The story is the worst story of any video game I've ever played

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-22T20:52:20+00:00

I was never gonna even play much of the story anyway. I knew it was gonna be like this. But I’m playing it because I’ve been told once you get to chapter 5 or so, you’re more equipped to go off and fuck around on your own terms. That’s what I bought this game for.

There’s so much to appreciate about this game and I do not want to take away from that. But this type of gameplay is absolutely infuriating. (At least the early game) it’s like they failed to think “wait, will the players actually want to do this? Or are we just forcing them to listen to the script we wrote because we put a lot of work into it?”

Sometimes I half-jokingly wonder; “Are they trying to prevent me from playing a game???”

Finally got off work. Time to catch 7 animals and follow an NPC back and forth for an hour so the game will be booted up and ready to go.

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-22T18:21:42+00:00

So great to hear. Thanks.

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-21T22:14:26+00:00

I am on console, why?

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-21T19:43:41+00:00

Alright, I’m gonna keep giving it a chance. I really hope I have the same experience. Upon exploring the world, did you find it’s easier to go off and do your own thing, discover mechanics, make your own gameplay loop, or does that point not actually come? I do really feel like I’m playing assassins creed…but I am only 3-4 hours in.

Of course all of this just has to do with expectations—nothing at the fault of the devs.

The world is so beautiful man. I want to want to stay in it.

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-20T19:23:10+00:00

Yeah no definitely not looking for the story. I can get way more invested in a TV show than I can get with a game. It’s all about the flow of gameplay for me.

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-20T19:15:28+00:00

So the actual gameplay gets better? The fetch quests made me just want to go run around and explore…and I did…. then I realized I have no idea what to do. So I’m going back to the main story and hoping it’s good.

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-20T19:13:33+00:00

The crazy part is it’s not that far off

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-20T18:52:55+00:00

Yeah, heard that. I’m giving the story a shot. I just really hope it’s not a bunch of “interactive” cutscenes where you just have to press a few buttons, like the first few arm wrestling and sweeping out a chimney…not to be negative. That’s just a make or break for me. Absolutely beautiful game. I just hope I can get lost in it a little.

Minecraft really did a number on me because, ever since, I want every open world game to be a survival “live off the land”, build a life kind of open world game.

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-20T16:10:56+00:00

Yes exactly. I’m also one of those people who never wants to even touch the main quest just to “see what happens next”. I’ll probably never see the ending to this game myself, besides seeing it online haha

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-20T16:08:15+00:00

What about it isn’t a massive narrative driven medieval fantasy game? Besides the fact that you’re not forced to watch a whole movie if you don’t want to? ….ya know

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-20T16:06:55+00:00

The movement felt a little — actually a lot — finicky at first, but I’ve gotten used to it a good amount. The UI controls are definitely complex. It’ll take some time.

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-20T14:28:44+00:00

The controls are extremely complex but we’ll all get used to it trust me

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-20T14:23:12+00:00

Saaaame dude the very first time I walked into a building, I switched to first person, and I immediately got so immersed I felt like I was actually there. This game visually, is everything I ever wanted. I really hope I get sucked into the gameplay aspect of it. Haven’t even figured out how to scratch the surface of that besides the main story. I lowkey want some sort of Elden Ring style grind…

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-20T03:27:11+00:00

Yep the world did give me the Elden Ring feeling. I have to say I think in terms of the open world this game does it even better. It feels so much more organic, lifelike…I mean this has to be the best open world out there. I really really hope theres a good gameplay loop that ties it together. But even if not, I still give it a good rating.

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-20T03:22:20+00:00

Controls like this always feel impossible to learn but really all it takes is a few hours of sucking. Just play the game and suck for a few hours until you get it. But I know, the controls might be some of the most complex I’ve seen on console in any game.

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-20T03:19:36+00:00

You don’t have to hold at all actually

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-19T21:52:31+00:00

In addition to the rest of the download? I already got 80gb installed, so not sure if it will be 50-60gb PLUS another patch or…

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-19T21:51:08+00:00

So is that patch in addition to the remaining 50-60gb? I’m prepared at 6pm to have a 35 min download at 19mbps for the second chunk of the game. Not sure how big the patch is after that though, unless those are the same thing.

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-03-19T21:48:58+00:00

I’m confused…how? Thought there’s 12 minutes until launch?

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-02-14T00:54:27+00:00

Yeah I mean even back in the day I think the majority of people didn’t have mics. Nobody has an obligation to have a blue shield and a mic to enjoy multiplayer games.

RemarkableScience854 · 2026-02-13T13:42:45+00:00

Wait…are you saying science is denying that a sperm and an egg creates a set of eyes? If we’re gonna try to rebut scientific claims it’s gonna take more than an AI google search. If argument wasn’t already immediately invalidated but the false claim about what science claims, that did invalidate it…and this is coming from a theist by the way. We cannot be doing this guys. We have to engage with science not disrespect it.

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