What Video Games have you been playing II: Have you finished that backlog?
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GoodSarmatian
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I've been playing Game Dev Tycoon again. I hope they make a sequel with more business decisions and fix some of the illogical elements. I just sold 11 million copies of a game for my own consoles which has sold 4,5 million units. Maybe my fans are so loyal that they all decided to buy it twice.
Chukchi Husky
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That's what Atari did when they released Pac-Man for the 2600.
GoodSarmatian
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Atari produced more cartridges than there were consoles sold. I doubt they sold as many.
Phrossack
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Mass Effect is as good as they say so far, and a lot of fun. Though it's ridiculously easy to gain money and equipment, and I don't like the asari. It's like they were designed to be both perfect in every way and fanservice. Their species makes no sense from an evolutionary perspective.
Just finished Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and it was quite possibly the best game I've ever played, and certainly contained a couple of the best design decisions I've ever experienced. Whatever you do, don't spoil yourself on it, because it's very story-based. In fact, the gameplay isn't even the main aspect of the game, and you could think of it more as an interactive movie. This really highlights the potential strength of gaming; take a show that you're emotionally invested in, and throw yourself in the middle of it as the main character, forced to perform the actions of that character. Totally immersive and hugely impactful. A movie doesn't have controls that you're personally manipulating (and the controls in this game have more of an emotional impact than you could possibly imagine; the very fact that the controls can have an emotional impact at all is amazing enough).
It takes about 2-4 hours to play through, and it's something you'll want to do in only one, two or three sittings, over a short period of time (in the same way that you don't break a movie up into many chunks and watch it piecemeal). Highly recommended!
It takes about 2-4 hours to play through, and it's something you'll want to do in only one, two or three sittings, over a short period of time (in the same way that you don't break a movie up into many chunks and watch it piecemeal). Highly recommended!
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I'm busting through the Soviet missions on the original Red Alert on hard difficulty, with no mouse and a semi-broken track pad. This is the difficulty the game was meant to be played on 
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Moved from Battlefield 2142 to Battlefield 3
Meh - very disappointed so far.
For one the "realism" hurts the game. In Battlefield 2142 you could jump around and move as you liked even though somebody was piercing you with bullets. Not so in 3 were you get kinda shocked and usually do not stand a chance at this point. Makes the game play less dynamic and fun.
For another you can not turn off most visual effects. Which makes it a lot harder to spot people. Again makes the game play less dynamic and fun.
What this game play strengthens is snipers. So you got armies of snipers... Great.
There seems to be considerably less team play than in Battlefied 2142. I miss the Commander system, squads don't seem to do much other than offer the occasional spawning point. In 2142 there were ingame commands for squad leaders and special abilities for them.
So far I am not sure I will grow to like it, and Battlefield 2142 seems to have been better by a mile.
Meh - very disappointed so far.
For one the "realism" hurts the game. In Battlefield 2142 you could jump around and move as you liked even though somebody was piercing you with bullets. Not so in 3 were you get kinda shocked and usually do not stand a chance at this point. Makes the game play less dynamic and fun.
For another you can not turn off most visual effects. Which makes it a lot harder to spot people. Again makes the game play less dynamic and fun.
What this game play strengthens is snipers. So you got armies of snipers... Great.
There seems to be considerably less team play than in Battlefied 2142. I miss the Commander system, squads don't seem to do much other than offer the occasional spawning point. In 2142 there were ingame commands for squad leaders and special abilities for them.
So far I am not sure I will grow to like it, and Battlefield 2142 seems to have been better by a mile.
Zack
99% hot gas
I didn't enjoy it. Just a bunch of tedious puzzles and people speaking like they're from the Sims. I don't understand why the story is praised so much, it's pretty bare bones. Although I have not finished the game.
Tangent: I never got what was so special about BioShock Infinite's story, I guess people just love twist endings. And talk about tedious combat, that game takes the cake.
If you haven't finished the game, I assume you haven't got to the best bits yet. The first 75% (or more) of the game doesn't contain those amazing design choices - the journey is important, but largely because of how it builds to the destination.
Of course, it's entirely possible for people to finish the game and still not like it, as with any form of art. But you'd have to have a cold, cold heart.
In terms of the gameplay itself, I didn't think it was tedious at all. Obviously if it were just that the story's good and everything else sucks, it wouldn't be that great. But I found it really well paced, fun and immersive (with immersion being absolutely crucial). I suppose some people won't like the linearity or the fact that it's fairly simple, but then that's purely approaching it as a game and nothing else, rather than as a coherent piece of art.
The story isn't complex, but it doesn't need to be, because the game fosters a relationship between you and the story that's far deeper than other story-based mediums.
The bit that you really shouldn't spoil for yourself isn't so much the story in itself.
Of course, it's entirely possible for people to finish the game and still not like it, as with any form of art. But you'd have to have a cold, cold heart.
In terms of the gameplay itself, I didn't think it was tedious at all. Obviously if it were just that the story's good and everything else sucks, it wouldn't be that great. But I found it really well paced, fun and immersive (with immersion being absolutely crucial). I suppose some people won't like the linearity or the fact that it's fairly simple, but then that's purely approaching it as a game and nothing else, rather than as a coherent piece of art.
The story isn't complex, but it doesn't need to be, because the game fosters a relationship between you and the story that's far deeper than other story-based mediums.
The bit that you really shouldn't spoil for yourself isn't so much the story in itself.
SamSniped
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Spec Ops:The Line was amazing. It's a quick game to play through, but the storyline, music, and graphics all make up for it. Especially the storyline.
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cybrxkhan
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Has anyone here by chance tried Divinity Dragon Commander? It seems like a strategy/RPG hybrid I'd enjoy, and I suppose I could've bought it on steam sale but forgot so I'll just buy it the next time, but I was wondering if anyone had any experience with that.
Zack
99% hot gas
I've had my eye on it for awhile, just been waiting for the price to drop. From what I've read, the RTS part is mediocre but the rest of the game is fantastic - which is fine, that's never why I wanted to play the game.
SS-18 ICBM
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The Overlord tanks don't care about your Demo Traps, GLA. Barely even scratches the paint on them, which is then repaired by glorious Chinese speaker propaganda. Also, how many Angry Mobs can you fit in a stadium, goddamn.
cybrxkhan
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Tthat has been my impression as well. Given that I don't really care as much about the complexity/depth of an RTS usually, it shouldn't be that much a hassle to me.
The rpg silliness potential was what piqued my interest, at any rate.
Phrossack
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You, sir, win a prize for spelling the word "piqued" correctly. Few people do. Seventeen pounds of horseradish will be shipped to your mailbox as a reward.
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Infinite was better than the first two Bioshocks. Bioshock 1 was good, not great. Bioshock 2 was meh, and I never completed because it crashed way too often. Infinite was actually great.
salty mud
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I'm sorry, but there is literally nothing better about Infinite than Bioshock 1.
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