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Re: The Video Game thread
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:27 pm
by Andrew
gunslinger_burrito wrote:Andrew wrote:I like to play games on Easy, if I like the game i'll just replay it on the hardest and if I hate it then I wouldn't have wasted as much of my time.
I just get so tired of mundane gameplay and piss farting around with waves upon waves. I'm a sucker for story and atmosphere in games, I just want good pacing.
/irrelevant post
I agree, mostly. I say "mostly" only because I play at least on "normal."


As much as I love the Elder Scrolls games (for their atmosphere, etc), I hate that there's not much actual skill involved in the gameplay. Overcoming difficulty seems be done only with wars of attrition where you have to use everything at your disposal and in your inventory, or by grueling leveling-up which gets boring as fuck and makes me feel like I'm wasting my life away. Kingdoms of Amalur was fun as hell, but every time I try to restart it I get bored because there's really not much replay value, and setting the difficulty higher is pointless because all that happens is the enemies get way more life.
Dishonored had a great balance of atmosphere and gameplay, and I'm still playing the shit out of Dark Souls 2, which imo has the same. I really want to try DS1, though when I tried the "prepare to die" edition a while back, I couldn't even get past the tutorial boss

Funnily enough, I only play Stealth games like Dishonored, Splinter Cell, Deux Ex on the hardest difficulty to start with. Mostly because I always play Ghost and extra difficulty just makes that harder. I think Stealth and Dark Souls are their own difficulty level.
It's just that nothing draws me out of a game faster than head shotting a regular enemy 5 times before it dies.
Re: The Video Game thread
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:39 pm
by gunslinger_burrito
Andrew wrote:It's just that nothing draws me out of a game faster than head shotting a regular enemy 5 times before it dies.
Yeah that's some bullshit. Fallout obviously doesn't do that (I think?) but you can totally shoot an arrow into a guy's face in Skyrim and he'll just get pissed off.
Re: The Video Game thread
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:35 am
by coldbrightsunlight
The Bethesda fallout games totally do the bullet sponge thing. Not neeaarly as much as the elder scrolls but it still happens and even once really takes me out of a game.
Re: The Video Game thread
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:42 am
by jfrey
Started Skyward Sword again last night.
Getting Super Smash Bros on Friday.
Re: The Video Game thread
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:28 pm
by GAS KING
Well, started Mass Effect 2 again.
Imma gonna wait until Destiny gets it's shit together......if it ever does.........otherwise, it's BL:TPS on the 14th.
Re: The Video Game thread
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:17 pm
by Andrew
GAS KING wrote:Well, started Mass Effect 2 again.
Imma gonna wait until Destiny gets it's shit together......if it ever does.........otherwise, it's BL:TPS on the 14th.
I've been so tempted to do another Mass Effect run, replayed a little bit of the first again.
EDIT:
I'm in such a Witcher mood, cannot wait for Witcher 3. So excited, love it.
Re: The Video Game thread
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:19 am
by Jakezor
GAS KING wrote:Well, started Mass Effect 2 again.
Imma gonna wait until Destiny gets it's shit together......if it ever does.........otherwise, it's BL:TPS on the 14th.
LASER SHOTGUNS!
You guys play Borderlands on PC or console?
Re: The Video Game thread
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:38 am
by foomanfat
SHADOW OF MORDOR, Y'ALL!!!
Re: The Video Game thread
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:11 pm
by GAS KING
Borderlands on Xbox 360.
Re: The Video Game thread
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 7:50 pm
by Achtane
Gauntlet. Want.
WANT GAUNTLET
GAUNTLET WAAAAAAAANNNTTT
BLUE WARRIOR...NEEDS FOOD BADLY!
Re: The Video Game thread
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:35 am
by Iommic Pope
Xbox live gold had dishonored as a freebie the other week, so I nabbed it. Started playing it yesterday.
Was about to abandon it due to tedium, but the magic thing makes me want to stick it out.
Can't help but think there if were a few more functional things and bits about gameplay that were a bit more like fallout, this could be awesome.
Re: The Video Game thread
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:56 am
by gunslinger_burrito
If you want to play stealthy in Dishonored, it's really tedious. But if you play like rambo, it's fun as shit, especially once you start accumulating more powers.
Re: The Video Game thread
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:39 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
Huh I found it quite the opposite! I very much enjoy stealth games though, even though the stealth mechanics of dishonored weren't that fleshed out.
Re: The Video Game thread
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:22 pm
by MrNovember
I tried to play Dishonoured using only stealth. Haven't finished it yet. Got so bored of it. Definitely tedious gameplay
Re: The Video Game thread
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:27 pm
by Andrew
Lern2playnoob.
...Can all agree that it's still better than Thief 4?