Monday, November 11, 2013

Western RPG


Presentation is excellent, the setup outstanding: I don't know exactly how or why but I'm the chosen, commander of troops, slayer of dragons, worlds postal service, everyone likes me...

The world is huge and random, empty and boring. People will always ask me for favors, usually the same ones, like there was no other in the entire realm to do it, no competence, aren't there more adventurers? I feel so lonely, what an empty world, I really prefer a little lively and scripted world, like in a book.

Graphics are good, there are a few stunningly looking scenes required to show on the media but the rest is usually mediocre, not very fantasy-like with the same forests I see everyday nor the copy-paste scifi/medieval dungeons.



Combat is... a mess: mash the buttons, repeat the rutines, spam skills, auto-attack, the most effective strategy is to go for it with all I got until enemies stop coming. Difficulty levels are only a stat increase, enemies keep making the same stupid mistakes, they seem based on the guys with deficient accuracy and skills that appear on hollywood movies.

The story seems an excuse for the characters or the world to show off, evil guys are only evil on dialogs because on the field they behave with the same IA, no dirty tricks nor behaviors, just their equiped skills and limited combat script.

Pretending is the main problem for me, they want to make a whole living world but they clearly aren't capable of doing it. Wouldn't be better to make it a smaller but more intense and fullfiling experience? Nope this is what people buys, bigger is better, twice if it has an espectacular trailer.

Did I like it? This was just a rage post, don't mind me I just wanted to let it go. I'll buy the next mass effect so I can hate it again.
I think you will like it if you:
- Want quick and easy "fun".

I rate my experience with a 2.5 out of 10.

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