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What's a popular game series that you just can't understand the hype for? (lemmings.world)
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[โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I got about as far as you... Might go at it again because the FOMO on the hype is big. The writing felt like reading a thesaurus...

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  • [โ€“] -1 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    I didn't mind the writing. Thought the hyper stylised nature of it clashed with the "you can't do anything and always fail" type gameplay though.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    It's an RPG... You have stats and those stats dictate how good of a chance you have at achieving something. That's why you can play this game in so many ways. Just go with it when you fail something. Most times it doesn't matter, it just changes the way you play the game.

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  • [โ€“] -2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Sure, but how about how good you are is determined not by arbitrarily stats but by how good you are. Also having a stat spread that makes you literally incapable of doing the very first tasks the game gives you is not my idea of good design.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    That's just not the point of a role playing game. You'd need some action game instead. It's completely cool that you don't like the game but it just sounds like you were expecting something not-rpg from an rpg.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    I heard the game offered freedom to play the game however you'd like to without being railroaded into taking a specific path. I then played the game and wasn't able to do anything. I like RPG's, usually they let you do things.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Ok, that sucks of course. Going in with a completely different expectation will ruin it for sure!

    It's a CRPG, which is like a computer version of a pen and paper rpg. In this case it heavily relies on character development. The game changes significantly according to the choices you make. Not just dialog wise but also stat wise. Games like Skyrim barely pass for an rpg tbh. It's an action game with a stat system bolted on. I like those too, but they're completely incomparable imo.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    I used the recommended stat spread. I did not pass a single check for the entire time I played I. I know how these games work mechanically. The reason I'm highlighting the fact that I failed these checks without any of my own input is because if there was some sort of interactable gameplay element, then having failed these checks would feel fair as opposed to arbitrary.

    Honestly I didn't vibe with the main character, and the game not letting me leave my own impression on him, in even the smallest way (putting on a tie for example,) didn't make me invested in them. I got to a point where my only option was to wait hours of in-game time before I could progress further. At that point, having not been able to progress, not had an engaging gameplay element to interact with and not being invested in the character I'm playing as; why should I have continued?

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago

    It's a shame really. The horrific necktie is one of the funniest things in the game! I also don't vibe with the character. He's a horrible person! But it just makes the whole story all the more funny to me. I can actually identify way better with Kitsuragi... Anyway, the game is not for you, so I'll stop trying to convince you now! That's also not the point of the post anyway.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Your inability to deal with extremely minor setbacks is pretty funny given the content of the game. You got filtered by being too much like the protagonist, RIP

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 1 year ago

    I got progressed locked during the first objective. I stopped playing the game because the game literally told me "you failed too many times now you just gotta wait it out and try again" and I didn't even get a chance to not fail! Dice rolling gameplay.

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