Honestly....(Strangerville Review)
(I'll try to keep this as spoiler free as possible) So, honestly....I finished it in maybe 3 hours maybe less? And it was my first ever gameplay of it, I didn't see spoilers at all and I did not kn...
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I enjoyed it for what it was, but I’d definitely not buy something like this again should they decide to continue this. The story is very linear and attempted to meld a simulator/sandbox game into an RPG. Story driven RPG games are successful in my view because they are not linear and have dozens of different options that affect multiple different outcomes.
While I understand they were aiming at bringing something new I think they would have done better to have focused their resources towards themes and content people want, the staples but better. They did it once with Vampires. I’ve never been an occult player, but the vamps in this game are very well done and I was surprised to enjoy it so much.
I do give them kudos for attempting something new and taking the risk, it just doesn’t work for me. Past the story line, I’m betting they invested most of their budget on realizing it, there’s not much else that affects the overall gameplay. Their only saving grace here is that they did add a bigger world with more lots and the career.
I hope going forward, if they are into this, that they just make a spin-off that focuses on these linear story lines while working on making the tried and proven themes better for sims 4.
While I understand they were aiming at bringing something new I think they would have done better to have focused their resources towards themes and content people want, the staples but better. They did it once with Vampires. I’ve never been an occult player, but the vamps in this game are very well done and I was surprised to enjoy it so much.
I do give them kudos for attempting something new and taking the risk, it just doesn’t work for me. Past the story line, I’m betting they invested most of their budget on realizing it, there’s not much else that affects the overall gameplay. Their only saving grace here is that they did add a bigger world with more lots and the career.
I hope going forward, if they are into this, that they just make a spin-off that focuses on these linear story lines while working on making the tried and proven themes better for sims 4.
