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Quoted By: >>47447512 >>47448243 >>47448294
Gentoo was the only gen to actually improve on the formula.
>gen 1
>not much handholding
>completely broken
>no interesting lore
>fun to explore but eventually feels more like a cage than a world
>gen 2
>even less handholding
>slightly less broken
>interesting lore
>fun to explore and stays that way even after you've explored it all
>gen 3
>does most things as well as gen 2 or better
>even more interesting lore, world design almost as good as gen 2 and still better than gen 1, bugs fixed
>BUT: started in on the handholding + railroading issue
>still not very egregious yet but it's definitely there moreso than in the first 2 gens
>gen 4
>even more interesting lore
>world design roughly on par with gen 3
>handholding and railroading start to become excessive
>gen 5
>world design regressed to about as good as gen 1
>most interesting lore yet
>handholding and railroading become intolerable
>gen 6
>idk i never played it
>gen 7
>entire game exists to facilitate the handholding and railroading
>boring world that was clearly designed specifically to be railroaded through
>lore is kind of interesting i guess, more interesting than gen 1 at least
>gen 8
>slightly better world design but still not even as good as gens 1 and 5
>handholding and railroading somehow even worse
>lore is pretty much just "you're special and everyone loves you"
>gen 1
>not much handholding
>completely broken
>no interesting lore
>fun to explore but eventually feels more like a cage than a world
>gen 2
>even less handholding
>slightly less broken
>interesting lore
>fun to explore and stays that way even after you've explored it all
>gen 3
>does most things as well as gen 2 or better
>even more interesting lore, world design almost as good as gen 2 and still better than gen 1, bugs fixed
>BUT: started in on the handholding + railroading issue
>still not very egregious yet but it's definitely there moreso than in the first 2 gens
>gen 4
>even more interesting lore
>world design roughly on par with gen 3
>handholding and railroading start to become excessive
>gen 5
>world design regressed to about as good as gen 1
>most interesting lore yet
>handholding and railroading become intolerable
>gen 6
>idk i never played it
>gen 7
>entire game exists to facilitate the handholding and railroading
>boring world that was clearly designed specifically to be railroaded through
>lore is kind of interesting i guess, more interesting than gen 1 at least
>gen 8
>slightly better world design but still not even as good as gens 1 and 5
>handholding and railroading somehow even worse
>lore is pretty much just "you're special and everyone loves you"
