@Nei Not as good as Phantasy Star 2, though. The story telling in Housemarque games leaves a lot to be desired. It's like they get really close to a great story, but second guess themselves and obfuscate the entire thing to give themselves plausible deniability. The player ends up with a half developed game that could have been great (and twice as long) if the devs had the courage to make a decision and stick to their guns. Instead, I'm slow walking down the same hallways over and over again to get hints and glimpses of what a great game would have looked like while reading the 87th different opinion on whether Selene was driving the car, was the kid in the back seat, or was the astronaut in the road. That's not a fun video game to me.
Like, imagine if Dark Falz was all in Alis's head while Alis fell asleep at her computer playing Ultima 2 and Nei was a troll figurine she had on her keychain, all of which was revealed to you in sequences spread across the game that were so obscure, you aren't quite sure what they mean. Does that sound like a fun game? How do you make a sequel to that involving Dark Falz when you've already established it only exists in Alis's head and Alis is just some random human kid on earth who has nothing to do with the Algo star system? That's not a story you can easily continue.
@arsmolinarc How would they do that? In the overwhelming majority of interpretations I've read, everything in Returnal took place in the protagonist's head and she either never left earth at all or was an astronaut, but not in any futuristic version of earth that would have ships like the Helios or be traveling to other galaxies. I'm not sure how many times you can tell the story of delusional people imagining themselves to be exploring far flung planets while in a coma. At some point, a game designer working on games set in another galaxy probably wants to have the protagonist go to another galaxy.
@cuttlefishjones You need to buy a pair of those headphones first before you can use them. Once you actually buy a pair, you'll find that they are wired headphones. The analog plug is on the left headphone, as everyone who owns a pair of these knows. They even come with the wire!
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@Nei Not as good as Phantasy Star 2, though. The story telling in Housemarque games leaves a lot to be desired. It's like they get really close to a great story, but second guess themselves and obfuscate the entire thing to give themselves plausible deniability. The player ends up with a half developed game that could have been great (and twice as long) if the devs had the courage to make a decision and stick to their guns. Instead, I'm slow walking down the same hallways over and over again to get hints and glimpses of what a great game would have looked like while reading the 87th different opinion on whether Selene was driving the car, was the kid in the back seat, or was the astronaut in the road. That's not a fun video game to me.
Like, imagine if Dark Falz was all in Alis's head while Alis fell asleep at her computer playing Ultima 2 and Nei was a troll figurine she had on her keychain, all of which was revealed to you in sequences spread across the game that were so obscure, you aren't quite sure what they mean. Does that sound like a fun game? How do you make a sequel to that involving Dark Falz when you've already established it only exists in Alis's head and Alis is just some random human kid on earth who has nothing to do with the Algo star system? That's not a story you can easily continue.
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@arsmolinarc How would they do that? In the overwhelming majority of interpretations I've read, everything in Returnal took place in the protagonist's head and she either never left earth at all or was an astronaut, but not in any futuristic version of earth that would have ships like the Helios or be traveling to other galaxies. I'm not sure how many times you can tell the story of delusional people imagining themselves to be exploring far flung planets while in a coma. At some point, a game designer working on games set in another galaxy probably wants to have the protagonist go to another galaxy.
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@trev666 On the other hand, the number of people born before 2007 who don't own a pair of wired headphones looks like the limit approaching 0.
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@cuttlefishjones You need to buy a pair of those headphones first before you can use them. Once you actually buy a pair, you'll find that they are wired headphones. The analog plug is on the left headphone, as everyone who owns a pair of these knows. They even come with the wire!