Immortals Fenyx Rising - Hands-On Previews and gameplay

Theorry · Sep 10, 2020

Immortals Fenyx Rising is a Colorful Throwback to Classic 3D Platformers

The change in console generations has usually resulted in the death of certain genres. I remember sitting down, putting hours into arcade-style sports games ...

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ScubaSteve693 · Sep 10, 2020

I may get attacked for this, but this looks better than BoTW in almost every way in my opinion. I didn't like BoTW too much and felt it was too big for its own good, but this looks incredible.

Ghost of Jhoto · Sep 10, 2020

If this game can provide the " greek hero" aspects Odyssey bought without the convoluted story and grindy rpg elements I'm 10000% in.

Ghost of Jhoto · Sep 10, 2020

ScubaSteve693 said:
I may get attacked for this, but this looks better than BoTW in almost every way in my opinion. I didn't like BoTW too much and felt it was too big for its own good, but this looks incredible.

Looks like there's more to do, BOTW ran out of things to do pretty fast.

Deleted member 864 · Sep 10, 2020

One of the few things I liked from today's show, although I'm not completely sold on it just yet.

Deleted member 3017 · Sep 10, 2020

Ghost of Jhoto said:
Looks like there's more to do, BOTW ran out of things to do pretty fast.

what did I do for 185 hours

Joseph Joestar · Sep 10, 2020

They made a pretty obvious BotW copy. Looks decent but something is kinda off. The vaults look a lot like "shrines" to me.

Sparks · Sep 10, 2020

So this is not Gods and Monsters whatever it was called? I'm so confused, why have two games so similar.

platocplx · Sep 10, 2020

the vaults pretty much are like the shrines in zelda lol

Noppie · Sep 10, 2020

Sparks said:
So this is not Gods and Monsters whatever it was called? I'm so confused, why have two games so similar.

It is. Renamed.

ScubaSteve693 · Sep 10, 2020

Sparks said:
So this is not Gods and Monsters whatever it was called? I'm so confused, why have two games so similar.

This is Gods and Monsters under a new name from my understanding.

Deleted member 3017 · Sep 10, 2020

Sparks said:
So this is not Gods and Monsters whatever it was called? I'm so confused, why have two games so similar.

Same game, new name

Era Uma Vez · Sep 10, 2020

Sparks said:
So this is not Gods and Monsters whatever it was called? I'm so confused, why have two games so similar.

This is Gods and Monsters.

Also, looks like Odyssey in terms of gameplay loop with a BotW coat paint. Meh..

Ghost of Jhoto · Sep 10, 2020

OrbitalBeard said:
what did I do for 185 hours

Dungeons and collect collectibles? IDK

platocplx · Sep 10, 2020

Joseph Joestar said:
They made a pretty obvious BotW copy. Looks decent but something is kinda off.

yeah this is pretty much a BotW "inspired" game.

Deleted member 11276 · Sep 10, 2020

OrbitalBeard said:
what did I do for 185 hours

The same things over and over again.

Most of the exploration in BOTW was driven by korok seeds and shrines.

tiebreaker · Sep 10, 2020

Not into the art style.

teague · Sep 10, 2020

it's amazing how 3 years later every thread still might turn into an "I hate BOTW thread"

JoDa · Sep 10, 2020

This looks like one of those games with fine tuned and fun gameplay but 0 variety

Sparks · Sep 10, 2020

Noppie said:
It is. Renamed.

ScubaSteve693 said:
This is Gods and Monsters under a new name from my understanding.

OrbitalBeard said:
Same game, new name

Era Uma Vez said:
This is Gods and Monsters.

Also, looks like Odyssey in terms of gameplay loop with a BotW coat paint. Meh..

OHHH WOW. Thank you!

I had nooo idea.

Dwebble · Sep 10, 2020

A BOTW-alike with some light Odyssey dusting. I don't hate this.

black070 · Sep 10, 2020

The combat looks weightless to me, just like the recent Assassins Creed's.

Deleted member 3017 · Sep 10, 2020

Ghost of Jhoto said:
Dungeons and collect collectibles? IDK

Must have been something compelling for me to play it longer than any other single player game in my life

BotW has plenty to do

Noppie · Sep 10, 2020

There are more posts about BotW than Immortals in this preview thread about Immortals.

What are you doing Era.

ScubaSteve693 · Sep 10, 2020

JoDa said:
This looks like one of those games with fine tuned and fun gameplay but 0 variety

So you are saying it is BoTW but with gameplay?

Ocarina_117 · Sep 10, 2020

Looks like BoTW but designed by committe.

Post show gameplay is looking quite good.

I'll probably check it out.

Wrestleman · Sep 10, 2020

The gameplay thing going on on their post show right now is pretty involved and I think calling it anything more than "inspired" by BOTW is selling it short. It really isn't doing the exact same thing at all.

tiebreaker · Sep 10, 2020

lmao, it even has stasis.

NeoRaider · Sep 10, 2020

It looks like those smartphone "RPG" games.

Deleted member 864 · Sep 10, 2020

Sparks said:
So this is not Gods and Monsters whatever it was called? I'm so confused, why have two games so similar.

It is, they just renamed it.

Era Uma Vez · Sep 10, 2020

Sparks said:
OHHH WOW. Thank you!

I had nooo idea.

You're welcome.

Joseph Joestar · Sep 10, 2020

At least the didnt copy the weapon degradation.

Lord Fanny · Sep 10, 2020

This actually looks pretty good. I really enjoyed Odyssey. Wonder how the Switch version will run

pswii60 · Sep 10, 2020

Ghost of Jhoto said:
Looks like there's more to do, BOTW ran out of things to do pretty fast.

I'm not BotW's biggest fan but this is objectively untrue.

TheMoon · Sep 10, 2020

Ghost of Jhoto said:
Looks like there's more to do, BOTW ran out of things to do pretty fast.

well this is an ubisoft game. if they know one how to make one thing it's checklists.

Zukkoyaki · Sep 10, 2020

Exciting that Damiani from Easy Allies enjoyed it. He's a fairly tough, but fair, critic.

Flipyap · Sep 10, 2020

This game looks like a modern AAA interpretation of the GameCube shovelware aesthetic.

Ryuelli · Sep 10, 2020

ScubaSteve693 said:
I may get attacked for this, but this looks better than BoTW in almost every way in my opinion. I didn't like BoTW too much and felt it was too big for its own good, but this looks incredible.

Ghost of Jhoto said:
If this game can provide the " greek hero" aspects Odyssey bought without the convoluted story and grindy rpg elements I'm 10000% in.

I agree with both of these. This looks really good. Still wish they kept "Gods and Monsters" as the title because it was great, but I'm definitely into what I'm seeing.

ThereAre4Lights · Sep 10, 2020

This looks like something I would definitely play. Don't love the art style, but it looks fun. Looks like a bit similar to Odyssey combat.

Someone should do a Kassandra face avatar.

Sparks · Sep 10, 2020

Flipyap said:
This game looks like a modern AAA interpretation of the GameCube shovelware aesthetic.

The first reveal of God & Monsters looked pretty interesting actually. This does feel more generic.

Looks fun though, I'm interested.

mk_68 · Sep 10, 2020

platocplx said:
the vaults pretty much are like the shrines in zelda lol

Yeah they are. Jeff Grubb pretty much says that on twitter along with multiple other things this game takes from BOTW.

Deleted member 864 · Sep 10, 2020

Ghost of Jhoto said:
Looks like there's more to do, BOTW ran out of things to do pretty fast.

If there's one thing you can expect from a Ubi title, it's checklists. How interesting that will be, well we'll see. :P

PlanetSmasher · Sep 10, 2020

This seems so remarkably...assembled. Like every aspect of the design feels like it fell off of some kind of factory line.

The fourth wall narration is amusing, at least.

mordecaii83 · Sep 10, 2020

Yep, I'm sold. I don't need to see any more.

Ghost of Jhoto · Sep 10, 2020

OrbitalBeard said:
Must have been something compelling for me to play it longer than any other single player game in my life

BotW has plenty to do

Well it's all subjective, based on my personal taste BOTW ran out of enjoyable things to do 15 hours in.

Darkmaigle · Sep 10, 2020

I think it actually looks pretty fun

Tagg · Sep 10, 2020

Haha they even copied shrines from BotW. Shameless but I'm digging it.

Starphanluke · Sep 10, 2020

So this has:
Climbing and Gliding with stamina
Vaults (shrines)
Cooking
Movable objects with Kinesis of some kind
Horse taming

Hmm.

MidnightCowboy · Sep 10, 2020

Will the BOTW elements be enough to counteract the lame Assassin's Creed elements? Find out next time on Dragon Ball Z.

MHWilliams · Sep 10, 2020

As I said elsewhere:

Immortals Fenyx Rising is a Colorful Throwback to Classic 3D Platformers

The change in console generations has usually resulted in the death of certain genres. I remember sitting down, putting hours into arcade-style sports games ...

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Very much Odyssey + Breath of the Wild + a bit of Ratchet and Clank.

MidnightCowboy said:
Will the BOTW elements be enough to counteract the lame Assassin's Creed elements? Find out next time on Dragon Ball Z.

Really not much Assassin's Creed at all.

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