I gotta be honest. I hardly ever play these games for the story. I just like having big worlds that I can sneak around in. I'm probably gonna like this game.
One last thing; Quick Looks are often a useful tool to discover whether a game interests you. If someone goes into it blind to see if a game interests them, only to be told "it's like this other game you've never played", that's not a useful comparison.
But it wasn't just them talking about Limbo. They also actually played the game. How is that not useful? How somebody wouldn't be able to tell if Inside interested them based on this Quick Look is beyond me.
But the point I've been trying to make since the get-go is that there are hundreds of people who are going to watch this video who haven't played Limbo. At a minimum! I'm not saying they're wrong to spend time talking about Inside's predecessor, I'm saying in a setting where you know not every viewer who watches the video will have played the game you keep talking about, maybe don't spend the whole video talking about that game! You can't expect every person on a site that reaches thousands to pay a 3.5 hour entry fee to watch a 15 minute video.
If I don't know what something is, I educate myself on it. If I didn't know what Limbo was, I'd at the very least watch a Youtube video of it for, like, five minutes.
I don't know, man. I guess I just don't get what the problem is.
You're right. Obviously I should play every game ever made, regardless of my interest level, or the game's apparent quality. Otherwise I am clearly just parroting the opinions of people who get paid for a living to give their professional opinions on games for a possibly uninformed audience.
Thank you for showing me the error of my ways.
You don't have to play every game ever made. But I'm just not sure why you're complaining about them mentioning Limbo in the Quick Look. If you want to know where they're coming from, then play the game (or, here's a thought, watch a Youtube video of somebody playing Limbo). This game is stylistically much like the developer's previous game, so of course they're going to talk about that. If you want a frame of reference, sometimes it's on you to figure out what it is. Brad is under no obligation to explain every little thing to you.
@jsnyder82: multiple folks in this thread have said they found Limbo frustrating or disappointing. Brad himself says Inside is dramatically better than Limbo. Why would I bother?
Sure. Don't bother having your own opinion on anything. Just complain, I guess. Whatever works for you.
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