So how's the game?

[Vanguard]

Is it as advertised or is it like Ubisoft and a scam game lol. I have it in my cart but the Denuvo inclusion bums me out. Is it really British Fallout like people were saying? Is it any good? Thanks

[rambletripe]

Pretty much, five or so hours in but I am having a good time with it. It has a very different feel to Fallout and is much greener :)

[Donaldo Trumpado]

I've heard it compared to Fallout. While that kind of feels apt from a concept standpoint, I'd compare the actual gameplay more to Bioshock mixed with Fable, with larger areas and more objectives. You really don't have much ability to customize your equipment, and you don't seem to be able to loot or equip much in the way of armor. It's a pretty direct form of "open world-lite." A pretty fun and solid loop of investigating leads that oscillate in terms of vagueness and comprehensibility while exploring and pressing against the nooks and crannies for goodies. The characters are a bit one-dimensional and sit firmly in the Uncanny Valley with strange exaggerated mannerisms and bizarre, cartoonish speech, but it sells a fun fantasy that looks and plays fine and will scratch the retrofuturist itch that you may have if you're a Fallout fan that didn't like 76. It's good, not great, fine, not fantastic. Which is... well... fine.

[MaSeKind]

It's great. But nothing like Fallout.
It reminds me more of System Shock, mixed with something like Metro.

And no idea why you care about denovu. Denovu hate is a meme these days and no one should take it seriously

[Donaldo Trumpado]

Denuvo has never verifiably done anything other than stop bums from stealing. People just want something to complain about

[DeadJericho]

i dont think its anything like fallout
its more like metro redux or terminator resistance than fallout

[Vanguard]

https://whyisdenuvobad.github.io/

Here's why I don't like Denuvo. Is that okay with you?

[MaSeKind]

Originally posted by Vanguard:

https://whyisdenuvobad.github.io/

Here's why I don't like Denuvo. Is that okay with you?

Basically none of those are applicable to this game, and most actually just the drawbacks of digital distribution.

I could give some feedaton each item it you like, there's some funny ones imo, but I'll leave you with this so long.

When you buy a car, it's understood that you need petrol to actually run the car. If you buy a game on steam or any digital platform, it's understood you actually need to be online to use it. It's what makes it digital after all.
Now you can push the car, ie play offline, but you'll loose most of the functionality and it's pretty pointless really

[Vanguard]

Originally posted by MaSeKind:

Originally posted by Vanguard:

https://whyisdenuvobad.github.io/

Here's why I don't like Denuvo. Is that okay with you?

Basically none of those are applicable to this game, and most actually just the drawbacks of digital distribution.

I could give some feedaton each item it you like, there's some funny ones imo, but I'll leave you with this so long.

When you buy a car, it's understood that you need petrol to actually run the car. If you buy a game on steam or any digital platform, it's understood you actually need to be online to use it. It's what makes it digital after all.
Now you can push the car, ie play offline, but you'll loose most of the functionality and it's pretty pointless really

And what happens if Denuvo servers go offline or you can't connect to your Internet for whatever reason hmm??? Exactly you can't play your game you paid for.

[Xafron Chi]

Just so you know it is 22% off at GMG. Also while I kind of get the Fallout comparisons (it was unavoidable) I think anyone coming into this game expecting Fallout might be disappointed. There's some pretty major differences, and this game is a lot smaller.

12 hours in, still have plenty to do. One play through is estimated to be 15-25 hours long by what I've seen, possibly more. It has multiple endings, so it could warrant a few plays if you enjoyed your first.

There is no fast travel system. Depending on who you ask that's a pro or con. However the maps aren't massive and there's a hub you can unlock that acts as a sort of shortcut system to all the zones, so I kinda like it.

Exploration feels fun to me personally. There's no quest markers, only a map with some locations marked. Reading stuff and talking to named NPCs often gives you new leads to follow. There's lots of little buildings and bunkers to check out, crevices to slip through, and later on you will start finding keys and ways to power things up and a special tool that opens up more little rooms and stuff.

Skills are unlocked by either finding skill books or trading for them. And skill points are found scattered around the world in crates or little cases. There is no XP system.

The inventory is very small, and as far as I can tell there is no way to expand it. However you can start finding pneumatic tubes which act as storage containers that let you access stored items wherever you find a tube. My biggest complaint about the tubes is that there's no way to organize what's in them. There's a single column of items to scroll through, and the order they are in is whatever order you put them in there. No way to filter, nothing. I feel like whoever made it never looked at another game's storage system in their life.

Combat can be difficult. I wouldn't equate this to some kind of milsim, but the shooting can be challenging. And you can die very quickly.

There are aspects of this game like the amount of backtracking,limited enemy and weapon variety, and some other stuff that make me think this game was made on a relatively small budget. But I think they did a pretty good job of keeping the game fun and effectively using what was there.

I believe you can kill every single NPC in the game.

Story so far is decent. Nothing groundbreaking but I'm liking it.

Overall I'm enjoying it. Any complaints I have are fairly small ones (like the storage).

[KaneKool]

Wait, positive reviews on steam are only from pre-order customers, promoters and fans. On youtube there are some mediocre reviews regarding combat and level design. it is an OK AA game, not bad AAA.

[coribi90]

everyone will have their own opinion, but i've been enjoying it. it needs help in some areas, but its good

[alex010300]

It's fallout, New Vegas Fallout but no fast travel and no large inventory.

[Voland]

Originally posted by Vanguard:

is it like Ubisoft and a scam game lol

am i missing something? where AC Shadows were downgraded?

[Cephara]

Originally posted by Voland:

am i missing something?

Two years of middle-school English.

[76561198378545136]

Originally posted by Voland:

Originally posted by Vanguard:

is it like Ubisoft and a scam game lol

am i missing something? where AC Shadows were downgraded?

ass creed shadows is a slop