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I've been playing Far Cry: New Dawn recently and I'm really enjoying it. The plot is very basic but on the plus side you don't have horrific individuals putting their face right in yours and whispering about how good and bad things are exactly the same thing in an ASMR voice. It's very pretty, the post apocalyptic aesthetic is cool and the moment to moment gameplay is improved too (you get a double jump!)
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StrixNebulosa posted:Far Cry 5 I played New Dawn recently and had a good time, so i picked up Fay Cry 5. I generally knew about the setting and story going in, but it's not a joke when people say it has some bad tonal whiplash. It's far too eager to set up a colorful Americana-flavor action playground while also trying to be very serious about it's religious cult story. It absolutely feels designed by committee in the worst way possible. My fault for having expectations from a shooter game though 
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Apr 7, 2020 14:24
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The villain in Far Cry 5 is baffling to me because from what I can tell, he doesn't believe in anything? His entire MO is "do crime, say spooky nonsense, wear ugly-rear end glasses and no t-shirt". Like the only reason people follow him is because he has mind control juice. And there's this running plot about how he's trying to "convert" the protagonist but like, how? How the gently caress? "confess your sins" means nothing if there is no moral framework to enter into afterwards and there literally is none! agh sorry I'll stop before this turns into more paragraphs but god damnit FC5 writers, you had an opportunity here and you decided that it would be good if Mr Seed basically is a nonperson!
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Apr 7, 2020 14:27
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Mothmansplainer posted:I played New Dawn recently and had a good time, so i picked up Fay Cry 5. I generally knew about the setting and story going in, but it's not a joke when people say it has some bad tonal whiplash. It's far too eager to set up a colorful Americana-flavor action playground while also trying to be very serious about it's religious cult story. It absolutely feels designed by committee in the worst way possible. My fault for having expectations from a shooter game though "trying to be very serious about it's religious cult story" but it doesn't HAVE one because the cult is literally about nothing, there's mind control juice. There is no cult to join. There is nothing here except for how the drat peggies are nice cartoonish things to shoot while you go around the map. 
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Apr 7, 2020 14:29
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Spoiler/question about What Remains: What does everyone think really happened to Molly? Did she die from eating too much toothpaste?
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Apr 7, 2020 14:30
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StrixNebulosa posted:The villain in Far Cry 5 is baffling to me because from what I can tell, he doesn't believe in anything? His entire MO is "do crime, say spooky nonsense, wear ugly-rear end glasses and no t-shirt". Like the only reason people follow him is because he has mind control juice.
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Apr 7, 2020 14:34
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Call Your Grandma posted:Spoiler/question about What Remains: toothpaste and holly berries, so yeah, it was probably food poisoning
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Apr 7, 2020 14:37
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The biggest problem is the fact that so much is gated through grinding. Once you get a full set of abilities and gear you can pull some crazy poo poo in that game with re-positioning abilities, stuns, and attacks. I get the feeling you're supposed to play through on normal unlock everything then go back and tear up the maps but at that point you're just burned out. Edit: I must have not reloaded before posting. I'm talking about Druidstone
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Apr 7, 2020 14:38
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The 7th Guest posted:fwiw walking simulators are generally not just about walking, it's just a derogatory term that would only really apply to something like Dear Esther I see lots of complaining about this from people who have no better term to call these games
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Apr 7, 2020 14:46
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StrixNebulosa posted:I expect I will put an hour into Far Cry 1, enjoy it as a historical experience (FPS design history is wild to me) and then drop it like a hot potato. Basically the modern Far Cry formula started with 2.
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Apr 7, 2020 14:53
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Jacob and Faith Seed's philosophies are so opposed that I really don't know how they can be part of the same cult. Far Cry 5 is fun but nothing about it makes any drat sense.
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Apr 7, 2020 15:00
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Fallom posted:I see lots of complaining about this from people who have no better term to call these games Walking sim was originally a derisive term used against these games but that's over now, and the only people who still try to post that as some kind of burn are owning themselves. "Interactive novel" is somehow even less accurate and dumber-sounding, so walky sim it is.
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Apr 7, 2020 15:02
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The most stupid thing in Far Cry 5 is that the bad guy is right, the end of the world is coming, and just as you arrest him the nukes start going off around the country
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Apr 7, 2020 15:08
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StrixNebulosa posted:"trying to be very serious about it's religious cult story" Yeah, that's completely accurate. I think the thing that always gets me is how thin the veneer is. It's a complete hodge-podge of religious iconography from votive candles to high-steepled churches to the promo art being a recreation of the last supper. It's a ton of loaded imagery that looks cool from an art standpoint, but it doesn't seem to realize those things can't be placed in a vacuum. It's a game that says a lot about how AAA games are made.
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Apr 7, 2020 15:09
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ymgve posted:The most stupid thing in Far Cry 5 is that the bad guy is right, the end of the world is coming, and just as you arrest him the nukes start going off around the country so... instead of making an insane mind control juice cult about nothing, he should have helped the local community continue their prepper planning? yeah I prefer State of Decay 2's take on the end of the world - things are lovely and the apocalypse has happened, but we CAN make a better world, we CAN work together, and nothing is going to stop us! (except for blood juggernauts)
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Apr 7, 2020 15:11
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Far Cry 1 is fun schlock and creeping through the jungle in a bright red Hawaiian t-shirt is a good time.
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Apr 7, 2020 15:11
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You know what's good and on sale? Jewel Match Solitaire. Three bucks and you can enjoy some chill gaming. No stupid plots, no stupid cults, just you and some cards.
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Apr 7, 2020 15:14
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Mothmansplainer posted:Yeah, that's completely accurate. I think the thing that always gets me is how thin the veneer is. It's a complete hodge-podge of religious iconography from votive candles to high-steepled churches to the promo art being a recreation of the last supper. It's a ton of loaded imagery that looks cool from an art standpoint, but it doesn't seem to realize those things can't be placed in a vacuum. It's a game that says a lot about how AAA games are made.
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Apr 7, 2020 15:15
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When FC5 was initially shown I thought the cult would be a take on the American right of the past ten years; stuff like militias, preppers, religious extremists- think the bundy clan or 3%ers. But they kept it more generic and non denominational, maybe to avoid controversy.
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Apr 7, 2020 15:29
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far cry 5's story is so atrocious it actively gets in the way of the game, on multiple occasions, not to mention the gross poo poo with the leaders' gently caress bunker and the gimp deputy in the sequel
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FastestGunAlive posted:When FC5 was initially shown I thought the cult would be a take on the American right of the past ten years; stuff like militias, preppers, religious extremists- think the bundy clan or 3%ers. But they kept it more generic and non denominational, maybe to avoid controversy. Ubisoft, the publisher that famously said they don't want to be political while marketing The Division 2.
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Apr 7, 2020 15:38
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Far Cry 5 is extremely good because when the murderous rapist cult leader says "you were wrong to oppose me, I'm actually the good guy here" he is 100% correct.
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I did the Final Fantasy "mission" in AC Origins last night, without realizing it was Final Fantasy themed until the end when I got a chocobo mount. A flying robot made of swords throws magic blue swords at an anime-hair man who smiles and then jumps up to (into?) the robot and they fly off, and leave a real (not magic blue) sword and shield just sitting there. I'm not very familiar with modern FF (the last one I played was 12, when it came out for PS2, so even that's a bit fuzzy beyond "it's Star Wars with chocobos"), so I was just very confused for a few minutes. I got lucky and got to the temple just as the sun was rising, so even the puzzle was just "shoot that glowy thing right there 3 times." Then I got back to the actual game. I took drugs and killed a snake in the afterlife, talked to my dead son, then found my heart and put it back in my chest and woke back up, and Aya was outside. Whoever said it the other day was right: she's off having AC plot happen while Bayek's just tooling around Egypt. Whenever she shows up, I half-love it because Aya's cool and it's surprisingly rare to see a protagonist with a living spouse who feels like an actual character and not just a plot device (though she is that, to be fair). I also half-hate it because I know it means I'm about to get a bunch of cutscenes about a bunch of bullshit I don't care about. Cleopatra visiting Memphis wasn't too bad, though. I've been wearing nothing but the spa towel (hood down) since I unlocked it, and I'm very glad they included a good outfit like that. Also, Bayek has one of the most charming grins in videogames.
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Pwnstar posted:Far Cry 5 is extremely good because when the murderous rapist cult leader says "you were wrong to oppose me, I'm actually the good guy here" he is 100% correct. I agree. Truly, it's a masterpiece. Rian Johnson would be proud.
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beats for junkies posted:Also, Bayek has one of the most charming grins in videogames. Yes! It looks so drat good.
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Sloppy posted:Anyone played Druidstone? It's on sale and it's been on my wishlist a while but don't want to be suckered in by another pretty face. If you can get over the clichés, bad dialogue, snoozey story and graphical style that reminds me of the Xbox's worst bloom abusing games there's a pretty fun tactical game underneath. But I couldn't, I hate that type of graphics, my eyes just slide right off them and they give me headaches.
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You know, Final Fantasy XV has some breathtaking character designs for the enemy models, but between the lighting engine, the hectic pace of the battles, and the camera orientation, I basically never get to actually see them. They’re just enemy blobs to me. I wish the game had a model viewer or something.
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exquisite tea posted:Walking sim was originally a derisive term used against these games but that's over now, and the only people who still try to post that as some kind of burn are owning themselves. "Interactive novel" is somehow even less accurate and dumber-sounding, so walky sim it is. Death Stranding is technically a walky sim
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Apr 7, 2020 18:16
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MechWarrior is a walking sim
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Anonymous Robot posted:You know, Final Fantasy XV has some breathtaking character designs for the enemy models, but between the lighting engine, the hectic pace of the battles, and the camera orientation, I basically never get to actually see them. They’re just enemy blobs to me. I wish the game had a model viewer or something. It does though? The bestiary? You can even put a Noctis model next to them for scale.
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StrixNebulosa posted:There is nothing here except for how the drat peggies are nice cartoonish things to shoot while you go around the map. here is the relevant part of Farcry 5. Just shoot stuff oh and explore the map. It's a nice looking game. New Dawn is too. When you get to that one, just shoot stuff there too
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Apr 7, 2020 18:22
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DrNutt posted:It does though? The bestiary? You can even put a Noctis model next to them for scale. Whoa, for real? Where can I find that in the menu?
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Hwurmp posted:MechWarrior is a walking sim Stomping game, please.
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I played Far Cry 5 and had exactly the same frustrating, irritating experience everyone else did, and then at the start of this year I played New Dawn because I am incapable of learning things, and it started off really promising and fun and vastly improved, and then about 40% of the way through it went "but, hey, what about Far Cry 5, though?" and slowly ground the entire game to a halt not just because the story became about Joseph Seed again but because the gameplay goes from "fight dudes and reclaim outposts and have a slow battle of attrition against post-apocalyptic warlords" to "listen to psychic ghosts talk and get repeatedly pulled away from the story because Joseph Seed is more important" and it was like banging my head against 5 all over again.
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Sloppy posted:Anyone played Druidstone? It's on sale and it's been on my wishlist a while but don't want to be suckered in by another pretty face. Because that will happen Every. Single. Mission. There's the glimmer of an amazing tactics game in Druidstone, but it gets drowned out by the developers feeling the need to scream "HA, GOTCHA!!!!!!" halfway through every level. Not only is that annoying on its own, but it actively undermines the rest of the game, because you never want to use your limited abilities until the "gotcha" moment that you know is always coming. The game soured real fast for me.
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Anonymous Robot posted:Whoa, for real? Where can I find that in the menu? Archives menu, under bestiary. I guess it's something that was added in a patch but I didn't know that since I played the game for the first time last year.
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Orv posted:Stomping game, please. that's Dead Space
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Samuringa posted:roguewalker Solesborne
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Hwurmp posted:Solesborne
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