Boring combat, boring open world, and atrocious cyberspace levels. How is it possible to make a game where NONE of the main gameplay loops are worth anything?
it feels like nothing in this game was made with quality of life in mind
you can't just get experience from killing enemies, you have to walk around and pick up every individual skill piece like you're picking up coins in scott pilgrim
you can't just get the seed from the puzzle, you have to walk over and pick it up first and THEN get pack to what you were doing
this goes down to even the UI
you can't just press yes on the dialouge box, you have to wait for the dialouge box to sit there for like 2 seconds and THEN you can press yes
you can't just put the gears in the portal and do the cyberspace level, you have to skip the cutscene that plays every time first
you can't just upgrade your stats, you have to go and talk to mr cocksleeve, say hi, and bow three times before you can do that
and everything there is to do sucks
looking around the map on foot is boring as sin because Sonic moves as fast as a molasses concrete sundae
doing the little """"""""""minigames"""""""""" to unlock the viewable map is boring as sin
fighting guardians is boring as sin because Asura and Squid suck
fighting normal enemies is boring as sin because you have no fucking moves, and the only way to get more moves is to fight enemies so the problem presents itself
finding seeds is boring as sin because a good number of them are found in sections that are 70% automated
cyberspace levels suck because like Forces levels but without the benefit of a boost that'll get you through them faster, and in some cases Forces legit had better level design as much as it pains me to say
yet at the same time, Frontiers has you holding the boost button almost as much as forces, since it presents a marginal speed boost that's almost never not just better than running normally, which I'm sure was the reason they went for a stamina bar rather than a rechargeable boost
in an hour and a half of playing, Frontiers presented me with zero things I found fun, which is a record low among games I play.
it feels like nothing in this game was made with quality of life in mind
you can't just get experience from killing enemies, you have to walk around and pick up every individual skill piece like you're picking up coins in scott pilgrim
you can't just get the seed from the puzzle, you have to walk over and pick it up first and THEN get pack to what you were doing
this goes down to even the UI
you can't just press yes on the dialouge box, you have to wait for the dialouge box to sit there for like 2 seconds and THEN you can press yes
you can't just put the gears in the portal and do the cyberspace level, you have to skip the cutscene that plays every time first
you can't just upgrade your stats, you have to go and talk to mr cocksleeve, say hi, and bow three times before you can do that
and everything there is to do sucks
looking around the map on foot is boring as sin because Sonic moves as fast as a molasses concrete sundae
doing the little """"""""""minigames"""""""""" to unlock the viewable map is boring as sin
fighting guardians is boring as sin because Asura and Squid suck
fighting normal enemies is boring as sin because you have no fucking moves, and the only way to get more moves is to fight enemies so the problem presents itself
finding seeds is boring as sin because a good number of them are found in sections that are 70% automated
cyberspace levels suck because like Forces levels but without the benefit of a boost that'll get you through them faster, and in some cases Forces legit had better level design as much as it pains me to say
yet at the same time, Frontiers has you holding the boost button almost as much as forces, since it presents a marginal speed boost that's almost never not just better than running normally, which I'm sure was the reason they went for a stamina bar rather than a rechargeable boost
in an hour and a half of playing, Frontiers presented me with zero things I found fun, which is a record low among games I play.