Does this game ever get good?

[Jon]

I've been playing half an hour. Is the entire game like this or does it ever get good? Need to know before my 2 hours are up so I can get a refund if necessary. It's incredibly boring. Plays like Bayonetta in slow motion.

[DeadByLag]

Perhaps you can describe what stage/milestone you've reached, rather than stating the amount of time you've spent.

[Vis]

how dare you! ;P

[Plynther]

I guess you just played the prologue at the moment which is kinda boring, so yeah, it REALLY does. But different people have different opinions and tastes, if you don't like this kind of game that much maybe it won't get much better for you, otherwise I think you should give it a try. And if you do keep it, pay attetion to the message Square Enix gives you at the end of route A, some people don't do that and miss half of the game (even if route B it's kinda tedious at first, it was really worth it at least for me)

[FurtivePygmy]

Complete the prologue on very hard or refund .

[mrjames0206]

10 minutes and you want to review a game. better get flappy bird and the flappy dlc you pleb

[Jon]

I had very very high hopes for this game since so many people say it's the best game ever. Plus I loved bayonetta and all the dmc games except the 2nd. But then every Square Enix game I've played in the past few years has been quite "meh".
I completed the prologue (I guess, we just did the thing with the giant machines) and it just felt like a glorified cutscene the whole way through where I was holding right bumper and tapping X the whole time.
What makes this game more fun? Does the action get more action-y? Or is this game all about the story?

[SenMithrarin85]

IMO, no. The combat is nothing special (though good by rpg standards), the side quests that I've done are 90% fetch quests to pad the game out. Fast travel helps, but its still tedious. And the game looks dire.

[Plynther]

Originally posted by Jon:

I had very very high hopes for this game since so many people say it's the best game ever. Plus I loved bayonetta and all the dmc games except the 2nd. But then every Square Enix game I've played in the past few years has been quite "meh".
I completed the prologue (I guess, we just did the thing with the giant machines) and it just felt like a glorified cutscene the whole way through where I was holding right bumper and tapping X the whole time.
What makes this game more fun? Does the action get more action-y? Or is this game all about the story?

The combat is pretty much the same, it can be more intense due to a large amount of enemies at some points and the combos a little bit different depending on your weapons, plug-in chips, and also your pod's ability, but it doesn't change a lot even with the other two characters (except for some different mechanics each one has), at least for me. It's more about the story.

If we talk about side quests, there's a lot of them that have some interesting story behind it, others reveal things linked directly with the main story, and then you have your typical and kinda boring side quest

[moe]

Originally posted by Jon:

I had very very high hopes for this game since so many people say it's the best game ever. Plus I loved bayonetta and all the dmc games except the 2nd. But then every Square Enix game I've played in the past few years has been quite "meh".
I completed the prologue (I guess, we just did the thing with the giant machines) and it just felt like a glorified cutscene the whole way through where I was holding right bumper and tapping X the whole time.
What makes this game more fun? Does the action get more action-y? Or is this game all about the story?

Recent Square Games are meh, but others are right, Nier Automata is one of the best game I've ever played.

[Jon]

aha. Thanks everyone. I do appreciate the feedback. I honestly couldn't care less about the story. There's a reason I don't like anime. And if this is as good as the combat gets, that's what I needed to know. Refund inbound.

[SOUS CHEF HELLDAVE]

Its a mixed box, that's the appeal of Nier. You get more enemies on screen and things to do with that (they vary in movesets and stuff slightly), but you get different sections of actions, hack n slash + shmup elements + sidescrolling, vinette story styled sidequests and the main quest says some interesting things in every block along the way for the argument they're making of the story. If you dont like story, its probably not the game for you, but at the same time the game isnt overtly story heavy for the most part, its a deep-dive sort of thing, they give you some and the rest is there.

[lessthanoff]

Originally posted by Jon:

aha. Thanks everyone. I do appreciate the feedback. I honestly couldn't care less about the story. There's a reason I don't like anime. And if this is as good as the combat gets, that's what I needed to know. Refund inbound.

I mean, you might end up caring about the story, as it's very, very good (and that's coming from someone who's not really an anime fan either). But hey, if you don't like the gameplay and are only taking that into consideration, then yeah, I guess go ahead and refund it.

[Tressk]

Originally posted by Jon:

aha. Thanks everyone. I do appreciate the feedback. I honestly couldn't care less about the story. There's a reason I don't like anime. And if this is as good as the combat gets, that's what I needed to know. Refund inbound.

What a simplistic way to view games. Its no wonder you gravitate towards games like PUBG where you don't need to think for yourself or put any thought or investments in any characters or their stories. I don't envy you friend.

[Jon]

Originally posted by Tressk:

Originally posted by Jon:

aha. Thanks everyone. I do appreciate the feedback. I honestly couldn't care less about the story. There's a reason I don't like anime. And if this is as good as the combat gets, that's what I needed to know. Refund inbound.

What a simplistic way to view games. Its no wonder you gravitate towards games like PUBG where you don't need to think for yourself or put any thought or investments in any characters or their stories. I don't envy you friend.

I work 50+ hours a week and my commute is over an hour one way. I don't have time to sit through cutscenes while I'm trying to play video games. But my job is satisfying and I have a lot of money. I don't need your envy, friend.

[Minneyar]

Originally posted by Jon:

I work 50+ hours a week and my commute is over an hour one way. I don't have time to sit through cutscenes while I'm trying to play video games. But my job is satisfying and I have a lot of money. I don't need your envy, friend.

That emotion you're seeing is pity, not envy.