It is extremely long to teleport between certain worlds, and game mechanics actually requires going back and forth between teleports. Obduction has multiple worlds and multiple locations to jump between those worlds. It was a large game with no map, which made it so difficult to navigate even without having to manage jumps betweens worlds. MP used a light/dark world mechanic and rifts between the two. Metroid Prime 2 was in mind a lot while roaming about. It just lacks structure and the design of the game makes it a pre-requisite. It's extremely easy to waste time going in a direction or toying with an interactable that has no purpose yet. The majority of the game is opening paths to continue to progress and explore. There are so many locations to go, but nothing the lead you in a direction. Without a narrative, there's no guide for goals.
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Free Roam is the best of the options, yet there are no configurable keys. Trying to play the game with just a mouse is frustratingly slow and confusing for navigation. The Point-and-Click 3D navigation has no place in a modern game, or even a retro game. Instead of testing, choosing, and polishing how the game is played a choice of styles is given - none great. The first hint that the game was going to be a mess was the control style. This entry is probably the best and worst of the series. Both tasks seem mundane, so it's a coin flip if the scene that actually is. This is part where the stream of thought actually diverts for a scene. There are forks in the road, where a choice of two tasks is available. It's a formula of dialog "choices" that becomes routine: select an answer, get a paragraph of text, go right back to the same path. Act 4 is an interactive story with no tasks to perform, no items to collect, no puzzles to solve. The only major flaw that will be a deal-breaker for most is the gameplay: there is none. Measuring about 1 to 2 hours in length, there's just too much stream of thought to absorb in a meaningful way. Memory may fail, but it seems Act 4 has the most text by a large margin. Similar to the other episodes, it's a giant wall of text. Some of the set pieces are just damn beautiful. It's Elephant Man meets Royal Tenenbaums, the best atmosphere I've seen in a game for a very long time. Trying to copy a Noland style Batman experience must have taken a lot of resources. Since the episode is only about 2 hours, I can assume the design of the game was a secondary thought. This happens within the first 30 to 40 minutes of the game.
They've introduced at least 5 main characters and with interweaved cuts between stories. I think the problem is that the game has so many pokers in the fire at the beginning. Unlike Wolf, I don't feel like I'm in control of this game. Batman has some news feeds and an empty data port with only one action to perform. The first scene of Wolf in the hall way has a phone off the hook, a pack of matches (because Noir says it's a clue), and some noises behind a door. Wolf actually feels more like the Great Detective than Batman himself in the first 10 minutes of the game alone. Batman lets you say one line and then the game will continue how it wants to anyways. Wolf lets you make choices and guide the dialog. I had to rewatch the beginning of Wolf Among Us to make sure I wasn't misremembering it.
It wants me to watch it's incredibly unsubtle story and then tell me "Person will remember that". So, apparently this game doesn't want me to play it.
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