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Hey everybody, since we're talking about mediocre games that you like/don't like, I thought maybe I'd ask a question. What's your favorite game that you realize is mediocre or otherwise not noteworthy or is outclassed by other games? Something that people generally shrug off but you enjoy it regardless? Why do you like that game? For me, it'd be Torchlight 2. I enjoyed the first Torchlight a lot and I've noticed in the past year or so a lot of people dismissing 2 and saying that it is a bad game (or at least a very "meh" game). It has its flaws, sure (iirc, on higher difficulties you can get one-shotted by enemy critical hits with no way to get around it other than "be an engineer"), but I like the aesthetic and moddability and just running around with some friends and clicking on stuff to smash them until they explode. There are other games I enjoy that are seen as being  but I figure I'll just write about that one for now.
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Oct 17, 2017 16:03
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FirstAidKite posted:Hey everybody, since we're talking about mediocre games that you like/don't like, I thought maybe I'd ask a question. Definitely Folklore. It's a such clunky, weird early PS3 game with all the quirks of the era like forced motion controls but it just has charming designs and a novel story and nothing about how it plays is straight up bad, just average
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Oct 17, 2017 16:07
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Probably Ico. The combat is garbage, some of the puzzles are pretty bad (Mainly the jump ones), and the story isn't very notable, but the aesthetic is real good and it has some nice music tracks.
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Oct 17, 2017 16:08
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elite dangerous is definitely up there on my list because it's basically a way to keep my hands busy as i watch tv edit: diablo 3 is there for the same reason too Cowcaster fucked around with this message at 16:14 on Oct 17, 2017 |
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Oct 17, 2017 16:11
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FirstAidKite posted:There are other games I enjoy that are seen as being  Real shame they didn't make an extended convoy DLC, since that was definitely the best part of the game.
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Oct 17, 2017 16:28
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i dunno chulip i guess. but it's so good
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Oct 17, 2017 16:29
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oddium posted:i dunno chulip i guess. but it's so good maybe a better way to look at it is "what is a game you like, but would never recommend to anyone"
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Oct 17, 2017 16:32
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Oct 17, 2017 16:34
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*stares at Vita games collection*
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Oct 17, 2017 16:34
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If I ever hit the powerball you'd better believe we're getting a Wet 2.
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Oct 17, 2017 16:36
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Cowcaster posted:edit: diablo 3 is there for the same reason too
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Oct 17, 2017 16:37
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My wife just informed me they’re making a Detective Lu Bu comic. From Dynasty Warriors. I’m trying to get an English version now.
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Oct 17, 2017 16:38
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Palpek posted:I went back to Diablo 3 recently and it's really cool now. I especially like the game mode where they give you an ultra leveled pre-made character with god-tier gear and your goal is to clear a special level in a set ammount of time and the margin for error is really slim. It basically gives you a time-attack mode where everything on the screen explodes constantly and when you win they shower you with items. You also get unique and set items all the time while playing now including being able to craft those. I had a lot of fun doing a fresh season. it's ok. it's not great.
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Oct 17, 2017 16:39
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Lichdom: Battlemage is a pretty mediocre game that goes on for way too long but I had a good time with it and still load up NG+ every now and then.
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Oct 17, 2017 16:39
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 Look at this motherfucker
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Oct 17, 2017 16:39
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Heavenly Sword. For the most part it's a basic God of War clone with questionable motion controls, and it was hobbled by coming out while the PS3 was still a laughingstock, but it's got a lot of things going for it. The setting is something you don't see in games very often (a sort of fictionalized classical China). Ninja Theory was already experimenting with storytelling and they expressed it here by hiring Andy Serkis to chew a bunch of mocap scenery (and Anna Torv, better known as Olivia on Fringe, for the main character) and sometimes going all cinematic splitscreen. Plus there's a musou-esque bit at the end where you get to kill hundreds of enemy troops with catapults and rocket launchers and magic powers.
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Oct 17, 2017 16:42
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Cowcaster posted:maybe a better way to look at it is "what is a game you like, but would never recommend to anyone" a game i like to call, "reading ya dang post history" 
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Oct 17, 2017 16:44
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Cowcaster posted:edit: diablo 3 is there for the same reason too "What's a game you like that is considered mediocre by a lot of people but you still enjoy it" "idk diablo 3?"  just teasing lol
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Oct 17, 2017 16:49
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Probably musou games and knockoff musou games for me, if we're defining mediocre as kind of popcorn games that don't have grand ambitions but are just there to have fun button pushing and flashy visuals. Oh god, are musou games the fidget spinners of video games?
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Oct 17, 2017 16:57
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Cowcaster posted:maybe a better way to look at it is "what is a game you like, but would never recommend to anyone" Idk, if you like a game why wouldn't you recommend it? I guess I would do that for like... an art game, if I knew the tastes of the person I'm talking to and know it's not their kind of game.
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Oct 17, 2017 17:12
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I picked my Bnet tag back when it wasn't used for anything public, so it sucks. And I wanna change it in preparation for Destiny 2. But you only get one free tag change, which means I'm just going to agonize over this forever 
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Oct 17, 2017 17:12
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FirstAidKite posted:Hey everybody, since we're talking about mediocre games that you like/don't like, I thought maybe I'd ask a question. It's gotta be Fallout 3 for me. People talk all the time about how Fallout NV is the champion of the series and how it's better than 3 in every way. In many ways, it is, because it is a sequel and that much should be obvious and not noteworthy at all. But I'll always maintain that Fallout 3, despite its hilariously silly plot and weirdly petty main villain, is a really good game that brought new life to the "explore wherever you want the game don't care" genre. I think neither game has very good gameplay because the Gamebryo engine is just absolute trash, but imo FO3 does much more with the reaches and boundaries of its setting than NV which I've always thought plays it much safer and more boring/grounded until the DLCs (and then FO4 came along with its own level of creativity). Fallout 3 is special to me for a lot of reasons, first and foremost being that it was my introduction to that genre of game. It opened the way to The Elder Scrolls (which I didn't end up really liking) and all of its open-world kin and I found it to be pretty amazing. People make fun of the "See that mountain? You can climb it  " thing but it was a really important moment for video games when that actually became possible. It also was my first attempt at a let's play before it was killed by hard drive failure, and my introduction to a lot of the friends I have today via SA.I think Fallout 3 is interesting, knows exactly what it wants to be, brought new life and creativity to a genre that had very quickly played its hand, paved the way to further expansions on its own concepts and ideas, and is very very green. Possibly too green. Also people get really, really upset when you tell them you like FO3 more than NV and that's always funny CJacobs fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Oct 17, 2017 |
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Oct 17, 2017 17:22
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Cowcaster posted:maybe a better way to look at it is "what is a game you like, but would never recommend to anyone" Raw Danger! I would never recommend it everyone, but I have shown people all the weird stuff in the beginning more than once.
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Oct 17, 2017 17:23
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Olive! posted:Idk, if you like a game why wouldn't you recommend it? I guess I would do that for like... an art game, if I knew the tastes of the person I'm talking to and know it's not their kind of game. it's kind of related to how i have a friend who is in love with dota 2 and spent several years recommending it to the rest of our group of friends despite the fact it appeals to none of us, and spent the tail end of that feeling like we were treating him like poo poo because his recommendations were being ignored rather than just being bad recommendations. sometimes people like different things than what you like, and that's ok
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Oct 17, 2017 17:28
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Sixto Lezcano posted:I picked my Bnet tag back when it wasn't used for anything public, so it sucks. And I wanna change it in preparation for Destiny 2. Back whenever starcraft 2 came out I put in a joke as my real name in Bnet and apparently they don't ever allow you to change it. They don't seem to care that it doesn't match up with my credit card info lol.
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Oct 17, 2017 17:29
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I guess my favorite mediocre game would be LA Noire or the OG Assassin's Creed. Both are cool historical tech demos with no depth whatsoever. There needs to be more historical games that aren't about specifically about war
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Oct 17, 2017 17:30
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Cowcaster posted:i feel like you kind of asked and answered your own question there? Right, but what I'm saying is I don't think there's any game I enjoy that I would straight up never recommend.
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Oct 17, 2017 17:33
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Snooze Cruise posted:Raw Danger! I watched Steve Gaynor and Nina Freeman (devs at Fullbright) stream a bunch of that game and it looked hilarious.
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Oct 17, 2017 17:33
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:I watched Steve Gaynor and Nina Freeman (devs at Fullbright) stream a bunch of that game and it looked hilarious. Any other game would have removed the usability of the yell button in the opening party scene. Not Raw Danger!
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Oct 17, 2017 17:43
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Remember Me is a game I love that is deeply flawed and difficult to recommend. I think a lot of people ITT feel the same way. I'm a huge sucker for the story themes of memory and humanity. Also while Kid Xmas wasn't a particularly memorable boss fight, he's a great boss. I love the idea of a bounty hunter livestreaming his exploits in an incredibly WWE manner.
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Oct 17, 2017 17:50
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I don't think I'd recommend most of the games I like
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Oct 17, 2017 17:52
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Dr Cheeto posted:Remember Me is a game I love that is deeply flawed and difficult to recommend. I think a lot of people ITT feel the same way. I'm a huge sucker for the story themes of memory and humanity. Yeah, I forgot about that one, but it's been eclipsed and the studio more than redeemed by Life Is Strange.
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Oct 17, 2017 17:54
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FirstAidKite posted:Hey everybody, since we're talking about mediocre games that you like/don't like, I thought maybe I'd ask a question. Spycraft is the best fmv game ever and it makes me happy
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Oct 17, 2017 17:55
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since vermintide 2 just got announced that reminds me that vermintide is another game i played a bunch of but don't think is all that great (it's just left 4 dead with an added equipment grind) i liked payday 2 a lot more but they switched how all the skill systems and equipment systems worked in that game about 3000 times since launch and it got really old having to relearn the game from the ground up every time
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Oct 17, 2017 17:57
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Speaking of left 4 dead clones, how did the 40k one turn out?
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Oct 17, 2017 17:59
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 GT Sport is always online. If you're offline, you can't even save your single player progress or collect in-game currency.
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Oct 17, 2017 18:06
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chumbler posted:Speaking of left 4 dead clones, how did the 40k one turn out? Bad enough that they're gonna be relaunching it in a month or so, maybe check it out then?
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Oct 17, 2017 18:07
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Is that the Divine Cybermancy one?
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Oct 17, 2017 18:13
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All the games I like are wonderful and beautiful and how dare you call them mediocre 
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