Rise of the Ronin - Team Ninja

[Talal86]

Originally Posted by emailking

Added it to my shopping list. Sounds like it's a 50 hour plat though, uggh

I saw some complaints that it's 'too short'

[QuasidodoJr]

Originally Posted by Talal86

I saw some complaints that it's 'too short'

Single player games were never intended to be really long experiences. Even sandbox games could be completed fairly quick if you just focused on the main story. People wanting single player games to become 100+ hour experiences started with MMORPGs, like World of Warcraft or Final Fantasy XI. Except these were games designed to take you as long as possible, because they wanted you to keep paying a subscription fee. This just became worse with the induction of live service games, which are designed to keep constantly dropping new content so that players will ante up money repeatedly through micro transactions. The issue is that so many gamers started expecting this kind of length and steady influx of content from single player games, also. And it’s now why the AAA single player game experience is heavily starting to struggle, because of the exorbitant cost to develop these massive games and give them steady updates, but only make money from the consumer for it once.

This is exactly why I’ve been trying to put an emphasis on buying new games coming out that DO deliver more streamlined experiences. To show that not ALL gamers need every game to be huge time investments. Hence why I went with Alone in the Dark.

[Zivouhr]

Fallout 3, I spent easily 100+ hours completing all of the side quests and main story while also exploring at my own pace. I totally ignore worrying about any trophies, and when they appear, that's fine but never let it interfere with the fun experience of the game. Others enjoy the challenge of going for trophies, but it feels more like work to me. As far as 100 hours, that was easy when you love the game experience.

[Doctor Jack]

Now I’ve got the hang of the game, I’m all in on it. It’s super fun. Not the best graphics ever, but not bad. Runs well. Good combat. Fun setting.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Now I’ve got the hang of the game, I’m all in on it. It’s super fun. Not the best graphics ever, but not bad. Runs well. Good combat. Fun setting.

Good to hear. Have you unlocked the glider? It's cool they added something like that in this game set in the mid 1800s.

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Good to hear. Have you unlocked the glider? It's cool they added something like that in this game set in the mid 1800s.

Yeah. You get it pretty early on. It’s a fun little thing to use. The game is loot city though. I’m spending so much time selling and changing my gear. It’s actually crazy how much loot there is.

[NoFro]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

The game is loot city though. I’m spending so much time selling and changing my gear. It’s actually crazy how much loot there is.

This is one thing that's really putting me off. I hate loot systems. They keep me stuck in menus organising gear and comparing stats and usually the wealth of weapons doesn't lead to interesting combat variations. The ROR one looks particularly bothersome. Just give me 10 or 20 weapons that have had a lot of design work go into them and have been effectively balanced.

Anyway, the rest of this game looks great but I still struggle to spend £70 on pretty much any game so I'll wait for a sale.