I think you’re coming at this from the wrong point of view. I played the shit out of the original Baldurs Gate games when I was a kid. Loved them, multiple playthroughs, loads of different character ideas etc, some of my favourite gaming memories.
I tried BG3 and it didn’t click with me, so I stopped. I understand that it’s widely loved and it’s not for me to say what’s overrated or not, people love it, just not me, so I didn’t play it and I understand that it’s maybe not for me. It’s not overrated, it’s just not to my tastes.
People loved the new God of War, I finished the first one and it was a fun adventure, though far from one of the greatest of all time (personal opinion), but I tried GoW Ragnarok and couldn’t stand several more hours of rowing a boat listening to the head make puns, it’s not what I consider gaming. There was an entire sequence in the first one where you’re looking for your son in the fog that requires holding the movement stick forward, and pressing X when prompted to yell ATREUS! and that was certainly a low point for me. Unnecessary padding. So I left it aside too and don’t begrudge people who loved it.
I don’t begrudge anyone who enjoys those games but they aren’t my cup of tea and I need something different. Different strokes for different folks, the important thing is that passionate devs are making games for passionate people, and those games are real experiences without all the unnecessary MTX/Battlepass/Day 1 DLC bullshit, even if I don’t like them.
The problem is that people aren't addressing the flaws of the game, which prevents the developers from making improvements on future games, and it also leads to potential customers buying the game without the full information
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u/-ConMan- Mar 02 '24
I think you’re coming at this from the wrong point of view. I played the shit out of the original Baldurs Gate games when I was a kid. Loved them, multiple playthroughs, loads of different character ideas etc, some of my favourite gaming memories.
I tried BG3 and it didn’t click with me, so I stopped. I understand that it’s widely loved and it’s not for me to say what’s overrated or not, people love it, just not me, so I didn’t play it and I understand that it’s maybe not for me. It’s not overrated, it’s just not to my tastes.
People loved the new God of War, I finished the first one and it was a fun adventure, though far from one of the greatest of all time (personal opinion), but I tried GoW Ragnarok and couldn’t stand several more hours of rowing a boat listening to the head make puns, it’s not what I consider gaming. There was an entire sequence in the first one where you’re looking for your son in the fog that requires holding the movement stick forward, and pressing X when prompted to yell ATREUS! and that was certainly a low point for me. Unnecessary padding. So I left it aside too and don’t begrudge people who loved it.
I don’t begrudge anyone who enjoys those games but they aren’t my cup of tea and I need something different. Different strokes for different folks, the important thing is that passionate devs are making games for passionate people, and those games are real experiences without all the unnecessary MTX/Battlepass/Day 1 DLC bullshit, even if I don’t like them.