Making your way through Mordor one dead orc at a time.
Unfortunately, the open worlds in games like Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, Halo Infinite, and the original Assassin's Creed do more harm than good.
I legitimately loved Halo's switch to open world. They made traversal of the map entertaining, and everything involved just tied into the (what I consider) awesome gunplay.
The entire time I really felt the slow takeover of the map, and all the little steps forward felt satisfying.
I don't know what more people really want there, considering the setting and story. A handful of soldiers hunkered down on enemy territory; slowly trying to win the battle.
I think R* are the only ones who have made compelling open worlds. I can’t stomach most open world games and how boring they are with busy world. It’s like a flex to make this massive environment, but it’s extremely boring to traverse and play in. GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 blew me away with how incredible their worlds were. Elden Ring was the only other game to give me that sense of awe.
I’m back on an open world kick after Horizon. I don’t know what clicked in me but exploring the map and seeing the detail work has me loving open worlds again. Playing AC Odyssey on hard and really enjoying it and the map. Reinstalling RDR2 tonight because damn, that map is just incredible for sightseeing.
Halo Infinite felt off. It's like the developers didn't know what they really wanted to do
Depends on which open world titles u play, most of em are shitty AF, but I honestly admire open world genre, sometimes to just take a break from fighting and missions you explore n see details you haven't noticed before cause you were too busy body at first, then boom finding some dope equipment or things to sale
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The Pursuer from Dark Spuls 2 was great, I think the author just sucks at games.
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The nemesis system is so good that it's such a shame it's locked to just WB games. So many other games would benefit from variations of it. GTA6 and RDR2 in particular.
I miss this series so much, damn the nemesis system was fun and awesome to me!
Even tho i think Shadow of War was a step back in some regards (looking past the controversies of MTXs), i still fondly remember my time in Shadow of Mordor.
However, made up that ''Nemesis System'' deserves a very high recognition in video-game development history. Such a shame, we wont see its like in any other games not owned by WB.
Actually just started replaying shadow of war a few weeks ago. I forgot how great this series is. The game holds up very well graphically, sound, and gameplay wise. They really need to make a new sequel. So frustrating to see turd after turd sequels being made, but this IP patented and just collecting dust
Was a great game with some damn good systems in place. Bummer that the Nemisis system is locked to WB?! I didn't know that - can other companies use the system and pay royalties? Or can no one else use it at all, without permission, I assume?