Ultimate Videogame Topic 3: The Next Generation

tanstalas · Post Post #1250 (ISO) » Mon Sep 15, 2014 5:27 am

All of the assassin's creed games have been solid, except 3, that one sucked

tanstalas · Post Post #1251 (ISO) » Mon Sep 15, 2014 5:28 am

Shadows of mordor has like no hype, and that game looks fucking amazing

quadz08 · Post Post #1252 (ISO) » Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:02 am

In post 1242, Anatole Kuragin wrote:Going through all my unredeemed humble bundle stuff, and have keys for the following, PM me if interested -

Dear Esther
Awesomenauts
Papers, Please
Dead Space (95% sure this key is still good)
Medal of Honor
C&C Red Alert 3

Papers Please, if it's still available?

quadz08 · Post Post #1253 (ISO) » Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:30 am

The humble store is giving out Receiver for free today

Untrod Tripod · Post Post #1254 (ISO) » Sat Sep 20, 2014 3:29 am

man shovel knight

what a good game

Maruchan · Post Post #1255 (ISO) » Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:28 am

if anyone wants a free modded Xbox 360 controller, a gaming clan I'm a part of is hosting a competition at 4PM EDT today on Ghosts for 360, and all you have to do is register and sign up.

http://www.bhlgaming.com/forums

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bv310 · Post Post #1256 (ISO) » Sat Sep 20, 2014 7:49 am

Hey guys, I want to start playing a new game. Has to be on Steam, new-ish, and have a really good story. Suggestions?

Maruchan · Post Post #1257 (ISO) » Sat Sep 20, 2014 8:24 am

In post 1256, bv310 wrote:Hey guys, I want to start playing a new game. Has to be on Steam, new-ish, and have a really good story. Suggestions?

Saint's Row IV, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Banished, Portal 2, Watch Dogs

Oman · Post Post #1258 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 12:11 am

Does anyone here enjoy smartphone or tablet gaming? If so I HEARTILY recommend Device Six.

It's a crazy atmospheric puzzle novel(?)

Scigatt · Post Post #1259 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 12:39 am

In post 1257, Maruchan wrote:
In post 1256, bv310 wrote:Hey guys, I want to start playing a new game. Has to be on Steam, new-ish, and have a really good story. Suggestions?

Saint's Row IV, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Banished, Portal 2, Watch Dogs

Two of those games(Civ 5 and Banished) don't have a story at all per se, and Watch Dogs's story wasn't compelling enough finish the game or to stop me from playing the minigames.

I'd suggest Sleeping Dogs, Thomas Was Alone, and Papers, Please.

xRECKONERx · Post Post #1260 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:36 am

Papers Please.

Parama · Post Post #1261 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:24 am

to be fair Papers, Please doesn't have a "story" as much as "atmosphere/environment" and a few small plots with recurring characters, which is to say it's really good, but not in the way bv was asking. I dunno.

bv310 · Post Post #1262 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:55 am

I've played through Papers, Please already, as well as a bunch of the recommended ones from up there. Only ones I haven't played are Watch_Dogs and Civ V. Planning to wait for Beyond Earth to play a Civ game, and Watch_dogs doesn't really grab my attention. Maybe there just isn't a game out right now that fits what I want to play.

xRECKONERx · Post Post #1263 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:50 am

In post 1262, bv310 wrote:I've played through Papers, Please already, as well as a bunch of the recommended ones from up there. Only ones I haven't played are Watch_Dogs and Civ V. Planning to wait for Beyond Earth to play a Civ game, and Watch_dogs doesn't really grab my attention. Maybe there just isn't a game out right now that fits what I want to play.

Hmm. Well, Steam is kind of lacking in the story department as far as long games go. There are plenty of indie games that are only a couple hours long with a good story though.

zoraster · Post Post #1264 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:53 am

how new-ish are you talking?

bv310 · Post Post #1265 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:25 am

If I haven't played it and it's not 5 years old and horrible mechanics-wise I'm in.

Chevre · Post Post #1266 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:41 am

In post 1254, Untrod Tripod wrote:man shovel knight

what a good game

Could you delve into this a bit more? I'm by no means saying it's a

bad

game, I just watched a playthrough of the first bit and it looks fun but ultimately pretty standard. What's novel other than the shovel?

Also my friend gifted me Antichamber for my birthday! How exciting! But I still have like Hotline: Miami and the first Ace Attorney to beat, and I haven't even started Pokemon X. :/ At least there are actually several games I'm interested in.

Untrod Tripod · Post Post #1267 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 3:24 pm

In post 1266, Chevre wrote:
In post 1254, Untrod Tripod wrote:man shovel knight

what a good game

Could you delve into this a bit more? I'm by no means saying it's a
bad
game, I just watched a playthrough of the first bit and it looks fun but ultimately pretty standard. What's novel other than the shovel?

Also my friend gifted me Antichamber for my birthday! How exciting! But I still have like Hotline: Miami and the first Ace Attorney to beat, and I haven't even started Pokemon X. :/ At least there are actually several games I'm interested in.

yeah sure.

I said good, rather than any other adjective, for a reason. Shovel Knight was a game where the designers knew exactly what they wanted and executed it. I really appreciate how tightly focused the gameplay is. The items were great because each one wasn't totally necessary, but allowed you to customize the feel of the game to your specific style of play. Using a combination of items and armor you can get vastly different gameplay, which I really appreciate. Each of the stages is designed very differently around a central theme, so I really appreciated the amount of specialization I was able to get on my character from the items. Simply put, the game just FELT great to play. I don't get that a lot, especially with indie games.

I really liked the art, character, and level design. Along the lines of the designers knowing what they wanted, it really felt like they had a definite plan before they started. None of the areas of the game felt tacked on or lacking inspiration.

It's an extremely well-designed platformer that clearly was made by people who understand game design.

Just... play the game. It's fun.

Brandi · Post Post #1268 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 4:12 pm

In post 1259, Scigatt wrote:
In post 1257, Maruchan wrote:
In post 1256, bv310 wrote:Hey guys, I want to start playing a new game. Has to be on Steam, new-ish, and have a really good story. Suggestions?

Saint's Row IV, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Banished, Portal 2, Watch Dogs
Two of those games(Civ 5 and Banished) don't have a story at all per se, and Watch Dogs's story wasn't compelling enough finish the game or to stop me from playing the minigames.

I'd suggest Sleeping Dogs, Thomas Was Alone, and Papers, Please.

Don't waste your time on Thomas Was Alone. It was mindnumbingly pretentious and boring. The puzzles are also stupid easy and don't really develop any difficulty over time.

Chevre · Post Post #1269 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 4:16 pm

Thanks UT! I think I told myself not to watch anymore of the playthrough because I was "bored" but subconsciously, yeah, I think I might give it a go sometime down the road.

Untrod Tripod · Post Post #1270 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 4:28 pm

In post 1269, Chevre wrote:Thanks UT! I think I told myself not to watch anymore of the playthrough because I was "bored" but subconsciously, yeah, I think I might give it a go sometime down the road.

I actually had the exact same experience. The playthrough was very different for me.

Parama · Post Post #1271 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 4:31 pm

playing games and watching them are very different experiences, to be fair.

Chevre · Post Post #1272 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 4:46 pm

well yeah!

I think a very enjoyable experience is watch The Walking Dead playthroughs, due not just to the variability in actual choices but in reactions to what's being presented.

hasdgfas · Post Post #1273 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:22 pm

In post 1268, Brandi wrote:
In post 1259, Scigatt wrote:
In post 1257, Maruchan wrote:
In post 1256, bv310 wrote:Hey guys, I want to start playing a new game. Has to be on Steam, new-ish, and have a really good story. Suggestions?

Saint's Row IV, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Banished, Portal 2, Watch Dogs
Two of those games(Civ 5 and Banished) don't have a story at all per se, and Watch Dogs's story wasn't compelling enough finish the game or to stop me from playing the minigames.

I'd suggest Sleeping Dogs, Thomas Was Alone, and Papers, Please.

Don't waste your time on Thomas Was Alone. It was mindnumbingly pretentious and boring. The puzzles are also stupid easy and don't really develop any difficulty over time.

I loved Thomas Was Alone. It may have been a bit pretentious, but I found it fascinating, with a really interesting story and fun gameplay.

Parama · Post Post #1274 (ISO) » Sun Sep 21, 2014 6:04 pm

thomas was alone has puzzles that are intentionally repetitive, yeah, but honestly I don't mind. the point is that the actions you do have to simulate an AI functionality and the repeated tasks hammer in that point. it's a nice game but rather short even if you go for 100% completion, I wouldn't recommend it at full price honestly but on sale definitely.