Pisscubes

Just finished the game today and I certainly had fallen out of love with it by then. I almost didn't finish.

For every cool moment where I stumbled upon something really neat out in the world, there were 5 times where the controls fucked things up for me, where the cinematic view shit the bed on me, where the annoyance of not being able to run in camp or having to traverse large boring sections of the map got to be too much, where I accidentally shot my horse or sideswiped a dude in town who then shot me. This is to say nothing of an epilogue that really needed to be cut down. There's a difference between immersive game play and just feeling like I'm doing boring fucking chores so I can get the end of my story.

I am happy for everyone who loves this and indeed, I certainly had fun with the game during many of the parts. But the overall experience is one that came across as a bit broken to me.

Been listening to Giant Bomb since they started the Podcast but for some reason theeir rendition of Duke Nukem as the dude who never graduated high school or moved out of his mom's basement always stands out as one of the hardest I've ever laughed while listening.

"Let's sit in my garage and listen to Bachman Turner Overdrive!"

"I've got a spare Big Johnson shirt for you!"

"Balls of sadness...."