![]() ![]() ![]() Much like TWW above I have said this before, content is what makes a game great + stand the test of time, Silent Hill 2 is still talked about 22 years on and is being remade (though I think it will lose the magic), it’s moment to moment gameplay is janky as hell, the camera often causes problems and once you know what to do it can be completed in less than 3 hours.īut those can be overlooked when the content within is of such high quality, there’s only so far polished gameplay + tip top graphics can take any game if you mess up on the content. No, in my opinion the game lives almost entirely on that one aspect, as well as being fantastic in itself it makes all the other things you do in the game enjoyable/bearable, the actual content within the game is shallow and downright poor at times, transfer it to a game that doesn’t have those physics and I don’t think anybody would be interested. If FH had let’s say NFS/TC2’s physics would I come back? Sometimes I do think we look too much into it, my answer can be summed up with a question. I’m not happy about it, but I think I’ve already made that clear enough in other posts. Unfortunately racing, especially single player and convoy only racing, where builds like this are best enjoyed, has been stripped away and aggressively ignored by PGG in this franchise. Fiddling with a car to create something I enjoy, both through tuning and painting, and then enjoying it through freeroam cruising and racing it. That’s the part that I love most about this game. Tuning it to 850 allowed me to create a bespoke “improvment” to the car, while maintaining the stock characteristics of the car. It also can make it to the top of S1, but not without significant changes. It can be tuned down to A class, but that requires winter tires, which ruins the driving feel of the car. It’s allowed me to make bespoke builds to me (something I really enjoy in this game) without completely ruining the stock characteristics of some cars. Recently I’ve been building more PvE builds. At the very least, they’ve yet to fully sacrifice that element in their chase of online “streamlining” and trying to turn this game into fortnight. In spite of the egregious flaws and pants-on-head creative direction the game has accrued over the past two iterations, it’s still gets the joy of freedom with (at least semi-realistic) cars that other games struggle with or outright deny. It’s also the premier game when I want to play something more relaxing with cars in it. I shouldn’t have to considering all of that aforementioned potential just being left to rot, but it does speak well to the foundation of the game that I’m able to. ![]() Still, I keep managing to find my own ways to breath new life into it. So much wasted potential on display in this game. Well I think my issues with the endgame are well documented at this point. (Why am I suddenly hearing “Good Riddance” by Green Day playing in my head? ) There’s a feeling of “family” & “community”with this game for sure, but holding onto that is becoming more challenging. I feel like it’s becoming more “work than pleasure” as a norm, but maybe I’m the minority in this view? Being dedicated to the franchise with it being such an integral part of my gameplay makes walking away from it tough for me. It seems like we are missing a lot of the dedicated players who have moved on & no longer contribute or care to be involved here & even among those who remain, many have gone to the “20pt diet” (credit: well said). I’ve not completed all the accolades available, though I’m well over 900k just from normal gameplay & have never really been too focused on them bc, well, what’s the point really? Credits are maxed, with equal value of sold cars that can’t be collected, hundreds of WSs with no use, maxed garage with further dupes I’ve tried to delete repeatedly. I spend time deleting content, but find myself right back in the same situation in no time.Ĭontent has pretty much been exhausted & feels habitual. I’ve always enjoyed designing & some tuning as part of the game, but I’ve even started to wain from those bc I’m tired of encountering the error messages about reaching my design & tune save limits. For some, I’m sure the question can be easily answered as “it’s already reached EOL for me”, but there are those, like myself, that have tried to hang on to perpetuate enjoyment of the game in whatever way we can, but it feels like we are even at the pinnacle of that as well.
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