Which is why I'll wait on the Steam version and mod it. I don't like the tedium so will skip past all the shitty systems and condense the game into a tighter experience.
Personally, I think they could have cut the game down to 10 or so hours and still had the feeling of traversing a harsh and desolate environment. Plus they could have condensed the story into something truly interesting, instead of it feeling like anime filler. I find it hard to get into a game that really does not get good until 10+ hours in.
Indeed, which is the entire point of the game; you have to earn it. It's supposed to be hard at the start, you're actively (and imo, satisfyingly) working your way up to an easier life. Would having a bike at the start be as meaningful if you've not experienced rough and tough traversal over rocky surfaces first? No. I think the games' pacing is just fine. I'm not even 10 hours in and I'm already getting a real sense of progression.
Tbh, they could have given players all the mobility tools from the outset and then have moments where you don't have everything and it would have still have had that feeling or progression. Give players hope and then take it away from them and get them to fight for survival. Payoff is way better IMHO.
Yes, OTs are generally more positive... but my point wasn't the positivity, but the fact the vast majority of review feedback is positive and the calls of "divisive" are often playing up the fact it is nowhere near a 50/50 love/hate split.
I meant the story, the gameplay loop was great throughout the entire game, it gets good reviews because it's a good game, did you even play it before shitting on it?
it really doesn't though. I have a mild case of ADD and even I was engrossed through the first few hours of the game (it took me 7 hours to get to chapter 3, where it supposedly "gets good"). I was having SUCH a good time with it and, yes, I am having an even better time with it now.
People still delude themselves into thinking MGSIV was good so don't count on that.
I'd encourage you to just move along as the story really opens up not far from where you are as well as getting upgrades that'll make your life easier, but if constructing roads and things is your jam, why the hell not, I finished the game and I still go back and build things for other people to use, it's very rewarding :)
I'm not talking about critics, I'm talking about people who didn't play it or have any intention to that just enjoy telling people the game is bad when they're actively enjoying it, and I think the shitting on it part wasn't to you, sorry.
The answer lies in the middle, right? Now, you can see the gameplay, hear impressions from non-reviewers, read up about what the game is about, see if there are performance issues....really, if you can't tell if there is a good chance you will like a game from all of the information available without someone flat out telling you...then I don't know what to tell you.
