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Post by Aunt Alison on Jul 15, 2022 8:33:42 GMT
Funnily enough I was looking at Rage 2 myself recently and the main draw seems to be the powers you get. Saw one that's a kind of force fireball thing and a ground slam, basically Amara
If you want to shoot things, Borderlands 3 feels great and has a tonne of variety and depth
Doom 2016 feels amazing to play and the presentation is off the charts. I think it's an incredible achievement after Doom 3, Rage and the leaked demos and things we saw from after that. It is absolutely a modern Doom. Doom Eternal has a lot going on but they created something that feels very unique to play, especially for an FPS. They could have just done a retread of 2016 but made soemthing that feels different and special. It reminds me of the jump from Doom to Doom 2
With that said, I bought 2016 as part of a collection with Doom and have played through several Doom wads (and some Quake) now but have still only got as far as the Argent Tower in Doom 2016
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Post by RadicalRex on Jul 15, 2022 9:25:05 GMT
I can understand where he's coming from. Looter shooters scratch a certain itch. When you're caught in the loop it's hard for other shooters to even get a look in... That's not all though. Gun play is so fucking good in BL3, guns in any other game are boring now. Then there's the best soundtrack in a FPS since Quake 1. And it has fart jokes. |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jul 15, 2022 9:27:29 GMT
Yeah, BL3 was mostly absolute poison to me. But it's cool, different people like different things.  |
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Post by dfunked on Jul 15, 2022 9:27:33 GMT
Yeah, ditto for Destiny 2 for me. The gunplay is just top notch and anything else seems weird unless you have a bit of a palette cleanse before playing.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jul 15, 2022 10:47:21 GMT
I'm genuinely surprised Borderlands doesn't have more fans on FG |
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Post by Nanocrystal on Jul 15, 2022 11:05:00 GMT
Man of Medan
I mean, I wasn't expecting a masterpiece or anything but this fell short of my already low expectations. Dreadful characters, a boring setting (flashbacks to the ship level from Resi 7 which was equally dire), and an overall lack of polish where scenes seem to get awkwardly cut off if you don't choose the option the game wants. Jump scares literally every few seconds at times, rendering them completely ineffective. No tension whatsoever. Really poor after the brilliant Until Dawn. What happened?
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Post by rhaegyr on Jul 15, 2022 11:08:26 GMT
Love everything about it bar the 'humour' which is more miss than hit. Edit @ Aunt Alison |
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Post by malek86 on Jul 16, 2022 21:52:08 GMT
After maybe twenty years, since it was free with Prime, I decided to give Jedi Outcast another look. As a Jedi Knight fan, it felt like I had to.
Started the demo level. Unloaded my entire blaster magazine on a couple enemies. None of my shots hit them. Deleted the game.
... I swear this is the game with the worst shooting system I have ever played. How did they go from Jedi Knight and its perfect weapons, to this?
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jul 17, 2022 6:55:58 GMT
I don't know how anyone could enjoy a Borderlands if they don't like the humour. It feels pretty central to the (nails on a chalkboard) experience to me.
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Post by Frog on Jul 17, 2022 6:58:06 GMT
Man of MedanI mean, I wasn't expecting a masterpiece or anything but this fell short of my already low expectations. Dreadful characters, a boring setting (flashbacks to the ship level from Resi 7 which was equally dire), and an overall lack of polish where scenes seem to get awkwardly cut off if you don't choose the option the game wants. Jump scares literally every few seconds at times, rendering them completely ineffective. No tension whatsoever. Really poor after the brilliant Until Dawn. What happened? The quarry is really good as is the third dark pictures game (house of ashes I think). |
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Post by Danno on Jul 19, 2022 13:09:28 GMT
Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition
I don't think this game got a single thing right. Looks ok at times but mostly just annoyed me. Somehow put 30 hours into it
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Jul 19, 2022 13:19:39 GMT
Endless Space 2: I don't dislike it, in fact I'd say that some of the things that already looked and felt good, like the space battles, are even better and the soundtrack is still good, but there is so much stuff and whenever I see some new mechanic I'm always asking myself why it was added.
I do really like the predecessor and have played it quite a few hours, but there were a lot of things the game could've improved on. And in all those areas which I care about it still seems to have the same problems. I don't necessarily dislike how the research and tech are very abstract, but these things were only very partially handled as a thing specific to this or that species. The result was that all of them kind of feel them same most of the time. And that's still the same. That's just one example.
Then there are all these new systems, like minor factions, the Senate, tech tiers, system levels and so on, that just leave me a little confused as to what they wanted to accomplish with all of those additions. The UI is more cluttered as well. Same goes for the research tree.
At the moment I'd rather go back to ES if I want more Space 4x.
And Vangers: Well, it's weird. Completely expected of course and I feel it was worth installing it even if just to read the weird sci-fi backstory and to get a general impression of the game. Buuut...
...it's a top-down racing game. Very awkward controls, weird terrain, lots of obstacles, destructible terrain etc. I don't mind that the game story is opaque and the various strange terms a bit confusing. Or even that menus and such are hard to navigate and understand. Even the limited saving is fine. But dealing with this kind of driving as what seems to be the main gameplay mechanic... I think I wold rather take the time to watch an LP.
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Post by rhaegyr on Jul 19, 2022 13:21:39 GMT
I don't know how anyone could enjoy a Borderlands if they don't like the humour. It feels pretty central to the (nails on a chalkboard) experience to me. Four player pew-pew coop with friends for constantly better loot? It's the same hook that Diablo and Monster Hunter have. I could play those games on mute and be happy. |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jul 19, 2022 13:22:29 GMT
And it's fucking funny
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jul 19, 2022 14:00:15 GMT
It's not, though. The humour is all tired references and endless, endless "lol! I just said a totally random and weird and crazy thing, isn't that random and weird and crazy?", as shown by Tiny Tina who everyone seems to love for some reason.
But no, Tiny Tina is the absolute worst. Mr Torgue was occasionally funny, but that was about it.
And it's even worse in the pre-sequel, and EVEN WORSE THAN THAT in BL3.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jul 19, 2022 14:01:10 GMT
And you might counter by saying something like humour is subjective. It's not though, Borderlands humour is objectively cancer. It causes cancer of the brain, just ask any doctor.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jul 19, 2022 15:28:02 GMT
Subjective innit
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jul 19, 2022 16:10:10 GMT
The thing that really puzzles me is It's not, though. The humour is all tired references and endless, endless "lol! I just said a totally random and weird and crazy thing, isn't that random and weird and crazy?" could be describing FG
Borderlands humour is objectively cancer. It causes cancer of the brain, just ask any doctor. What a crazy and random thing to say And that's not even counting the obsession with digestive systems |
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Post by Chopper on Jul 19, 2022 16:20:56 GMT
Oops wrong thread
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jul 19, 2022 16:58:05 GMT
I honestly never was all that interested in Doom Eternal. At least not in playing it myself. It seems too restrictive, but I also just don't like the aesthetics. Aside from that I found the extreme hype rather off-putting. What is it about the visuals of Eternal you don't like? I think it looks more like the original games than 2016 Cacodemons are red again, the plasma gun shares the same design as Doom's and generally there's a lot more colour (as in Doom). There's a lot more variety in locations too 2016 reminds me more of Doom 3 than Doom or Doom 2, which is fine (I like Doom 3) but Eternal feels like more of a return to its roots aesthetically to me |
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Jul 19, 2022 18:34:51 GMT
I honestly never was all that interested in Doom Eternal. At least not in playing it myself. It seems too restrictive, but I also just don't like the aesthetics. Aside from that I found the extreme hype rather off-putting. What is it about the visuals of Eternal you don't like? I think it looks more like the original games than 2016 Cacodemons are red again, the plasma gun shares the same design as Doom's and generally there's a lot more colour (as in Doom). There's a lot more variety in locations too 2016 reminds me more of Doom 3 than Doom or Doom 2, which is fine (I like Doom 3) but Eternal feels like more of a return to its roots aesthetically to me Too colourful, too arcadey and I prefer most of the weapons designs from 16 and 3. I haven't played any of the old ones.
Story is also something which seems to have turned out badly. Levels are apparently just strung together somewhat randomly (?)
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jul 19, 2022 19:38:53 GMT
What is it about the visuals of Eternal you don't like? I think it looks more like the original games than 2016 Cacodemons are red again, the plasma gun shares the same design as Doom's and generally there's a lot more colour (as in Doom). There's a lot more variety in locations too 2016 reminds me more of Doom 3 than Doom or Doom 2, which is fine (I like Doom 3) but Eternal feels like more of a return to its roots aesthetically to me Too colourful, too arcadey and I prefer most of the weapons designs from 16 and 3. I haven't played any of the old ones.
Story is also something which seems to have turned out badly. Levels are apparently just strung together somewhat randomly (?)
Fair enough. If you've got no affinity for the original games and Doom 3/2016 is your only experience of Doom, I can see why 2016 to Eternal might seem like a bit of a bait and switch with the visuals
Doom is one of the few series I don't think has had a bad entry in its entire run for me
As for the story, it is quite convoluted and as far as I know nothing of 2016 or Eternal was mentioned in the series before then so it's all new. Doom's story was Doomguy getting revenge for the demons killing his pet bunny Daisy (this is literally the in game story)
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Post by ToomuchFluffy on Jul 20, 2022 6:39:39 GMT
As for the story, it is quite convoluted and as far as I know nothing of 2016 or Eternal was mentioned in the series before then so it's all new. Doom's story was Doomguy getting revenge for the demons killing his pet bunny Daisy (this is literally the in game story) I did enjoy the more immersive background detail of Doom 3 with all the E-Mails and Audio-Logs and such, but for 16 I would have preferred something even simpler than what we ended up with. They seem a bit confused about their approach to story. |
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Post by Rubicon on Jul 28, 2022 12:48:57 GMT
Far Cry 5 (Game Pass)
I've only played FC2 anywhere near to completion and managed to avoid the other Ubisoft collectathons so thought I would give this a go and was bored after a couple of hours.
Onwards to Watch Dogs 2!
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Post by Duffman5 on Jul 28, 2022 12:57:14 GMT
Far Cry 5 (Game Pass) I've only played FC2 anywhere near to completion and managed to avoid the other Ubisoft collectathons so thought I would give this a go and was bored after a couple of hours. Onwards to Watch Dogs 2! If you are interested (although I assume not based of you post) try Far Cry Primal, it is still a FC game but less so and the setting and timeline are ace. As for WD2, excellent game. |
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Post by Rubicon on Jul 28, 2022 14:03:54 GMT
I do actually have Primal (it's been on the to do list for a while) so it's good to see it and WD2 get the Duffman seal of approval!
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Post by Sarfrin on Jul 30, 2022 21:33:45 GMT
I do actually have Primal (it's been on the to do list for a while) so it's good to see it and WD2 get the Duffman seal of approval! Seconded. I'm not a huge fan of Far Cry games but Primal was bloody brilliant. Unleash the death owl! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2022 12:27:13 GMT
Elden Ring
Just not clicking for me(none of the From games have) and I can't be bothered investing the time it requires atm.
Might come back to it another time in the hope it clicks.
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Post by Syrette on Jul 31, 2022 15:49:00 GMT
Yup. They're games I want to 'get', because they evidently warrant the fandom they attain. But clearly they're just not for everyone. Or I'm just bad at them. Let's go with the latter.
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Post by LTK on Jul 31, 2022 16:00:41 GMT
Souls games (and Elden Ring) become a lot more friendly when you have someone to play them with, or even just to talk about them. I think there are plenty of people here who won't mind being a guiding hand, including me, if you're on PC.
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