Re:Blizzard cofounder launches new gaming endeavor Dreamhaven
by moomin on Thursday September 24, 2020 @06:31AM
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(ALWP) I mean, obviously plenty of people do love Eve Online, but the micro-mechanics shown in the video are awful. Compare to Dark Souls (again) where pretty much every combat is interesting (and has better be because you’re gonna redo it a lot until you crack it).
OTOH, I found the mechanics of the recent Spider-Man game kind of fun, but the macro game is just endless repetition. Which feels true of a lot of AAA games these days.
Re:Blizzard cofounder launches new gaming endeavor Dreamhaven
by pdimitar on Thursday September 24, 2020 @07:44AM
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The PS4 Spiderman is a gorgeous game with amazing combat and parkour!
Me and my wife both cringed really hard to the repetitiveness and the blandness of the characters however. Tons of plot inconsistencies!
Re:Blizzard cofounder launches new gaming endeavor Dreamhaven
by moomin on Thursday September 24, 2020 @12:29PM
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Grief, yes, I found it ridiculously hard to actually care about the characters. They should have had a plot where the villain was sucking all of the interesting out of people. Just travelling through the city was way more fun.
Take EVE Online. I love the ideas of the game. There are no rules (As long as you're not hacking/cheating) to what players can do. You can scam people. You can kill noobs (Though if you're in high-security space, you'll be instagibbed by CONCORD, essentially the space police). And the fact that losing your ship means its GONE means there's always a demand for crafted goods. Skills are learned over time whether you're playing or not, so you don't need to grind.
But...the actual gameplay is boring as hell [0].
[0] https://youtu.be/4c6jafaiPh8?t=66