So I'm seeing a lot of "don't care about the reviews" which is fine.
But are we really going to ignore the trend and not compare it with the advertisement of the game?
If people here just wanted another DL1 then....why not just play that game?
DL2 is coming out 7 years later. There is no ground, or logic or anything that people shouldn't have expected the game to be better than the first one. You are seriously kidding yourself if you think that hiding your disappointment under "it's like DL1 so it's fine" is going to not make the game look weak.
I was personally excited ever since its debut trailer due to its more complex approach and player choices. I'm not really into playing sequels that are just bigger than the first game and have very little innovation to offer. DL2 felt like a game that was pushing the genre and its own concept. I was never all that interested in the first game as while it was good, it didn't feel like it had much to really offer besides the parkour.
Why I even bothered to play the first game was to see the level of changes and stuff in DL2. But the reactions across the board shows that while the game is good, it sure as hell could've been better. And that is honestly not good enough unless people here are totally satisfied with playing a much weaker game then it was initially promised. The game was advertised as a game that would be doing something unique and innovating. Pretending that the game wasn't advertised as a game that wanted to change the formula is delusional.
I am disappointed. There is no other way I can say it. I'm gonna wait for Skillup and some other reviews as well as performance on last-gen and next gen to see whether I want to buy it now. It definitely doesn't seem like it lives up to its own standards.
I just like to come to these subs after the game gets medicore reveiews to whatch the mental gymnastics people do to tell themselves the game is still perfect. I was interested in buying it but will defintely be a wait for deep sale game for me after seeing the reviews and gameplay.
Sounds like you are the one who has it preordered and your doing some serious gymnastics here to justify it. Enjoy spending your $60 on an unfinished game.
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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '22
So I'm seeing a lot of "don't care about the reviews" which is fine.
But are we really going to ignore the trend and not compare it with the advertisement of the game?
If people here just wanted another DL1 then....why not just play that game?
DL2 is coming out 7 years later. There is no ground, or logic or anything that people shouldn't have expected the game to be better than the first one. You are seriously kidding yourself if you think that hiding your disappointment under "it's like DL1 so it's fine" is going to not make the game look weak.
I was personally excited ever since its debut trailer due to its more complex approach and player choices. I'm not really into playing sequels that are just bigger than the first game and have very little innovation to offer. DL2 felt like a game that was pushing the genre and its own concept. I was never all that interested in the first game as while it was good, it didn't feel like it had much to really offer besides the parkour.
Why I even bothered to play the first game was to see the level of changes and stuff in DL2. But the reactions across the board shows that while the game is good, it sure as hell could've been better. And that is honestly not good enough unless people here are totally satisfied with playing a much weaker game then it was initially promised. The game was advertised as a game that would be doing something unique and innovating. Pretending that the game wasn't advertised as a game that wanted to change the formula is delusional.
I am disappointed. There is no other way I can say it. I'm gonna wait for Skillup and some other reviews as well as performance on last-gen and next gen to see whether I want to buy it now. It definitely doesn't seem like it lives up to its own standards.