Nice goalpost changing, but it won't work on me. It was a comparison of GoT to TW3. Moreover, you're completely wrong about my opinion of Twitcher 3, so you can't deflect with that
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Ghost of Tsushima - open world game set in feudal Japan
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Certain parts of the map have the same issue. It's just the typical modern game BLOOM shit.
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The point is that I wouldn't use any part of TW3 to criticise GoT. I don't even care about GoT enough to defend its writing, but every time I hear someone bring up the Bloody Baron quest as anything but vapid mediocrity, it really annoys me.
Yeah, I think it also happens outside of flashbacks. I'll post another screenshot if I encounter it outside a flashback. I even disabled the "bloom" option in the video options, but it makes no difference. No idea why they decided to build it that way. It doesn't look "dreamy" or "mythical", it just looks like a bug.
Edit: Here's an example out of the regular game:
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Elttharion
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Funny thing is that they are going to do a movie adapting the game, lmao. I guess this is Sony's endgame, make movie games and then turn them into actual movies to bolster their other divisions.
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After playing it for about 10 hours, I don't see why anyone says it's one of the better AAA games. The nature looks nice, sure, but that's the only good thing about the game. The quests and activities are insanely repetitive, doesn't help that the characters are very boring too. Now I haven't watched many samurai movies, but I did see some, and there were definitely people with different personalities there, not everyone was the cold stoic humorless bitch type.
As for the combat, I'm playing on hard and the only times I die is when the camera goes retarded in a fight vs. multiple people. Oh and one of the duels was challenging before I realized I don't even have to react to the red thing, just dodge everything and punish when possible, parry the most obvious animations if you feel like it, and you are good to go. The stealth is your shitty modern type with hiding in tall grass. You can squeeze through a hole with tall grass behind it, the enemies instantly lose sight of you. Sniping people with the bow is alright I guess, not very exciting, nor are the chain assassinations. Good thing I pirated it, it would definitely feel like a waste of money.
As for the combat, I'm playing on hard and the only times I die is when the camera goes retarded in a fight vs. multiple people. Oh and one of the duels was challenging before I realized I don't even have to react to the red thing, just dodge everything and punish when possible, parry the most obvious animations if you feel like it, and you are good to go. The stealth is your shitty modern type with hiding in tall grass. You can squeeze through a hole with tall grass behind it, the enemies instantly lose sight of you. Sniping people with the bow is alright I guess, not very exciting, nor are the chain assassinations. Good thing I pirated it, it would definitely feel like a waste of money.
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-Fog of war on the map and minimalist UI = exploration/navigation has at least some degree of relevance and isn't completely braindead as is the modern standard.
-Combat while not amazing has slightly more nuance, skill demand, and control than most shitty modern AAA where Batman and God of War is the standard.
-Platforming while not amazing has slightly more nuance, skill demand, and control than most shitty modern AAA where Ass Creed and Uncharted is the standard.
-Overall difficulty is like a 4/10. Again, better than most mass market slop that are completely braindead for mediocre simpletons.
-It's open world, and while it is not great open world design, it's better than completely worthless on rails static level design, as well as better than most AAA world design. You can note this in its scale for example - it's big, but not absurdly big like GTAV and the like. Games nowadays are either shitty needlessly huge open world or completely on rails, with almost no in between. Back in the day most games were of this in-between zone in varying degrees. And that was the sweet spot. Anyways, to be more specific GoT world design is slightly above simply for scaling back a bit in size (= less filler or dead space in the design though there is still plenty of both), the inclusion of fog of war, there's a fair amount of verticality, it hides some secrets that while not at all needed past a certain point, at least aren't all marked on the map, there's a decent variety to it e.g marshland, mountainous terrain, arctic area, prairies, and I guess some of the shrines are pretty cool. It certainly could have been better, but not all bad.
-Gameplay aside, there isn't too much woke shit in the writing. Very little.
When the AAA standard is completely braindead and automated movie game wokefests, this shit passes with a bronze medal. It's not a great game, but the majority of AAA since around 2006 just really, really fucking suck to the point that this slightly above mediocrity is a breath of fresh air. Despite this, I do not recommend the game unless you haven't touched a game with high production budget in a while and want a change of pace, and also aren't paying 80 or whatever bucks for it (I didn't spend a penny). There are simply far more deserving games out there that I KNOW you haven't yet played. Consoles, PC, handhelds. Big budget, mid-range, indie. Mods. Homebrew.
-Combat while not amazing has slightly more nuance, skill demand, and control than most shitty modern AAA where Batman and God of War is the standard.
-Platforming while not amazing has slightly more nuance, skill demand, and control than most shitty modern AAA where Ass Creed and Uncharted is the standard.
-Overall difficulty is like a 4/10. Again, better than most mass market slop that are completely braindead for mediocre simpletons.
-It's open world, and while it is not great open world design, it's better than completely worthless on rails static level design, as well as better than most AAA world design. You can note this in its scale for example - it's big, but not absurdly big like GTAV and the like. Games nowadays are either shitty needlessly huge open world or completely on rails, with almost no in between. Back in the day most games were of this in-between zone in varying degrees. And that was the sweet spot. Anyways, to be more specific GoT world design is slightly above simply for scaling back a bit in size (= less filler or dead space in the design though there is still plenty of both), the inclusion of fog of war, there's a fair amount of verticality, it hides some secrets that while not at all needed past a certain point, at least aren't all marked on the map, there's a decent variety to it e.g marshland, mountainous terrain, arctic area, prairies, and I guess some of the shrines are pretty cool. It certainly could have been better, but not all bad.
-Gameplay aside, there isn't too much woke shit in the writing. Very little.
When the AAA standard is completely braindead and automated movie game wokefests, this shit passes with a bronze medal. It's not a great game, but the majority of AAA since around 2006 just really, really fucking suck to the point that this slightly above mediocrity is a breath of fresh air. Despite this, I do not recommend the game unless you haven't touched a game with high production budget in a while and want a change of pace, and also aren't paying 80 or whatever bucks for it (I didn't spend a penny). There are simply far more deserving games out there that I KNOW you haven't yet played. Consoles, PC, handhelds. Big budget, mid-range, indie. Mods. Homebrew.
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Every fucking time I do a standoff and I don't see heads and arms go flying I get pissed.
Whoever decided on no dismemberment system was a turbo faggot.
Im also starting to notice the inevitable woke elements. Lady Masako as a warrior woman I can accept. There's precedence in Japanese history that noble women fought as warriors. Random peasant women being good at fighting, not so much.
Whoever decided on no dismemberment system was a turbo faggot.
Im also starting to notice the inevitable woke elements. Lady Masako as a warrior woman I can accept. There's precedence in Japanese history that noble women fought as warriors. Random peasant women being good at fighting, not so much.
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I think I'm gonna stop playing this, something about it is just not doing it for me.
I've given it about 12 hours and had my fun, saw some scenery, but that's about it.
I think the issue with this game is that it's fairly similar to a standard open world, just a notch higher in a few aspects, but nothing out of the ordinary to push it to the "interesting" part.
The story I find to be ok but nothing too interesting for me.
The combat I kinda like (lethality) but it does get samey after a while.
And I've had my share of the scenery as well.
I've given it about 12 hours and had my fun, saw some scenery, but that's about it.
I think the issue with this game is that it's fairly similar to a standard open world, just a notch higher in a few aspects, but nothing out of the ordinary to push it to the "interesting" part.
The story I find to be ok but nothing too interesting for me.
The combat I kinda like (lethality) but it does get samey after a while.
And I've had my share of the scenery as well.
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It's a one trick pony, it's great for taking pretty screenshots and that's about it. It seems a lot of us ITT had a similar experience. The more you play, the more it falls apart from the gameplay perspective, as opposed to something like Kingdom Come, which is a whole package: graphics, sound, story, mechanics, combat - everything is great.
God I can't wait for KCD2...
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OH FOR FUCKS SAKE
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But Playstation fans said this was ultimate GotY contender. Surely such people known for reason and discernment would not exaggerate.
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Thanks to Ubisofts fuckery, I kinda evolved to be able to finish this kind of games. As soon as I feel the boredom, I rush the main quest. Most of "open world" games have really short main quests and without maxing out your progress it feels a bit challenging at least too.
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I went the Swedish maritime route to acquire it and gave it a try.
It's not bad, but I would be disappointed if I paid the release price for it.
After all this hype I was expecting something better, but this is the usual third person button prompt/resource collection game.
The combat is nice, but ultimately boring.
The best thing is the art direction that managed to create really beautiful vistas and dramatic landscapes. But other than doing some sightseeing there's nothing of substance to keep playing. At least not for me.
It's not bad, but I would be disappointed if I paid the release price for it.
After all this hype I was expecting something better, but this is the usual third person button prompt/resource collection game.
The combat is nice, but ultimately boring.
The best thing is the art direction that managed to create really beautiful vistas and dramatic landscapes. But other than doing some sightseeing there's nothing of substance to keep playing. At least not for me.
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The game serves as a reminder that when console peasants go OWOOOAAAAAHHHHH
about a game, adjust your expectations accordingly.
Is it bad? No. Certainly better than the AssCreed series. But it does not have any particularly noteworthy design ideas.
Is it bad? No. Certainly better than the AssCreed series. But it does not have any particularly noteworthy design ideas.
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But...but instead of GPS and quest markers you have little birds and the wind showing you exactly where to go. It's completely different!
Asscreeds actually have a setting to disable that stuff in the options, so I always just do that. Still, the wind showing you your direction is cool though.
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Shitty cinematography, shitty voice acting, shitty facial expressions. 99% of developers are unable to make good cutscenes.
I'm actually not sure why some of you guys seem surprised given how long ago this game came out. I played it on the PS4 - it's a bog standard Ubisoft style open world set in feudal Japan. The main draws are the visuals and the minimalist, game integrated UI elements.
If you hate open world and hate Ubi-stuff, you're not going to have a great time unless you're carried by the setting.
If you hate open world and hate Ubi-stuff, you're not going to have a great time unless you're carried by the setting.
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