Calling DnD bland always strikes me as funny. It’s bland compared to most modern fantasy for the same reason Seinfeld is bland compared to most modern sitcoms: it’s one of the the foundations upon which most of the rest of what we’ve consumed since its inception is built. We’ve seen all the innovations upon its formula, so going back to the original can feel lacking if you don’t bother to think critically about why it feels that way.
The important thing is that even without all those innovations, they nailed the source material and created the richest experience they could within its boundaries. If it’s not for you, it’s not for you, and that’s fine - no game is for everyone. But it’s a pity you dismiss it so flippantly, and I hope one day you can grow to see what’s executed well in a project even when its end goal isn’t to your tastes. Or just grow out of trolling, whichever applies. I’m not going to pick that apart.
Oh, you might be right. That’s even odder to me then; I haven’t played any of the Horizon games myself, but I find their setting premise fascinating. Is it so poorly executed?
If I misunderstood, my bad, but I’ll leave it since there are people who rant about BG3 in a similar direction.
I have to say that I played Horizon: Zero Dawn, and after the first couple hours it felt very samey. Basically a Ubisoft open-world game with slightly better movement and combat. Haven’t tried the new one, but I don’t think any open-world will ever really catch me again like Elden Ring did.
That’s a pity. Still, the setting (time period/tech levels/world population composition etc) is worth taking away as something good that people can learn from, I hope, even if they messed it up so badly.
It took me several hours to get into HZD, but once it hit its stride it really hooked me. The opening few hours are quite weak, IMO. It takes that time for the story to start to reveal, and for the more deliberate pace of combat to make itself apparent.
I personally haven’t played Horizon myself; but from what I saw if it, it doesn’t look poorly made; it just looks by the numbers. Over the shoulder “cinematic” open world game with that Sony trope of the protagonist telling you the solution to a puzzle upon seeing it.
If my impression is accurate I would compare it to Quake II or Blue Beetle, if you are already a fan of Sony’s style of games you’ll most likely love Horizon, if you don’t like that kind of game then there isn’t much Horizon can offer you.
Calling DnD bland always strikes me as funny. It’s bland compared to most modern fantasy for the same reason Seinfeld is bland compared to most modern sitcoms: it’s one of the the foundations upon which most of the rest of what we’ve consumed since its inception is built. We’ve seen all the innovations upon its formula, so going back to the original can feel lacking if you don’t bother to think critically about why it feels that way.
The important thing is that even without all those innovations, they nailed the source material and created the richest experience they could within its boundaries. If it’s not for you, it’s not for you, and that’s fine - no game is for everyone. But it’s a pity you dismiss it so flippantly, and I hope one day you can grow to see what’s executed well in a project even when its end goal isn’t to your tastes. Or just grow out of trolling, whichever applies. I’m not going to pick that apart.
I think they were talking about Horizon, not DnD or BG3.
Oh, you might be right. That’s even odder to me then; I haven’t played any of the Horizon games myself, but I find their setting premise fascinating. Is it so poorly executed?
If I misunderstood, my bad, but I’ll leave it since there are people who rant about BG3 in a similar direction.
I have to say that I played Horizon: Zero Dawn, and after the first couple hours it felt very samey. Basically a Ubisoft open-world game with slightly better movement and combat. Haven’t tried the new one, but I don’t think any open-world will ever really catch me again like Elden Ring did.
That’s a pity. Still, the setting (time period/tech levels/world population composition etc) is worth taking away as something good that people can learn from, I hope, even if they messed it up so badly.
It took me several hours to get into HZD, but once it hit its stride it really hooked me. The opening few hours are quite weak, IMO. It takes that time for the story to start to reveal, and for the more deliberate pace of combat to make itself apparent.
I personally haven’t played Horizon myself; but from what I saw if it, it doesn’t look poorly made; it just looks by the numbers. Over the shoulder “cinematic” open world game with that Sony trope of the protagonist telling you the solution to a puzzle upon seeing it.
If my impression is accurate I would compare it to Quake II or Blue Beetle, if you are already a fan of Sony’s style of games you’ll most likely love Horizon, if you don’t like that kind of game then there isn’t much Horizon can offer you.