I'm having a really, really hard time getting excited for this game. I just don't see what other people are seeing.
Just looks like cinematic set piece after cinematic set piece, which looks cool and all and I'm sure it'll be exciting when played but right now what about the gameplay? I'm looking for a vast world to explore, so I hope it only has those Uncharted-like scenes are only in certain limited places.
It's just that right now it looks like Tomb Raider with RPG elements where you go on a linear path, fight enemies, DESTRUCTION ALL AROUND YOU!, climb shit, more enemies, maybe a braindead puzzle if we're lucky and repeat. Really hope it's not like that at all. Maybe it's just a trailer thing. Please let it be just a trailer thing.
I don't know, I just don't know about this game...
It does look cinematic but this time you are actually playing the game with the same game mechanics you are given to play with instead of having to push X at the right time.
Just compare the fight along the building wall to the scene with the leviathon.
At no given time does the gameplay look different. You have your blink sword point at a given location and teleport there. You can remove your blink sword from the surface to fight for short bursts of time. The leviathon scene almost looks like a platformer that holds your hand like Castlevania Lords of Shadow but with crazier platforms to deal with.
The level and enemy design could be extremely flawed but atleast this time they thought of ingenious way to allow you to actually play in scenarios without shitty QTE controls by allowing to use the real controls.
All their projects should just be leaked. They take a decade to make them as it is. I'm genuinely wondering what's happening right now with this game. Any other company, and you could probably make a reasonable assumption, but these people are 'special'. I don't even know what to think. I'm expecting good news next year; I hope we're not let down.
Square was never Blizzard in the late 90s early 00's and they aren't going to be the new Blizzard now.