Same here. I feel Reddit changed for the worse so slowly that I had completely forgotten what the glory days were like until I came to Lemmy. I forgot that there was actual discussion in the comments rather than the same ten lazy comments ad naseum.
I'm kinda surprised Lemmy is losing users since it feels like there is more engagement since I joined earlier this year.
Sorry for the very late reply, but I'm hoping you'll still get this: Find movies where you feel like you're in the minority for liking. Then find critics who feel the same way as you. Root through their review archives till you find at least a couple other films where you both agree on fringe films. When you're done you should just have a couple critics left. Read them consistently and hopefully one or more will be your long term go-to.
This is how I found my absolute favorite critic, Walter Chaw. The summer X-Men 3 came out alongside Live Free Or Die Hard. Both got similar RT scores, but I hated XM3 and loved Die Hard. Decided that any critic who felt the same as me would understand me. Was one of the best decisions I made.
My schools had a zero tolerance policy for anyone involved in a fight for any reason. I saw a few kids suspended for clearly defending themselves. My father gave me regular talks to let me know that so long as the other person attacked first he'd fully support me defending myself however I needed.
It's all subjective. The only way a critic can be helpful is if you become accustomed to their tastes and how they communicate them. It's why Rotten Tomatoes CAN be a helpful tool but is so misunderstood as to be useless.
If a movie gets 10% on RT, but you're in the 10% that fucking love that thing then that score means nothing.
The mini games can be a part of it. When they work they're intuitive, quick, and immersive. But sometimes the mini games aren't well thought out and/or not intuitive. The real problem for me is that I was 40 hours into the game and it's not only introducing new elements but the tutorials long, uninteresting, and constant. The game just doesn't have time to breathe.
I would say if you're on the fence you'll probably like it. Like I said, there IS an amazing game there. Just go in with lower expectations and you'll have a good time.
Edit: it's just frustrating because if the devs put the time spent on all the side elements into the core gameplay, then this game could have been something really special. As is, there are plenty of interesting things to do and cool, emergent moments smothered in a bunch of sub par game design and warioware.
Edit2: I'm definitely venting, too. The game looks incredible and there are also a ton of spoilers that you or others might find to be great moments.
I just finished it and was a bit underwhelmed. There is an amazing game there ruined by a lot of tangents with subpar game design. It was like they were not confident enough in their core gameplay and just kept adding mediocre noise instead of streamlining the main appeal. I just wanted to dive and run a restaurant and the game kept forcing me to do other things. Very frustrating.
It really annoys me that as a kid I learned about how awful Company Stores were, how lucky we were as a society to be past that history, and now they're back on the table.
Well overdue pulling "robber baron" back into the lexicon.
Edge is actually really efficient. Over the years I've gone back and forth between the browsers as each seems to go through periods of inefficiency.
This is it. Most games beyond small scope/indie projects start in Unreal.