10-08-2024, 07:53 AM
Morrigan is not a fan of Metaphor-
She's right about the pacing but endless dialogue is a known thing in Persona.
Quote:I didn't finish it yet because this demo is interminable but I probably won't even bother. I have almost nothing kind to say about this game. Everything about it is either mediocre (combat) or completely terrible (mostly everything else).
I have rarely seen pacing so utterly glacial. The game interrupts you every 2 steps with a cut scene or other, it takes forever before you can actually sit down and play, one of the things I absolutely despise about many games from the PS360 generation.
And the writing isn't even good. It's amateurishly written with the info dumps and stilted dialogue, a generic collection of clichés and hamfisted metaphors (heh) in a "I'm 12 and this is deep" manner.
Combat is relatively boring and rote, absolutely nothing special there. I could stomach weak and corny writing if combat, dungeon or gameplay keeps me engaged, but it really didn't. Level design is as generic as it gets (wow, an abandoned linear mine, with some minor side alcoves for loot! truly engrossing).
Absolutely nothing in that demo was compelling whatsoever. I'll give it half a credit for not having a gratuitously sexualized woman in there, I suppose.
She's right about the pacing but endless dialogue is a known thing in Persona.