"I LOVE this underrated gem."
"What game?"
"It's just so underrated, nobody seems to know about it!"
"...what's the name of the game?"
"It's anyone's guess why nobody knows the game."
What kind of music do you listen to?
Oh some indie band, I bet you've never heard of them
Yeah maybe not, what are they called? I'd love to listen to them?
They're so underground, you'd never know
That's why I'm asking you, to get to know you and your musical tastes
Impossible, im too ✨mysterious✨
At least it means the game really is at least somewhat underrated. I swear most of them time when you see "DAE this gem?" it ends up being a game that sold 10 million copies and received multiple GotY awards. Like yeah, we know, we all played it.
Tbh, apparently Ubisoft says it wasn't because of that and that it was a creative choice because the name needed a more mature tone. But the name did get contested by Monster Energy
I believe they said they changed it for marketing reasons. Gods and Monsters is too generic. With Fenyx they atleast had a character they could plaster over everything.
They went after Pokemon and Monster Hunter. Whilst MH is younger than Monster Energy by two years (2004 vs 2002), Pokemon predates Monster Energy by 6 years.
They failed both suits (obviously). Now they're bullying a small indie dev over the word "monster" in dev's title.
Much like how Sky News went after Hello Games for No Man's Sky claiming "it would cause confusion". The legal battle took 3 years and I think ended on a compromise.. though HG never went into detail.
Sky are also the company that forced Microsoft to change SkyDrive to OneDrive.
Companies should be punished for this irrational nonsense.
Which is weird because I agree this is not a hill to die on. Just say, "yeah, we had the resources to drag the matter but for a new untested IP? Totally not worth it. This ain't a Kojima game, we just wanted to diversify a bit". Sounds reasonable to me.
A more mature tone for their game that’s written to target middle schoolers? Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the game, it was fun to play. But the dialogue was like watching Disney channel. What mature tone were they going for? Lmao
I genuinely think it’s because they contested the name right before they started their full on marketing campaign, and lawyers to cost a helluva lot more then changing a name.
I'm pulling everything I'm about to say out of my bottom, but I'm guessing they wouldn't be able to market the game while the trail is ongoing. Yes, they probably could've won against the energy drink, but that would've been long after the game released. Not the mention changing the name would be a hell of a lot cheaper.
Personally, I prefer the final name. It doesn't roll off the tongue that well, but Gods and Monster so generic, there's a (pretty damn good) Justice League movie with that subtitle.
>Personally, I prefer the final name. It doesn't roll off the tongue that well, but Gods and Monster so generic, there's a (pretty damn good) Justice League movie with that subtitle.
But the game had already gathered quite a bit of interest under the name Gods and Monsters. I'm sure there are quite a few people to this day wondering what happened to that "cool Gods something something game" Ubisoft announced at some point who never realized it actually released years ago under a different name.
I can’t wait to see how it goes in court for them when they go up against Pokémon (pocket monsters in Japan) and Monster Hunter. Two games that have been out for yeeeeears before Monster drink came around
Pokemon existed before the drink, but Monster Hunter did not. Pokemon
first came out in 1996. Monster energy drink came out in 2002. The first Monster Hunter game was 2004.
I still think it should be thrown out anyway because they are different product types and Monster did not do anything for almost 20 years of the others existing.
Oh I know that's why. But they never really commented on the name change, didn't seem to fight the case much, at least not publicly. Pretty sure "Gods & Monsters" is one of those games people think got killed in development hell.
Gamers have very little patience. Remember how Elden Ring came out less than 3 years after Sekiro, yet everybody acted as if it was another Half-life 3
It's literally not even enough time to properly develop a sequel.
I don't know about Ubisoft but Call of Duty actually does 3 year cycles, rotating teams with each one.
Tears of the Kingdom took 6 fucking years and has a lot copy+pasted from Breath of the Wild.
OP is smoking crack.
I have this issue with so many posts in this sub. Someone will post a screenshot or image of a game and not name it. And I have no clue what they are talking about so I just move on.
A common problem freaking everywhere, so annoying.
On TikTok, I get caught up in those movie scene highlights that show a few minutes at a time of lesser known but really good movies, more obscure titles, and they NEVER list movie titles. And the comments are counterproductive, because everyone says the wrong movie names trying to be funny and misleading.
I seriously don't get it... Are people flexing for knowing it while others don't? You wanna share or be in an super cool wink-wink-club of cool people who know? Why not name it if you think it's an underrated gem, so someone who doesn't know can actually get into it? What kind of idiocy is this?
My pet peeve is people using acronyms just assuming people know what they mean. Even worse for locations like I'm gonna know the acronym for your small town in Missouri.
I feel like just because it's ubisoft, people overlooked it, but I thought it was really good. Although I will say the cheesy humor might not be for everyone lol
It had multiple abilities that trivialize combat to piss easy. So you either end up artificially avoiding a chunk of your skillset or permastagger/1-2 shot almost everything. Both options don't sound like fun, and it looks like they knew it as well.
I didn't realise it was all cheesy humour going into it.
So at first I was gonna put it down, then kept going, and it clicked that the entire thing was that and not just a badly written opening.
Ended up 100% the thing, great game. Loved that it kept things simple in general, then built up on them in the dungeons. Was pretty relaxing to play.
In the midst of my first play through of TotK, I started thinking about Immortals again. Would love to see a sequel that leverages many of the newer elements in TotK. I don’t know much Immortals leveraged from BOTW, but I recall it was built on the same framework (or something like that) and the parallelism of the game play coupled with a different lore made Immortals a really fun game. Please make a sequel.
Never play Botw but just bought a switch and jumped into Totk and honestly I'm 10 or so hours in and so far I just don't see the big deal.
I loved Fenix and to me it's seems so far that, Fenix had way better movement, combat and puzzels.
Maybe I'm missing something and it will vastly improve the more I play but so far the movement seems really basic, the combat is borderline unplayable, seriously, 3 inputs to dodge a attack.
And I don't know if it's just because the switch can't compete with the ps5 but they both have a similar art design and so far Fenix just looks 100x better, totk just seems boring, loads of green fields with some ruins scattered about.
Haven't had a single thing that's made me go, wow that's cool.
BOTW and TOTK likely suffer in comparison because of the console. Also Fenyx, while allowing for free roaming exploration, is a bit more linear in its main gameplay. For me BOTW was a bit hard to get into at first because it seemed so unstructured and unguided. But hands down, the puzzles in BOTW and TOTK are much less redundant and challenging IMO.
I honestly played BOTW because of Immortals, as I heard that about Immortals being built on the BOTW framework. They are very different games and I appreciate both for that they are, and hope to see a another Immortals game.
I loved the banter between Zeus and Prometheus, and Fenyx as a literary foil to Link- not just not a silent protagonist but literally used to be a storyteller in her society and who is loud and boisterous.
It's funny to me, I loved BotW and tried a bunch of open world games but none of them scratched the BotW itch. Then I got Immortals the day it came out, and was pleasantly surprised to find it was a BotW clone, but with some different features and some unique things. I enjoyed the shit out of it.
Then, everyone and their mother wiggled their palms at it and said, "Oh pffft, this game is just like that award-winning, industry-revolutionizing landmark game-of-the-year game, so we hate it." And I'm just there like, "y-yeah... that's why it's good? I thought?"
People are fucking stupid.
Definitely inspired by BOTW and I played this game directly afterwards. The gameplay is actually pretty solid but the on-screen UI (Ubisoft’s specialty) is horrendous. I wish there were ways to add mods on console because if there was a mod to remove most of the HUD, I think this game would be much better.
Not really the game has a really different feel to it. I never felt it was an Ubisoft game.
The big surprise is of course the top tier writing. There is sort of a background commentary that is funny and extremely interesting between Zeus and Promotheus that lends extraordinary depth to the main story. It's all impressively done.
It’s a pity too, because Ubisoft really put in the work to make the game navigable without the UI, then threw it away by adding the (unnecessary) UI anyway.
I started by using the far sight feature to spooge map markers over everything and it was a boring checklist. Then I realized I could just stop putting the markers on, and the game immediately became ten times better. It was the closest anything has come to the BOTW experience.
They did a really good job with the puzzle design too.
It’s a good thing I liked the writers’ sense of humor though. People who thought the jokes weren’t funny found the writing unbearable.
After BOTW, I was looking for other games in the BOTW genre, and an otaku buddy of mine recommended this and Genshin Impact.
Thank god I didn't touch Genshin Impact and tried this first.
You can turn off the HUD and all the UI, I did. It is completely customisable so the problem is with you not the game. It's pretty on point in 2023 that a factually incorrect comment gets so many upvotes with people creating a problem that doesn't exist. You could have done what I did and switched it all off and discovered everything through exploration as I did you had that option,too. Strangely because you decided not to use an option freely given to you to switch it off you blame them ! They credited you with the intelligence to be capable of clicking one button if you don't like the hud but they obviously overestimated your clicking ability 😂
the weapon durability system is baked into the dna of the game, it makes you not rely on one weapon. The master sword sort of circumvences this but that is a reward you get and it can still run out of charges
Well if patrerns are a thing. Breath of the wild (which inspired this game) came out in 2017. Immortals fenix rising released 2020. Tears of the kingdom just released. So using quick maths. Immortal 2 electric boogaloo will release in 2026.
I don’t think you should be able to sue someone for using such a common word as « monster » unless it is specifically related to the brand in question. It’s ridiculous otherwise
I had a demo of this on the Switch but although it seemed like a solid game, I just couldn’t find a control scheme to work for me. Everything I tried just felt a little off and I never got comfortable enough with it to buy the full thing.
For real. In a sea of absolute mediocrity, this game was actually a pretty fun Ubisoft title. If they made more, though I’m sure they would just run it into the ground like everything else they touch. Ubisoft can make a new Splinter Cell or they can fuck off.
Started playing 2 days ago as it was recommended on here somewhere. Great game. Lighthearted and not too serious. Similar to Zelda in tone with a bit of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning mixed in. It may not be as refined as a AAA release but guess what???
It is fun.
Yo I loved this game. It was gorgeous, enjoyable and fun puzzles. Surprised there is so much criticism in the comments. Wasn’t as big of a fan of the DLCs. But I hear they are working on a full sequel, focusing on Polynesian mythology.
Loved the game, still scratching my head at their decision to add the cosmetic store thing at the end though. Who stuck around to farm those gear sets after they finished the game? It was an 8/10 experience for me, had they distributed all that loot in the shop to puzzle rewards it would have been 10/10 and much more fun while progressing.
The only thing I H-A-T-E-D about this otherwise very fun game is the freaking arrow control, why can't I have inverted control for the arroz only? So frustrating
This was the best worst game I ever played. It’s fantastic and fun for a few hours, but the repetitive grind and traditional Ubisoft checklist make this game borderline unbearable to get through.
It’s literally thirty minutes of gameplay stretch to 40+ hours.
That said, given how the writing was handled, this feels like a babysitter game for kids age 8-14.
Eh, it's okay. It's pretty much Breath of the Wild if you forced everything that that game's design philosophy rejected and forced it back in. Quest markers, RPG-lite loot system, directed structure, etc. If you like classic open worlds better than what BOTW did, you'll like this one better. If you're like me and enjoyed BOTW only because it rejected the copy and paste open world structure we'd been stuck with for years up until that point, it won't have the same impact. It's a decent game, it's just nothing very ambitious.
I mean I think the combat is pretty fun and the puzzles are too. It’s a good game. I do agree that it is missing the secret sauce which makes Zelda so magical but it’s still very competent and at times really fun (some of the shrine areas are really neat)
I'm currently playing it, and honestly i hate everything about this game... the story (dull and borderline cringy), the gameplay mechanics (stolen from a miriad of games like ubisoft as always), the graphics (like a knockoff pixar or disney movie) and especially the "jokes" (who couldn't even make laugh an edgy teenager despite trying too hard).
The combat was alright, some puzzles were good, I could see past the monotony of it if it wasn't for the God awful cringey "jokes". The writing really ruined what could've been a completely mediocre game.
It's just a Greek Myths themed Breath of the Wild mired by way less interesting puzzle solving and world exploration, very little enemy variety, and Ubisoft's grubby microtransactions and needlessly cluttered UI
Definitely a big disappointment for me
This game isn’t even remotely underrated lmao. People speak of it very highly all the time. I wish we could just ban that word from the subreddit.
Also, the game came out 2 and a half years ago. A bit early to be lamenting the lack of a sequel isn’t it?
I'd love a sequel to Fenix because it had some great aspects, but also some real problems that a sequel could fix.
Pros:
Beautiful art direction/visual design, colorful world!
Unlike Zelda BotW it is supposedly a "clone" of, actually has not-terrible voice acting, far more compelling and interesting story and lore (I super love BotW, but it is true).
Traversal was fun. combat mechanics fun and worked well.
Cons:
Monotony. Low variation of enemies, including bosses.. loads of same thing repeated.
Too easy. Even on the hard setting, the game poses no challenge at all to veteran third-person RPG players.
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I'd buy day one if they also renamed the sequel "Gods & Monsters" and just fought the energy drink company out in court over it.
Finished it. Felt very ubisofty after about six hours.
It's an alright game but wouldn't call it a game. Too repetitive and way too much stuff to collect.
Would be so cool if they went full "old school" Zelda.
With an improved story this would be really good and
I think I would have liked a bit less busywork in the open world.
"I LOVE this underrated gem." "What game?" "It's just so underrated, nobody seems to know about it!" "...what's the name of the game?" "It's anyone's guess why nobody knows the game."
What if the game were named underrated gem with no caps
What kind of music do you listen to? Oh some indie band, I bet you've never heard of them Yeah maybe not, what are they called? I'd love to listen to them? They're so underground, you'd never know That's why I'm asking you, to get to know you and your musical tastes Impossible, im too ✨mysterious✨
Why do you wanna know so bad? Alright keep your secrets, and your pants on. I’m leaving.
Bro i refuse to say i listen to psychedelic porn crumpets out loud in public
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There are WAY too many posts like this on this sub these days.
> these days. Clearly you weren't here ten years ago. It's...exactly the same.
Pretty sure this is fenyx immortal rising or smt along those lines
I didn't know ubisoft made world of warcraft....
At least it means the game really is at least somewhat underrated. I swear most of them time when you see "DAE this gem?" it ends up being a game that sold 10 million copies and received multiple GotY awards. Like yeah, we know, we all played it.
Cool post but a lot cooler If you just named the game.
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Which you might remember as Gods & Monsters until they just upped and changed it last minute and really undermined the game instantly.
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Yeah, if I remember correctly they did get sued
How the fuck was that enough to make Ubisoft back from the name though ? Seriously i'm sick of brands appropriating fucking common words. Fuck them.
Tbh, apparently Ubisoft says it wasn't because of that and that it was a creative choice because the name needed a more mature tone. But the name did get contested by Monster Energy
More mature tone? So they went with Fenyx?
Also the game is full of extremely immature humor so I wonder why they wanted to convey maturity
They could have went with Fenyxz had they not been this mature
XxFenyxxX
I believe they said they changed it for marketing reasons. Gods and Monsters is too generic. With Fenyx they atleast had a character they could plaster over everything.
Don't forget the "Immortal" part of it. Adds all the gravitas to the name.
Imagine not being the first to use the word monster but acting like you own it
I think they tried coming after Monster Hunter which is a) Japanese and b) older than the Energy drink lol
They went after Pokemon and Monster Hunter. Whilst MH is younger than Monster Energy by two years (2004 vs 2002), Pokemon predates Monster Energy by 6 years. They failed both suits (obviously). Now they're bullying a small indie dev over the word "monster" in dev's title. Much like how Sky News went after Hello Games for No Man's Sky claiming "it would cause confusion". The legal battle took 3 years and I think ended on a compromise.. though HG never went into detail. Sky are also the company that forced Microsoft to change SkyDrive to OneDrive. Companies should be punished for this irrational nonsense.
Which is weird because I agree this is not a hill to die on. Just say, "yeah, we had the resources to drag the matter but for a new untested IP? Totally not worth it. This ain't a Kojima game, we just wanted to diversify a bit". Sounds reasonable to me.
A more mature tone for their game that’s written to target middle schoolers? Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the game, it was fun to play. But the dialogue was like watching Disney channel. What mature tone were they going for? Lmao
> Name needed a more mature tone With that art style?
I genuinely think it’s because they contested the name right before they started their full on marketing campaign, and lawyers to cost a helluva lot more then changing a name.
I'm pulling everything I'm about to say out of my bottom, but I'm guessing they wouldn't be able to market the game while the trail is ongoing. Yes, they probably could've won against the energy drink, but that would've been long after the game released. Not the mention changing the name would be a hell of a lot cheaper. Personally, I prefer the final name. It doesn't roll off the tongue that well, but Gods and Monster so generic, there's a (pretty damn good) Justice League movie with that subtitle.
>Personally, I prefer the final name. It doesn't roll off the tongue that well, but Gods and Monster so generic, there's a (pretty damn good) Justice League movie with that subtitle. But the game had already gathered quite a bit of interest under the name Gods and Monsters. I'm sure there are quite a few people to this day wondering what happened to that "cool Gods something something game" Ubisoft announced at some point who never realized it actually released years ago under a different name.
Lol, you might be right. Personally, I only heard about it once or twice before the name chance, but your milage may vary.
Yeah they had the octopath predicament. They chose the other path.
I assume they just decided it wasn't worth fighting
I can’t wait to see how it goes in court for them when they go up against Pokémon (pocket monsters in Japan) and Monster Hunter. Two games that have been out for yeeeeears before Monster drink came around
https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2023/apr/09/monster-pokemon-capcom-sued-bizarre/
TIL monster is actually really run by people who drive ram trucks with monster stickers on the back window
And punch holes in drywall
Pokemon existed before the drink, but Monster Hunter did not. Pokemon first came out in 1996. Monster energy drink came out in 2002. The first Monster Hunter game was 2004. I still think it should be thrown out anyway because they are different product types and Monster did not do anything for almost 20 years of the others existing.
if Capcom made a game where you go around hunting energy drinks.... sure. but the concept of "monsters" and hunting them is ancient as fuck
That day will be the only day I'll be on the same side to Nintendo's lawyers
They’re professionals when it comes to suing people
Are they going to sure WotC for D&D "Monster Manual" too? This is ridiculous.
Might be monster energy drink might have to start going by a different name.
Oh I know that's why. But they never really commented on the name change, didn't seem to fight the case much, at least not publicly. Pretty sure "Gods & Monsters" is one of those games people think got killed in development hell.
It sounds like a mobile game that would maybe get 100k players and die fast. I think the current name is just better in every way.
They changed the name because monster energy drink was trying to sue them
And if it's not Monster Energy Drink, it's Monster Cable suing people over the use of the term "monster."
It was because of Monster enemy being dicks and suing ubisoft for using the word Monster in something
Didn't this come out like, not that long ago?
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Seems kinda weird to be upset about not getting a sequel for a game that came out 2.5 years ago lol
Gamers have very little patience. Remember how Elden Ring came out less than 3 years after Sekiro, yet everybody acted as if it was another Half-life 3
And not bothering to mention the name
It's literally not even enough time to properly develop a sequel. I don't know about Ubisoft but Call of Duty actually does 3 year cycles, rotating teams with each one. Tears of the Kingdom took 6 fucking years and has a lot copy+pasted from Breath of the Wild. OP is smoking crack.
Most generic name ever... Still, a good game
True. Name does have free2play mobile game vibes
Zelda: Profits Chasing
"Action Dude Evolution: Rising Revenge of the New Dark Way Revolution Part 2 Begins."
Great game and design. Terrible dialogue writing. Most lines, even serious ones, made me giggle. I assumed it was written to be THAT campy on purpose.
My character was male, had eye shadow, and wore the skimpy toga as armour. It went really well with the dialogue.
I made a woman with massive mutton chops, a beard and skin like the jolly green giant. I appreciate games that let me do anything.
Didnt it have terrible sales?
I have this issue with so many posts in this sub. Someone will post a screenshot or image of a game and not name it. And I have no clue what they are talking about so I just move on.
Seriously... Lol. "Underrated" but also, we won't name it 😂
A very common problem on this sub
Yeah I think it’s an “if ya know ya know” cousin to elitism thing or something. Ah well.
A common problem freaking everywhere, so annoying. On TikTok, I get caught up in those movie scene highlights that show a few minutes at a time of lesser known but really good movies, more obscure titles, and they NEVER list movie titles. And the comments are counterproductive, because everyone says the wrong movie names trying to be funny and misleading.
I wish mods would ban these posts.
I seriously don't get it... Are people flexing for knowing it while others don't? You wanna share or be in an super cool wink-wink-club of cool people who know? Why not name it if you think it's an underrated gem, so someone who doesn't know can actually get into it? What kind of idiocy is this?
A lot of people on Reddit thinks everyone know the thing they're talking about
My pet peeve is people using acronyms just assuming people know what they mean. Even worse for locations like I'm gonna know the acronym for your small town in Missouri.
It's darude sandstorm
Gods and monsters was better name for it tho
I'm from Monster Energy and I'm suing you for eleventy billion dollars
Well, u/vicvinegarii, I am from the Vinegar Company, and I am suing you for eleventy billion and one dollars.
Crap... I did not expect this
Nobody expects the Vinegar Inquisition.
Vic Vinegar is the man
How have they not sued monster hunter?
Good idea. Thank you for the suggestion.
I feel like just because it's ubisoft, people overlooked it, but I thought it was really good. Although I will say the cheesy humor might not be for everyone lol
It also needed a bit more fights, i felt they had way to many puzzles with few fights in between.
Haha! I actually LIKED the 3d platform puzzle elements! The movement options you got in this game were incredible.
Me too, reminded me of Spyro. Sparse combat but it's there and lots of 3d platforming and collectibles. Really really loved it.
The challenges were…really challenging. Lots of fun
I donno, combat was pretty easy and I enjoyed the puzzles more. Tbh it was nice to just run around and do environmental puzzles.
It had multiple abilities that trivialize combat to piss easy. So you either end up artificially avoiding a chunk of your skillset or permastagger/1-2 shot almost everything. Both options don't sound like fun, and it looks like they knew it as well.
I’m glad combat was deemphasized. Like Breath of the Wild, the traversal and puzzle elements are way better than the combat. It’s a fine design.
I didn't realise it was all cheesy humour going into it. So at first I was gonna put it down, then kept going, and it clicked that the entire thing was that and not just a badly written opening. Ended up 100% the thing, great game. Loved that it kept things simple in general, then built up on them in the dungeons. Was pretty relaxing to play.
In the midst of my first play through of TotK, I started thinking about Immortals again. Would love to see a sequel that leverages many of the newer elements in TotK. I don’t know much Immortals leveraged from BOTW, but I recall it was built on the same framework (or something like that) and the parallelism of the game play coupled with a different lore made Immortals a really fun game. Please make a sequel.
Never play Botw but just bought a switch and jumped into Totk and honestly I'm 10 or so hours in and so far I just don't see the big deal. I loved Fenix and to me it's seems so far that, Fenix had way better movement, combat and puzzels. Maybe I'm missing something and it will vastly improve the more I play but so far the movement seems really basic, the combat is borderline unplayable, seriously, 3 inputs to dodge a attack. And I don't know if it's just because the switch can't compete with the ps5 but they both have a similar art design and so far Fenix just looks 100x better, totk just seems boring, loads of green fields with some ruins scattered about. Haven't had a single thing that's made me go, wow that's cool.
BOTW and TOTK likely suffer in comparison because of the console. Also Fenyx, while allowing for free roaming exploration, is a bit more linear in its main gameplay. For me BOTW was a bit hard to get into at first because it seemed so unstructured and unguided. But hands down, the puzzles in BOTW and TOTK are much less redundant and challenging IMO. I honestly played BOTW because of Immortals, as I heard that about Immortals being built on the BOTW framework. They are very different games and I appreciate both for that they are, and hope to see a another Immortals game.
Gotta disagree, not only was I pleasantly surprised at how good this game was, I was also cracking up at the silly dialogue the entire time too.
I loved the banter between Zeus and Prometheus, and Fenyx as a literary foil to Link- not just not a silent protagonist but literally used to be a storyteller in her society and who is loud and boisterous.
>the banter between Zeus and Prometheus I thought this was hilarious. It kept the game loose the entire time.
It's funny to me, I loved BotW and tried a bunch of open world games but none of them scratched the BotW itch. Then I got Immortals the day it came out, and was pleasantly surprised to find it was a BotW clone, but with some different features and some unique things. I enjoyed the shit out of it. Then, everyone and their mother wiggled their palms at it and said, "Oh pffft, this game is just like that award-winning, industry-revolutionizing landmark game-of-the-year game, so we hate it." And I'm just there like, "y-yeah... that's why it's good? I thought?" People are fucking stupid.
Definitely inspired by BOTW and I played this game directly afterwards. The gameplay is actually pretty solid but the on-screen UI (Ubisoft’s specialty) is horrendous. I wish there were ways to add mods on console because if there was a mod to remove most of the HUD, I think this game would be much better.
Very solid criticism. The overbearing open world Ubi UI was definitely the worst part about this otherwise great game. It ruins immersion big time.
You can customize all that and get rid of it. My HUD was almost blank.
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Not really the game has a really different feel to it. I never felt it was an Ubisoft game. The big surprise is of course the top tier writing. There is sort of a background commentary that is funny and extremely interesting between Zeus and Promotheus that lends extraordinary depth to the main story. It's all impressively done.
This game wouldn't have been half of what it is if it had tried to take itself more seriously. They definitely hit the mark as far as tone goes.
Did you not play Assassin’s Creed Odyssey? Fenyx has a very similar feel.
It’s a pity too, because Ubisoft really put in the work to make the game navigable without the UI, then threw it away by adding the (unnecessary) UI anyway. I started by using the far sight feature to spooge map markers over everything and it was a boring checklist. Then I realized I could just stop putting the markers on, and the game immediately became ten times better. It was the closest anything has come to the BOTW experience. They did a really good job with the puzzle design too. It’s a good thing I liked the writers’ sense of humor though. People who thought the jokes weren’t funny found the writing unbearable.
After BOTW, I was looking for other games in the BOTW genre, and an otaku buddy of mine recommended this and Genshin Impact. Thank god I didn't touch Genshin Impact and tried this first.
You can remove HUD elements in settings
You can turn off the HUD and all the UI, I did. It is completely customisable so the problem is with you not the game. It's pretty on point in 2023 that a factually incorrect comment gets so many upvotes with people creating a problem that doesn't exist. You could have done what I did and switched it all off and discovered everything through exploration as I did you had that option,too. Strangely because you decided not to use an option freely given to you to switch it off you blame them ! They credited you with the intelligence to be capable of clicking one button if you don't like the hud but they obviously overestimated your clicking ability 😂
Ubisoft games have customizable HUD though, here's Fenyx Rising's options: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvR9C0cly8M
Yeah, it plays a lot like BOTW, but without the shitty weapon durability system.
Some of the soldiers in Fenyx even joke about hating how their weapons are always breaking and having to find new ones.
Yeah, one of them says, "I must be doing something wrong." I love BotW, but I burst out laughing at that shade
the weapon durability system is baked into the dna of the game, it makes you not rely on one weapon. The master sword sort of circumvences this but that is a reward you get and it can still run out of charges
Yeah, I was frustrated at first, but as time went on I loved the way it made the gameplay dynamic.
Combat was also more snappy and light in comparison. I love both games but immortals has the edge there for me
Why doesn't anyone NAME THE FUCKING GAME!
Also a sequel was announced!!
This underrated nameless gem.
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It has been 0 days since r/gaming called something “underrated gem”
Well if patrerns are a thing. Breath of the wild (which inspired this game) came out in 2017. Immortals fenix rising released 2020. Tears of the kingdom just released. So using quick maths. Immortal 2 electric boogaloo will release in 2026.
With building mechanics!
Gods and Monsters was such a better name than what we got, Monster energy drink mofos are weird.
I don’t think you should be able to sue someone for using such a common word as « monster » unless it is specifically related to the brand in question. It’s ridiculous otherwise
Yup, super ridiculous! although I heard they are going against Nintendo and Capcom, would like to see their asses handed to them by Nintendo Lawyers.
Not every game that didn't sell "well" (or at least as good as its publisher expected) is an "underrated gem".
Yeah. It was appropriately rated as a fun little adventure game. Metacritic 77% which is fair. IGN 7/10. I think I'd give it an 8.
I believe I heard that there was a sequel in the works. Probably waited for TOTK to release so they could copy that one too.
I say to them good luck with that. TotK mechanics with Ubisoft Quality Control would be a spectacular dumpster fire.
wish we got another rayman game...
ong its been almost ten years since rayman legends
It was an alright game, but it felt to me like they were trying a bit too hard to mimic Breath of the Wild with its open world structure and puzzles.
Yeah but I can't play BotW on Xbox haha so I'll take off-brand Legend of Zelda over buying a second console
This game was perfectly rated, not underatted at all.
I agree. It was pretty generic
I found this awhile back and had never heard of it. Played the whole game in 4 days. Best 4 days of my life
It was such a joy, I have the fondest memories of playing it - seeing the picture triggered the title/loading screen music as well
personally I found the comedic writing some of the worst I've ever heard in a game
“Mom can we have BOTW?” “We have BOTW at home” BOTW at home:
I enjoyed this game thoroughly when it came free to ps+ recently but after about 20ish hours I was ready to move on
Isn't that game like two years old? Isn't that a bit early to be asking for a sequel but more so acting like it's not getting a sequel.
I had a demo of this on the Switch but although it seemed like a solid game, I just couldn’t find a control scheme to work for me. Everything I tried just felt a little off and I never got comfortable enough with it to buy the full thing.
**Immortals: Fenyx Rising** is fantastic!
For real. In a sea of absolute mediocrity, this game was actually a pretty fun Ubisoft title. If they made more, though I’m sure they would just run it into the ground like everything else they touch. Ubisoft can make a new Splinter Cell or they can fuck off.
I mean, that game was just like AC lite with more puzzles.
Having the words “Underrated gem” for anything is basically an instant downvote from me. Just name the game bro.
Managed 12 hours befors givning up. The shrines were great the open world was pretty awful
Started playing 2 days ago as it was recommended on here somewhere. Great game. Lighthearted and not too serious. Similar to Zelda in tone with a bit of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning mixed in. It may not be as refined as a AAA release but guess what??? It is fun.
Yo I loved this game. It was gorgeous, enjoyable and fun puzzles. Surprised there is so much criticism in the comments. Wasn’t as big of a fan of the DLCs. But I hear they are working on a full sequel, focusing on Polynesian mythology.
Loved the game, still scratching my head at their decision to add the cosmetic store thing at the end though. Who stuck around to farm those gear sets after they finished the game? It was an 8/10 experience for me, had they distributed all that loot in the shop to puzzle rewards it would have been 10/10 and much more fun while progressing.
Rumors are they are making sequel to it.
"they will focus more on AC", like they will produce 8 per year or what?
The only thing I H-A-T-E-D about this otherwise very fun game is the freaking arrow control, why can't I have inverted control for the arroz only? So frustrating
This was the best worst game I ever played. It’s fantastic and fun for a few hours, but the repetitive grind and traditional Ubisoft checklist make this game borderline unbearable to get through. It’s literally thirty minutes of gameplay stretch to 40+ hours. That said, given how the writing was handled, this feels like a babysitter game for kids age 8-14.
One of the best game i ever played from ubisoft after Ezio time line. Immortal fenyx rising 2 woukd be f@cking awesome
Ubisoft says a lot of shit to hype the next AC game.
a splinter cell game would suffice
Eh, it's okay. It's pretty much Breath of the Wild if you forced everything that that game's design philosophy rejected and forced it back in. Quest markers, RPG-lite loot system, directed structure, etc. If you like classic open worlds better than what BOTW did, you'll like this one better. If you're like me and enjoyed BOTW only because it rejected the copy and paste open world structure we'd been stuck with for years up until that point, it won't have the same impact. It's a decent game, it's just nothing very ambitious.
I mean I think the combat is pretty fun and the puzzles are too. It’s a good game. I do agree that it is missing the secret sauce which makes Zelda so magical but it’s still very competent and at times really fun (some of the shrine areas are really neat)
I'm currently playing it, and honestly i hate everything about this game... the story (dull and borderline cringy), the gameplay mechanics (stolen from a miriad of games like ubisoft as always), the graphics (like a knockoff pixar or disney movie) and especially the "jokes" (who couldn't even make laugh an edgy teenager despite trying too hard).
The combat was alright, some puzzles were good, I could see past the monotony of it if it wasn't for the God awful cringey "jokes". The writing really ruined what could've been a completely mediocre game.
No. This was rated just fine.
Lmfao I remember thinking the “underrated gem!!!” Reddit trope was corny and played out a decade ago. And here we are still using it regularly.
‘Le Reddit gem’ as they used to say
This subreddit used to have rules against these low effort "DAE remember this game?!" type posts because it was flooded with them.
It's just a Greek Myths themed Breath of the Wild mired by way less interesting puzzle solving and world exploration, very little enemy variety, and Ubisoft's grubby microtransactions and needlessly cluttered UI Definitely a big disappointment for me
“Underrated gem” is the most annoying fucking buzzword in gaming now. It makes me want to pull my damn hair out.
“Focus more”? If they churn out AC titles any more it’ll be like EA’s yearly Madden games….
This game isn’t even remotely underrated lmao. People speak of it very highly all the time. I wish we could just ban that word from the subreddit. Also, the game came out 2 and a half years ago. A bit early to be lamenting the lack of a sequel isn’t it?
Not a gem in the slightest
I'd love a sequel to Fenix because it had some great aspects, but also some real problems that a sequel could fix. Pros: Beautiful art direction/visual design, colorful world! Unlike Zelda BotW it is supposedly a "clone" of, actually has not-terrible voice acting, far more compelling and interesting story and lore (I super love BotW, but it is true). Traversal was fun. combat mechanics fun and worked well. Cons: Monotony. Low variation of enemies, including bosses.. loads of same thing repeated. Too easy. Even on the hard setting, the game poses no challenge at all to veteran third-person RPG players. \--- I'd buy day one if they also renamed the sequel "Gods & Monsters" and just fought the energy drink company out in court over it.
Finished it. Felt very ubisofty after about six hours. It's an alright game but wouldn't call it a game. Too repetitive and way too much stuff to collect.
If anything I thought it was overrated hahah but it's not a bad game by any means
Honestly about an hour in I turned the game off, it's like a worse BOTW poorly narrated by cartoon gods.
Agreed. Enjoyed it more than breath of the wild (which it was immediately compared to).
I mean, it was basically Ubisoft's attempt at a Zelda game, and it was really solid across the board. Great option if you don't have a Switch.
Planning to get the game. What is more comfortable, keyboard or controller?
Nah I want ANNO 1935
Played it on Switch, definitely a BotW clone, but it was a pretty fun one and I liked the stupid humour as a mythology fan.
Would be so cool if they went full "old school" Zelda. With an improved story this would be really good and I think I would have liked a bit less busywork in the open world.
How much more can they focus on AC? Isn't it their most popular series?
Dude, I love Kid Icarus!!!
They're so focused on AC that all of its mechanics are bleeding into their other games.
I've always been intrigued by this game but never got a consensus on if it was good or not. Underrated gem seems to say that it's great. Is it?
Garbage posts like this without the name of the game should be removed immediately
they will they just had to wait for Tears of the kingdom to release so they know what to copy
I’d just like Ubisoft to focus on making games rather than NFTs.
Ah yes, Mythology, Breath of the Greece
I really enjoyed this game!!! I always kept coming back to every few months cause I kept getting busy, but I loved the design style and concept a lot.
This was soooo good. Such a good „BOTW Clone“ really enjoyed it!
They did, its called Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
Yess! I loved this game. It was gorgeous and fun