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Shower thought, traversal in open world games have turned from game mechanics to loading screens (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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3 big ones recently, this year was God of War Ragnarok, FF7 Rebirth and Jedi Survivor

Back when 3d games were new, tomb raider, prince of persia etc the traversal was the challenge, the gameplay.

Eventually they got watered down and simplified, now they are cleverly disguised choke points while the open world or boss ahead loads.

You'll notice the squeezing between narrow walls to separate 2 areas or a simple climb against a flat wall just before a boss. I think Uncharted was the first to do this as they moved away from climbing and focused more on combat and puzzles.

There is no reason to actually have the characters climb anything if it's not fun or there are better ways of traversal, GoW being the biggest offender here

Jedi Survivor embraces traversal more but still locks you out with invisible walls and floors that kill you

I think I might prefer the elevator loading screens from Elden Ring, at least you get to stretch out your fingers when waiting

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Might be an unpopular opinion but I feel like complaining about loading screens being hidden in gameplay is pretty much just looking for something to complain about. The game has to load assets. That's a fact. Is it not better that it's done in the background than giving you a generic loading screen every time?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (3 children)

People gave Starfield shit for all of the loading screens during travel. Now OP is complaining about them finding ways to make it more immersive. The gaming community is ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is more that the people who act like these opinions come from the same person are ridiculous.

"You say your favorite ice cream flavor is strawberry but yesterday someone else said his favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla. Humans are ridiculous!"

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That is why I used the word "community" in my reply ;-). Community means multiple people. You can look it up on dictionary.com if you need to confirm the definition.

Try reading more carefully next time. Maybe read slower or try to pay more attention.

Thanks.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People gave Starfield shit for all of the loading screens during travel. Now OP is complaining about them finding ways to make it more immersive. The gaming community is ridiculous.

xD great you used the word "community" so what?

You are saying that "people" said one thing then "OP" said something different and that makes the gaming community ridiculous?

And after pointing out that this makes no sense because you still treat it as two different opinions coming from the same entity, you counter with "thats why I used the word community."? That makes even less sense xD

The irony telling me to pay more attention.

You are ridiculous :D Lay of the weed maybe then you can formulate a cohesive thought.

Thanks for the laugh :D

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 months ago

No, thank YOU for the laugh :-)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I say this alot when referring to the Minecraft community, but it's really a blanket statement.

You can't please those who have no desire to be satisfied.

Edit: Oh, and even when there are loading screens everywhere cough cough BOTW, it doesn't even come close to being a deal breaker.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At least Starfield has pretty screenshots to look at during the loading screens. And if you use photo mode, it'll shuffle your pictures in with the default ones.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

so many pictures of sarah morgans ass are my loading screen that i cant imagine ever complaining about them

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Holding forward during the loading screen is not better than being free to do anything.

Noone is against background loading. This is a given. People are against pseudo interaction.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

Me personally I'd rather have the loading screen. It's being honest about what's happening rather than trying to hide it.

I don't find constantly moving through tight corridors immersive at all.