FYI – this isn't about the controls of this game as I've honestly adjusted and can somewhat appreciate their unique clunkyness in building Arthur as a dude who's struggling to overcome stuff…. Well at least until he uses deadeye, but I always tried to avoid that
Anyway,
Basically been playing it pretty consistently since it launched, but I was only still in Ch.2
I truly do think the game is a monumental achievement on a both a technical and narrative level, but I… I just can't hang when it comes to its core gameplay loop.
What initially started as admiration an awe at the methodology of the pacing, animation and tone eventually turned into resentment as I just couldn't get past feeling the game was ultimately wasting my limited game-time.
My tipping point was when I had a couple of missions that were apart literally almost the entire distance of the map. Not too big of a deal right? I mean, the game prides itself on jaw-dropping landscapes and it's random scripted skits along the way. The problem was I literally hit one between the both of them and they lasted maybe a few minutes. Then, it was back to what felt like 10 minutes of non-stop just riding…. By the time I finished one of the missions, almost an hour had passed and I felt like I hadn't accomplished nor saw much. I did the one thing and I was out of time (Married, father of two and needed to spend some quality-time before bed)
I mean, why, just why is there sooo much damn downtime!? Like, even if I was to throw myself at the random activities one can do outside of the main narrative, even those are just so unnecessary plodding and time consuming. Want to play dress up? That in itself can become an entire gaming session!
Let it be known, this isn't about "I don't have time for this, because I have 4 other games to play" or anything like that. It about calling out the fubared balance of doing meaningful, gameplay-like things in RDR2 or just passively gawking over the world.
So yeah, I just don't feel like the investment is worth it in the end. Not in a day an age where openworld games like Spiderman, Crackdown, Horizon, etc, exist and legitimately feel like they respect the gamer's time and just want them to have fun
Anyway,
Basically been playing it pretty consistently since it launched, but I was only still in Ch.2
I truly do think the game is a monumental achievement on a both a technical and narrative level, but I… I just can't hang when it comes to its core gameplay loop.
What initially started as admiration an awe at the methodology of the pacing, animation and tone eventually turned into resentment as I just couldn't get past feeling the game was ultimately wasting my limited game-time.
My tipping point was when I had a couple of missions that were apart literally almost the entire distance of the map. Not too big of a deal right? I mean, the game prides itself on jaw-dropping landscapes and it's random scripted skits along the way. The problem was I literally hit one between the both of them and they lasted maybe a few minutes. Then, it was back to what felt like 10 minutes of non-stop just riding…. By the time I finished one of the missions, almost an hour had passed and I felt like I hadn't accomplished nor saw much. I did the one thing and I was out of time (Married, father of two and needed to spend some quality-time before bed)
I mean, why, just why is there sooo much damn downtime!? Like, even if I was to throw myself at the random activities one can do outside of the main narrative, even those are just so unnecessary plodding and time consuming. Want to play dress up? That in itself can become an entire gaming session!
Let it be known, this isn't about "I don't have time for this, because I have 4 other games to play" or anything like that. It about calling out the fubared balance of doing meaningful, gameplay-like things in RDR2 or just passively gawking over the world.
So yeah, I just don't feel like the investment is worth it in the end. Not in a day an age where openworld games like Spiderman, Crackdown, Horizon, etc, exist and legitimately feel like they respect the gamer's time and just want them to have fun
