what i mean by that is that there's some animations where geralt takes too long to deal a hit, especially a fast attack. i think it came down to the variations for each of geralt's attack animations. Though i will admit, even with alternative movement there was still some clunk to geralt's combat moves. and this is from someone who has played the game the first few months it was out. I've hit the 2 hour mark on Steam, so I may still be able to otherwise get a refund, however I encourage wider discussion on opinions of hype versus actual gameplay and at what point you realised you actually enjoyed the game or notĮdit: So "Alternative movement" exists! I am going to try this and I'm very excited to!! Thank you everyone!Īlternative movement is way better. Did you also deteste the control, but pushed through it to then become completely encapsulated in the world?
Should I stick with it? I actually haven't seen the amazing story yet but I can see the effort put into dialogue, so I'll believe the hype on that. How can a game that so sorely lacks fluidity in character control be heralded as a game of a generation? If the story is amazing but the gameplay is a chore, would it be better just to enjoy the story in a different medium? I know this isn't a new criticism, and arguably the most popular criticism of the game so I won't get into it, but "clunky" really is an understatement. However the movement controls are disgustingly clunky. The graphics and settings are wonderful (although I think it's damaged by being forced to play third-person versus first person in Skyrim for instance). Here's the thing: I can absolutely see how the characters are very interesting and the storytelling has incredible depth. So I'm 2 hours in and still have some tutorials popping up given it's still so early in the game. I've been forever cautious after Bioshock Infinite which I thought was an average game, but also received what I call "ridiculous blind praise". I very tentatively purchased it with a lot of 'uhms and ahhs' after reading the ridiculous hype.