Dalek Thal
Guy who finished a law degree for some reason. I didnât mean to, it just kinda happened
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Great question! Really loved the Bioshock series, along with Bethesda FPSs (although theyâre not great, I rather enjoy the open worlds). Cyberpunk was great fun, although disappointing in a lot of ways. The Doom series is a personal favourite, although Eternal wasnât perfect, I really loved how the stories were handled in the previous two games.
For me, I like to seek a balance between story and gameplay. My big thing though is immersion, and being able to really understand the Universe the game takes place in.
Whilst not FPSs, the closest thing to Halo that I loved (Space-Opera shooters), the Mass Effect trilogy tops the list.
Iâm gonna piss a lot of people off, and say that I really, really cannot stand Halo - the whole franchise, not just the 343 stuff.
The way I see it, my problem with the series is twofold: storytelling and gunplay. The storytelling is weak at best: whilst Iâm usually a huge fan of environmental storytelling, thereâs just so little information in game for me to go off! It wasnât until I read the Reach novel that I figured out who the Covenant were beyond just âevil aliensâ. I questioned this issue on the site we donât talk about and was told to read the books, but put simply, if I have to read a book to understand your plot, then you havenât told your plot well enough. Chief is presented in the game as this incredible figure (as are the Spartans), but the games never really tell you why, and as such I never really care about Chief or his bullshit.
Regarding the gunplay, I find it (and movement) simply too floaty to be enjoyable. There isnât enough recoil from a lot of the weapons, and the SFX on most of the guns donât give a great sense of power.
I understand that itâs a massive series of nostalgia for a massive number of people. I understand that it redefined FPSes, and I respect the games for this. They deserve every bit of praise people give them. They arenât bad games, but I just do not enjoy them.
Not remotely microtransactions at all. The purchase youâre referring to is the deluxe edition upgrade, which came free to anyone who played the game during the beta, and costs $10 USD for:
- The Soundtrack
- An Artbook
- An ingame dice skin
- Some completely cosmetic items that are outclassed by literally every other thing in the game.
Honestly? To call this a microtransaction is making a pretty big and unjustified claim. This is a bonus to chuck the devs a little extra money for the soundtrack and artbook. The additional stuff is moreso a bonus for purchasing the first two. By comparison, CoD charges $18USD for a gun skin.
Mate, you have no idea what youâre on about. Larian is one of the most transparent studios there is, and they have not once released a game with microtransactions or DLC. Similarly, every game they made has had a free âdefinitive editionâ within twelve months of release.
Research before you make claims like this, Larian are not a AAA studio.
Got a source on the child labour thing? Not doubting you, but as a non-American Iâm confused as to how the hell youse arenât in open revolt.
EDIT: Responding individually later. In short, fuck. In long, thanks all for sending me those links, Iâm gonna go wash my eyes out with bleach and attempt to un-know all that I now know
Successful and good are completely different and unrelated metrics. Fifty Shades of Grey was extremely successful, but no one in their right mind would ever call it good. Psychonauts was met with universal acclaim, and is widely considered to be one of the best games of all time, and yet it was a complete flop and needed more than a decade to get a sequel.
Bethesda games are extremely successful. They are not good games, and their success is not a good thing. Bethesda kicked off microtransactions in 2007 with Horse Armour. This decision completely fucked the wider industry. Not a fan.
Honestly mate? Not at all. Iâm concerned about Starfield because of Bethesdaâs track record since Fallout 4, and in particular, their constant attempts to introduce paid âmodsâ to their games through the creation club (which are always overpriced for tiny amounts of content) as well as how broken their games have been at launch since Morrowind. When my PC, which can run Baldurâs Gate 3 on max settings, canât run Oblivion without mods without regular crashes, then thereâs a big problem.
I want Starfield to be good. But Bethesda do not make good games. They make broad games, but thereâs no depth, and what is there is fairly consistently buggy. They have the Pokemon problem though, where people are willing to give them a pass because of the big name. I guarantee you, if a smaller developer released games in the state that Bethesda does, their games would be (rightfully) panned.
Australian here, weâre in the shit. A good chunk of our rural voters support the LNP (who are doing everything they can to copy Trump). Universal healthcare has been slashed down to an inch of its life, and employment prospects are terrible for most everyone under 50.
If youâre looking to escape the rise of facism, donât. Come. Here. Weâre lockstepping with the US and unless our upcoming election goes beautifully, weâll get even worse.