I think I’ve found the perfect way to describe my feelings on Indivisible as of…huh. Right around Halloween time. Fancy that.
It’s like this. You know those trust exercises they have you do with someone else? The one where you fall backward, and count on your partner to catch you or whatever? If Indivisible were that partner, then you’d fall flat on your back -- but instead of hitting concrete or dirt or tile or carpet or whatever, you’d just take a little spill onto a cushy mattress. Yeah, you were let down by someone you trusted, but it’s fine. You’re still in a good enough place regardless.
I can’t bring myself to hate Indivisible, or even dislike it. I’m glad it exists. I’m glad it got crowdfunded successfully. I’m glad it’s pushing against the grey goo apocalypse that is the modern AAA game industry. The problem is that, simply put, it has problems. I’m not one for game development, but I’m not confident that the issues are solvable with patches and updates down the line; it seems like the sort of stuff that’d take a complete overhaul, if not a sequel to start fresh.
I talked about the story last time. Now for the gameplay this time. And let me say this to start: it was a mistake to play Tekken 7 in the same timeframe as this.
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