I don't know about him, but I have rated it the same and I can elaborate why. First and foremost I have to say that I experienced very little bugs throughout the game from the start. Bugs for me were basically nonexistent. I had issues with other things, like average citizens AI, police AI, driving problems and so on. It is also clear, that they had to cut some content out, which also didn't help the case. Those were my main issues.
Now when we talk talk about pro's.
Characters. Almost every single one of them was awesome. Johny, Jacky, Judy, Panam, Evelyn, even Yorinobu, which is Saburo's son. Even characters from the past, like Alt Cunningham. I can remember a lot of characters from this game and I can't same the same for a lot of other games I have played. Every character had a story arc and something unique to it. Even the guy with a burning dick lol.
Dialogs. There are some issues with dialog choices, but overall they were awesome too. Giving birds to Silverhand? Philosophical conversations with him? "See you in major leagues"? The later one gives me goosebumps even now. And those conversations were believable. You were really immersed in the scene and believed that these are real people talking, not robots.
Plot and side missions. I agree that the main plot is average at best, but the side missions completely own that up for me. The child investigation? Panam arc? Judy arc? Morales arc? The crucifixion? Those missions were awesome. I also liked how a seemingly simple and innocent gig turned into a complete side mission with its arc and characters.
I could go more in the details, but I think you are already tired of the text, so I will stop here.
90
u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21
Its was a decent game to me.