST LINE BEFORE YOU RESPOND

[Wobb the Great and Terrible!!!!!]

PCgamer had a lot of good things to say about last light, but I am worried that it only scored 80%.
I am MORE worried that they said they never had trouble on normal difficulty with filters and ammo (both military and standard), and they found the game very easy.
The review even hints at it being so easy because of consoles.
This was a worry I had as soon as I heard they were making a sequel, and the first gameplay video's they released didn't do much to make me feel better about that.
The last gameplay we saw made me feel much better, but this review has me thinking that maybe it has been dumbed down too much.
And without ranger mode unless you pre-order or cough up more cash, I can see the true metro fans (like me, a proud ranger of the metro for the last couple of years) being a bit upset.
So, have they made it a bit too "modern shooter-y"?
I think they probably have.
The review also says, in essence, that it is a game that sometimes forgets that you want to play it, meaning it wrenches control from you quite often at the end of a gunfight or stealth section, or even just when you are walking around, to show you cutscenes.
The first game rarely took control away from you, except at the start of a mission where it set the scene and put you in place ready to go.
I am worried about this.
This is the ONLY game this year I have truly been looking forward to, and really excited to play. Nothing else has had quite the same effect on me as metro 2033, and I was hoping for more of the same, with a few new weapons and mutants and a new story.
I was even looking for it to be harder, NOT easier.
Looks like they are going for a wider audience rather than staying true to their original fans.
Can't blame them in one way, but on the other hand they wouldn't have such a loved series on their hands if it weren't for the true metro-heads

[Sakuri]

Which is why he is worried. What the hell? You think reviewers are better than everyone else at playing games just because they review them? Lmfao.. A lot of us have more games than reviewers have even played.

Anyway. I'm not worried at all. If it's too easy I just wont take the resources I find. Though, that will be sort of immersion breaking and annoying. Oh well.

Just pretend your inventory/backpack/pouches/etc is/are full and you can only have one extra filter at any given time, mabye?

[deathmaster snikch]

all i know its that last light cost me 44$ and its going to give me a hell of alot more fun that bioshock infinite which i pay 60$ for it and havent even bother to finish it

[Wobb the Great and Terrible!!!!!]

Publicado originalmente por nvradion:

all i know its that last light cost me 44$ and its going to give me a hell of alot more fun that bioshock infinite which i pay 60$ for it and havent even bother to finish it

I'm sorry but you can't "know" that any more than I can "know" that the problems listed in the review are going to ruin the game.
You can HOPE, and assume you will like it, but you don't know any such thing.
That's like saying I know I am going to win the lottery next week, because I bought a ticket.
I love how you people all ignore problems that are highlighted in a review, then you will complain and ♥♥♥♥♥ about review embargo problems with games like aliens.
And then you will ♥♥♥♥♥ if the game isn't as good as you "knew" it was going to be.
I would sooner be a realist. Then if the game is as awesome (and challenging) as the first one, I can be pleasantly surprised.
Rather than "know" it's going to be awesome, and then be horribly surprised when it turns out to be a steaming pile of doggy-doo (like most games do these days, such as bioshock infinite as you said)

[Wobb the Great and Terrible!!!!!]

Publicado originalmente por Sacri:

Which is why he is worried. What the hell? You think reviewers are better than everyone else at playing games just because they review them? Lmfao.. A lot of us have more games than reviewers have even played.

Anyway. I'm not worried at all. If it's too easy I just wont take the resources I find. Though, that will be sort of immersion breaking and annoying. Oh well.

Just pretend your inventory/backpack/pouches/etc is/are full and you can only have one extra filter at any given time, mabye?

That would be less immersion than your average medal of duty: battlefield ops 2 - spec warrior recon.
I would rather have the same great experience I had in the first game, scrounging for supplies, struggling in firefights, having to adjust when stealth goes wrong.
Seriously I am playing the first game again right now, on ranger hardcore. I have a stack of ammo (mil grade and regular), stack of nades, full health packs, and have just got to the bit where you have to save the kid. I have 5 minutes of filters as well.
So, you could say the original is easy, right? But you would be forgetting how much more difficult it was the first time you played it.
Now I know the new game won't be "new" as the original was, and we will know a lot of the mechanics now, such as hunting for filters, being very careful with ammo. But the original game is only easy now because we have all played it so many times, and many of you seem to have forgotten how much more challenging it was the first time you played through it, on NORMAL.

[dbSeeker]

Uuum, it's free because they want to encourage you to pre-order or purchase the Ranger Mode for $5, lol.

[AKWolf]

The PDA/Journal/log has also been simplified/consolized according to the developers. All the info is out there just search. Deep Silver has forums also ..

[Jig McGalliger]

That was such a long post on speculation of what you think the game will be based on one review. Same as the first game, if you dont look for filters or buy filters, you will probably die, but searching for useable ♥♥♥♥ is half the game. If you are a true Metro fan, then you have the game preordered. If you don't preorder then $4 negligable for any gamer that wants ranger mode, not a big deal. It is the best story telling narrative in video games and better than AAA graphics for $40.

[ZeddTakashi]

Publicado originalmente por Jig McGalliger:

That was such a long post on speculation of what you think the game will be based on one review. Same as the first game, if you dont look for filters or buy filters, you will probably die, but searching for useable ♥♥♥♥ is half the game. If you are a true Metro fan, then you have the game preordered. If you don't preorder then $4 negligable for any gamer that wants ranger mode, not a big deal. It is the best story telling narrative in video games and better than AAA graphics for $40.

I think if you a true metrofan you will tell the developers you will not support a game that cuts out a big part of the gameplay experiance as a dlc or unless you pre order.

[Rai]

If you base your purchase decisions on someone elses opinion of a game, you're gonna have a bad time.

I read reviews only when I want a general idea of what a game is about, but there have been plenty of games that I loved and would have missed out on if I had listened to poor or average reviews about them.

[Jig McGalliger]

Publicado originalmente por Noob Prophet:

I think if you a true metrofan you will tell the developers you will not support a game that cuts out a big part of the gameplay experiance as a dlc or unless you pre order.

Of course YOU being the true metrofan did not read the article justifying the aspects of preordering a game for CHEAPER and getting rewarded for it is now a standard set by the industry with games like CoD, Borderlands, Fallout, etc that offer skins, maps, and even playable character classes for preordering. It is now an industry standard for all AAA titles to support this marketing tactic... or get left in the dust. Since you being the true metrofan $4 is just WAYYY too expensive for the one true mighty metrofan. I've bet you read all the books and played over 100 hours of metro 2033 but now that they do the same thing that every other succesful game develoepr does you want to chastise what you have cherished so much? Troll harder elsewhere, it isn't rebellion if you are hating on the undedog, derp.

[Rzep]

Any mention of the FOV in the PCGamer review?

[ZeddTakashi]

See? All you can think of is about that 4 dollars, not the idea itself, CoD is well known for its DLC and its widely known that alot of people poke fun at it for its, new dlc for every week.

Borderland DLCs (and cod) DO NOT contain a huge gameplay experiance, besides the new area and maps from borderlands. (Even that was after release) And Fallout does no such thing either. (Even then bestheda support their fans with tool kits for mods)

Thats the problem with you, Oh its the normal, its what most in the industry do it anyway, just accept it or gtfo american gun ho attitude. And fortunately last i checked most people have the same opinion that this is total bull for customers to be forced into pre order or miss out on a whole gameplay experiance unless you dish out another 5 bucks.

I only see 1 troll here.

[AKWolf]

No FOV slider , but adjustable in config.

[Jig McGalliger]

LOL? How is it a problem with me? I didn't create the stigma of making preorder content a requirement in modern video game industry. I recognize it, but I cannot chastize a developer I enjoy and appreciate for doing what is required of them to compete with the dozen other ♥♥♥♥ titles released for $60 and STILL holding out for collector edition content. Borderlands preorder DLC added a WHOLE NEW ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ CHARACTER for free; CoD offered amap for free, and (please get dumber now) Fallout offered the caravan weapon and armor pack (and other for varying regions and limited edition) for preorder. Keep trolling, because no one wants to talk to you.

[ZeddTakashi]

The thing is, they can still do it, heck i wouldnt even care much, if its a character skin, or monster skin, or a unique gun, extra bullets, or...you know...even a MUG? Your missing my point, im not saying devs should stop with this pre order bonus stuff.

See? They can still do their special pre order stuff, but instead of just looks or simple stuff, its a PART OF THE GAME that the devs says "Was meant to be played".

Yes and like Borderlands, Fallout (see im gonna have to explain this one again) was not cutting out stuff that should already be in the game. They were selling armor packs and caravan weopens.

I can do this all day Jig, and saying no one wants to talk to you just sounds like someone losing an argument, i know only YOU might not want to talk to me.