Even though the game runs at shiny 1080p60, I don't think 343 Industries is focusing much more than it should on graphics, as fans have huge expectations for what
concerns gameplay and story in this first next - generation chapter.
Not exact matches
Couple that statement with the fact that many long - time fans have already expressed
concern over a somewhat limited character roster, dumbed down / more accessible
gameplay, the fear of an Ultimate edition on the horizon
and a lackluster
story mode that rather than stand toe to toe with other rival studios (NetherRealm.)
You can easily complete it in around five hours, although as far as the
story and gameplay are
concerned, it feels like a complete experience.
The
gameplay is solid
and the world is beautifully rendered but the lack of
story is somewhat
concerning.
Developers can craft a big playground, not be
concerned with
story, characters or quests,
and let the players
and «emergent
gameplay» do the heavy lifting.
However, the constant drive for increasing technical innovation, with increasing
concern over profitability in order to recoup rising development cost, has choked what makes games enjoyable — innovative
gameplay, engaging
story,
and immersive interaction — over what makes them marketable — brightly lit action scenes, manly grunting,
and sexualized characters.
Concerned in maintaining a good gaming rhythm, we built several nuances into the
gameplay in order to transmit the feelings
and the
story successfully.
Lara predictably encounters her own competition in rival archaeologist Carter Bell as the background
story concerning Egyptian myths
and family feuds fills in the other two characters for the four player co-operative
gameplay — Isis
and Horus who have some unique powers.
Admittedly a little delayed in my completion of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Breath of the Wild's Ballad of the Champions came out shortly after, a diversion of such overt beauty that I'm glad I wandered the long route), I've been
concerned about the balance of its
gameplay since day one,
and if the
story wasn't a little intriguing, I might not have made it to the end.
While the original had some merits, such as being a great multiplayer romp (provided you could get 3 other people with their own copies of the game), it felt like it was the bare minimum as far as
gameplay and story were
concerned.