I don't really agree with the premise of the video, although I do appreciate that your points are well argued and impeccably built. I just don't think "ugly" is the right word. "Aesthetically busy", "overly clustered", "confusing" or "just, a lot..." are probably closer to the point. And I would agree with those...
I think the game suffers for having too many things on the screen, and not having a clear language to the player has forced them to use every trick on the book at the same time (and then invent a few new ones) to guide the player towards their goal. But ugly? If anything, the game is trying so hard to have "beautiful" and "awe inspiring" visuals, that it forgets to be a game, interactive with a human, and not an art exhibit.
You know, we have all lived through the dark and grey times of early PS3 graphics, with monochromatic color palletes, with the contrast so close to the floor its almost negative, and small pockets of bright orange to indicate a weak point. It may be a small hill to die for, but I will take any game that remembers there are more choices than black and grey, over any of those washed up gears-of-war wannabe...
Whoever wrote this seem to have no idea what makes this site special. Jeff's name stops appearing after a couple paragraphs, and no one else is even mentioned. All we get is a pretty undescriptive "new core crew members"...
Lots of love for everyone involved here: Jeff, his family, and everyone left behind. But I am out. No need to care about a brandif they can't even name the people running the boat.
Like pretty generic, competently made but nothing memorable, a budget version of better games. Its what the industry used to call B-tier game.
If someone told me this is an updated version of a PS2 era game, similar to MediEvel or Spiro, I would totally believe it. Someone mentioned getting Kingdoms of Amalur vibes before and... I can see that.
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