Thanks for the review. The game managed to get a lot of good press so I found your take on it refreshing. Pity about the driving being so stunted. I like the idea of a more immersive driving simulator, but then it should last longer than a few seconds at a go!
"Pacific Drive is one of these new kinds of games that disdains easy/medium/hard difficulty settings, instead giving players dozens of individual modifiers to tune the game to their liking." This is perhaps a remnant of my being old, but to me that feels like cheating. There is a "correct" version of the game, and it's the one that comes out of the box. I realize that's not true, and I'd never tell anyone not to tweak a game to suit their preference/need/playstyle. But it bugs me on a foundational level.
I imagine they're thinking "we're just giving people choices" but the decision to not offer recommended difficulties is an active choice too! It's baffling.
Thanks for the review. The game managed to get a lot of good press so I found your take on it refreshing. Pity about the driving being so stunted. I like the idea of a more immersive driving simulator, but then it should last longer than a few seconds at a go!
"Pacific Drive is one of these new kinds of games that disdains easy/medium/hard difficulty settings, instead giving players dozens of individual modifiers to tune the game to their liking." This is perhaps a remnant of my being old, but to me that feels like cheating. There is a "correct" version of the game, and it's the one that comes out of the box. I realize that's not true, and I'd never tell anyone not to tweak a game to suit their preference/need/playstyle. But it bugs me on a foundational level.
I imagine they're thinking "we're just giving people choices" but the decision to not offer recommended difficulties is an active choice too! It's baffling.
I don't know. I respect hard games but a lot of games also use difficulty to pad their gameplay time.
Yeah, I actually love resource gathering and crafting, but this sounds fiddly for the sake of "immersion" to the point of being aggravating.
Great read and solid points.
This looks so beautiful but sounds so frustrating!