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Eggyhead, do games w Playing Pillars of Eternity for the first time
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I think I have this game on switch. I only played a little bit and gave up because I sucked so much. Maybe I should do exactly as you are, get it for cheap on deck and scale down the difficulty to story mode. I've heard it was a good game.

Ashen44, do gaming w What are some good games that have a bad reputation due to unreasonable expectations?

I’ll throw my hat into this ring with Monster Hunter Rise. I often spend my time browsing monster hunter content and almost every time Rise gets brought up it’s just to talk about how much worse it is than World. I’ll say it now, yes I also prefer World to Rise, but holy fuck do I still love Rise.

To start with, let’s compare the two. Monster Hunter is developed by 2 teams who take turns making games. World was developed by the mainline team who are known for more grounded and polished games. Rise was developed by the portable team who are known for flashier and more experimental games. Most players started the Monster Hunter series with World (it’s Capcom’s #1 best selling game of all time after all) and so going from the high detail immersive World to the action packed fast paced Rise was extremely jarring. A massive portion of the hate just comes from the fact that it was different.

Also, as you can probably guess from the name, the portable team makes games for portable systems, such as the Switch, which immediately gives them less power to work with system-wise. Couple this with the fact that Rise was developed during the pandemic, and Rise was really dealt a rough hand. Graphically it’s a massive downgrade from World, and it even ended up releasing without an ending or any non-scripted elder dragon fights.

In spite of all this, even though Rise lacks a ton of the personality and charm of World, it’s still an absolute blast to play! The combat is stellar, and while it may not have the weight World had, its fluidity and high adrenaline action makes it some of the best in the series. The sunbreak expansion especially really improved the game in every single way, fixing a ton of the issues people had with the base game. I feel that most players already moved on after base Rise and so didn’t get to experience that improvement unfortunately.

TL;DR play Monster Hunter Rise. It’s really good. Just don’t go in expecting the same experience as World.

clipper, do gaming w What are some good games that have a bad reputation due to unreasonable expectations?

I feel like Days Gone belongs in this conversation.

Ashen44,

Man I loved Days Gone. I played through the whole game and deeply enjoyed it. I’m always surprised when I hear it getting shit talked online because it was really well done in my opinion. Maybe it was launch issues or something since I played it on PC long after release.

jjjalljs, do games w Playing Pillars of Eternity for the first time

Pillars of Eternity is very good. The writing is fun and I liked a lot of the classes. Especially Cipher.

I think the second one is better though. You get a ship! And the powers are per-fight instead of per-rest, so you don’t have to worry about camping much at all. Also multiclassing is fun. I wasn’t a heavy optimizer but my rogue/monk just punched stuff into chunks.

doggish,

It’s on my Steam wishlist. Since I already have a copy of Tyranny I’ll probably play that before Deadfire, but I definitely want to play it! Hopefully Avowed will be good too whenever that comes out.

Stalinwolf, do games w Playing Pillars of Eternity for the first time
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I was enjoying it until I reached the first city. I hate city portions of RPGs.

mechoman444, do games w This console generation seems skippable

The last console I got was the 360 halo three special addition. Been on PC ever since.

Which as we all know makes me superior.

someguy3,

Keyboard and mouse or do you use a controller?

mechoman444,

I can’t believe you even have to ask.

someguy3,

People do different things. I notice you didn’t answer.

t3rmit3, do gaming w What are some good games that have a bad reputation due to unreasonable expectations?

Metal Gear: AC!D

It was such a great adaptation of stealth-action, but people didn’t like that it had “Metal Gear” in the name. I absolutely adored the card collecting and deck-building, and the very deep, seemingly-emergent combos you could pull off.

sculd, do gaming w Metal Gear Revengeance - whats with their faces ?^
minishoemaze, do gaming w Metal Gear Revengeance - whats with their faces ?^
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:)

lupec,

Best Brazilian representation in gaming bar none tbh, love the guy

Catastrophic235,
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weakest male in Brazil

otp, do games w Has any of you ever tried the "Ragnok 2 gun mouse"? If so, how good is it?

Lmao someone in the comments said they were sold a used one (at brand new price) straight from the manufacturer.

Then someone replied to them saying basically, “that’s on you from ordering from the manufacturer instead of a trusted store like Amazon. I had no problems with them.”

mara, do gaming w What are some good games that have a bad reputation due to unreasonable expectations?
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No Man’s Sky, but they vastly redeemed themselves.

dj1936, do parlamentarna w PO, Trzecia Droga będą głosować przeciw usunięciu Bosaka
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Niedawno kolega nauczyciel opowiadał mi, że uczniowie, którzy na lekcji mówili, że są libkami, najebali się na wycieczce szkolnej i wyszło na niej, że są naziolami. :)

noyesster, do gaming w What are some good games that have a bad reputation due to unreasonable expectations?

Unpopular opinion, but I enjoyed the hell out of Redfall. It wasn’t what most people wanted from Arkane and I completely agree, but it was still a lot of fun and didn’t deserve all the hate it got. It isn’t perfect and had a ton of bugs, but the scores it received made no sense and it seemed like it was just fun to jump on the hate bandwagon.

TwilightVulpine, do gaming w What difficult games/game challenges did you give up on?

Dark Souls and souls games in general. But the difficulty is just half of it. I have beaten hard games before. The problem is that everything is so bleak I can't even feel motivated to try. I'll do a thing only for some NPC to go "it doesn't matter, everything is pointless and you're so insignificant". Inevitably being spoiled I know that even the single optimistic NPC is not getting it great. Y'all can mope, I'm gonna put my effort where it's appreciated.

Kolanaki,
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The bleakness is why I assume the “age of dark” endings are the good ones. They’re the only endings that also end all the suffering of those fucked up worlds. The only weird one is Elden Ring. You can end all suffering, but it’s presented as the worst possible end for that particular game.

fadingembers,
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It’s so interesting how tastes can change everything. The bleakness in the souls games is intoxicating to me and keeps me coming back. I imagine it has something to do with psychology

pjnick,

You might want to try Lies of P. All of the highlights of Dark Souls combat and if you play your cards right pretty much every NPC gets a happy ending.

It’s free on Game Pass right now too, if you have that.

TwilightVulpine,

I just might. Some fights were infuriating but so was Hollow Knight and I love that game. As long as the conclusion makes it worth it.

sic_semper_tyrannis, do gaming w What are some good games that have a bad reputation due to unreasonable expectations?

Maybe No Man’s Sky. I’m not too sure what people think of it now a days but it had a massive turn around since launch

Stillhart,

Yes, NMS was overhyped and completely failed to meet expectations. But it was also complete garbage on release. 7/10? Not even close. It’s one of the only games I ever bought on physical disk that I returned because it was so bad when it wasn’t unplayable. That wasn’t a problem with expectations, that was a terrible fucking game.

fushuan,

Sure, but this post is not about 7/10 games on release, it’s about 7/10 games now vs their perception now.

JoMiran,
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Eh. NMS is unfair because it is literally a different game today then when it launched.

TwilightVulpine,

Sure but still today there are people who say it is too shallow and dull, and at that point I think they are just expecting it to be fundamentally different.

TwilightVulpine,

Absolutely

To be fair, originally it utterly failed to do most that they promised and I don't blame anyone who felt burned because of that and gave up on it,

But today, it does some of the craziest stuff that it promised that at the time sounded like pipe dreams. The planets are some crazy and different some of them seem downright surreal. I made a base on a planet with a landscape made of stained glass crystals. The animals are wild and weird. Getting to learn to communicate word by word with multiple different alien species is pretty cool. The dynamics of trading are pretty interesting. Raiding derelict freighters is creepy. And you can play all of it with your friends.

When people say it's shallow, I wonder if they didn't even try to bite into it or they are expecting custom story content in every planet. I have played it for hundreds of hours and I didn't even finish the main story quest. Each aspect of the game has a lot to offer.

Because of that I'm also really looking forward for their new game.

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