I know I'm a few years late, but I thought I'd put my impressions down for anyone interested.
I started playing Greedfall this week and I am really enjoying it. Overall the story and atmosphere are quite good for me. The writing isn't the best, but I still like the faction system and how they are all quite distinct from one another.
The gameworld is very pretty but I found it annoying that it isn't very accessible - i.e. I can't climb everywhere. Only in pre-determined places.
Whilst the exploration is quite fun, I do find that very few places have anything amazing hidden. This males exploration mostly a moot point, but I still do it for the occasional find. For example, I walked in a place I wasn't meant to go and had to fight a Guardian, which destroyed me a few times. Luckily I tried out a few different tactics and then managed to beat it. I was then assaulted by even more difficult beasts and got destroyed. Fun times.
The main things hampering my fun are the following:
- backtracking - this game seems to like sending you to places and then back again. This serves no value, but to prolong the game.
- compass - I'd like to turn this off but couldn't find a mod that does it.
One more nag is the re-use of assets - I know the game is not AAA but I didn't think every tavern in the world would have the exact same layout.
Overall however, I am really enjoying the game. I saw people finished this game in 30 hours or so. That seems pretty low to me as I doubt I've done a third of the game and I've played 10 hours by now.
I started playing Greedfall this week and I am really enjoying it. Overall the story and atmosphere are quite good for me. The writing isn't the best, but I still like the faction system and how they are all quite distinct from one another.
The gameworld is very pretty but I found it annoying that it isn't very accessible - i.e. I can't climb everywhere. Only in pre-determined places.
Whilst the exploration is quite fun, I do find that very few places have anything amazing hidden. This males exploration mostly a moot point, but I still do it for the occasional find. For example, I walked in a place I wasn't meant to go and had to fight a Guardian, which destroyed me a few times. Luckily I tried out a few different tactics and then managed to beat it. I was then assaulted by even more difficult beasts and got destroyed. Fun times.
The main things hampering my fun are the following:
- backtracking - this game seems to like sending you to places and then back again. This serves no value, but to prolong the game.
- compass - I'd like to turn this off but couldn't find a mod that does it.
One more nag is the re-use of assets - I know the game is not AAA but I didn't think every tavern in the world would have the exact same layout.
Overall however, I am really enjoying the game. I saw people finished this game in 30 hours or so. That seems pretty low to me as I doubt I've done a third of the game and I've played 10 hours by now.