The Backlog Check-in Vol. 7: 2/17/18: Metal Gear Survive/Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Edition
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 4:37 pm
Played: Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Finished: Nothing
Playing: Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Purchased: Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Kingdom Come: Deliverance really has its hooks in me, it's definitely a hardcore RPG. The prologue took me five hours, and was really good. After that the game really opens up like a traditional open world game, think Oblivion when you go outside for the first time. After the rather cinematic prologue things seemed to be a little dull and slow at first since there didn't seem to be a lot to do, but it wasn't long until the activities, quests and side quests started piling up.
I previously said that I wasn't sure that it was worth picking up on day one for $60+, but now I'm starting to feel that it was because it's what I'm in the mood to play, there was another big patch released on Thursday that seems to have cleaned up some of the bugs, glitches and jank a bit, I'm learning the overall mechanics of everything more (which is adding to my enjoyment of it) and it seems to be packed with content. It's also really deep without handholding, or streamlining. It tells you how to do things, but in a non intrusive way. It lets you experiment, and kind of figure things out on your own.
While it offers a cinematic story and quests, it also feels somewhat like a medieval simulation RPG where you start off as a normal guy that's not really skilled in anything so you kind of suck at fist fighting, sword fighting, archery, lock picking, pickpocketing, persuasion, etc. and slowly improve in all of those areas the more that you do them in the game. You also have to eat and sleep. There's a lot of player choice too, so it doesn't feel scripted. It just feels different from a lot of other RPGs, and won't appeal to everyone with its more realistic approach to everything. I even admit that I wasn't sure that it was for me at first, but after putting some good time into it and learning things more it clicked with me and now I'm addicted.
Metal Gear Survive and Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet come out next week.
Finished: Nothing
Playing: Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Purchased: Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Kingdom Come: Deliverance really has its hooks in me, it's definitely a hardcore RPG. The prologue took me five hours, and was really good. After that the game really opens up like a traditional open world game, think Oblivion when you go outside for the first time. After the rather cinematic prologue things seemed to be a little dull and slow at first since there didn't seem to be a lot to do, but it wasn't long until the activities, quests and side quests started piling up.
I previously said that I wasn't sure that it was worth picking up on day one for $60+, but now I'm starting to feel that it was because it's what I'm in the mood to play, there was another big patch released on Thursday that seems to have cleaned up some of the bugs, glitches and jank a bit, I'm learning the overall mechanics of everything more (which is adding to my enjoyment of it) and it seems to be packed with content. It's also really deep without handholding, or streamlining. It tells you how to do things, but in a non intrusive way. It lets you experiment, and kind of figure things out on your own.
While it offers a cinematic story and quests, it also feels somewhat like a medieval simulation RPG where you start off as a normal guy that's not really skilled in anything so you kind of suck at fist fighting, sword fighting, archery, lock picking, pickpocketing, persuasion, etc. and slowly improve in all of those areas the more that you do them in the game. You also have to eat and sleep. There's a lot of player choice too, so it doesn't feel scripted. It just feels different from a lot of other RPGs, and won't appeal to everyone with its more realistic approach to everything. I even admit that I wasn't sure that it was for me at first, but after putting some good time into it and learning things more it clicked with me and now I'm addicted.
Metal Gear Survive and Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet come out next week.