Hello guys, I was reading some other posts and occurred to me that my "noobie on games like d:os feedback" might be valuable, you see most of you guys are veterans of this genre while I, being a Bethesda/Bioware/Squaresoft type of gamer, got smashed (and then kicked in the head a bit) by the learning curve of this game.
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If you survived all this reading thanks a lot for the game, it is awesome... and be free everyone to add if you fell the same or disagree = ]
Yes, most people give up on a game because it doesn't play like they "expect" it to play--it's the same with movies and books, too--if they aren't what most people "expect" they are often panned. I'm guilty of that myself in years past.
I can't remember all of the computer games, books, and movies that I have picked up again after a hiatus of months or even years--which I then thoroughly enjoyed! (That's not *always* true, of course...;) But I'm surprised at how often it is true.) Some of my all-time favorite computer games are games in that category--that I initially put aside in disgust because they weren't what I thought they should have been. Once you forget what it was you expected a game to be you are then in a position to approach the game with an open mind and to let the game take you where it will, and to play the game according to its own rules rather than insisting that it play like some other game that it isn't. That's really the only frame of mind to have when sitting down with a game.
You seem to have learned that lesson early and well and that means you have many years of enjoyment stretching out before you, imo. Congrats! Some people never get past trying to force their games to fit a mold they were never designed to fit and those folks miss it all.
