With another weekend I decided to try another PS5 game that the PlayStation plus service has provided me with, that being "Deep Rock Galactic". I only played this one for a few hours before deciding that it's not the one for me.
"Deep Rock Galactic" is a first person, shooting, exploration and mining game. In which you play a Dwarf, blasted to the caves of a distant planet and have to mine specific ores and minerals whilst defending yourself against an onslaught of alien creatures of various sizes. The class of dwarf you select effects the loadout of the weapons at your disposal. Though the game can be played in single player, it's designed to be played by a small group of 4 players, working as a team to eliminate the threats and complete the mission.
And there in lies the problem for me. I don't particularly enjoy online co-op games, especially one that requires communication between the teammates in order to achieve the goal. I only ever played this in single play then, which for me wasn't a particularly exciting or memorable experience. I was stumbling around the dark, quite a bit - unsure where to head to next or which direction the enemies were coming from.
The mechanics were OK, though by my own admittance I didn't really play long enough to get used to some aspects of the controls, I never really got used to where the map was, or the way the grenades worked. I didn't particularly like the pressurised end of level mechanic either - when you've finished mining and filled the "mule" robot to the requirement, you can send it walking to a rendezvous point and then you have a limited amount of time to make it their too, or risk being left behind.
I'm prepared to accept that the issue here might be with me, rather than the game itself. The other review posted here currently talks about giving up at around the point I did, but then coming back and finding the game really clicking for them. I'm not prepared to give it that chance, I'm afraid.
