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PlayStation May Be 'Backing Away From Putting Their Traditional Single-Player Games on PC' (wccftech.com)
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[–] 2 points 8 months ago (10 children)

Horizon is just yet another open world slop. Not even robo dinos make it palatable. Even the latest god of war was just so brain dead boring, the story wasn't enough to make me keep playing.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    I lived Horizon Zero Dawn. The story grabbed me and brought me on a wild ride of discovery and intrigue. I also enjoyed the second one though the mystery didn't get me quite as much as the first. I will be happy to play the third one if it comes to PC and I guess I'll skip it if not.

    I never played TLOU1 or 2 because they came to PC too late.

    I have really appreciated games coming to PC like GOD OF WAR, Horizon, and FF7 remake but if they never came to PC I would just have continued never playing them. And if the next installments don't come to PC I won't play them either

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (8 children)

    God of War bored me as well, but the Horizon games being SLOP?! I'm personally offended. They are carefully created masterpieces in my opinion.

    The way they perfectly amp up the difficulty in proportion to your skill level. You can go anywhere in the world but it guides you perfectly to go where your skill fits. The fights are fun, you can choose to be stealthy or go all in Rambo style.

    That first feeling of analyzing a new animal for the first time, planning your strategy ahead of the fight, what parts to attack etc. Then the feeling of jumping in and executing the fight with success. So satisfying.

    I personally took on every single fight stealth wise because I love that style.

    But anyway, what kind of games do you play that you think are good enough? Curious what your bar is set to.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    Robot dinos are well made. I'm not disputing that. It's the only reason I put up with it for 16h... But I got bored to death with the same open world formula.

    As for where my bar is set? I enjoy games like red dead 2 or space marine 2 from recent memory. But my go to are mods and older RPGs, Gothic 2 is gold standard to me. Games like Rogue Trader from owlcats etc. I enjoy depth and hand crafted nature. Hence games like kingdom come rank high on my list for believable world building with memorable characters. I don't recall a single name from my 16h with horrison...

    God of war (the remake) did it well to keep focus on characters and story as opposed to "clutter" and massive open world filled with markers.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (6 children)

    I'm fine with a bland story as long as the gameplay is solid. The gameplay is why I play. If I wanted only story I would watch a movie, I suppose.

    But you say you played 16h of Horizon? You must not have finished it, or? I played it for 123 hours. Granted I finished it 100%, and did a loooot of gathering and exploring. But 16h feels low for completing all of the main story. I don't know.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I don't need to finish something to make up my mind. The game isn't going to flip on its head 30h in. 16h is more than enough, hell, steam cuts it at 2h for refund.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    The game isn't going to flip on its head 30h in.

    It's just that the game has a narrative and game-mechanical progression which you are losing if you don't follow through.

    The 2h threshold for a refund doesn't really suit every game of course, it's a blanket threshold for the entire store. 🙂

    But meh, you made up your mind, no point in trying to convince you to play it now. I'm just saying it's a game that might grow on you even more than you realize. I looked it immediately, but even I was amazed at the beautiful scenery and great battles I was going to experience even further into the game. The expansions were awesome as well. Really good end game boss battles.

    Anyway, I hope you enjoy the games you have access to!

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Nor am I here to discredit anyone's enjoyment of it. People have different tastes but it's also the "it gets better after 100h!" Trope... If a game can't capture someone after several play sessions and 16h total... It ain't going to.

    It's a shame they pigeon hold the idea of robo dinos in this sci fi yet caveman like era because I'd love to explore more of it... Just not in this format.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Fair enough. But know that I'm not saying "it gets better after X hours". I'm saying it continually gets better in a smooth progression. That's what I liked about it.

    But all to their own. You are entitled to stop playing after that short amount of time. 👍

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    16h barely feels like enough to even get the story started... No wonder they didn't enjoy it after giving up probably in the first area. Kinda brain-dead opinion tbh. The story in horizon was incredible and even if you ignored every side mission or collectible and just played the campaign there's a ton of variety in the gameplay and environments.

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