Tell us what game you are currently, or recently played, greater than 6+ months old.
If the game happens to be on sale, a link would be a plus.
Just started The Outer Worlds, which I got free on EGS during the holiday.
I love the aesthetics and voice acting. The movement feels a bit floaty, but it’s alright. At least the configuration of the controls is intuitive.
I know some people who’ve played it. Some say they really enjoyed it, while others said it was rather bland. I’m really enjoying it so far, but I’m not too far in. It seems like a game where I could get caught up in the side quests without ever advancing in the main quest.
I loved it when I played it, but that was before I had played any Mass Effect games. Now that I’ve played Mass Effect, I don’t know that I would have liked Outer Worlds as much as I did. I wouldn’t be surpised if that’s where the differing opinions come from: those who’ve played Mass Effect vs those that haven’t.
I’m in luck then because I never could get Mass Effect to create saves on my PC for some reason.
I played ME1 years ago. It was decent overall, but I would hardly call it exceptional.
I remember a little. Just that story was mostly good, main quests okayish, side quests mostly terrible and repetitive. It always felt like cheap knock off of KotOR (cheap in content, not presentation).
Everyone was hyping the game so hard I was quite disappointed in the end. So disappointed I haven’t even started ME2 despite having it in library. And it probably won’t ever happen, especially when I discovered they ditched the bare minimum RPG elements ME1 had.
Just finished Doom 2016 the other day. What an absolute fucking blast. I have not had that much pure stupid unadulterated fun in a video game in a long time. If Doom Eternal didn’t exist, I would not hesitate to replay Doom 2016 on a harder difficulty just to keep jamming to the soundtrack if nothing else. RIP & TEAR
I agree! That game is just pure fun!
I’m not sure why I didn’t feel quite the same about Eternal.
I still haven’t figured out what it is about Eternal that didn’t grab me as much as 2016.
Eternal’s difficulty comes from how many guys it throws at you. Sometimes I just felt like I just made it through a tough battle only for a second or third wave of enemies to show up. It’s like Doom turned up to 11, but 10 was already plenty for me.
Too much thinking for my liking. You need to juggle all the different weapons that are most effective on so and so otherwise you’re fucked.
Also a lot more storytelling, which was… fine? But, rereading my negative vote on Steam, was told using the worst possible UX/UI.
I recall feeling like they had this perfect game, but then somehow, someone decided to hand it over to Bethesda for a last pass because, no, it’s too simple.
DOOM 2016 is quite literally a blast. Mick Gordon’s work on the soundtrack is stellar.
I remember I enjoyed a lot this game in my PS4 and after I hacked my Switch I kinda wanted to try this ‘amazing’ port, even when it is surprising what they achieved with this it kinda hurts my eyes to play it there (especially in handheld mode if I remember correctly).
Recently I knew about Reverse NX and I think that might help to increase the resolution of the game tricking it to be in docked mode while the console is in handheld mode… I think that is my next “project” as I left the game unfinished.
Eternal made it really difficult to go back, everything feels so slow afterwards.
Idk if I just don’t play enough newer games, but Doom 2016 felt so fast-paced to me
Éternal doesn’t have the arcade mode though. That was such a blast. Also they complexified everything, which really broke my balls. Doom 2016 really was the peek.
Nier automata, took the prequel too,
That’s really good shit.
Good “chilling” vibes.
Honestly, best series of all time. Came in blind and really fell down the rabbit hole.
I recently finished the story of God of War (2018), it was on sale for $25 in the steam winter sale so I said why not.
It’s pretty fun. The combat feels great, the story and acting is extremely compelling, and it looks really good too.
After finishing that one, I decided to go back and try to finish Horizon: Zero Dawn, and that ones kinda fun. The acting and story aren’t nearly as interesting or good, but the machine combat can be kinda fun, and I’ve been treating it like a hunting game.
