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Metalsonic66 posted...

What got me hooked on that series was how much fun traversal was

As much as people talk up the idea of traversal as a selling point (usually for games like Arkham City), it never really grabbed me all that much. At least not in a major way as a stand-alone positive - I can look back and say I really enjoyed leaping and gliding around the city in Saints Row IV, or that the rail-grinding in Jet Set Radio Future was fun at the time, but if you asked me whether I liked those games I'm not sure how much that would factor into my answer (which would probably be "I absolutely loved Saints Row IV, but for a lot of reasons other than how you move, and I'm kind of meh on Jet Set Radio Future because rail-grinding is about the only thing the game really has". The latter also being a large part of the reason why Sunset Overdrive never even remotely interested me this gen.)

I haven't played Spider-Man on the PS4 yet (though I do own it - it's in my ever-growing pile of games I own but never have the time/desire to play, which I ignore while I go back to spending another 40+ hours in Minecraft), so it's possible that I might love the web-swinging so much that it completely redefines my entire perspective on games and how important traversal can be as a mechanic, but I suspect I'm going to go lukewarm on it very quickly, and it will be up to the overarching narrative, dialogue, and mission structure to either win me over or lose me.

The same kind of holds true for most of the stereotypical "parkour" games for me. The first time I ever played one it was amazing for all of like 15 minutes, and then it mostly just became a ho-hum way to get from Point A to Point B where the game was actually happening.
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