Tomb Raider 2013 is something of a poster-child for ‘ludonarrative dissonance’:
https://medium.com/@TurboHoodie/ludonarrative-dissonance-and-a-tale-of-two-lara-crofts-46d3f4d8be8b
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludonarrative_dissonance
I picked one, but just do any sort of web search for ‘tomb raider ludonarrative dissonance’ and you’ll see a huge number of articles and videos on the topic.
I still loved he game though!
Mass Effect Andromeda! I just played through the ‘Legendary Edition’ of the trilogy, and despite what I’d heard about Andromeda, I couldn’t resist it at under $4 at GameStop.
…and I’m actually enjoying it a lot!
I wonder if it might actually get better reviews if it were released today. We’re more used to open worlds, and it’s less expected that you’d try to finish every little quest line you are presented with (‘Oh, don’t do that - that’s just for people who really like collecting things!’), and more expected that you’d jump around between places and not ‘complete’ one area before going on to another.
I’m not really seeing the problem with facial animations that some reviewers complain very loudly about - and some people online say rendered the game ‘unplayable’. Maybe I’m just not attuned to see it? Or maybe they updated it after release?
Really don’t think that ‘playing the right way’ is a new phenomenon. I haven’t played an online FPS in 20 years, but I vividly remember controversy around camping when I was playing Unreal Tournament and Quake 3 Arena way back then.
Or pause during cut scenes!
Was a sleeper - not sure it still counts, because it caught some good press, but Pentiment. Way more fun and engrossing than any short description makes it sound. And I feel like I even learned a bunch from it!
I think it might be a controversial topic, but I’m fond of tip tinner - something like this:
It seems like it’s generally accepted that game 3 is the best of this trilogy, and game 2 the worst, but I’m in agreement with @[email protected] - there’s something about the balance of ‘Rise’ that made me like it a bit more than the rest. I hope you like it!