Winckle wrote:...I've got to say, I don't understand all the scathing reviews this got at launch. It's not setting the world on fire or anything, but it's got a nice core gameplay loop.
Yeah, I think it's a case of - as has happened with some other games in recent years - certain not-so-good aspects can overtake any sense of reasonable overall assessment of the game.
Star Wars Battlefront II - pretty good fun but LOOT BOXES.
Fallout 76 - pretty good fun but IT JUST WORKS.
Avengers - pretty good fun but LIVE SERVICE.
No Man's Sky - pretty good fun but LIES. DISGUSTING LIES.
Crackdown 3 - pretty good fun but CLOUD DESTRUCTION.
I'm not, of course, saying that the bad aspects shouldn't be called out, discussed or derided; just that it doesn't mean the whole game is terrible.