Hey there's nothing wrong with tempering expectations. I'm worried I'm too excited about it but I can't not be when it's been one of my favorite game series since grade school and haven't released one in 13 years. I know it will be a great game, I'm just worried expectations are so high they're impossible to meet. That's a very possible scenario.
Well, my expectations are low, but my standards are high. So yeah, I doubt I'm ever going to play it. But I'll see, I guess.
Forgot to say, the other thing is in the last years the mainstream gaming industry gave me only one worthy (by my standards) game, Helldivers (and Baldur's Gate if you want to consider it). Anything else was pretty mid from my POV.
Well, remember for every indie masterpiece there's at least a terrible one. In general, you should find a good AA or lower studio, follow their games and see where you end up.
Rockstar may make a masterpiece, but honestly, with the current state of the industry... I feel like it's unlikely.
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u/SES_LeviathanOfDusk RPG Aug 19 '26
I genuinely hope you're right. Really. But I just really don't want to be excited about it. Because...
I guess I... I'm afraid.