TLOU2 really? The game is the equivalent of a movie made without an editor.
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Games with the Best Pacing
- Thread starter zaxil456
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Another excellent pick. My brother and I finished this in one sitting on LAN coop. Best coop game ever.
Yes, really. Best game ever made.
Im geniunely surprised people are saying TLOU2. Loved the game but the pacing was not its strong suit and I feel like that was always going to be the case because of how they chose to tell the 2nd half of the story.
Halo 3 and Cod 2 are the perfect FPS examples of just non stop action, with set pieces that always offer something unique.
Going to have to agree. Those flashback segments prevent me from playing the game multiple of times.
Resident Evil 3 remake.
I never played the original so I can't talk about the cut content, but I felt the game always had something to do. It never felt boring.
I never played the original so I can't talk about the cut content, but I felt the game always had something to do. It never felt boring.
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Right. It's intentionally done to serve the story but the gameplay pacing slams into a brick wall due to it.
I think they're confusing pacing with the story or the writing.
Uncharted 2 is Naughty Dog's best paced game, and likely best game overall for that matter. Games like Portal 2 and INSIDE were incredibly well paced, It Takes Two is another good one from this year.
Tlou2 might be one of if not the worst paced AAA game in recent memory, it's a 25-30 hour locked linear game that feels like a 100 hour game, filled with cutscenes and "walking simulator" sections in place of even more cutscenes. I don't know in what world is that game well paced much less has "best pacing".
Tlou2 might be one of if not the worst paced AAA game in recent memory, it's a 25-30 hour locked linear game that feels like a 100 hour game, filled with cutscenes and "walking simulator" sections in place of even more cutscenes. I don't know in what world is that game well paced much less has "best pacing".
Yeah I agree. I loved Resident Evil 3, and was surprised so many people were down on it.
Bioshock Infinite runs at a good 10-12 hours and each area doesn't outstay its welcome, with enough story beats to keep things going quickly.
Psychonauts 2 was too long a game for me, at least it felt long.
Psychonauts 2 was too long a game for me, at least it felt long.
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Recently I would say Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, pure fun and besides one level that irked me a bit pacing wise everything else was smooth sailing.
Its easily RE4 the goat of pacing. TLOU2 pacing is horrible, and I have no idea how it made it in this thread lol.
MGSV Ground Zeros is a great short game, I played through it so often.
Metroid Prime 2 I always adored going through that adventure.
Can confirm uncharted 2 ruled in this regard, and TLOU 2 was horrendous.
Metroid Prime 2 I always adored going through that adventure.
Can confirm uncharted 2 ruled in this regard, and TLOU 2 was horrendous.
Uncharted is a good one for me. And last of of us 1/2 never felt like there was a dull moment. It was pretty breakneck
In uncharted's case it's sometimes at the expense of mechanic depth, puzzle complexity or exploration...platforming for instance is simple by design so that it doesn't stop the pacing in its tracks...but I don't mind that since it serves the pacing so well. They're just rollercoasters start to end.
No-one wants to watch an Indiana Jones movie where he gets lost on the jungle. Keeps failing a jump repeatedly and then spends 2 hours trying to figure out a puzzle to access treasure...similarly, i don't want that in uncharted either. I'm just along for the ride.
In uncharted's case it's sometimes at the expense of mechanic depth, puzzle complexity or exploration...platforming for instance is simple by design so that it doesn't stop the pacing in its tracks...but I don't mind that since it serves the pacing so well. They're just rollercoasters start to end.
No-one wants to watch an Indiana Jones movie where he gets lost on the jungle. Keeps failing a jump repeatedly and then spends 2 hours trying to figure out a puzzle to access treasure...similarly, i don't want that in uncharted either. I'm just along for the ride.
Or maybe people value different things in how a game is structured, told and designed. Crazy, I know.
How long to beat? 1-200hours :D
Yuuuup. Lost Legacy runs circles around UC4 and it's horrid pacing. Miles Morales was absolutely perfect in length. Both high and low moments in these games were so well placed that I hope more games copy them.
Ehhhh, as much as I love the game, I honestly feel it slogs a bit when you get between the castle and the base
Chrono Trigger and Half-Life:Alyx are two games where I always think there is going to be some part coming up for me to put the game down, but then it's onto the next area and I am kept engaged. It's incredible how well paced these two games are, I am always playing these games for longer then I expect.
Good pick, probably the best-paced FF albeit the game is pretty generic and straightforward when compared to its sequels
While I agree the magic/techs are where the games pacing is the worst, I'd like to suggest a different stretch of the game where it's a problem. The big issue is 2300AD your first time through. Most players will likely have already unlocked, or will quickly unlock, Crono, Marle, and Lucca's second techs. This leads to a fairly sizable stretch of the game where combat stays fairly stagnant until you get Robo, and you can't learn triple techs or even a duel tech for Marle and Lucca until after you obtain magic. If really feels like magic should have Crono, Marle, and Lucca's 4th tech so that the player could unlock one more tech during the 2300ad stretch of the game.
Yup, Metroid Dread was *so* close to it but ruined pacing with the EMMI encounters. I still can't believe they thought those were a good idea. Laser sponge, trial and error, gimmicky encounters, just awful in breaking the excellent pacing otherwise.
Recent game for me was Metroid Dread. But easy answers for me that stick out are RE4 and Uncharted 2.