• Nibodhika@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        23 days ago

        On the one hand I get where you’re coming from, those sections are very thematically different from the rest of the game, but realistically it’s just a couple of minutes of very easy stealth.

  • SSTF@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    24 days ago

    There’s a danger in any game where it might be largely designed and marketed to be one thing, and then has lengthy mandatory sections where it becomes another.

    Poorly made stealth sections are a prime example. Game designers want to change things up, but if the game isn’t made to do stealth, it can easily turn into an annoying mess. There are a few (not a ton, but a few) games where the mandatory stealth sections are well liked, but they were made to carefully take advantage of the game’s strengths and knew when to end.

    • teft@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      24 days ago

      There’s a danger in any game where it might be largely designed and marketed to be one thing, and then has lengthy mandatory sections where it becomes another.

      This is the only issue I have with the cyberpunk 2077 DLC. Most of the game is an open-world action rpg. Then all of a sudden depending on your choices in the DLC you can end up in a mission that is basically Alien: Isolation survival horror. You go from being a powerhouse that can destroy pretty much anything in the game and shrug off missile hits to being hunted and unable to kill what is hunting you. It was super fucking annoying the first time I did the DLC because I hate those type of games. Great DLC except for that small part.

  • umami_wasabi@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    edit-2
    23 days ago

    Personally, I hate unskippable cutscenes, but I won’t call it crap and not buy from it.

  • De_Narm@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    22 days ago

    It’s a pet peeve of mine, I hate stealth sections. Waiting around just isn’t fun and most stealth sections are just that.

    However, that was years ago. I haven’t encountered one in a long time since I mostly stopped playing AAA games - by now these games are an amalgamation of so many worse design decisions, I almost miss the time stealth sections were my biggest issue.