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Post by Aunt Alison on Aug 14, 2022 12:46:08 GMT
Blood is a game I feel like I should enjoy but I've only ever managed to force myself through the first episode. The constant hitscanners make it such a chore to play. I don't think the colour palette being limited to brown and grey helps either
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 14, 2022 14:15:45 GMT
it had to do loading screens every time you entered a building A feature they liked so much they included it in all their future games I told you it was ahead of its time! Blood is a game I feel like I should enjoy but I've only ever managed to force myself through the first episode. The constant hitscanners make it such a chore to play. I don't think the colour palette being limited to brown and grey helps either Same here. I could never get into it. I so so so nearly put this on my list.. but it was another FPS (ish)! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2022 14:18:09 GMT
Witcher 3 was a game I didn't get on with at first, came back to it years later and it's one of my faves now. Don't know why it didn't click first time around but when it did I was obsessed.
Tried to see it all and rinsed though the DLC which were both incredible.
I'm hoping that will happen with Elden Ring. But less hopeful of that as I don't seem to click with From games.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 14, 2022 14:46:43 GMT
Trying to think of a few others that aren't so obvious.
World of Goo - Ultimate indie game.
Max Payne - Noir atmosphere and cool out the wazoo
Mirror's Edge - If you ignore the fighting. Still looks lovely.
VVVVVVV - Another perfect indie game
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Post by malek86 on Aug 14, 2022 17:01:25 GMT
Blood is a game I feel like I should enjoy but I've only ever managed to force myself through the first episode. The constant hitscanners make it such a chore to play. I don't think the colour palette being limited to brown and grey helps either Blood is pretty hard to get into, exactly for the reasons you mentioned, but if you can get used to how the cultists work, the other enemies aren't nearly as bad. As a result, the first episode feels like the hardest one, but it's a matter of getting used to the game's rules. If you do, even the cultists eventually will seem easy. As a whole, level design is pretty high quality and weapons feel different from usual. Between Blood, Shogo, NOLF, Fear, Condemned and the Middle Earth games... Monolith's brand of games is deliberately weird and usually delivers (except when it doesn't). I'm not very interested in superheroes, but I'm keeping an eye out for Wonder Woman. |
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Post by dmukgr on Aug 14, 2022 17:04:12 GMT
Oh yeah, world of goo was a classic. Played that and N loads of times at work. I guess I should add Mame to the list too.
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Post by Vandelay on Aug 14, 2022 17:09:43 GMT
Trying to think of a few others that aren't so obvious. World of Goo - Ultimate indie game. Max Payne - Noir atmosphere and cool out the wazoo Mirror's Edge - If you ignore the fighting. Still looks lovely. VVVVVVV - Another perfect indie game Max Payne would have been in my list a while back. An effortlessly cool game, with (presumably) intentionally over the top writing. Max Payne 2 was my favourite of the two at the time, but replayed both so many times as a teenager. Still enjoy Remedy games. Besides Quantum Break, they are all excellent. They seem to be expanding quite a bit at the mo, which I'm slightly wary of, but really hope it works out for them. |
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Post by Syrette on Aug 14, 2022 17:14:39 GMT
Thought Control was the most overrated, er, underrated game of recent times.
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Post by RadicalRex on Aug 14, 2022 18:08:34 GMT
Witcher 3 was a game I didn't get on with at first, came back to it years later and it's one of my faves now. Don't know why it didn't click first time around but when it did I was obsessed. I think the tutorial area isn't very engaging and it's pretty long. I bounced off hard the first time before even having left that area, but the second time around I stuck with it until the good parts came about which considerably raised my appreciation for the game. |
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Post by Bird Of Prey on Aug 14, 2022 20:46:19 GMT
Thanks to this thread, I spent about four hours playing Destiny 2 yesterday. I've no idea what I was doing or why I seemed invincible at times, but I killed lots of alien things and eventually got motion sick, but I was a bit lost at that point as I'd not noticed the radar telling me the way to go.
It was pretty good fun. I've not played a game like that in years. I was playing the heavy weapon guy, whatever that was called. I ended up with a legendary semi auto rifle and a sniper rifle. Occasionally I'd remember I had grenades and a blue frisbee.
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Post by Danno on Aug 14, 2022 23:11:03 GMT
Occasionally I'd remember I had grenades and a blue frisbee. Classic week 2 of of the school summer holidays |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 15, 2022 0:55:30 GMT
As a whole, level design is pretty high quality and weapons feel different from usual. Between Blood, Shogo, NOLF, Fear, Condemned and the Middle Earth games... Monolith's brand of games is deliberately weird and usually delivers (except when it doesn't). I'm not very interested in superheroes, but I'm keeping an eye out for Wonder Woman. I liked every monolith game I've played, except Blood for some reason. NOLF and NOLF2 were great. Didn't know they were doing a wonder woman game. |
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Post by dfunked on Aug 15, 2022 6:34:04 GMT
Thanks to this thread, I spent about four hours playing Destiny 2 yesterday. I've no idea what I was doing or why I seemed invincible at times, but I killed lots of alien things and eventually got motion sick, but I was a bit lost at that point as I'd not noticed the radar telling me the way to go. It was pretty good fun. I've not played a game like that in years. I was playing the heavy weapon guy, whatever that was called. I ended up with a legendary semi auto rifle and a sniper rifle. Occasionally I'd remember I had grenades and a blue frisbee. It's a bit quiet at the moment as we're at the end of a season, but you should be able to get some pointers in the D2 thread. I think you should get a quest called a spark of hope near the start, which gives a fun exotic arc gun as a reward. (which will be useful next season) I'm sure I'll be jumping back in soon too. There's nothing quite like the gunplay in D2. fontgeek.io/thread/69/destiny-2?page=29 |
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Post by Gruf on Aug 15, 2022 8:09:30 GMT
Thanks to this thread, I spent about four hours playing Destiny 2 yesterday. I've no idea what I was doing or why I seemed invincible at times, but I killed lots of alien things and eventually got motion sick, but I was a bit lost at that point as I'd not noticed the radar telling me the way to go. It was pretty good fun. I've not played a game like that in years. I was playing the heavy weapon guy, whatever that was called. I ended up with a legendary semi auto rifle and a sniper rifle. Occasionally I'd remember I had grenades and a blue frisbee. I played far too much Destiny, until it dawned on me it was designed entirely to keep you playing forever, then I started thinking about all the other games that do that, then I started thinking about what I was doing with my life, then I stopped playing Destiny. I feel better these days  |
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Post by dfunked on Aug 15, 2022 8:40:21 GMT
Yeah, it does get a bit all-consuming. No other games really get a look in at the beginning of a season for me. 1700+ hours playtime so far >_<
I tend to just set goals (get seasonal title etc) and once I've hit that goal, I'm done for that season and play other stuff.
As much as I enjoy it and it's been a constant for the past 5 years for me, I'm still not sure I'd list it as an all time favourite.
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Post by rhaegyr on Aug 15, 2022 10:31:29 GMT
If I had to narrow it down to ten:
Breath of the Wild
Metal Gear Solid
Xenoblade Chronicles
Resident Evil 4
Banjo-Kazooie
Street Fighter 3
Unreal Tournament
Sonic 2
Super Mario World
Sekiro
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Post by Aunt Alison on Aug 15, 2022 11:48:59 GMT
Quake Doom 2 Q3A Deus Ex Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines Under a Killing Moon/The Pandora Directive
Command & Conquer/Red Alert
Sonic 2 Super Mario World A Link to the Past
Ocarina of Time Persona 3 Silent Hill 2
REmake Dishonored 2
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Post by rhaegyr on Aug 15, 2022 11:52:56 GMT
We'd get along in the 16-Bit era!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2022 11:53:11 GMT
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Post by rhaegyr on Aug 15, 2022 12:09:33 GMT
I know.
Quake fan and he left out the best one.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2022 12:12:40 GMT
Good lord, so he did.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Aug 15, 2022 12:12:54 GMT
I know. Quake fan and he left out the best one. You think Quake 2 is the best one? I do like it but that's a new one on me! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2022 12:14:58 GMT
I thought it was common knowledge that Q2 was the best.
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Post by clemfandango on Aug 15, 2022 12:15:46 GMT
Castlevania SOTN
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2022 12:16:06 GMT
Talking of Quake. Quakecon is this week isn't it? I wonder what the chances of a surprise Q2 release for consoles is, going on what happened last year with Q1.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Aug 15, 2022 12:18:36 GMT
With a new campaign as well would be excellent
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2022 12:19:16 GMT
Oh you
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Post by Aunt Alison on Aug 15, 2022 12:21:22 GMT
I didn't mean it was shit. I really do like Quake 2. I just meant the new episodes Machine Games made for Quake were great additions so hopefully they'd do the same for Quake 2. I'd be well up for that
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2022 12:25:31 GMT
Never played Ocarina of Time(amongst many other Nintendo classics) does it still hold up today?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2022 12:26:09 GMT
I'm kind of hoping it happens. I don't see any reason why they wouldn't do it at some point, surely, if they've already brought out Q1 they must know people will be clamouring for Q2 next. Then again, I have no idea how many actually bought Q1 last year.
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