I have begun my own personal crusade of listening to all the old Bombcasts and I feel it's impossible to continue without watching this legendary Endurance Run.
I actually just had a similar conversation with a friend of mine.
Instead of a specific game, honestly, I have an issue with Bethesda RPG's in general. I know that a lot of people love them for a myriad of reasons and as a writer and aspiring developer myself, I greatly appreciate fully developed worlds that have stories to tell within them (two great examples of this would be the BioShock and Mass Effect series), but I feel that most of Bethesda's games are too developed, if possible.
I know, I'm one of those people, but I get so overwhelmed with games like Skyrim and Fallout 3 that once I'm done with the tutorial, I have no clue what to do or where to go. I'm a very story-centric gamer and when it comes to those types of games, I feel like I could complete the main plot and still miss out on so much content, which I understand is the greater point of Bethesda RPG's but as someone who rarely plays the same game twice (unless it is a multiplayer focused title like a MOBA or Hearthstone) I don't really get the point of sticking around in the same world when there are so many other games out there with much more interesting stories to tell.
To counter my own argument, I understand the value proposition that Bethesda titles offer to people who play games on a budget and as a college student, that is something I need to take into a much higher consideration than I do right now, I just have horrible self-control.
Going back to Mass Effect, I believe that trilogy incorporates all aspects of their world into a fully developed narrative that that shows the player what the universe has to offer all in the main plot, without leaving anything out. It felt massive yet incredibly tight at the same time, regardless of all the controversy that surrounds the ending.
I have to agree, this game looks beautiful and the combat looks very reminiscent of the first two battlefront titles. I have huge hope for this game, but I'm more worried about the matchmaking/server side stuff. Hopefully they'll iron everything out before the release because this is a beta after all. But this is EA we're talking about here
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