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Guavatin posted:I'm looking to fill the void of open world games in my life. Would Ghost Recon Wildlands be worth playing single player? The only game I've ever played where it felt like the cities were packed full of real-world things are the Yakuza games. They're not exactly open-world but they have big huge city maps full of random bars and karaoke joints and ping pong parlors and pachinko and golf.
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This one's kinda oddball because it's not a video game request, but I'd like to have a physical puzzle to fiddle with, on the level of complexity and fiddliness and evergreen-ness of a Rubik's Cube, but that folds flat so it'll fit in a bag. Maybe the size of a deck of cards when put away, and doesn't jangle or fall apart into pieces. I've already ordered a cheap Chinese knockoff of a Rubik's Magic.
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I like Final Fantasy XV's open world method. It was an open world packed with a lot of nothing, but the game also generally kept you on a path. Literally, in this case, the path being the road. But I thought it was a good balance of open world and linear progression (referring to specifically the first half of the game; toward the latter half it becomes entirely linear). I think of the openness of, say, Shadow of Mordor or Mad Max, both games which I think use the same engine and feel weirdly identical. Both suffered from this huge map with about three things in it that are just repeated all over. FFXV had openness, but it also made it clear that you didn't need to go out there very much if you didn't want to. There might be some neat things, but again, the road brings the focus back.
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What was the consensus on the better game: saints row 3 or 4? I think the original question was what had the better open world/rpg elements to it but I'll take any advice. They're like $3 today so I probably should just buy both
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:What was the consensus on the better game: saints row 3 or 4? I think the original question was what had the better open world/rpg elements to it but I'll take any advice. They're like $3 today so I probably should just buy both 4 is better but also pretty different from 3 (3 sticks with the GTA-style crime sandbox focus, 4 is more of a superhero thing). They're both easily worth it at that price.
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Aug 10, 2017 21:12
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Frankly Saints Row 2 still tops 3 or 4 in my opinion (especially in terms of open world/RPG stuff), but how well it runs on any given machine is a gamble. Gentlemen of the Row can get it running properly on most, but not necessarily all. Absolutely worth $2.49 if you can get it stable.
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:What was the consensus on the better game: saints row 3 or 4? I think the original question was what had the better open world/rpg elements to it but I'll take any advice. They're like $3 today so I probably should just buy both 4 is like a direct sequel to 3, plot-wise. I say both. They are both good in different ways.
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Aug 11, 2017 07:26
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Gravy Jones posted:PixelJunk Monsters: http://store.steampowered.com/app/243780/PixelJunk_Monsters_Ultimate/ would be my pick. Not a fan of Bloons TD (http://store.steampowered.com/app/306020/Bloons_TD_5/) but that's fairly popular.
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:What was the consensus on the better game: saints row 3 or 4? I think the original question was what had the better open world/rpg elements to it but I'll take any advice. They're like $3 today so I probably should just buy both I liked 4 better.
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Xander77 posted:Some retard programming this game decided that "clicking on a tower to select it" needs to be an incredibly fiddly and precise process. Monsters was originally a PS3 game.
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Aug 11, 2017 16:54
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Any good Diablo-likes or (A)RPGs? Difficutly: Steam VR
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:What was the consensus on the better game: saints row 3 or 4? I think the original question was what had the better open world/rpg elements to it but I'll take any advice. They're like $3 today so I probably should just buy both Personally, I've always preferred the even numbered Saints Row games. I've enjoyed them all but 2 and 4 (in that order) are my favourites.
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What's a good game that can replace the charming bits of Swat 4? I watched a spoonyone Let's Play of it forever ago, and really liked watching it unfold, and wanted more of that.
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Turtlicious posted:What's a good game that can replace the charming bits of Swat 4? I watched a spoonyone Let's Play of it forever ago, and really liked watching it unfold, and wanted more of that. Door Kickers is the closest good thing. Maybe Rainbow Six 3?
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Aug 14, 2017 01:52
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I've been watching the Rocky movies again lately and it's made me want to pick up a boxing game. What's the best one on PS3. Specifically looking for one where I can create a guy and go from poo poo boxer to slightly less poo poo but still pretty poo poo.
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Aug 14, 2017 01:56
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juliuspringle posted:I've been watching the Rocky movies again lately and it's made me want to pick up a boxing game. What's the best one on PS3. Specifically looking for one where I can create a guy and go from poo poo boxer to slightly less poo poo but still pretty poo poo. Boxing's a weird one. They didn't really make too many good boxing games. If you're fine with wrestling, grab WWE 2k14. If you want boxing, get the latest Fight Night game on PS3 probably?
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Aug 14, 2017 01:59
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Turtlicious posted:What's a good game that can replace the charming bits of Swat 4? I watched a spoonyone Let's Play of it forever ago, and really liked watching it unfold, and wanted more of that. There really aren't many things that do cool story bits or tactics anymore, unfortunately. It's a bit off base but you might try Brothers In Arms for the squad gameplay though.
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Oh, that's kind of lame, I'll definitely give Brothers in Arms a shot though!
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Aug 14, 2017 02:37
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I picked up Banished in the Steam sale and it's been scratching my itch for city building games like Stronghold or Caesar. I like city builders that are historically based, but I've noticed that the genre seems to have died. Are there any other modern games like those or Banished?
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credburn posted:I like Final Fantasy XV's open world method. It was an open world packed with a lot of nothing, but the game also generally kept you on a path. Literally, in this case, the path being the road. But I thought it was a good balance of open world and linear progression (referring to specifically the first half of the game; toward the latter half it becomes entirely linear). I think of the openness of, say, Shadow of Mordor or Mad Max, both games which I think use the same engine and feel weirdly identical. Both suffered from this huge map with about three things in it that are just repeated all over. FFXV had openness, but it also made it clear that you didn't need to go out there very much if you didn't want to. There might be some neat things, but again, the road brings the focus back. I think lots of FFXV's problem would be fixed if they actually took time to craft the sidequests instead of giving NPCs one line of dialogue and a task they repeatedly give you 3-5 times. I'm not asking a lot here. Just give me something like FFXII: "Alright, our village is kept hostage by a group of yakuza cactuars and their matriarch wants her son back, who you conveniently hunted and boiled for soup"
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Evilreaver posted:Any good Diablo-likes or (A)RPGs? Have you tried Path of Exile for a Diablo like? It's much deeper of a game compared to Diablo but I like it a lot more as well. It's completely free to try out and the only micro transactions that really effect playing the game in any way are extra stash tabs which make trading a whole lot easier and the currency tab frees up a lot of space. All other micro transactions are purely cosmetic. It just got a pretty massive expansion a week or two ago now as well.
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I'd like to play a story heavy rpg with lots of choices and dialogue options but I also don't want to play anything with turn based combat. I'm hosed right? Does anything do that kind of isometric RPG Obsidian are famous for but with ARPG (Diablo) like combat systems?
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Funky See Funky Do posted:I'd like to play a story heavy rpg with lots of choices and dialogue options but I also don't want to play anything with turn based combat. I'm hosed right? Does anything do that kind of isometric RPG Obsidian are famous for but with ARPG (Diablo) like combat systems? Divine Divinity.
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exquisite tea posted:Divine Divinity. I looked at that but apparently the steam version won't play well on modern systems and is prone to game breaking bugs.
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Aug 14, 2017 12:26
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Play the GOG version.
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exquisite tea posted:Play the GOG version. Looked into that too. The steam and GOG version are the same and have the same issues. I'm sure it's a fine game and with a few hours of patching and googling I could get it to work but I don't wanna.
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Funky See Funky Do posted:I'd like to play a story heavy rpg with lots of choices and dialogue options but I also don't want to play anything with turn based combat. I'm hosed right? Does anything do that kind of isometric RPG Obsidian are famous for but with ARPG (Diablo) like combat systems? Dragon Age Origins?
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Funky See Funky Do posted:I'd like to play a story heavy rpg with lots of choices and dialogue options but I also don't want to play anything with turn based combat. I'm hosed right? Does anything do that kind of isometric RPG Obsidian are famous for but with ARPG (Diablo) like combat systems? Pillars of Eternity / Tyranny are real-time-with-pause combat, so that might be up your alley.
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Funky See Funky Do posted:I'd like to play a story heavy rpg with lots of choices and dialogue options but I also don't want to play anything with turn based combat. I'm hosed right? Does anything do that kind of isometric RPG Obsidian are famous for but with ARPG (Diablo) like combat systems? If you'd be ok with just avoiding combat completely and doing without isometric Diablo-style gameplay, might give 80 Days a shot. You get to travel around the world in a strange steampunkish version of 1872 as a valet escorting his gentleman; the game is pretty much all dialogue and choices though. Not a whole lot in terms of long term consequences sadly, but there's plenty of travel sections that come with their own stories and a lot of locations to explore. And now that I'm going through my Android games anyway, the Sorcery! series seems fun as well, only played the first one so far though. It's got turn based combat, but as far as I've noticed that really isn't that important for battles and there aren't a whole lot of battles to start with, it's a lot more fun to rely on intelligently using spells. But these both are really just text games with pretty pictures when you boil it down though. In PC gaming, Dungeon Siege 3 is a pretty decent action RPG, Obsidian developed, with a fairly large amount of choice and consequences. It's got some gameplay jank but not too much, and it's 3d instead of isometric. If you're willing to go with a 3d shooter, and can stand lots more jank but also amazing dialogue and choice/consequences, Alpha Protocol is worth a shot. There's an amazing game hidden beneath a combat system that varies from passable to horrible to sometimes fun, depending on what kind of weapons you decide to use.
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Fleve posted:If you'd be ok with just avoiding combat completely and doing without isometric Diablo-style gameplay, might give 80 Days a shot. You get to travel around the world in a strange steampunkish version of 1872 as a valet escorting his gentleman; the game is pretty much all dialogue and choices though. Not a whole lot in terms of long term consequences sadly, but there's plenty of travel sections that come with their own stories and a lot of locations to explore. And now that I'm going through my Android games anyway, the Sorcery! series seems fun as well, only played the first one so far though. It's got turn based combat, but as far as I've noticed that really isn't that important for battles and there aren't a whole lot of battles to start with, it's a lot more fun to rely on intelligently using spells. But these both are really just text games with pretty pictures when you boil it down though.
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I've been playing Kingsway. http://store.steampowered.com/app/588950/Kingsway/ It's a pretty tight little rogue-like game that only takes a few hours to beat, but the mechanics are pretty fun. There are 7 character classes with different progression strategies that are viable, 5 different endings, and a "hardmode." It also has randomized loot that is fun to play with as well as a few "power gaming" opportunities. I also like that part of the "game" is the GUI. The game takes place in it's own little OS, with resizable windows, and the inventory system is pretty novel. Every item has a "weight" and each "bag" you get can only hold so much weight. There isn't any limit on the number of bags you can have, but you have to find them in the game world. So naturally as you progress through the game, your inventory capacity will grow. Combat is pretty novel with many enemy abilities being able to be dodged by precise clicking, sort of like Quick Time Event's. But beyond that combat is pretty novel with enemies appearing as a moving windows that you have to interact with, and combat timing is important especially in the early game where proper blocking will reduce the amount of damage you will take. Graphics compliment the gameplay perfectly, but aren't anything amazing by themself. Overall it's a good game especially for 
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I've recently played Hollow Knight, as my first metroidvania ever. I really, really liked it, and I'm looking for similar games. It can be older stuff, but I'm a PC gamer so hopefully something I can buy on Steam. Also, while I'm not a graphics junkie at all, I don't really like pixelated graphics, and prefer some production value in general. Any tips?
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Sjonkel posted:I've recently played Hollow Knight, as my first metroidvania ever. I really, really liked it, and I'm looking for similar games. It can be older stuff, but I'm a PC gamer so hopefully something I can buy on Steam. Also, while I'm not a graphics junkie at all, I don't really like pixelated graphics, and prefer some production value in general. Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night. Emulate them. They're the progenitors of the genre. Otherwise, find a copy of AM2R.
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night. Emulate them. They're the progenitors of the genre. Otherwise, find a copy of AM2R. 
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Sjonkel posted:I've recently played Hollow Knight, as my first metroidvania ever. I really, really liked it, and I'm looking for similar games. It can be older stuff, but I'm a PC gamer so hopefully something I can buy on Steam. Also, while I'm not a graphics junkie at all, I don't really like pixelated graphics, and prefer some production value in general. If you want high production values in a Steam castletroidia, you can't do much better than Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition.
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Never mind, misread the graphics requirement
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Speaking of emulation is not , this is the stance on the forum. Buy copies of the game or have a friend lend you their copies if you must and rip the files for your convenience to play on PC. This is especially easy with Symphony, as you can play that straight from the disc via ePSXe. AM2R is a free fangame which received a cease and desist from Nintendo, so it can be hard to come by.
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Really Pants posted:If you want high production values in a Steam castletroidia, you can't do much better than Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition. This, guacamelee and shadow complex (which is free)
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Sjonkel posted:I've recently played Hollow Knight, as my first metroidvania ever. I really, really liked it, and I'm looking for similar games. It can be older stuff, but I'm a PC gamer so hopefully something I can buy on Steam. Also, while I'm not a graphics junkie at all, I don't really like pixelated graphics, and prefer some production value in general. If you want games that are exploration-focused and don't tell you where to go next, check out Aquaria and Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight. If you're cool with automatic objective markers and/or more of a platforming focus, check out Ori, Guacamelee, and Shadow Complex. If you want the classics, fire up an emulator and play Super Metroid and Castlevania: SotN. There's a reason they're widely considered the genre's GOATs. Goons also really seem to like Environmental Station Alpha, but I haven't played that one.
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If you can stomach GBA resolution, Metroid Zero Mission is arguably a better Super Metroid. It fixes the biggest problem with SM, namely the janky and floaty controls, and makes them super tight and satifsfying.
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