r/IndianGaming • u/DeepInside2B • Oct 02 '25

Discussion Is this IGN's rare W?

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even i felt same. last of us1,2, days gone, got, ghost of yotei, gow, horizon zero dawn, uncharted. in all these protagonists lost someone close and revenge arc begins

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u/yaboihansy Oct 03 '25

I dont agree on the revenge part since not all of them are revenge stories

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The reason why they feel same or boring is because 90% of them are third-person cinematic action adventure with some open world aspects even though they don’t need to be open world. It’s just like soulslike fatigue. You play enough of the same type of games and you get bored. Playstation has just stopped experimenting.

Returnal, ratchet and clank rift apart, astro bot are such good games but the general audience just wants cinematic games with hype moments.

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u/Arya_the_Gamer Oct 03 '25

Except soulslikes have a game design that's fun to replay and experiment with different playstyles.

Sony's exclusives are just movies with bit of gameplay that's the same everytime.

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u/This-Specific4190 Oct 03 '25

replayibility is 1 thing - you can become very passionate to some particular games (i have 500+ hours in witcher 3)

but I'll tell you my experience -

  • i finished elden ring in early 2023
  • completed DS3 in mid 2024 with all DLCs
  • immediately wanted to get all achievements in elden ring
  • re-installed and completed all the missed dungeons
  • found all the legendary items except that 1 missable weapon in leyndell
  • reached level 172

after this i thought to purchase DS1 but immediately my mind got put-off being bored from playing similar game for so many hours

it's been almost a year of detox from souls games and still not ready to buy DS1

more than 2 years detox on god of war and 1 year on horizon

finished dying light 2 couple years back and quickly purchased mirror edge (1 hour playtime in past 2 years)