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Is there a game that you've been very patient for, which turned out to be dissappointing when you finally started playing it? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by verycoolusername@lemm.ee to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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Personally there are a few games which left me very dissappointed, after hyping myself up for years in certain cases.

Divinity Original Sin: turns out I prefer more streamlined, less packed games (love Pillars of Eternity) and that coop play in a CRPG stresses me out.

Wasteland 2: I actually managed to finish this one but secretly I admit I was hoping for a better Fallout which I didn't really get. New Vegas did the cowboy theme much better.

INSIDE: while the design was cool, it was just a ton of boring, easy puzzles in comparison to LIMBO, its predecessor.

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[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

When I finally played Red Dead Redemption 2. I usually don’t play this type of big budget game, but my friends loved it and kept talking it up. I waited for years for a steam sale until it was finally about $20. Also, I loved outlaws (1997) and was pretty keen for another cowboy game.

An hour of listening to guys walk through the snow and I was out.

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 6 points 1 year ago

I finished the prologue because I was told the prologue is slow. But the whole game is slow. I think people just get used to it. But I couldn't. It's too slow. I was chasing a bear and I was so bored that I put it down and never touched it again.

[–] lom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People complain about slow games?? I love that in not just rushing from A to B and to do stuff in the open world

[–] Sparkega@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This resonated with me. The prolog is so long I didn't finish either. I also tried Red Dead Online which was quicker to getting to the action, but just didn't take with me.