Tbh I'm getting flashbacks to pre release dragons dogma 2 . People were quick to point out some issues and were shot down extremely quick such as topics on difficultly or enemy variety.
It would take the game releasing then multiple people slowly to realize the game indeed has those issues. Like people aren't understanding. The game isn't just easy it's very streamlined to the point your essentially speeding through it .
Like look at the feature they've implemented and think for a little bit how that's going to affect the experience combined with the lesser difficulty.
I've seen this happen in multiple communities now where pre-release reviews go out and maybe the score is a bit lower than expected and the journalist gripes about something, and people write it off as "oh gaming journalists 🙄 what do they know, I'm gonna have the most fun ever!" and then it turns out whatever the criticisms they had were actually valid.
I mean there are also examples of tons of gaming journalists just getting stuff flat out wrong or sucking but assuming that's always the case is a bit too optimistic for my tastes.
If the reviewers are saying that the difficulty is maybe a bit too easy and too unrewarding then I'll have to believe them, because I can easily see that being the case.
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u/Anubra_Khan Feb 24 '25
This is probably the most defensive fanbase I'm a part of. It's up there with Dragons Dogma.