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  • Feydaikin@beehaw.org
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    6 days ago

    To fair, the “peach fuzz” was a superfluous addition.

    As much as I enjoyed Horizon, it was very much a ‘one and done’ game for me. I would have liked more emphasis on replayability than skin textures and raytracing.

    But that’s just me. I’m old-school.

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      6 days ago

      It’s not an “either - or” thing. The artists modeling fine details like peach fuzz had nothing to do with the game’s design and it also had no influence on how replayable the game would be.

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      I would have liked more emphasis on replayability than skin textures and raytracing.

      Reminds me of the whole kerfuffle of western devs bashing elden ring, a significant portion of which could be summed up as “why would you put something in the game without a big map marker showing them where it is???”

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        6 days ago

        I don’t know about Elden Ring. Never got into the Souls games.

        But yeah, quest markers in open world games is lazy.