Probably the most impressive looking game I've yet played on the PS5 - couldn't stop thinking about how EXPENSIVE and lavishly produced it was while playing. My favorite moments were quiet transportive ones, diving into bodies of water as waves realistically rolled in, biological suds forming on top.
Was unfortunately bored for the majority of the experience, though. The sidequests had more character than in the 1st installment but the main quest was less so, in large part because the unfolding mystery of the world and your place in it was already covered in the first. I really think I'm done with open-world games where you predominantly follow prompts to see content, repeat. Combat would have been the saving grace but as fun and flashy as it is, it doesn't have the legs to power a 100 hr. adventure for me the way the combat of a From Soft or Monster Hunter game does.
Burning Shores was pretty dope, tho.
Was unfortunately bored for the majority of the experience, though. The sidequests had more character than in the 1st installment but the main quest was less so, in large part because the unfolding mystery of the world and your place in it was already covered in the first. I really think I'm done with open-world games where you predominantly follow prompts to see content, repeat. Combat would have been the saving grace but as fun and flashy as it is, it doesn't have the legs to power a 100 hr. adventure for me the way the combat of a From Soft or Monster Hunter game does.
Burning Shores was pretty dope, tho.