There has been a lot of talk the last couple weeks about 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dragon’s Dogma 2. It’s an incredibly difficult game that seems to hate its players nearly as much as it hates usable frame rates. It’s pretty great, even if I’m just losing fights over and over. True, Dragon’s Dogma 2 has its problems, like microtransactions and me being very bad at it. But it also does something that few of 2024’s open world games have dared to do. Something brave in the face of modern gaming: 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:it does not have Segway scooters. And thank God for that.
Of course, open world games are one of the biggest - both metaphorically and literally - types of game there are. As players, we explore vast expanses, choosing our own paths to adventure. Usually those paths are only ‘completely useless side quest’ and ‘important main quest with three hours of cutscenes’, but that’s neither here nor there. Seriously, whenever I sense I’m about to hit a big scene in a modern game, I make sure to use the bathroom first so I don’t miss a movie-length conversation about justice or Sephiroth or justඣice and Sephiroth.
Yes, I know there is a pause function.
And with open world games being as large as they are, there’s plenty for people to complain about. Some people don’t like that most modern open world games point the way to everything, the argument being it’s not really exploring if you have an arrow showing you where to walk. Some people don’t like the crowded user interfaces in Ubisoft games, the argument being that they’re distracting from the adventure. And some people, like myself, don’t like that it’s apparently a new law that open world games have to have a Segway scooter. Or, at least, a Segway-type scooter. I feel like it’s a ‘Band-Aid’ versus ‘adhesive🌳 bandages’ situation.
What's With The Segway Obsession?
Why the hate? Well, in short, Segway scooters are stupid and make people look stupid using them. I’m not arguing they don’t have their uses; Segway scooters can be great for people with mobility needs. But neither 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Cloud Strife nor 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Ichiban Kasuga have mobility needs. I’m going to go out on a limb and gue💛ss that the materia-enhanced super soldier and the man who can kill you with jobs are probably more mobile than I am. But both of their games - as different as they are - feature Segway scooters. And, buddy, they waste my time and yours riding ෴these scooters.
Considering Costa del Sol and, uh, Hawaii are very sunny, I imagine that developers got their inspiration from the same source. Namely, again, Hawaii. Considering how much games like Infinite Wealth and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Persona 5 talk about Japanese people loving Hawaii, I’m going to assume more than one developer took a vacation there in the last couple years. I can’t prove this. I’m not really interested in delving into interviews to find this. But it feels like a bunch of people have gone to someꦓ tropical climate and rode on scooters for hours and thought, “We need this in our game!”
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:We delved in for Mike. He’s right.
They don’t. We don’t. Persona 5 is considered one of the best roleplaying games largely because there is no Segway scooter. One, Segway scooters suck to ride. Some people seem to think they’re fun, but a lot of people think a lot of bad things are fun. That’s how we got something named ‘Pickleball’. I’ve found that a combination of terrified balancing and moving slowly aren’t as enjoyable for me as for others. Two, a Segway scooter literally killed one of the company’s owners when it drove off a cliff. A tragic accident may not be a reason to stop using a vehicle, but it doesn’t make me want to start using it.
No Segways Make Exploration Better
But in Dragon’s Dogma 2, there are no Segway scooters. True, it’s a harsh landscape in which even meeting a dragon can cause your friends t😼o get a disease that will completely obliterate towns. But there isn’t a charging station you have to use every few minutes because there’s no other way to make using the scooter challenging or interesting. There might be massive, completely unfair monsters and the nights are filled with death, but at least nobody is asking me to do a favor and collect all the Segways for them. Sure, Cloud may be on a mission to save the planet, but that doesn’t meꦰan he can’t take time out to fix a rental company’s laziness.
Now, I didn’t find Dragon’s Dogma 2 as easy or as immediately enjoyable as Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth or Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth. But I did find that I got better at Dragon’s Dogma 2 over time while never needing a somewhat slightly faster form of in-game transportation. When you have Chocobos and taxis, I’m confused as to why you’d ride a standing lawn mower that doesn’t mow anything. Yeah, I guess it’s funny to see g💖ame heroes on scooters, bꦍut it’s also funny to see a pawn in Dragon’s Dogma 2 get crushed by a giant monster and that game doesn’t need them!
I may not always love Dragon’s Dogma 2, but it does break from a lot of open world trends. I’m not actively searching for towers to light up, I’m searching for places where I can catch an oxcart. Even when moving slow, Dragon’s Dogma 2 doesn’t need Dean Kamen’s worst invention - . And, honestly, I’d rather have a giant cannon launch me into the air for travel purposes, like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Tears of the Kingdom intended. I know some of you might feel that this is “stupid” or “pointless.” But y⭕ou know what else are stupid and pointless? Segway scooters. Outside of the reasons listed a few paragraphs above, which are fine. Please don’t email🥃 me about this.
Dragon's Dogma is the long-anticipated sequel to Capcom's action RPG. Once again taking on the role of the Arisen, the game promises full customisation in how you create your character and play through your story.
- Platform(s)
- PC, PS5, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series X, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series S
Your comment has not been saved