Everyone has their favourite part of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Elden Ring. For some of you it might have been a difficult boss battle you eventually overcame. For others, discovering one of its many sprawling regions for the first time. Maybe it was constructing the perfect build, finding the ideal weapon, or some myth you constructed in the game's world by virtue of its open narrative that makes its players co-writers. For me, it was before the game came out.
This isn't meant to be a criticism. Elden Ring just didn't click for me, but that doesn't mean I think it's a bad game. I respect a lot of things about it, but I didn't have the patience, time, or investment to git gud enough to continue with it for long. That's fine, it happens. But I still remember how magical the game was before it came out. I camped on the game's subreddit, seeing the new key art and listening to the speculation. The fans, so pure of heart back then, no debates or arguments, no toxicity, no defensive attacks on criticism, no criticism at all, just a bunch of good-hearted chums talking about a game they hadn't even played yet.
I knew it probably wasn't going to be for me. I haven't gotten on with Soulsbornes before, strong and concise writing is my favourite thing about a game and Elden Ring billed itself as abstract and vague by design, and while no one likes bloated quest markers, directionless open worlds don't usually click for me either. The cards were stacked against me. I wasn't going into Elden Ring confused about what I was getting into, but I hoped I could struggle against the current anyway. In the end, it was too powerful, there were too many other games, and I figured forcing myself was unnecessary. It's not like games media was short of people who would tell you Elden Ring was the greatest game of all time.
Now, it's happening all over again. I'm watching people speculate over what sorts of items they can combine in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Tears of the Kingdom, where 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Zelda starts her adventure, where 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Link starts his, how Ganondorf comes into it, and what exactly is going on in the story, and I can't get enough of it. Seeing people slap trailer shots together to triangulate points of interest, or wondering what the dungeons hold (are they even dungeons, or a new thing?) is a fantastic experience to witness. For most people, this is just the appetiser before the game. Unfortunately, for me it might be the high point.
For similar reasons to Elden Ring, I didn't connect with Breath of the Wild either. Again, I understood its greatness. I wrote that I hoped I hated the sequel long before Tears of the Kingdo🥀m was announced, because I knew that the game needed to appeal to those that loved it, that were able to rip it apart and create fresh ways of playing, more than 𝕴it needed to fight itself to appeal to people like me.
Still, I am just a girl, standing in front of a video game, asking it to love me. I do hope I hate Breath of the Wild 2, sure. By which I mean, I hope it does everything BOTW did and builds on those mechanics. But I also hope I love it, which is a far simpler wish. No caveats, no conditions, I just hope I play it and finally get it. I dearly want to. I see the excitement at the trailer, the endless possibilities the game appears to offer its players. Open worl꧙d games are heading in this more directionless direction, and sooner or later I need to get with the program. It's a great time to start.
But still, there is the fear that my wish (my first wish) will come true, and I will hate it. This might be as good as it gets for me. If that's true, if I'm doomed to bounce off Tears of the Kingdom as I did with Breath of the Wild and Elden Ring, at least I can enjoy this until it lasts. For most of you, the countdown to Tears of the Kingdom is where the fun begins. For me, it might be a countdown to the end.