hellloooooo #cosogaming folks. I remember someone saying "<insert name here> is the greatest game ever and I can't be convinced otherwise" or something akin to that and I am unable to find it. So if you said it, please say it again or how about everyone tell me the best game you like that IS NOT HORROR (because I'm a big scaredy pants). I have all platforms, but lean toward Playstation and NIntendo of all generations #cosogamers help a sister out!
Fable TLC is like... a classic salt and pepper steak, as far as stories go. Basic fantasy, good monsters, compelling and emotional story but it’s nothing particularly new.
I like the combat but it’s really easy to get OP, especially with the resurrection phials, and especially if you know what spells are worth it (slow time, berserk, enflame, and physical shield ftw). The morality scale is an interesting twist but it’s honestly verging on gimmicky... ->
@Stace Because the story isn’t really dramatically altered by your choices - there’s some, but it’s not like there’s a butterfly effect or anything. Mass Effect does a bit better but let’s be honest, it would take a quantum crystal to store enough data to really pull that off well, I think.
@Stace If you want an interesting and, imo very unique story, I personally recommend Assassin’s Creed, AC2, AC Brotherhood, and AC Revelations.
And I /guess/ AC3 just to complete Desmond’s story.
AC1 is a bit slow but it lays the foundation and gets the ball rolling. It really takes off with AC2, which is probably the best of them all. The story is complex and very intriguing and, while it has ups and downs in quality, I think it’s one of the best stories in videogaming.
@Stace If it’s replayability you’re after, nothing can beat Bethesda and the mod-friendly games like Fallout and Skyrim.
The original release of Skyrim (“Oldrim”) still has a thriving community of active modders, damn near a decade after it was released. That is UNHEARD of, especially in the age of new sequels in a franchise every year or two.
It’s buggy and the voice acting cast is small as fuck and could definitely be better and the graphics didn’t age well...
But that doesn’t matter... ->
@Stace ... because there are literally at least three mods for every issue you might have with the game, lol.
And there’s resources available to help you make your own mods, too.
I don’t think there’s another game like that on the market anywhere (at least from a different company).
It can literally be turned into another game - u want sum Darksouls in ur Skyrim? There’s mods for that. U want sum Macho Man Randy Savage? Thomas the Tank Engine? Hell yeah, they got you. ... ->
@Stace ... There’s mods that update the graphics like you wouldn’t believe, mods that overhaul the combat and magic systems, mods that add whole new storylines and playable areas and monsters and everything...
Skyrim with mods is second only to fuckin MINECRAFT in terms of sheer infinite possibility.
Oh, yeah, and Minecraft is bonkers, too.
Skyrim + mods and Minecraft are both excellent games to lose vast swaths of time to. Approach with caution, lol.
@GlytchMeister I haven't tried Skyrim because I hear it's addictive...but I've been all in Fallout 4 with mods so figure I've probably been already been playing similar games (I get 'caught' in RPGs and can't stop). I do like the flexibility of mods a lot! Fallout is fantastic but I've played a few variations and am not feeling post-apocalyptic at the moment ;) I hadn't considered Mass Effect...will look at them now that I've gotten some new perspective. Thanks :)!
So, what Glytch said is all true. I've talked with @amarand about how I play Fallout4 like it's Minecraft. I can LITERALLY make the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the image I desire. There are mods in Skyrim that turn the dragons into My Little Pony characters. Even mods made just because somebody's wife has a phobia, so they replaced Ghouls/radroaches/whatever in Fallout with Bandit models. Thanos ain't got nothing on me. Reality can be whatever I make it.
Bethesda makes the buggiest piles of dragon dung, but they are simultaneously a masterclass on how to craft an amazing, well-built game story. All of this is true, despite it seeming to be a paradox.
@Heucuva8 Bethesda f***ed up so bad with Fallout 76 that I won't buy their products anymore.
Personally, I tend to boycott social practices and moral issues rather than defects in the product but everyone's free to spend money how they want.
ex: I refuse to buy from Hobby Lobby or Chick-fil-A, for their anti-LGBTQ policies and Hobby Lobby's association with known antiquities smugglers in the Middle East. Black Market selling historical artifacts that belong in a museum. (At least, the ones that aren't fakes.)
Their products are fine.
@Heucuva8 Howard is an inveterate liar and Bethesda doesn't respect it's audience enough even to deliver products people paid for. It's a black mark against any affiliated games. Sure, if Arkane studios puts out a sequel to Prey - they won't, because corporate killed that project, but if they did - I'd give it a look.
You have said nothing incorrect.
@Heucuva8 It's not a boycott, it's a recognition of poor work product that in turn reflects Bethesda's warped priorities. At this point they make bad, unfinished games with good writers.
@amarand @Stace @GlytchMeister