What Video Games have you been playing II: Have you finished that backlog?

[Light Cleric]

After finishing ME1(which I had a huge blast with, awesome game), I started on ME2, but honestly I'm pretty disappointed and not sure I want to continue. Removal of most of the RPG elements, the lack of exploration I've seen thus far(why can't I actually explore the Citadel???), the hacking minigames are kinda dumb and having to squint to read any damn text that pops up is annoying as hell.

I hear ME3 kinda swung back the other way and fixed some stuff, but do I really wanna push through this to get there?

 

[Zack]

People actually tend to consider ME2 the best of the series.

 

[cardgame]

CK II has recaptured my attention.

Really regretting not picking up TOG on sale last month or whenever.

 

[Dachs]

After finishing ME1(which I had a huge blast with, awesome game), I started on ME2, but honestly I'm pretty disappointed and not sure I want to continue. Removal of most of the RPG elements, the lack of exploration I've seen thus far(why can't I actually explore the Citadel???), the hacking minigames are kinda dumb and having to squint to read any damn text that pops up is annoying as hell.

I hear ME3 kinda swung back the other way and fixed some stuff, but do I really wanna push through this to get there?

I would suggest that, upon further examination, most of these criticisms are based on a misunderstanding either of what you want out of the game, or of what the game is in fact offering you. I can elaborate on why I believe this if you desire.

The alternative is that you prefer the appearance of [choice/experience/variety/space/scenery/vista/etc.] rather than the thing itself. I think that it would be uncharitable of me to assume that that's the way you think.

 

[Zack]

I would suggest that, upon further examination, most of these criticisms are based on a misunderstanding either of what you want out of the game, or of what the game is in fact offering you. I can elaborate on why I believe this if you desire.

The alternative is that you prefer the appearance of [choice/experience/variety/space/scenery/vista/etc.] rather than the thing itself. I think that it would be uncharitable of me to assume that that's the way you think.

Yes. ME1's equipment and leveling systems are actually shallower than the latter games in the trilogy - but since there's more, it gives the illusion of being more complex and more "RPG"-ey.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

ME2 and 3 didn't give me the option of turning my sniper rifle into a handheld howitzer. Among other things.

 

[Light Cleric]

I would suggest that, upon further examination, most of these criticisms are based on a misunderstanding either of what you want out of the game, or of what the game is in fact offering you. I can elaborate on why I believe this if you desire.

The alternative is that you prefer the appearance of [choice/experience/variety/space/scenery/vista/etc.] rather than the thing itself. I think that it would be uncharitable of me to assume that that's the way you think.

I can see the RPG elements being a misunderstanding. Maybe I should elaborate on what I meant.

I know after a point in ME1 a lot of the stuff didn't matter: the Geth are dying at pretty much the same speed from a +20% vs synth mod as they are from a +40% and the heat mods/certain gun skills trivialized the heat system. I had hoped ME2 would take some of those elements and expand upon them and actually make said choices matter rather than trying to make them matter the way they did because a sizable part of me kinda liked to sperg about the numbers part. For example rather than having the inventory system removed, I had hoped for one that wasn't a train wreck.

When I went through the Citadel the first time in ME1 it felt like a good exploration experience and I found a ton of sidequests and some cool characters. It didn't really feel like the appaearance of exploration, it felt like actual exploraion. When I went back in ME2 it's just like the rather meh district you start in and then "go directly to Anderson's office do not pass Go" when you try to go to the embassies.

The hacking minigames are just preference I suppose, I kinda hate them in most games(they drove me nuts in Deux Ex HR too especially considering they were trivial after a little while). ME1's thing wasn't any better in design but it was much faster and also had omnigels.

I also think the tiny font thing speaks for itself, that's a pretty common complaint from my understanding

Also I left out complaints about the AI but I gave it a pass bcause it's not like the AI on ME1 wasn't at least just as bad lol

 

[cybrxkhan]

Had Oblivion crash on me today.

Nothing like that to remind me of all the fun times I've been missing since i got sick.

 

[FredLC]

Mass effect was my favorite franchise in the last gen; only the witcher series give me pause in that statement (I think witcher 2 is the best game overall, but the series in mass affect is better). Stick with two, you won't regret it,specially if you like the lore.

 

[FredLC]

Btw, what am I playing...

Well, I finished Dragon Age Origins and Dragon Age 2 - quite a long commitment - and than South Park, the Stick of Truth, which is fun but very simplistic compared with the bio ware releases.

After that, I'm trying some of the playstation plus "free" releases. Erased Remember me - pretty boring, tried my hand with the praised Metro: las light, but found the aesthetics confusing, and the plot underdeveloped - at the very least, it demands previous knowledge that I don't have, so I really wasn't getting into it.

I have just started Dragon Dogma - Dark Arisen, but I really have no opinion yet, except that mechanically it reminds me of Demons Souls.

regards .


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[bhsup]

@FredLC: Just in case you were not aware, Dragon Age: Inquisition is being released this autumn. Here are a couple of videos, the first being a trailer from last summer and the second from just a few days ago. I, personally, and waiting very impatiently to tell bioware to shut up and take my money.


Link to video.


Link to video.

 

[FredLC]

I am. I like Bioware, but never had played Dragon Age. Got them both for PC, because I wanted to play through the story so I could get into Inquisition able to fully appreciate the lore. Also, Inquisition is the reason I got a PS4 (cheaper than upgrading my PC).

Lemme tell you, you like Dragon Age, you really should try the witcher. I copnsider witcher 1 almost as good, but less polished than, dragon age origins... but witcher II blows Dragon Age II out of the water.

Regards .

 

[GoodSarmatian]

I've been playing Diablo 3 again to try out the latest patch. I'm split on the new loot system. I like that you now get more epics (got 7 in act 2) and they're usually items that your character can use, but it also feels too specialized. I've finished the game with a barbarian and I don't think I've found a single item that raises dexterity or intelligence. It makes the hunt for loot at the same time more motivating and more boring.

 

[Takhisis]

Hmmm, I've decided to replay the original Fallout game. I'm sending water to my Vault, and the {present participial expletive} Overseer female-dogs about how I'm giving away the location… it gets me 1000 XP and it costs me 2000 bottle caps that came from selling off dead raiders' gear, knock it off!

 

[metatron]

Yeah, yeah, i've been playing Banished, played some mo' ranked LoL and have started a new all-Amazon MOBQ game, because i was unsatisfied with the one i had going.
But whatever, who gives a frack.

I want to play Gravity Ghost!


Link to video.

 

[Alassius]

I am. I like Bioware, but never had played Dragon Age. Got them both for PC, because I wanted to play through the story so I could get into Inquisition able to fully appreciate the lore. Also, Inquisition is the reason I got a PS4 (cheaper than upgrading my PC).

Lemme tell you, you like Dragon Age, you really should try the witcher. I copnsider witcher 1 almost as good, but less polished than, dragon age origins... but witcher II blows Dragon Age II out of the water.

Regards .

Maybe, but Witcher II < Dragon Age I

 

[FredLC]

A matter of taste, than. I like the more action-oriented gameplay of the Witcher 2. I guess we could consider the dragon age lore a little richer (though I have my doubts), but the intricacy of the story and the twists in the plot on the Witcher are much better. And Nilfgaard is far more interesting than Tevinter.

Also, in Witcher 2, choice matters. Its not just a different dialog that you get, or the change of one or two quests. The acts 2 and 3 are virtually 2 different games, depending on the choice made on the end of act 1.

That said, don't get me wrong. I loved Dragon Age, and even Dragon Age 2. For me, Bioware got much more crap than it should for the mass effect ending and DA2, neither perfect, but way better than the reaction would lead one to belive. But Witcher 2 is a whole other beast for me.

Hence, I will definitively get DA: Inquisition... but Witcher 3 is my most antecipated of 2014.

Regards .

 

[Alassius]

To be honest Witcher 2 combat felt boring. I managed to complete it one year after I bought it. DA1 was what I wanted at the time, a single player World of Warcraft with pause. It worked because it was slower, threat could actually be managed, positioning mattered because of effective AoEs, and spell combos were interesting. You could do the WoW things like pull with the warrior, have him build up threat, then nuke.

DA2 was too fast, mobs came from everywhere and spawns everywhere in the middle of battle - planning was less effective than simply nuking. Can't AoE when there is no battle line and you'll hit everyone. Doesn't really need AoE when the non-elites die that fast anyway. Or when half the trash mobs haven't spawned yet. The combos do nothing but increase damage. There was very little crowd control...

 

[cybrxkhan]

I couldn't get into DA. The story/world/lore was just so bland and boring compared to TES. It was one of those situations where I could tell I was not going to enjoy it after seeing the opening sequence.

Witcher I can objectively see why it's good, but I also couldn't get into it that much.

Though it may help to note I have ridiculously tough standards. It's hard to impress me. That's why TES was great for me. Instead of going thorugh a linear, boring story, I can choose my own (Witcher yes I know isn't linear per se, but there's no freedom like in TES). Also the lore, but hey.

 

[Zack]

I couldn't get into DA. The story/world/lore was just so bland and boring compared to TES.