Re: Arkane, Prey 2, System Shock, and Lies?
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 9:18 pm
I guess that means Prey 2017 receives Flatfingers' Seal of Limited Approval?
Well, let's allow me to finish it first.
It turns out that Arkane included a reference to this in the game.Flatfingers wrote:When Kotaku told Colantonio they knew about this email, Colantonio sent another email (also leaked to Kotaku) referring to "press sneak f**ks" and instructing Arkane teams members not to speak to the press about it.
Just remember to temper this with the fact that it's a DLC piece that is entirely optional. The core of their games is good, even if Prey 2017 is a little bit more than a little derivative.Flatfingers wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:22 amAnd... scratch another game developer off my short list of "studios whose games I'll buy without reading any reviews first."
Mooncrash, Arkane's first DLC for Prey 2017 is, for all intents and purposes, a roguelike. You have to get from Point A to Point B; the game throws a completely impossible number of mimics and monsters at you; you die; you respawn at the start of the level with nothing; repeat.
Just speaking for myself, I don't find this fun -- I find it rage-inducing.
It's just a game, not something serious. Even so, I feel tremendously disappointed. This isn't something I ever thought Arkane would do. I buy their games for the immersion, for the exploration fun -- not to suffer repetitive mechanical unfairness. I can't understand how anyone at Arkane could have imagined that this is something their longtime fans wanted.
Of course it's entirely on me that I bought this without reading up on it first. And while Arkane apparently chooses not to support an official forum, the few comments from players of Mooncrash that I have been able to find online have been, if not enthusiastic, certainly nowhere near as critical as I am. So clearly this is just me; everyone else is just fine with Arkane switching to selling simple action games.
Sigh. I'd much rather be praising games than complaining. But this one really rubs me the wrong way.
Silverware wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:40 amFlatfingers wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:22 amIt's just a game, not something serious. Even so, I feel tremendously disappointed. This isn't something I ever thought Arkane would do. I buy their games for the immersion, for the exploration fun -- not to suffer repetitive mechanical unfairness. I can't understand how anyone at Arkane could have imagined that this is something their longtime fans wanted.
Just remember to temper this with the fact that it's a DLC piece that is entirely optional. The core of their games is good, even if Prey 2017 is a little bit more than a little derivative.
Silverware wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:40 amAt least it's not a piss poor shooter in a piss poor rpg, I'm looking at you RAGE 1! (At least the sequel there looks like it might be worth while)