I always found that the environment felt a bit shoe-horned in.You could have these amazing green plains full of buffalo and then suddenly you're in a Montana-like forest, then suddenly you're in some mesoamerican desert, then you're in the bayou.
I really liked it but I never felt it was 'great'. Just a neat idea without a really detailed exploration of how great it could be. And I never found the story truly compelling, just a bunch of cut-scenes and set-pieces. I preferred just roaming around hunting and trading and occasionally lassoing bad dudes.
The reason I felt it was great because the sizes is big, but not too big to the point that it become tedious going from A to B via horseback, plus it's the first video games where I stop just to look at the scenery.
I always found that the environment felt a bit shoe-horned in.You could have these amazing green plains full of buffalo and then suddenly you're in a Montana-like forest, then suddenly you're in some mesoamerican desert, then you're in the bayou.
I really liked it but I never felt it was 'great'. Just a neat idea without a really detailed exploration of how great it could be. And I never found the story truly compelling, just a bunch of cut-scenes and set-pieces. I preferred just roaming around hunting and trading and occasionally lassoing bad dudes.