desrocchi
Joined Jul 2011
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The game is technically and mechanically good, it plays well and it does not have irritating mechanics like stamina loss while exploring or weapon decay that makes them need repair.
... but the writing, oh god the writing and storytelling!
The absurd amount of made up words that we have to memorize to just keep track of what's being talked about is appalling!
Then sometimes different words spoken by different people have the same meaning and we are supposed to keep track of all this convoluted internal structure just because a character one time said that word.
The amount of interruption in the game just to spit a meaningless dialogue in our face is also absurd. After a few hours I just stopped even reading and skipped everything because it was just time lost, it amounted to nothing.
Mind you, I have the suspicion that all the interactions with "the voice" will decide the ending of the game, but they irritated me so much that at this point I'm more eager to get it over with than to care for how the game end.
EDIT: After finishing the game I have to say the writing is even worse than I thought just because it has no actual influence on what happens, it's literally hours of mindnumbing armchair psychology that does nothing but change the slideshow at the game's epilogue.
There are 5 or 6 choices that have minor gameplay consequences, the rest of the dialogue can be skipped and the player would see no difference.
... but the writing, oh god the writing and storytelling!
The absurd amount of made up words that we have to memorize to just keep track of what's being talked about is appalling!
Then sometimes different words spoken by different people have the same meaning and we are supposed to keep track of all this convoluted internal structure just because a character one time said that word.
The amount of interruption in the game just to spit a meaningless dialogue in our face is also absurd. After a few hours I just stopped even reading and skipped everything because it was just time lost, it amounted to nothing.
Mind you, I have the suspicion that all the interactions with "the voice" will decide the ending of the game, but they irritated me so much that at this point I'm more eager to get it over with than to care for how the game end.
EDIT: After finishing the game I have to say the writing is even worse than I thought just because it has no actual influence on what happens, it's literally hours of mindnumbing armchair psychology that does nothing but change the slideshow at the game's epilogue.
There are 5 or 6 choices that have minor gameplay consequences, the rest of the dialogue can be skipped and the player would see no difference.
After a great first season, the second one's writing is circling the drain.
Long stretches of absolutely unrealistic dialogues and interactions, with an unpaid cliffhanger or action scene sprinkled here and there.
This show has become the epitome of tell not show.
We are told every step of the way what the characters are feeling, what they want, what they do.
Hell, in episode 6 or 7 there's a whole scene where we are taken by the hand in a long winded recap and explanation of each and every Guardian's trauma as if we were too dumb to understand or remember them...
I don't know if the writers changed or if they just ran out of ideas.
Long stretches of absolutely unrealistic dialogues and interactions, with an unpaid cliffhanger or action scene sprinkled here and there.
This show has become the epitome of tell not show.
We are told every step of the way what the characters are feeling, what they want, what they do.
Hell, in episode 6 or 7 there's a whole scene where we are taken by the hand in a long winded recap and explanation of each and every Guardian's trauma as if we were too dumb to understand or remember them...
I don't know if the writers changed or if they just ran out of ideas.
I've been waiting my whole life to see this series: I read The Foundation saga for the first time when I was 13, and read it another 4 times throughout my life.
Whoever wrote the script is an absolute inept.
Using voice-over to explain everything, stretching every scene to the most absolute tediousness, forcing love stories in a political-strategical sci-fi opera, making the Empire act as a discount Joker...
I forced myself to half of the first episode, I could not watch this butchering any longer.
I'll read the books once again.
Whoever wrote the script is an absolute inept.
Using voice-over to explain everything, stretching every scene to the most absolute tediousness, forcing love stories in a political-strategical sci-fi opera, making the Empire act as a discount Joker...
I forced myself to half of the first episode, I could not watch this butchering any longer.
I'll read the books once again.