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MarcomachtKuchen, do games w Hogwarts Legacy - a weird (90 hour) review *no spoilers

Honestly I don’t know why you want to 100% it. It seems like you’re not having a good time. It’s okay to stop games instead of forcing yourself trough something you don’t enjoy.

Having said that AFAIK the PC version seems pretty stable. There are some perfomance kinks but overall the game seemed to run good. My partner has not reported minor or gamebraking bugs aswell. So this side might be on the switch port.

Now let’s talk about the actual game. It is incredible shallow. That’s just it. But honestly I think that’s fine. The game was made not made for people who play a lot of games and more importantly I don’t think the actual gameplay is the selling point of the game. It’s the incredible and rich presentation of Hoghwarts and it’s surroundings. The amount of unique assets and beautiful textures you find in the castle are incredible and it’s clear most of the development budget was spend there instead of the gameplay.

The word as a gameplay playground is horrible as you said. Countless of meaningless repetitive tasks. But as a backdrop to the focal points of the game they do their job. I don’t think the game is a game of the year but I’m still impressed by the visualisation of Hoghwarts and it’s surroundings. I’ve expected this game to be way worse than it is.

Cataphract,

I strangely find enjoyment out of 100% something and I’m not currently the main player (mostly help my partner out in the difficult spots, collect items for upgrades and restock equipment). If it was just me I probably would’ve lost interest a while ago.

You’re absolutely right about the assets. The variety was baffling, we wondered if they were able to import a large library or if considerable time was taken modeling all of it. Would explain a lot for the development, and our hopes is that everything can just be carried over to the next installment so other areas of the game can be concentrated on.

wick, do gaming w What are some games you like that most people hate and/or were panned by critics?

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  • Malix,
    @Malix@sopuli.xyz avatar

    most people and/or critics hate witcher 3? o_O

    wick,

    Oh fuck, I misread the OP

    feathercloaked,

    dropping the witcher 3 as an underrated game. r/gaming moment.

    wick,

    Dyslexia moment. I completely garbled the OP in my mind. Idek.

    MisterNeon, do games w [UFO 50] I won Bushido Ball with every character
    @MisterNeon@lemmy.world avatar

    UFO 50 slaps.

    Olgratin_Magmatoe, do games w What are your favorite games for killing nazis?

    Gonna stray a bit from the other games mentioned here for the sake of adding something unique.

    It’s not your traditional nazis per say, but the half life series fits quite nicely with this urge. The combine are genocidal, totalitarian, they use shit loads of propaganda, etc. They don’t have the looks of it, but they’re clearly the nazi type.

    photonic_sorcerer, do gaming w What video game franchises do you not need to start from the very beginning to enjoy? What would you recommend as the entry point into your favorite series?
    @photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    Any recommendations on where to start with Dragon Age?

    Horse,
    @Horse@lemmygrad.ml avatar

    origins

    Botanicals,

    Origins is def the best place to start. However, with each game having a new protagonist and about a decade in-between the games you could start anywhere. If you end up enjoying one give the others a shot.

    adam_y, do gaming w What video game franchises do you not need to start from the very beginning to enjoy? What would you recommend as the entry point into your favorite series?
    @adam_y@lemmy.world avatar

    Start with The Witcher 3 and head back to 2.

    passiveaggressivesonar,

    I was just thinking about witcher 1 while coming in this morning

    makingStuffForFun,
    @makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml avatar

    Coming in what?

    huf, do gaming w What video game franchises do you not need to start from the very beginning to enjoy? What would you recommend as the entry point into your favorite series?

    commander keen. there really is no need to play 1-3, 4-6 is where it’s at. just make sure you pirate the non-buggy version (there’s a broken version of one or more of these games floating around abandonware sites where it looks like it works but the save game feature forgets to save your keys, which breaks some of the levels if you reload).

    raina, do gaming w What video game franchises do you not need to start from the very beginning to enjoy? What would you recommend as the entry point into your favorite series?

    Spelunky, for co-op. I definitely prefer the first game for solo but it only has local co-op. Spelunky 2 has both local and network play but the difference between having a single camera follow the one flag carrier and everybody having their own screens is like playing a different game. Single screen is total mayhem.

    Deceptichum, do games w Citizen Sleeper 2 review thread (85 average, 97% recommended)
    @Deceptichum@quokk.au avatar

    The only review link I trust is

    …steampowered.com/…/Citizen_Sleeper_2_Starward_Ve…

    So it’ll be a while before I judge it’s worth.

    Carighan,
    @Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

    That’s like the one review site I don’t trust, because it’s steam users. One of the worst parts of human existence, on a level with 4chan in many regards.

    It can be good for a “vibe”. Like if something is mostly negative, might be worth looking into. But for an actual review? That’s just not what it is.

    Minnels,

    I often sort and read negative reviews, the ones that are well written. Then if it’s still interesting i read a couple of positive ones to get a better sense.

    Works for me.

    Just reading random ones is pretty bad indeed. Gotta be source critical like always.

    phuntis, (edited ) do gaming w What are some games you like that most people hate and/or were panned by critics?
    @phuntis@sopuli.xyz avatar

    far cry 5 I don’t think many people hate it as such but just view it as repetitive but it was the first one I played and while most people say putting it in rural montana is boring and not exotic like far crys supposed to be I’m english so rural montana is practically an alien planet and the vibes in the game are immaculate just walking through the wilderness between points on the map to do stuff that down time in between is so nice and when you’re going further distances in the car the radio music is so good and while the stories stupid and the ending is god awful every one of the seeds actors were amazing each one of them was so good even if you don’t get that much time with them I’d honestly say far cry 5 is one of my favourite games ever not my favourite that’s fnv and second is mouthwashing but it’s in joint 3rd place with about a dozen other really good games that I can’t honestly say one is better than the other but I truly love all of them for different reasons

    thingsiplay, do gaming w What video game franchises do you not need to start from the very beginning to enjoy? What would you recommend as the entry point into your favorite series?

    Zelda and Final Fantasy series in example.

    Anahkiasen, do games w Citizen Sleeper 2 review thread (85 average, 97% recommended)

    Loved the first one I’m please to see they seem to have landed a proper sequel!

    feathercloaked, do gaming w What are some games you like that most people hate and/or were panned by critics?

    you know, for as much shit as mass effect 3 gets, in a lot of ways it’s my favorite of the trilogy.

    Klear, do games w What are your favorite games for killing nazis?

    Return to Castle Wolfenstein VR port by Team Beef. It’s amazing.

    spacedogroy, do gaming w Forza Horizon 5 will be coming to PS5. Likely other xbox exclusives will too.

    I’m glad that PS5 owners get to play Forza, but overall I don’t have a lot of confidence in Microsoft’s ability to stay in the hardware market, which is concerning for everyone as I think Sony will leverage that position to raise their prices on their hardware and on PSN.

    Xbox has said it will be producing a new console next gen with powerful hardware, but I will probably stay away, despite owning a Series console this gen.

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