It is all flash and no substance.
That is the new norm.
Was announced more than one year ago on this site,
http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22893&highlight=Ryse+rome
There is no crime system. The world, and it's objects, are static and non interactive,
Indeed. The time will come to measure the consequences of that approach.
Could be devastating. It is all in the pseudo, that is the Tzar katerina running her coach along the roads of Russia, wishing to see people happy and prosperous.
As success is met, other developpers might consider why bothering about trying to build a virtual gameworld when customers are so fond of these kind of player centric gameworld.
Some time ago, the goal was clear: trying to build up a virtual world in which the player would find a place, things would exist for themselves and the PC would be just another element in the settings.
In the TW3, everything exists because the player wishes it. Why do fishers fish? Because the players want them to fish, for the immersion. Fishers do fish to be part of an economical system.
Bethesda, and the TES series, that keep trying to build up a virtual world, might fall next. Why bother? Offering pseudo is enough, it is easier and cheaper.
[/quote] Another group of liars that don't deliver on what they promise and don't tell you until they have your money.[/QUOTE]
If that could be... No, they have delivered what they have told, a product axed on story telling, a product that goes in the acting, the player is given a part and must interpretate it, actor's thing.
The pseudo behaviours, the emptiness of the gameworld was seen before release.
If only they could have not delivered what they say, the situation would be different...
Now that was funny! Excellent response.
Anyway, this whole 16 free DLC thing is very smart marketing by CDPR. It keeps the game in the gaming media for weeks on end. That is the true purpose of it, make no mistake.
Of course, it is a marketing ploy. CDR is a late comer to the party, they've learned the trade from the guys who were there before.
This is only one step, CDR projekt will step up their game by aligning their ways on the crowdfunded scene.