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Is there a game that you've been very patient for, which turned out to be dissappointing when you finally started playing it? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by verycoolusername@lemm.ee to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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Personally there are a few games which left me very dissappointed, after hyping myself up for years in certain cases.

Divinity Original Sin: turns out I prefer more streamlined, less packed games (love Pillars of Eternity) and that coop play in a CRPG stresses me out.

Wasteland 2: I actually managed to finish this one but secretly I admit I was hoping for a better Fallout which I didn't really get. New Vegas did the cowboy theme much better.

INSIDE: while the design was cool, it was just a ton of boring, easy puzzles in comparison to LIMBO, its predecessor.

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[–] Afrazzle@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 year ago (5 children)

RDR2, I eventually caved and bought it after months of friends telling me how good it is. But the movement and control scheme are just so bad it instantly ruined the game for me. Even qwop has better controls.

[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

YES!

I've been a PC gamer for 25 years, and RDR2 is by far thebmost annoying control setup. Everything feels laggy due to the emphasis on fluid and realistic animations.

Plus it suffers feom the same issue as GTA5: "Press Key to progress story". They both seem more like open world tech demos to me.

Good graphics, though. But graphics don't matter if the gameplay is good.

[–] CloverSi@lemmy.comfysnug.space 10 points 1 year ago

Same here! It seems like a great game otherwise, but I just couldn't get immersed in it because of the controls. Didn't feel like I was playing as Arthur so much as watching him and hoping he'd do what I want.

[–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

That tops my list. I started out maybe 4 or 5 times and then decided I had better things to do with my time. Like housework or getting a root canal.

[–] discusseded@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

I think this was why I started playing it for a while but just dropped off and never went back. I was always fighting the controls.

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If the controls are even remotely close to the first game (or GTA:IV) I totally understand what you mean.