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Post by thirteen3 on Apr 20, 2020 17:58:57 GMT -5
I enjoyed AssCreed: Rouge more than Black Flag.
Actually one of my guiltiest pleasures in gaming is that...I like the Assassin's Creed games. Oh, there's a lot of stupid shit to them and you couldn't pay me to give shit about Desmond or any of the modern day setting bullshit, but they entertain me. Though I only get the games when their on sale for a reasonably low price. Which is why Unity is the last one I played.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 20, 2020 18:02:16 GMT -5
I enjoyed AssCreed: Rouge more than Black Flag. Actually one of my guiltiest pleasures in gaming is that...I like the Assassin's Creed games. Oh, there's a lot of stupid shit to them and you couldn't pay me to give shit about Desmond or any of the modern day setting bullshit, but they entertain me. Though I only get the games when their on sale for a reasonably low price. Which is why Unity is the last one I played. What's reasonable? Origins and Odyssey is always on sale for $20 or less
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Post by IgnahtaSempria on Apr 20, 2020 18:03:38 GMT -5
To me, the dumbest part of 11 was that if you play the arcade mode of X, a lot of the arcade endings actually intertwine. They seemed like they had a full-fledged plot set up for 11, and then they threw all that out for time travel BS. 11's plot would be soooo much better if they rolled with evil Raiden, maybe a return of Onaga, with subplots about the return of Shang Tsung and possibly the rise of the Mileena army. X delivers so many interesting story ideas and 11 just does none of it. There's quite a few who need to go away for a while, like Baraka who's sole purpose is to get beaten up. We could do without Jax and Sonya as well. Smoke was someone who was wasted and squandered after 9, especially with him limited screentime in X claiming to now be Enenra. Rain is also someone I liked. They've always treated Smoke like garbage. He was the only cyborg left out of both Gold and the assorted versions of Deadly Alliance, for Deception he just got turned into a prop to make Noob's moveset more interesting, and when he finally did do something with him in 9 they promptly killed him off and show zero signs of ever wanting to do anything with him again. Hell, the idea of Earthrealm and Outworld switching places in the tournament and Outworld playing the sympathetic defenders is a pretty good hook for a sequel. All the stuff with Shang Tsung coming back and Mileena's hive mind would just be gravy.
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Post by chronocross on Apr 20, 2020 18:07:27 GMT -5
I also liked FFX's Blitzball game, can't say the same for X-2's version.
FF13 wasn't that bad, I liked the characters, even though I rarely play as Snow once I get to Gran Pulse.
I liked the ending to FF7 Remake and curious to see where this goes with part 2.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 20, 2020 18:11:01 GMT -5
I also liked FFX's Blitzball game, can't say the same for X-2's version. FF13 wasn't that bad, I liked the characters, even though I rarely play as Snow once I get to Gran Pulse. I liked the ending to FF7 Remake and curious to see where this goes with part 2. X-2 version was shit because it was automatic Even if people complained about it in X, at least have the option to play manual for those who did want to play
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Post by EP 54 is banned from Collision on Apr 20, 2020 18:12:43 GMT -5
I liked Mass Effect 3's original ending. It felt pulp sci-fi, and I love that stuff.
Doom 2016 is way better than Doom Eternal. Doom 2016 was endearing because it presented a gritty sci-fi story about an invasion from another dimension, and dropped in DoomGuy who doesn't give two shits about any of the above. The juxtaposition of these two elements provided a lot of the humour, whereas the sequel dialled right back on the grittiness ans took its own story way too seriously. And most of the humour missed. Also snce when is DoomGuy a Mario wannabee? (To be fair I played Shadow of the Tomb Raider just before Doom Eternal and I was like "They ripped off most of this platforming stuff from Tomb Raider!")
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Post by thirteen3 on Apr 20, 2020 18:16:49 GMT -5
I enjoyed AssCreed: Rouge more than Black Flag. Actually one of my guiltiest pleasures in gaming is that...I like the Assassin's Creed games. Oh, there's a lot of stupid shit to them and you couldn't pay me to give shit about Desmond or any of the modern day setting bullshit, but they entertain me. Though I only get the games when their on sale for a reasonably low price. Which is why Unity is the last one I played. What's reasonable?Origins and Odyssey is always on sale for $20 or less £15 or lower. Looking on Steam right now, Syndicate, a nearly 5 year-old game is £33.99 for the standard version. Yeah, no.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Apr 20, 2020 19:02:59 GMT -5
Duke Nukem Forever isn't a terrible game. It's a perfectly serviceable game which shows the age of few of the sections... the problem is it took 15 years to come out and the lead designer kept hyping it as the best game ever. The N64 controller was not shit, it was amazing. Literally one of the best controllers ever made.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Apr 20, 2020 20:50:39 GMT -5
I didn’t mind FF12’s fight system and I feel it would have been regarded as a classic if a few more key characters (Ashe, Vaan before the spin off game) had more personality and charisma. Vayne and some of the Judges you fight come off more interesting than the heroes.
Street Fighter X Tekken is....okay. Not a god tier fighter, and it’s not the unplayable disaster some folks seem to act like it is.
FFVIII’s story was wonderful. Squall is a subversion and something of a critique of the stereotypical cool and handsome brooder trope.
Don’t worry about the game he came from, in the comics (including an unofficial fan comic from a lead Sonic artist) Silver the Hedgehog is an appealing and likable hero.
Ash Crimson was a fun charge character and he deserves to still be a part of the King Of Fighters canon.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Apr 20, 2020 21:01:17 GMT -5
Zelda II is my favorite in the series.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 20, 2020 21:42:24 GMT -5
I didn’t mind FF12’s fight system and I feel it would have been regarded as a classic if a few more key characters (Ashe, Vaan before the spin off game) had more personality and charisma. Vayne and some of the Judges you fight come off more interesting than the heroes. Street Fighter X Tekken is....okay. Not a god tier fighter, and it’s not the unplayable disaster some folks seem to act like it is. FFVIII’s story was wonderful. Squall is a subversion and something of a critique of the stereotypical cool and handsome brooder trope. Don’t worry about the game he came from, in the comics (including an unofficial fan comic from a lead Sonic artist) Silver the Hedgehog is an appealing and likable hero. Ash Crimson was a fun charge character and he deserves to still be a part of the King Of Fighters canon. As a sort-of-but-not-really-angsty brown haired teen with a vague resemblance to Squall with a mad crush on a girl vaguely resembling Rinoa, FFVIII was my jam. I listened to that song Eyes On Me from it soooo many times.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Apr 20, 2020 21:57:49 GMT -5
Shadow the Hedgehog was a fun game and as a teenager, I really enjoyed the direction it took.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Apr 20, 2020 21:59:25 GMT -5
The Witcher is a boring game.
Dull combat. Boring world. Boring characters. Forgettable plot.
I did like the monster designs though.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2020 22:27:47 GMT -5
Uncharted 2 was probably my least favorite game of the series. I still enjoyed it, but I hated that final boss fight so much.
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Post by Push R Truth on Apr 20, 2020 22:29:41 GMT -5
The Best Game called AC is Asheron's Call
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Apr 20, 2020 22:30:28 GMT -5
The N64 controller was not shit, it was amazing. Literally one of the best controllers ever made. I hate that people spout nonsense about how it takes three hands to use the controller, when they actually did the best thing ever by having different ways to hold the controller depending on whether you need a stick or a D-pad to control.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Apr 20, 2020 22:43:59 GMT -5
My issues with the n64 controllers were the buttons sizes and the analog stick. Those sticks wore out so quick.
Oddly seems like I in the minority in loving the standard Dreamcast controller. It is a big controller.I got big hands.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Apr 20, 2020 22:50:47 GMT -5
My issues with the n64 controllers were the buttons sizes and the analog stick. Those sticks wore out so quick. Oddly seems like I in the minority in loving the standard Dreamcast controller. It is a big controller.I got big hands. Yeah, I love the N64 controller, but those analog sticks man. You had to really take care of those things. And the Dreamcast controller was great, I’ve always liked that one.
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Post by darbus alan on Apr 20, 2020 23:01:35 GMT -5
I enjoyed AssCreed: Rouge more than Black Flag. Actually one of my guiltiest pleasures in gaming is that...I like the Assassin's Creed games. Oh, there's a lot of stupid shit to them and you couldn't pay me to give shit about Desmond or any of the modern day setting bullshit, but they entertain me. Though I only get the games when their on sale for a reasonably low price. Which is why Unity is the last one I played. What's reasonable? Origins and Odyssey is always on sale for $20 or less I got Syndicate for pretty cheap, too. Like $15.
Speaking of unpopular opinions: Unity is really good. Took awhile for it to get there mind you, but Ubisoft patched out all the crappy things about it and fixed pretty much all the gamebreaking bugs.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2020 23:47:53 GMT -5
Red Dead Redemption 2 is an extremely hard game to care the slightest bit about. It takes forever to get going, even once it does it's just a massive slog every step of the way for no particular reason beyond an ill-conceived belief that being realistic is more important than being fun, and even the story is extremely hard to get invested in because you know from the word go that anyone who wasn't in the first game either isn't important or dies. I basically just pushed myself to finish the main story and then stopped playing for a bit at the start of the epilogue and then never bothered returning to it, and given the massive amount of space it'd take to redownload it I doubt I'll ever play it again.
Also why do they just straight up redo the Mexico arc of the first game twice? It was the worst part of the first game but for some reason they shamelessly recycle it first for the feuding gangs storyline (though credit where it's due, the climax of that story with the mansion is incredible) and then again with the basically completely pointless washed up on an island arc.
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