HoloDust said:
Yeah, FO4 had good gunplay - too good actually - when I'm getting headshots due to my player skills on enemies on which I have 0% of hitting in VATS then it's pretty much obvious how broken the whole system underneath is. And while the game was somewhat fun in many aspects, the amount of dumbing that Bethesda did with it just ruined it for me - even though I was dissaopinted with FO3, I played through it twice (imagine then how many times I've played FO1/2) - but I barely made myself finish FO4. Now, it's no secret that I'm not a big fan of Bethesda - back in the days I thought Daggerfall was ok game, but I didn't care much for it (Might & Magic was my thing), but for some reason I liked Morrowind quite a bit (setting helped a lot I guess). Oblivion already felt weaker for me, Skyrim took it a notch lower. So honestly, I don't expect for them to surprise me in the good way, at least not anymore. As for Witcher 3, I was really looking forward to it - as much as I am Piranha Bytes (Gothic) fan, their days of glory are long past, so I was hoping for someone else to carry on the torch. I liked TW2 for what it was and I hoped they will manage to make good open world RPG - but honestly, I would much prefer if they've sticked to TW2 formula, I don't think open world did much favours for Witcher. And while I find it fairly good in some aspects (like quest design, which gets 9.5), I find it mediocre in other (like world/landscape building) and pretty bad in RPG mechanism (which gets that 6.5). Ultimately, while I don't consider it action-adventure, I think it would be better as one. But I guess most of the press got hooked on quest and character design, so I suspect that's where all the high praise is coming from. As for future - honestly, I've pretty pesimistic about it when it comes to action RPGs (open world or otherwise). It's probably the hardest genre to pull off properly, given that there is not one single game that managed to make it even close to perfection (for me at least). I think RPG mechanisms are being fewer and fewer as time goes on, eventually we'll end up with either FPS or action-adventures with some light RPG elements taking over. But one can always hope I guess. |
Great post and thanks for reply.
I tried to look at your individual page here on VGC but it left me with no result. I was gonna ask you about your other favorite games, the Gothic games and if what your other favorites are, but it becomes too off-topic for this thread. If you can will you please add me to your friends list?