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TorakFade posted:I am looking for a PC game that makes you feel a good sense of progression: mainly RPG, but also tactical turn-based shooters, strategic or 4X games or anything (just no FPS please) where you improve your character, country or even just equipment. Fallout and Fallout:Tactics are obvious choices if you haven't played them already.
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BITCOIN MINING RIG posted:Divinity 2: DKS has satisfying power progression. The voice acting is a bit off but the game is fun otherwise.  quote:I tried Divinity 2 once, and quit after killing everything in the starting valley and attached dungeons didn't give me enough levels to survive any fights around Lovis's tower. Is there some side area I missed?
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Yeah, Fallout Tactics is such an underrated game. The progression is nice, you go from fighting bandits with lovely pistols and tire irons and cheap SMGs to fighting meaner bandits with rifles and poo poo, all the way to OH poo poo I RAN OUT OF DEPLETED URANIUM ROUNDS FOR BOTH MY .50 CALS, I AM SO hosed. Also, what's the specifics on the "Please no FPS" clause? Because Fallout 3 and NV are technically in FPS form too, and even with the risk of sounding like a broken record, I wanna say Borderlands and Borderlands 2. Both will give you a pretty steady stream of better and better gear, and BL2 has a more interesting and substantial skill system too, with skills that actually change how your character works instead of just numerical bonuses to this or that. For more usual action RPG fare, Sacred 2 and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning are both pretty fun if cheesy.
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Nordick posted:For more usual action RPG fare, Sacred 2 and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning are both pretty fun if cheesy.  , and although technically as far as graphics and controls it has some good stuff, it has to be the most boring RPG I've ever finished.Fallout:Tactics is quite underrated indeed.
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Oct 25, 2013 11:14
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Reckoning was never an MMO, but it was bought by guys who were making an MMO and then altered to be in the same universe as that game. There is no evidence that I know of that they shared any tech or assets. The game has lovely MMO-style bear rear end quests and a very large environments in comparison with your character but other than that it simply has nothing to do with MMOs. It is true that the game deserves warning against, though. It's really, really tedious.
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pigdog posted:Sacred 2, if I recall correctly, respawns everything every time you enter or exit a dungeon, and has a weird skill progression where improving a skill also increases mana costs or other negative aspects. And yes, upgrading your spells/attacks to be more powerful does increase their cooldown time. That's why you put points in the Mastery skills that decrease those cooldowns. It's just how the game makes you balance between bigger or faster booms. pigdog posted:Kingdoms of Amalur is a WoW clone MMORPG retrofitted as a single player, though with ghastly amounts of utterly boring and senseless , and although technically as far as graphics and controls it has some good stuff, it has to be the most boring RPG I've ever finished. The reason I recommended the game, though, is that it has enjoyable action RPG combat with nice loot progression and the character development gives you new tricks to try out at a pretty constant rate. Dude listed Diablo 3 among the kind of games he's after, so I assumed a masterfully written, thrilling plot with meaningful and profound quests wasn't exactly a requirement.
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Don't know about Diablo 3, but I think the power of the awesome cutscenes that drove Diablo 2's simple story shouldn't be underestimated. I'm just cross about Amalur's story because they paid 2 million dollars to write that ocean of with nary a single memorable character.
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Really Pants posted:I tried Divinity 2 once, and quit after killing everything in the starting valley and attached dungeons didn't give me enough levels to survive any fights around Lovis's tower. Is there some side area I missed?
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Can anyone explain the draw of Dragons Dogma to me? I was eyeing Warriors Orochi 3 and someone had mentioned Dragons Dogma but they hadn't played it. Is it worth the money? Would you kind people recommend it? I'm basically looking for something that I can dump a lot of hours into. Dynasty Warriors type games are usually good for that but I hadn't heard a whole lot about Dragon's Dogma, well, at all.
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Dragons Dogma is pretty amazing - lots of classes with varied playstyles, an open game world you can traverse the entirety of, probably the most expansive endgame you'll ever find in a single player RPG, and a great loot system. You can easily sink 50-60 hours into that game. Plus you can climb on monsters to hit their weak points, which is a really neat plus.
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SheepNameKiller posted:Dragons Dogma is pretty amazing - lots of classes with varied playstyles, an open game world you can traverse the entirety of, probably the most expansive endgame you'll ever find in a single player RPG, and a great loot system. You can easily sink 50-60 hours into that game. Plus you can climb on monsters to hit their weak points, which is a really neat plus. Yes. Dragon's Dogma is the most fun I've had playing a video game in the last three years, easily. It's got an interesting, unique party system, an awesome world, and tons of cool poo poo to do. Not to mention the combat is very fun. Just don't try to min/max your character or you'll be stuck playing as a Sorcerer the whole game when you want to be a Magick Knight.
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I'm looking for a game playable in-browser that I can play with a few friends. Any type is fine, from something like Board Game Online to something like Realm of the Mad God.
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Kevin DuBrow posted:I'm looking for a game playable in-browser that I can play with a few friends. Any type is fine, from something like Board Game Online to something like Realm of the Mad God. http://pomme.us/
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Kevin DuBrow posted:I'm looking for a game playable in-browser that I can play with a few friends. Any type is fine, from something like Board Game Online to something like Realm of the Mad God. http://kingdomofloathing.com This game is genius... spent literally hours of my life playing this game.
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Nordick posted:Yeah, Fallout Tactics is such an underrated game. The progression is nice, you go from fighting bandits with lovely pistols and tire irons and cheap SMGs to fighting meaner bandits with rifles and poo poo, all the way to OH poo poo I RAN OUT OF DEPLETED URANIUM ROUNDS FOR BOTH MY .50 CALS, I AM SO hosed. Thanks for the tips; Fallout 3 and NV are technically FPS's, but I used VATS all the time so they didn't play like one. It's just that if all I do is shoot people it bores me pretty fast; Fallout has story, exploration, decisions, crafting and such that keeps me interested. Fallout: tactics is something I should try, maybe I'm too used to Fallout being a full RPG so I didn't even consider it. Will try. Borderlands (2 in particular) intrigues me, but I'm afraid it's just Diablo with guns, not that it's a bad thing but Diablo 3 bored me a little after the first playthrough. I tried Kingdom of Amalur but it bored me to death, I stopped playing just after the first city, it didn't really make sense to me and the dialogue was terribly uninteresting (and there was lots of that; I know I'm not forced to read it, but it just grated me).
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TorakFade posted:Borderlands (2 in particular) intrigues me, but I'm afraid it's just Diablo with guns, not that it's a bad thing but Diablo 3 bored me a little after the first playthrough.
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Yeah, BL is technically just Diablo with guns, but it just feels a lot more alive. It has a whole mess of great characters and lots of hilarious writing, plus the combat is really dynamic and engaging. You won't be just hunting for a "bigger gun +10", you'll be on the lookout for several different kinds of guns (and other gear) that you can switch between depending on the current situation. And yes, sometimes you have these guns you just are comfortable with eventhough they aren't necessarily more effective in practice. Especially in the first game, where the power curve isn't as steep. That said though, it has pretty much zero non-shooting activities, so there's that. But really, I recommend you have a go at it anyway. (by "it" I just mean either game, both are great.)
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Any good SRPG's similar to Final Fantasy Tactics that aren't Ogre Battle, XCOM, or Disgaea? preferably on PC, PS3, or Wii?
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Valkyria Chronicles is very good. Outside of that I can't think of any. Edit: \/ Listen to this goon. I would suffer the stuff Lowtax LPs over Argarest. Mokinokaro fucked around with this message at 12:30 on Oct 28, 2013 |
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The Dregs posted:Any good SRPG's similar to Final Fantasy Tactics that aren't Ogre Battle, XCOM, or Disgaea? preferably on PC, PS3, or Wii? Not Agarest. Stay the gently caress away from Agarest. You do not want Agarest.
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The Dregs posted:Any good SRPG's similar to Final Fantasy Tactics that aren't Ogre Battle, XCOM, or Disgaea? preferably on PC, PS3, or Wii? I've only played the 3DS Fire Emblem game but it was pretty cool, if a bit simplified compared to something like FF:Tactics. You should have access to some with a Wii and PC, but I'm honestly clueless outside of the 3DS one as to which are good.
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The Dregs posted:Any good SRPG's similar to Final Fantasy Tactics that aren't Ogre Battle, XCOM, or Disgaea? preferably on PC, PS3, or Wii? Path of Radience is a Gamecube game in the FE series and is my favorite. It's pretty story focused and the pacing is the best in the series full stop. E: Radient Dawn to a lesser extent on Wii, mechanically it's very interesting but the pacing is all kinds of awful and the characters are a lot more lame.
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I just finished Sleeping Dogs and really enjoyed it. What's like it? I've heard the Batman games have a similar combat system, but I also enjoyed the open world aspect of SD (and Arkham Asylum was pretty linear at least at first.) SR3 looked way too silly. I enjoyed LA Noire (at least until the story broke down.) The SD thread had some recommendations for "The Saboteur" but the PC version has SecuROM, maybe the Xbox version would be better?
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monster on a stick posted:I just finished Sleeping Dogs and really enjoyed it. What's like it? The combat system is a watered down version of the Arkham Games where you're really dancing instead of fighting, it's amazing. Arkham City has an open world but it's not what I'd really call an open world game. Just to narrow it down, what about Sleeping Dogs are you looking to experience again, mechanics? story? visuals?
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Saints Row 2 isn't as silly as The Third, it runs like a dog on PC and you'll have to use a goon-made mod called Gentlemen of the Row for a good experience. What did you like so much about Sleeping Dogs? It's quite unique in the way it brings together a GTA-style open world, upgrading your character and the brawling mechanics. The Assassins Creed games are open world and involve a lot of fighting and side-mission distractions but the setting could hardly be further removed.
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Austrian mook posted:M Mechanics and story, primarily. I thought the game had a good plot (and generally enjoy games that have them, e.g. Alpha Protocol) even if they don't have too much reactivity. Lovely visuals would be a major plus. I tend to be forgiving of some clunkiness if the whole package ends up being good.
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Yeah, I do love the Ezio trilogy, but the fighting is on the easy side, fun though it is. For the fighting, the Arkham games are the closest I've played to Sleeping Dogs in terms of feel and difficulty. The first two are really good and I'd recommend them to anyone. I haven't played Origins yet.
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monster on a stick posted:Mechanics and story, primarily. I thought the game had a good plot (and generally enjoy games that have them, e.g. Alpha Protocol) even if they don't have too much reactivity. Lovely visuals would be a major plus. I tend to be forgiving of some clunkiness if the whole package ends up being good. Red Dead Redemption? The mechanics are solid and the plot, though it drags on pretty heavy as R* games always do has a pretty great climax. The game is still pretty as sin too. E: Also yeah the Arkham games are just some of the best period and you owe it to yourself to play them if you haven't.
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Austrian mook posted:Red Dead Redemption? The mechanics are solid and the plot, though it drags on pretty heavy as R* games always do has a pretty great climax. The game is still pretty as sin too. Played RDR  I thought it was good, though the game dragged in parts (Mexico.) One thing that annoyed me is that I'm a completionist, and the various "hunt for rabbits which only appear in a certain part of the map that requires you to do a google search" annoyed the hell out of me. Other than that, I really enjoyed it.I loved the Ezio trilogy, though the Desmond parts of Revelations got on my nerves. I would have preferred it if the series was just Ezio and no modern day stuff. I didn't care so much about the completionist stuff here, for some reason. So maybe awesome protagonist is important too? EDIT: I guess one thing I liked about Sleeping Dogs is that it had a bit of everything (melee! car chases! parkour! robberies *and* catching criminals! gunfights!) The AC games had this too (well not the gunfights but you get the idea.) monster on a stick fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Oct 28, 2013 |
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monster on a stick posted:The SD thread had some recommendations for "The Saboteur" but the PC version has SecuROM, maybe the Xbox version would be better? The Saboteur is severely underrated and is one of my top games. It has an amazing atmosphere and style, and although the story is just you fighting nazis, there's a lot to do (driving, shooting, sneaking, assassinating, climbing, blowing up poo poo, etc). It also sadly has an annoying map bug if you have an ATI card, nothing game-breaking but FYI
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monster on a stick posted:EDIT: I guess one thing I liked about Sleeping Dogs is that it had a bit of everything (melee! car chases! parkour! robberies *and* catching criminals! gunfights!) The AC games had this too (well not the gunfights but you get the idea.) If that's the case, I'd recommend checking out Yakuza 3/4.
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Bouchacha posted:The Saboteur is severely underrated and is one of my top games. It has an amazing atmosphere and style, and although the story is just you fighting nazis, there's a lot to do (driving, shooting, sneaking, assassinating, climbing, blowing up poo poo, etc). How bad? (I have an ATI card, and I'm not planning to get a new card for a while yet.) kirbysuperstar posted:If that's the case, I'd recommend checking out Yakuza 3/4. I really need to get a PS3
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monster on a stick posted:How bad? (I have an ATI card, and I'm not planning to get a new card for a while yet.) On the automap, the map objects (you and things you can blow up) and the map itself (roads, rivers, etc) are on different layers and not aligned with each other. So you'll know that a radio tower is right next to you, but you won't really know that it's right next to a road as well. It's more annoying than anything, because you can still get around just fine, it'll just take longer to get your bearings while looking at the map screen. If you don't care about better graphics and K+M controls, just get the xbox version.
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monster on a stick posted:I really need to get a PS3 Ahh.. well, Yakuza 1/2 are pretty good still, 2 especially, if you have a PS2 kicking about. They might emulate pretty well, too for all I know.
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monster on a stick posted:EDIT: I guess one thing I liked about Sleeping Dogs is that it had a bit of everything (melee! car chases! parkour! robberies *and* catching criminals! gunfights!) The AC games had this too (well not the gunfights but you get the idea.)
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More of an 'is it worth it?'. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is £9 on Steam at the moment. I liked the first one a lot. I enjoyed the atmosphere, the setting and the exploration but thought a few of the puzzles were a bit obscure. I've seen middling reviews of A Machine for Pigs and was wondering if it was worth the time and money. I know £9 isn't a lot but I hate to overspend and you can pick up anything more than a year or two old for less on PC these days. Also since I'm loving Driver San Francisco at the moment are there any good other good car chase/street race games around? Needs to be on PC, realism is nice but not necessary and same goes for good wheel support. I've played the GTA games. I'm tempted by the Need for Speeds Most Wanted and Hot Pursuit. Any good? Other suggestions are very welcome since the extreme rubberbanding in NFS mars the experience for me.
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Walton Simons posted:More of an 'is it worth it?'. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is £9 on Steam at the moment. I liked the first one a lot. I enjoyed the atmosphere, the setting and the exploration but thought a few of the puzzles were a bit obscure. I've seen middling reviews of A Machine for Pigs and was wondering if it was worth the time and money. I know £9 isn't a lot but I hate to overspend and you can pick up anything more than a year or two old for less on PC these days.
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Walton Simons posted:Also since I'm loving Driver San Francisco at the moment are there any good other good car chase/street race games around? Needs to be on PC, realism is nice but not necessary and same goes for good wheel support. I've played the GTA games. I'm tempted by the Need for Speeds Most Wanted and Hot Pursuit. Any good? Other suggestions are very welcome since the extreme rubberbanding in NFS mars the experience for me.
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