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It'll be more Rise of the Ronin for me, about halfway through it by now I think. Taking my time with it and completing the map rather than just doing the main story. The game is pretty huge, I can easily see this be a 100+ hour playthrough. I am now regretting pirating it instead ofbuying it at the last sale as I wouldn't mind logging these hours into my Steam account. Will definitely buy it next time it's for sale at around €23.
Don't have too many new things to say about it this week. Game is enjoyable. I am probably more high on it than normal as it's been over a year since my last big open world style game, but even then I am enjoying the other parts of the game as well. Combat is super fun, I am finally starting to get some flow into really utilising more of the kit in combat and you really have a lot of tools at your disposal if you want them. The story is also actually intriguing and I think several of the characters are pretty charming - Ryoma in particular is becoming someone I'm really growing fond of.
Honestly, don't feel bad about it. Considering the amount of bad games coming out these past years, you'll get burned by them so often if you don't try them out for free first. I've learned my lesson and pirate pretty much exclusively if I have the chance because I simply don't have the money to play these games otherwise.
Compared to other open-world titles, how do you like it? You seem to have taken a liking to it judging by your comments over the past few weeks, but I can't tell by the trailers if it's something I'd enjoy since I've grown increasingly tired of open-world games over the past few years.
I mean, the open world is not any better or any worse than your garden variety Ubisoft style. You clear camps, you collect stuff (cats in this instance), you fight minibosses, you find chests with loot. I have it as pretty much equal to something like Ghost of Tsushima or the Witcher 3 (minus Gwent - the best part of that game). The loot is pretty decent - there is maybe too much trash loot, but there is still enough actually usable loot that it feels rewarding (unlike something like Witcher 3). The random events that pop up are pretty repetitive, but most of them involve combat so I don't mind because the combat is great. I will say that there is some progression stuff tied to engaging with the open world (skill points from visiting shrines, learning stances from minibosses, more skill points from completing areas etc) so you can't completely stick to the main story only I think if you really hate open world stuff (which is fair - I can only play these games in moderation and will probably wait a while until my next one).
The benefit here to me so far is that the combat is fun enough that I am kept interested regardless. There is a lot more depth and potential to optimise, style and flex on your enemies compared to say Ghost of Tsushima, and there are also a lot more weapons which lets you have more variety if you want to. Honestly instead of trailers you should watch something like this video to see what is possible in this combat system. When everything clicks and you start to utilise your whole arsenal it is super fun and satisfying.
Thanks for the write-up and your impressions. I'll check out that video :)