I bought the original on Steam sale about a year ago. Played 2-3 hours. Didn't really feel hooked by the story or the gameplay. Graphics looked great to me on the SteamDeck.

[–] Zahille7 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Same. I've heard others have the same complaint, but there is a point in the story where it clicks and you're like "ooookaayyyy, I get it now," and it makes you want to play more.

It doesn't really help Aloy and the side characters from still feeling almost entirely wooden though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

After the tutorial area the game opens up and becomes really great. A bit like with The Last of Us which had some really bad first hours.

[–] Zahille7 1 points 3 months ago

I never finished the first one because I got bored of it at the beginning

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I couldn't get past the open world formula that Ubisoft is infamous for. Just put me off completely once I saw the world map with all the ? markers

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

It helps if you barely ever play Ubisoft games to begin with. BOTW and Horizon are just about all I can take for that style of map design.