@RogerRoger LMAO. There's little hype though for me. I like the world and lore, but the game doesn't look amazing IMO. I'm also afraid they will gamify it too much and it will look out of place. I remember how the old HP games threw in these weird platforming sections in these enormous rooms that were suddenly there in the castle. I want them to keep it realistic, but with plenty of secrets for you to discover on your own, from hidden passageways and shortcuts, to hidden spells. Imagine sneaking into the forbidden section in the library at night, and finding a new spell in a book you wouldn't otherwise learn. I think my expectations are just too high, but we will see. I haven't really the latest trailers and gameplay videos either.
Not digging the create your own character though. I rather have a premade one. The ones I've seen in the trailers have no personality, they all look so bland. Just give me an established character, I don't feel the need to play as an avatar of myself in the game. Gameplay aside, something like Forspoken has so much more personality, solely based on the main character alone. Character creators never live up to premade characters IMO.
@Octane It might be a specious comparison but I got major "Arkham Asylum" vibes from the preview - that and a decent discount (to under £50) convinced me to pull the trigger on it.
@Octane I agree that sometimes an established protagonist lends itself to a stronger narrative potential than a player created one, especially story-heavy games, but for an RPG in an established universe I think it can be advantageous to have a “create-your-own” character. I guess we’ll see how it turns out, but I like the idea of having an avatar of my own creation that I’m attached to for a game like this. Plus I think it was important to build in the options to create transgender characters. (not to open up the controversy, but it’s been explicitly clarified by marketing). Alas, we shall see, and sometimes player-created protagonists end up looking like they were dropped into a game and don’t belong there. However, I do feel like the world of Hogwarts will be the “star of the show” rather than the actual protagonist, so I think it will work out.
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@Octane I get what you mean, on both points simultaneously. It's selling itself as "Hey folks, you can attend Hogwarts!" which is a lofty goal, and the frustrations will be found when you try and do something you wanna do and can't because the game has to limit itself for gamification reasons. If that true freedom isn't there (or can never be there) then sure, I can see how a pre-defined protagonist would sidestep that disappointment entirely. Here's hoping you don't hit too many limits.
On the flip of that, I do agree with @Th3solution that the real star of the game will likely turn out to be Hogwarts itself, and that simply "being there" will help compensate for any story shortcomings.
Shout out to those old games, though. I only ever played The Philosopher's Stone on PSone and you're absolutely right, as neat as it was to wander around Hogwarts and its grounds, it was forced to adopt its own cartoonish style to justify its level and gameplay design. It bore little to no resemblance to the movie it was released alongside, nor the book I'd just finished reading. Bless it.
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@RogerRoger I played Chamber of Secrets on the GBA, which was fine, because it was a 2D turn-based RPG. But I played Prisoner of Azkaban on the GameCube, and I wasn't a fan of it. It tried to emulate the film and book, but fell short because it couldn't offer the same excitement. There's just a lot of expectations that come with a free-roam 3D game set in the HP universe.
Has anyone managed to install Forspoken off a physical disk? I’ve just tried and it’s not recognising the disk. My PS5 reads other PS5 game is fine, and it’s a completely new disk with no damage.
Directly after Gotham Knights did exactly the same thing. And the Suicide Squad game has the whole gear level crap as well. Fully convinced that this is a WB-wide mandate.
@nessisonett Regardless of Rowling, microtransactions and unforgivable curses, this was never going to be GOTY material anyway. I don't know why people even expected this game to be good.
People hear the name "Harry Potter" and lose all their sanity - either because they hate Rowling or their nostalgia blinds them. But to me saying you're hyped for this game makes as much sense as saying "Madagascar for the GameCube is my most anticipated game of the year" in 2004.
That Twitter thread is pure gen-z cringe, by the way. Who even says "bro you are literally the most cucked"?
If I'm honest @nessisonett God of War has gear levels as well, and that worked out fine. There's no store on the menu or and neither is there co-op, so I wouldn't worry too much about the game being annoying for that reason. What would worry me is how incredibly bland this menu looks graphically.
@Kidfried People are into what they're into - I'm pretty confident that "Madagascar" was someone's personal GOTY for 2004 even if it didn't win any awards. I've revised up my earlier estimation and now I think the game will end up with a low 80s aggregate score. That's plenty good enough for most people. If there's even a hint of gear grinding MTX then I'm out, though. I loathe that stuff.
@Octane If I'm understanding correctly, Ness is upset about the potential inclusion of pay-to-win loot grind mechanics. "Gotham Knights" is a hugely underwhelming "Batman" adjacent open world multiplayer game from late last year. It was all hype, no trousers.
@Octane I think just because the UI looks similar? I'm not really sure what that proves either, thinking about it. Maybe the conversation in the Twitter thread is illuminating in that regard - but I'm not going onto Twitter to find out. I'll just wait a few hours for the reviews.
@LN78 I read the Twitter thread but I'm none the wiser.
Regarding the UI, I don't think that's something to worry about. Maybe they just used a similar system because that's what they're familiar with. It doesn't look like anything special, but it also looks like a billion other games. It's just another UI.
@LN78 given this particular users views plus the fact they've been rather vocal about not supporting the game, it's quite possible they aren't upset about a particular mechanic within the game in the slightest. More an opportunity to pour scorn on it. That's certainly the objective of the linked twitter post/account
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