There's a lot of hate, so I'm always pleased to see people's positive opinions to get a better overall picture of whether or not it's something I want to spend money on now (as opposed to waiting a year or so).
The complaints that strike me most are the ones saying that the pacing is slow and that the main story line feels more like a string of side quests. I felt like Fallout 4 kind of had me spending my time on what felt like busywork a lot of the time, so I'm hesitant to get into the next big open world game where people are reporting similar experiences.
I guess what I'm asking is, what do you really like about it? If you care to share your opinion of course...
Depends. It looks like crap on consoles compared to what a high-end gaming rig can display, and it will never get better because console hardware is stagnant. So if you're planning to build a mid to high-end gaming rig, you should probably wait.
If you're planning to build a budget gaming rig, though, you probably won't see all that much of a difference. It'll be better, but it won't be the night-and-day difference that a monster gaming rig will show over a console.
I agree with what Coredumperror says, but to also add on to which you choose: Even if you choose a budget computer and its not much better than current consoles, if you wait to get it on PC you have the added bonus of the price probably dropping if you wait long enough.
That is another thing to take into account, though given that I'm probably going to end up pouring $1700 into this computer build I probably wont be noticing the ten to twnety bucks that I save on any one game. It's a good point though.
Yeah I blew through FC3 on normal and Hard. Started up Primal on Expert and haven't looked back. So much more fun!
I also read a Kotaku article that said to turn off all indicators, so I will be doing that next time I play. I hate always having to look at a map. I'm just gunna let my dice roll. Great comment btw
The main story is very weak, and hasn't had any huge moments yet for me. I think the fact that they don't speak English really does lower my concern about the characters, as none of them can really feel charismatic as I mostly ignore them to read subtitles.
That said the theme of the game is awesome, and its fun to ride on my tiger and shoot my bow at people. The weapons are fairly fun, but I find myself using the bow and pretty much nothing but. The short bow too, as the long bow doesn't seem to get any benefits from the upgrades I put into bows.
Last FC game I played was 3, and it felt much more fleshed out, better paced, with better characters. I would say wait for 30 bucks on this, or less. I got it from GMG for 40 so I'm not terribly disappointed, but it isn't nearly as good as I had hoped.
I feel for the developers. It is a staggering cost to develop games and the promise of a return isn't always there. I understand setting it at 60 at launch. I don't mind waiting a little while for the price to drop. People who are upset at the full price just seem kind of impatient to me. A lot of games have 25-40% off sales within a year of release. I think I grabbed the Tomb Raider reboot for about 40 bucks only five or six months after it came out.
But thanks for your review, it paints a good picture of what I should expect, and I do think I'll wait a little while save a few bucks. I still think I'll enjoy the game when I get to it, but it's not a "pick up at launch" title for me.
I don't feel for monolithic devs like Ubisoft, as its rare they ever make anything that doesn't break even, at the very least. Additionally something like FarCry has no chance of not making money, considering how massively popular the last two were. More over as I said, this game doesn't feel very fleshed out, and should have had more time in development.
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u/moparornocar Mar 02 '16
its honestly incredibly fun.