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The New Colossus was good but kinda frustrating

Artemka1950 · 9 Sep 2026 at 16:09 · permalink

I was a big fan of The New Order and The Old Blood. I like the visuals and storytelling of The New Colossus, but encountered some issues with gameplay:
\- Playing on a PC with a controller is not great as the joystick sensitivity is unusually high by default. I don’t remember the last games having this issue. Perhaps I’m imagining this but I feel somehow that the general gunplay was a step back from the predecessors?
\- I frequently found myself lost in a level with no clear indication of where to go
\- Often when in a gun fight and trying to retreat to safety I found myself often getting caught on a wall thanks to some small protrusion, leading to my death
\- Enemies would sometimes just appear with no audiovisual warning. You think you’ve cleared out a room and then suddenly you’re getting shot at point blank range
\- The mechanic of being prompted to manually pick something up when you can just walk over it for the same effect is a bit silly
\- Frequent crashes on PC

gudym · 9 Sep 2026 at 16:09 · permalink

The game is shit by default, gameplay and story wise

The only way i can enjoy it and replay it is to just set up save files for unskippable cutscenes like in gow3, and then use speedrun strats/glitches to skip significant parts of gameplay

Archra · 9 Sep 2026 at 16:10 · permalink

It felt like so much was cut and what was made was cobbled together. Surprisingly disappointing considering TNC and TOB are so extensive and chock full of love.

anderson141 · 9 Sep 2026 at 16:10 · permalink

Why are you using controller on a pc when mouse and keyboard is the definitive, objective way to play FPS games

JustFrey · 9 Sep 2026 at 16:10 · permalink

People have different reasons to play PC games with a controller, especially if the game supports it. Couch gaming is one of them. There is no point going full elitism and bashing other people's preferences.

anderson141 · 9 Sep 2026 at 16:11 · permalink

There is a point because it gives you 20% of the control m+kb does

RobbzeKINGEN · 9 Sep 2026 at 16:11 · permalink

Why do you care how others choose to play games?

anderson141 · 9 Sep 2026 at 16:11 · permalink

Why do you care why I care?

RobbzeKINGEN · 9 Sep 2026 at 16:12 · permalink

Oh wow what a clever comeback. Child.

anderson141 · 9 Sep 2026 at 16:12 · permalink

Not a comeback, a genuine question. All you have is snark

RobbzeKINGEN · 9 Sep 2026 at 16:13 · permalink

No its not a genuine question ist a deflection of my question because you have no answer to it.

anderson141 · 9 Sep 2026 at 16:13 · permalink

My first two comments say everything that needs to be said on the issue.

RobbzeKINGEN · 9 Sep 2026 at 16:13 · permalink

The issue? Bro plays with a controller and the only person that has an issue with it is you.