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What is the most overrated game gamers hype up? (pawb.social)

submitted 4 weeks ago by trslim@pawb.social to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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I'll give my example and I think I'm going to get a lot of hate for it. I DESPISE Dark Souls 3. It is such a mediocre game when it comes to the actual gameplay. There is like zero build diversity, the combat isn't indepth and, while the other souls games have at least decent RPG mechanics and exploration can make things easier, DS3 just demands you rolly polly your way to victory. There is no weight to like anything, you feel so floaty and light, and you fold like a peice of paper when you get hit. And so many attacks don't care about your positioning, and instead only if you mashed the dodge button at the correct time, something Elden Ring kind of does too, but it adds a jump button to retain some offense and I find that I'm able to out position bosses and enemies more often in it without actually dodging.

Dark Souls 3 is such a mindnumbingly boring game for me, I feel zero excitement playing it.

Love DS1, DS2, Bloodborne and Elden Ring though, great games all around.

And the music for DS3 is amazing and I do love the Pontiff Sullivan fight.

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[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

D*sco Elys*um

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I can see why it would be good. I wasn't willing to endure more of its self indulgence to find out.

[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 weeks ago

It is a good implementation of RPG mechanics. The worldbuilding setpieces were fun to engage with. The writing is insufferable.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Fantastic response tbh.

It's a good game, and very unique in what it does, but it's not the objectively best written masterpiece it gets praise for.

My friend who thinks it is also thinks the same o Shakespeare, which I think explains a lot. I tend to be impressed with works that say more with fewer words rather than say little with very many. If the author could pull his head out of his own ass and get to his points, I think it would be a better game, but I suspect Disco Elysium fans would argue that that would ruin the best part of the game, so I just accept I'm not the target audience.

[–] megopie@beehaw.org 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Consider, that, much of the dialog is the internal voices of the main character, and that he does in fact have his head firmly lodged in his own rectum.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

While you are absolutely right, that doesn't make it engaging to listen to. Perhaps ludonarrative harmony can go too far.

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like I'll need to try it again sometime. I found it annoying that I couldn't seem to self insert lol. Might have been how my character was set up.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

One thing I will say: Disco Elysium is not a self-insert or blank slate RPG. You are playing as a very defined and distinct person, and you discover more and more things about him as you go. You can choose to emphasise certain traits that he already possesses, but you can never completely reshape him. He will always be who he is. A lot of people who want to "pick dialogue options that they would say IRL" end up bouncing off the game. I recommend trying to accept that you're playing as an insane, depressed failure and commit to it.

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 9 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Hmm insane depressed failure you say? Maybe he's closer to me than I thought lol!

In that case maybe I just need to lean into him being a much more defined stereotype like being dumb and strong or something haha

Thank you for letting me know, that's good to keep in mind

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 points 4 weeks ago

Hah! I also actually related to him a lot actually. As someone who has struggled with mental health, depression, addiction, failure and clinging to the past I ended up resonating a lot with the protagonist as well, and Disco Elysium overall was a very emotional and impactful experience for me.

But even so, I never really felt like I was playing me like I do in self insert RPGs. But that was fine - the main mystery of the game is discovering your protagonist's backstory and history and everything he is and has been through anyway.