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TOTK has fully disillusioned me, I'm never doing this shit again

Have fun with your old games grandpa

Has any other genre ever produced this much collective ire in the gaming community?

"Never playing another RPG. Final Fantasy XIII has fully disillusioned me, I'm never doing this shit again"

What the utter fuck is TOTK when it is at home?

disillusioned you in what way?

Yeah it is only a matter of time before everyone realizes open world is just trash and we can finally move on from this shitty fad

How many hours did you put in

Jennywentnorth8 posted...

Yeah it is only a matter of time before everyone realizes open world is just trash and we can finally move on from this shitty fad

I have already come to the realization that linear is trash. If I come to the realization that non-linear is also trash then I am fully realized that all video games are trash.

Fantastic game TBQH.

To each their own.

Elden Ring is a top 5 of all time game for me so super hoping FROM does another one.

I'd be interested to hear what happened.
And also why you decided to get the game in the first place.

masterpug53 posted...

Has any other genre ever produced this much collective ire in the gaming community?

"Never playing another RPG. Final Fantasy XIII has fully disillusioned me, I'm never doing this shit again"

FPS? Zombie games?

Jennywentnorth8 posted...

Yeah it is only a matter of time before everyone realizes open world is just trash and we can finally move on from this shitty fad

Is it really a fad if it's been a style of game for multiple decades

MC_BatCommander posted...

Is it really a fad if it's been a style of game for multiple decades

This. Open world is going nowhere. Better get used to not playing 1/4 of the games that come out

They've all been downhill after Ultima 4 anyway.

Sandalorn posted...

To each their own.

Elden Ring is a top 5 of all time game for me so super hoping FROM does another one.

Elden Ring is an anomaly. It handles its open world better than any other open world game ever made, including games that I have never heard of and have no idea how their open world works.

And even then it can't escape some of the upsetting trappings of open world games.

BurmesePenguin posted...

Elden Ring is an anomaly. It handles its open world better than any other open world game ever made, including games that I have never heard of and have no idea how their open world works.

And even then it can't escape some of the upsetting trappings of open world games.

No it isn't. It is what open world gaming should be.

Just because lazy developers create lazy open world games doesn't mean open world games are bad. It just means lazy developers are bad.

Dakimakura posted...

No it isn't. It is what open world gaming should be.

Uh... you seem to be agreeing with me while protesting my statement.

But all the empty space and travel time adds to the ATMOSPHERE. That's what gamers want, ATMOSPHERE

wanderingshade posted...

But all the empty space and travel time adds to the ATMOSPHERE. That's what gamers want, ATMOSPHERE

Tbh, that is what I want and that's why Shadow of the Colossus has a great open world.

BurmesePenguin posted...

Tbh, that is what I want and that's why Shadow of the Colossus has a great open world.

I find it stupid though when the average gamer says some stupid shit like "They should take a game franchise and make it open world, that would be awesome". Like when people want to play an open world Pokemon. Great, it's the same exact game, now it's just big.

It is odd how gamers can't understand that everyone likes different things in games. I find those games like "Left 4 Dead" to be ridiculously boring and no fun at all. But I certainly don't try to push my own preferences on other people like I am "right" and they are "wrong".

Enjoy what you want and let others do the same.

boxoto posted...

disillusioned you in what way?

It's all just busywork. All of it. You'll be doing the same 10 things in different combinations for a hundred goddamn hours and get absolutely nothing out of it.

Garioshi posted...

It's all just busywork. All of it. You'll be doing the same 10 things in different combinations for a hundred goddamn hours and get absolutely nothing out of it.

you get to spend 100 hours playing the game. it's not like it's bloody community service

I like open world in moderation but yeah there's just been too many of them. Turn based games seem to be one of the few type of games that are mostly unaffected by it.

That's the other thing, it's hard to make a specific tailored experience like linear games do in open world, and since it would take eons to make something to do every square mile, they basically do two things. They either cram the entire open world with busy work and collectables or they sprinkle in a few events here and there and the rest of its "events" are basically coded to appear out of nowhere to happen at random to make it seem lively, but eventually feel very fake and computer generated because there are only so many variations that you'll have seen the same person walk up and say or do the same thing.

But somehow it would be "awesome" if every game franchise did that.

Open world games today certainly are a fad. However, open world games in general aren't new. The problem is that the flood of open world games these days means all of the games are open world but 9/10 of them don't have any substance. They're just all the same kinds of games.

It's totally understandable that people will get tired of open world games because of that.

oh and xenoblade x is the exception to all of this holy shit i love xenoblade x

Garioshi posted...

oh and xenoblade x is the exception to all of this holy shit i love xenoblade x

What was your problem with TotK?

Jennywentnorth8 posted...

Yeah it is only a matter of time before everyone realizes open world is just trash and we can finally move on from this shitty fad

There is nothing wrong with open world games, the problem is the "AAA" industry... hear me out:

• Open world games are going to be a huge undertaking that will necessarily require the resources of a "AAA" gaming company. You can have a smaller open world experience technically, but it's going to sacrifice some of the aspects that a huge team and huge budget bring to this style of gaming.
• Open world games require giving the player a ton of content to explore fairly freely and loads of options to customize their experience.

However, when "Open World" games became big as a trend, it coincided with the heavy monetization of the gaming industry. There are examples of open world games that existed before this trend or early on before these practices reached full saturation.

Think about it: When was the last time we got really good open world games? The Witcher 3, Fallout New Vegas, GTA 5, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Sacred 2, Skyrim...

What are the truly great open world games since then?

• Breath of the Wild - sure, a major first party console game meant to entice console buyers after the failed Wii U. TotK being a resource recycling followup focused more on physics engine novelty.

• Elden Ring - maybe the exception to the rule from From Software.

The rest are scaled down sequels like Red Dead Redemption and Xenoblade 3 - or poorly thought out cash ins like Metal Gear Survive. Or buggy messes that over-promised like Cyberpunk 2077 and No man's Sky.

Sandalorn posted...

To each their own.

Elden Ring is a top 5 of all time game for me so super hoping FROM does another one.

I can't believe From made Souls games worse by making an open-world one.

I prefer small map with non linear gameplay .

Garioshi posted...

oh and xenoblade x is the exception to all of this holy shit i love xenoblade x

It's not the best open world game, but goddamn it's the best open world in an open world game

Still waiting on that Xenoblade X Definitive edition

I generally burn out from open world games pretty quickly, but Elden Ring was beyond amazing. I'm anxiously awaiting the expansion for it.

Sandalorn posted...

To each their own.

Elden Ring is a top 5 of all time game for me so super hoping FROM does another one.

This. Like any genre, it just depends how well the mechanic is used. But a lot of devs do struggle to make an engaging open world.

lilORANG posted...

This. Like any genre, it just depends how well the mechanic is used. But a lot of devs do struggle to make an engaging open world.

I think the problem is that a lot of devs treat it as an open map to throw a bunch of boxes that you need to check off by doing rote activities rather than as an actual place to explore and find secrets in.

CoyoteTheGreat posted...

I generally burn out from open world games pretty quickly, but Elden Ring was beyond amazing. I'm anxiously awaiting the expansion for it.

I played Immortals Fenyx Rising right before Elden Ring, not only did it hook me, it made Immortals feel worse by comparison. Both Elden Ring and BotW/TotK are the right ways to it.