Roger (Caller from Kansas City)

Over at Bethesda to be able to make this game the way that it is. Like, this is a game that I think is, like, before when this game was announced and, like, you know, in gestation, we were like, oh, it's got to be, like, uncharted, right? Like, it's just going to be, like, linear. You know, you're just blowing things up. You're going from place to place, set piece to set piece.

Over at Bethesda to be able to make this game the way that it is. Like, this is a game that I think is, like, before when this game was announced and, like, you know, in gestation, we were like, oh, it's got to be, like, uncharted, right? Like, it's just going to be, like, linear. You know, you're just blowing things up. You're going from place to place, set piece to set piece.

It is very granular. It is, like, you're... It takes a long time to, like, build up to the actual mystery of the whole thing.

It is very granular. It is, like, you're... It takes a long time to, like, build up to the actual mystery of the whole thing.

is just impressively indiana jones yeah it's wild yeah no he it's it's i don't i was talking to lians about it because she was listening she was like he does a great impression i'm like i almost don't want to say impression because he is so fucking good at it but like it is an impression right like it is a perfect impression though it's pitch perfect it's funny because it's so it's so spot on that like sometimes i have my criticisms of the performance but it's almost like my criticisms criticisms are more so aimed at harrison ford more than they are

is just impressively indiana jones yeah it's wild yeah no he it's it's i don't i was talking to lians about it because she was listening she was like he does a great impression i'm like i almost don't want to say impression because he is so fucking good at it but like it is an impression right like it is a perfect impression though it's pitch perfect it's funny because it's so it's so spot on that like sometimes i have my criticisms of the performance but it's almost like my criticisms criticisms are more so aimed at harrison ford more than they are

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'm a few hours into it. I... I think that was a very interesting thing that you just said, Barrett, when you're talking about the goofiness of it all. I think I'm fighting against the game, right? Like, I think I'm playing this, and I'm like, I could just play Dishonored, right? Like, I'm playing, and I'm like, this is not as deep as I want it to be. I just want to play Hitman.

I'm a few hours into it. I... I think that was a very interesting thing that you just said, Barrett, when you're talking about the goofiness of it all. I think I'm fighting against the game, right? Like, I think I'm playing this, and I'm like, I could just play Dishonored, right? Like, I'm playing, and I'm like, this is not as deep as I want it to be. I just want to play Hitman.

Like, I'm not finding the depth, and like, some of the stealth stuff is just very surface level. I think the breaking point for me was I had a moment where stealth section just...

Like, I'm not finding the depth, and like, some of the stealth stuff is just very surface level. I think the breaking point for me was I had a moment where stealth section just...

went awry because it's you know a very simple stealth situation right i maybe walked away and then someone saw me i was like oh shit whatever and then i just killed like eight goons with my fists like like that and i was like that's like that just kind of took me out of it where i'm like oh i like these stealth games when it is really really hard to fight all these guys right so you have to kind of go for the stealth situation and for me it is just i can just start punching everybody and going through it really i think once you get a bit further you're gonna find that we're okay like i'm in an area i mean in like the eastern vatican

went awry because it's you know a very simple stealth situation right i maybe walked away and then someone saw me i was like oh shit whatever and then i just killed like eight goons with my fists like like that and i was like that's like that just kind of took me out of it where i'm like oh i like these stealth games when it is really really hard to fight all these guys right so you have to kind of go for the stealth situation and for me it is just i can just start punching everybody and going through it really i think once you get a bit further you're gonna find that we're okay like i'm in an area i mean in like the eastern vatican

that i it i'm like this fits like i can't get mad at it i actually really like it interesting now i i totally get that i i think my bigger criticism past the the gameplay and stuff because i think it's all serviceful and and fun to a certain degree i is the the pacing of it at least in that beginning of the game where it's like we it takes so long to get to the great circle it takes so long to get to that that hook of the game right of course you have like the initial like something crazy happens and someone steals something you got to get that thing but it clearly feels like kind of secondary like you know that there's something bigger about a

that i it i'm like this fits like i can't get mad at it i actually really like it interesting now i i totally get that i i think my bigger criticism past the the gameplay and stuff because i think it's all serviceful and and fun to a certain degree i is the the pacing of it at least in that beginning of the game where it's like we it takes so long to get to the great circle it takes so long to get to that that hook of the game right of course you have like the initial like something crazy happens and someone steals something you got to get that thing but it clearly feels like kind of secondary like you know that there's something bigger about a

brew, and it takes a long time to get there. I still haven't gotten to that. I'm hours into the game. I love the Indiana Jones nature of the movies because you understand the MacGuffin. You start off, it's like, okay, it is the thing that you have to get, and that's the whole movie, and you're going towards that thing. It takes a very long time to get to that. Not a huge negative.

brew, and it takes a long time to get there. I still haven't gotten to that. I'm hours into the game. I love the Indiana Jones nature of the movies because you understand the MacGuffin. You start off, it's like, okay, it is the thing that you have to get, and that's the whole movie, and you're going towards that thing. It takes a very long time to get to that. Not a huge negative.

I'm sure once it gets to Egypt, it's going to turn around or whatever. But in the initial stuff, side of things like that was some of the things that Greg and Paris talked about in the review with the pacing of it. Like, I don't think that that matches necessarily the movie if we're talking about like how like close it is to the movies. I just don't think that that aspect of it works as well.

I'm sure once it gets to Egypt, it's going to turn around or whatever. But in the initial stuff, side of things like that was some of the things that Greg and Paris talked about in the review with the pacing of it. Like, I don't think that that matches necessarily the movie if we're talking about like how like close it is to the movies. I just don't think that that aspect of it works as well.