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SvennoJ on 02 December 2015
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HoloDust said:
SvennoJ said:

I rather have the game end before I get tired of it. TW3, great game, left a bitter after taste. Instead of being glad it's finally over I rather feel like starting another playthrough or replay certain parts. I did 2 playthroughs of Infamous SS, the length of that was just right for me. The problem with long openworld RGPs is that you're petty much done building your character long before the game is over and levelling up becomes very slow and pretty much irellevant. I know when I'm tired of the mechanics when I stop looting.


It helps a lot when you can play quite different character, both mechanic wise (like say mage instead of a fighter) and moral wise - I love RPGs that I can start again right after I've finished them and make a build that I don't usually play and then be on the dark side on top of it.

While I fairly liked Witcher 3, I don't think I have much incentive to replay it, and why I wish CDPR to make more of a 'unnamed hero' type of D&D-ish game sometime in the future.

Yeah, I played through DA: Origins 4 times with different characters and parties. The different interactions between the characters made it worth it, plus many quests had 3 very different outcomes. The Witcher 2 was better too with a completely different chapter 2 and again more splits in the narrative paths in the final act. I also completed that multiple times.

Now I fell into the Fallout 4 trap. Although I'm really enjoying it now, I'm pretty sure it will end in a fizzle and I'll never touch it again.
It was the same with Skyrim and Dark souls last gen. Both great, spend about the same amount of time on them yet Skyrim ended in forcing myself to complete the story (after doing everything else) while in Dark souls I went onto ng+ and ng++. Imo Dark souls >>> Skyrim. The problem with most open world games is that they have a beginning, a middle, more middle, even more middle and nm forgot what why this was fun, feels more like a second job now.