(sorry if this seems parodical, it is indeed serious, i don’t wanna come off troll-y, my sense of humor is rlly weird)/srs
Yeah, it’s not the most inspired eldritch horror I’ve ever experienced, it is indeed pretty bog-standard. It’s small and (imo) fun and quite decent for what it is, but you’re definitely not missing out on a masterpiece or anything. I enjoyed the twist, it took me way longer to figure out than it probably should have, because in retrospect it’s pretty obvious, but hey, I got to be surprised by a twist in a videogame, so that was fun.
Being quick to judge videogames definitely seems like a good idea, why waste your time with a game you’re not into when there are so many different ones you could play that you’d enjoy more? Every time I’ve stuck with a game just because people say it’s awesome I’ve really regretted it. (Specifically Ori and the Blind Forest and Soma, I won’t rant about them here, but I hate those two games, mostly because I spent so much time on them hoping I’d get into them and never did.)
Being quick to judge videogames definitely seems like a good idea, why waste your time with a game you’re not into when there are so many different ones you could play that you’d enjoy more?
yeah i generally agree with this! the one major exception i can think of for me is dark souls, really glad i went back to those and stuck with them lol. they’re some of my absolute favourites now and very meaningful to me. struggling to think of a game i played a decent amount of and ultimately hated… i think PUBG probably has the worst ratio there lol. i’m not all that much of a singleplayer gamer so something has to really stand out for me there to commit to it.
Oddly enough, I had the same experience with Dark Souls! It took dozens of hours on both 1 and 3 before it actually finally “clicked” for me, but now I love them (even 2) and do replays not infrequently (thinking of doing another one soon, actually). I am basically entirely a singleplayer gamer, so we have opposite experiences there, I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed a multiplayer game (well, unless you count Untitled Goose Game which I played through with my sister, you can cause so much extra havoc with two geese! Very fun!)
