"Rocket League is the perfect game-between-games-game."
This is a PERFECT summation of what Rocket League was for me. It's not a belittling statement. Rocket League is the perfect pallet cleanser for the myriad of open world games that came out.
Earlier in the year, I purchased Bloodborne. I had never actually played a Souls game, but I had been spending a lot of time watching different streams, both here on GB and other random ones on Youtube. I was so excited about my purchase and the chance to actually dive into some extra-difficult, satisfyingly combat. I spent multiple hours trying to beat the first boss. Grind, level, fight, die, repeat. By the 4th day, I was sick of it. I was ready to trade the game in and admit defeat. Thankfully, my wife nixed the idea. We spent $60 on this game, and by God, I was going to play it. So I decided to switch my focus. Instead of relying solely only on combat and gameplay to drive me forward, I began to role-play. Now, having beaten the game, my character has a rich backstory (in my head, that is). The motivation that drove my character drove me. Changing my attitude from player to storyteller allowed me to fully experience a game that I now consider one of my favorites.
@apothaeos: As someone who was always scared to jump into any Souls games, Bloodborne felt like a really good leaping off point to me. I wonder if that may have been their thought process? Something along the lines of "New hardware so let's remove some of the more arcane elements to introduce new people to the style of games we make." That could just be me projecting onto the game makers, though.
@austin_walker you're a pretty big fan of the Souls games, correct?
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