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CYBEReris posted:curious if there are any modern FPS games that someone who enjoyed Unreal Tournament 99-2004 would like. no frills like pseudo rpg mechanics just loving around with fun weapons that feel good. i have game pass so anything already on there would be ideal. halo seems like the obvious answer and is a massive thing i missed the boat on so that's one of the first things i'm gonna try. People have been saying good things about Splitgate, it's definitely no frills and has more of a classic feel than a lot of others, plus it's kind of goofy like unreal tournament and is multiplayer-only.
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VagueRant posted:Was thinking about MGS4 being the ultimate gun-porn game. (Its IMFDB page was a really fun read for me for some reason!) It's niche because it's VR, but you would probably appreciate the existence of Hotdogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades. The dev adores firearms and the game is basically an excuse to represent their mechanical workings as realistically as possible. But he also doesn't want to stimulate human murder, so all the enemies are sentient hotdogs who bleed mustard.
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VagueRant posted:Was thinking about MGS4 being the ultimate gun-porn game. (Its IMFDB page was a really fun read for me for some reason!) Pick up Ground Branch imo. It's still in EA, but Microprose just picked it up and are helping develop it now. You want customisation? How about : - how far back or forwards on the rail you mount your scope affects your sight picture - if you turn on your NVGs, sights other than red dots become basically unusable due to the change in focal length or whatever - i think the record is 11 or 12 lasers mounted on a single gun? - you can mount an offset rail to add a second sight to use. Or mount a second sight on top of an existing one if it has a suitable adapter. Or mount a night sight or a flip-up magnifier behind your other optics - suppressors make it harder for the AI to locate you but don't make you inaudible - your weapon will collide with the environment, so pistols and subguns are a real advantage indoors - you can do a regular reload, that saves your half-empty mag, or a faster combat one that dumps it on the ground. you can re-use those half-empty mags when you run out of full ones Best of all, it plays really well. The controls are well thought out and the maps are really well designed in terms of lines of sight, cover etc. The AI is pretty good and will always try to flank you (although in the current build they tend to have trouble with stairwells and are unaffected by low light / night.) Can play solo, or PVE, or PVP. Well worth giving a shot imho. Pipski fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Aug 6, 2021 |
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First if you're really interested in seeing a lot of guns, there's World of Guns for looking at and disassembling guns. It's free, but you can unlock more guns in-game by paying extra. If you don't pay extra, you have to earn points in-game by doing the disassembly well enough to unlock more guns, but there's also a lot of promo codes. I think one promo code unlocks all WW2 era guns at once. If you want an expert's opinion on guns in games, there's Gamespot's Firearms Expert Reacts series which might help you consider a game, although a lot of the ones he's more positive about seem to be multiplayer-only. An alternative angle would be some games that don't involve using a wide variety of guns, but get very specific and granular about the experience of using and managing your gun instead of the typical just one button point and shoot. Receiver and Receiver 2 are all about being hyper-simulationist, while Westerado is a simpler, more stripped-down game that still has a more complicated shooting and reloading mechanics.
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Bit of a weird niche request. Can anyone recommend PS3 games playable without any analog or shoulder button use? I've been dealing with wrist issues for a while now and not being able to play games a ton like I used to is really getting to me, especially while trapped inside like this. I finally got the idea that I should try playing games using a DDR mat. Unfortunately, DDR isn't much of a thing anymore, so PS4 and PS5 don't have mats available, but PS3 does! (AFAIK, PS3 controllers don't work with the later consoles, but maybe I'm wrong?) Mats only have the four directional arrows, four face buttons, start, and select. Anything that involves a lot of fast-paced action is probably out as well, given the limitations of the mat. Games with trophies preferred, because I am an addict. (I'm sure it would be easier to find PS1 games that work, but...) Ideas? (and yes, I already have a copy of DDR on the way) Thanks!
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Aug 12, 2021 21:25
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Have you played Crypt of the Necrodancer? I don't know if it's available on PS3, but it's a roguelike that's built to be playable on dance mats.
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Aug 12, 2021 21:57
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I haven't, but I've been curious about it for a long time. If I can get the mat working with my PS4, I'll definitely check that out, thanks!
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Aug 12, 2021 22:00
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I've never completed a Mario game, what's the best Mario game? It can be 2d or 3d. I want to know what all the fuss is about. The only one I've played extensively is Mario 64 at a friend's house and I did like it a lot at the time.
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Chas McGill posted:I've never completed a Mario game, what's the best Mario game? It can be 2d or 3d. I want to know what all the fuss is about. This is going to have a huge variance of opinions. Personally, I enjoyed Sunshine the most. It doesn't have the best level design in the series, but I enjoyed the gimmicks and world building. Odyssey I apparently exceptional, but I don't have a Switch so
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Aug 15, 2021 22:27
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Honestly, the mainline Mario games tend to be very solid games on their respective platforms. Some are better than others but I'm struggling to think of one that I'd willingly call a bad game. So the question really is, which Nintendo consoles do you have access to?
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Aug 15, 2021 22:45
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Honestly, the mainline Mario games tend to be very solid games on their respective platforms. Some are better than others but I'm struggling to think of one that I'd willingly call a bad game. So the question really is, which Nintendo consoles do you have access to? Yeah main series is universally good. Its when you start getting into spinoff territory that things can get ugly (looking at you, Mario Is Missing).
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If you have irl friends or family to play with, I really don't think you can go wrong with Super Mario 3D World. It's....hilarious.
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If you have an SNES or can pretend that you do, Super Mario All-Stars is worth checking out to see the roots of the series.
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ultrafilter posted:If you have an SNES or can pretend that you do, Super Mario All-Stars is worth checking out to see the roots of the series. It's on the official SNES emulator on switch if you pay up for online The main mario titles, starting with Super Mario Bros are basically like uhh 1- Barebones, only powerups are Big and Fireballs 2- Fever dream weirdness, and you have 4 different characters to choose from with different abilities 3- Impressively large and is the origin of the map system 2D Mario games use. Introduced several new powerups, and had enough behind it to make a Fred Savage movie about video games and disabilities Super Mario World - Took what 3 was doing and ran with it SMW2: Yoshi's Island - Not really a Mario game. This is a Yoshi game where Yoshi attempts to transport an infant 64 - First 3D Mario game, plays just fine on controllers that aren't weird. Origin of the system of collecting macguffins to progress to the next area, with each macguffin marking the completion of a goal basically. Only 3D Mario game that doesn't have an extra gimmick like a sentient hat or jetpack Sunshine - It's like 64 but you are on a tropical island and there is a talking jetpack that you're expected to use. As a result there's less acrobatics and a lot of people don't like it but I think it's fine Galaxy - It's like 64 but you have to manage a weird perspective because the gimmick is being on relatively small spheres or other objects where they can use gravity as the selling point Galaxy 2 - Better than Galaxy 1 Odyssey - You have a talking hat that can be used to take control of enemies, and you can also use it for extra crazy acrobatics. Unlike previous 3D games, there are many many more macguffins, but you're expected to collect more of them, so it doesn't boot you out of a level when you get one 3D Land and 3D World - These attempt to bridge the gap between 3D platforming and 2D linearity in level design. If you wanted a 3D Mario but you just go from A to B, these are your games New Super Mario (insert iteration here) - These are where 2D Mario went. If what you want is linear levels with a pure Mario platforming experience in the older style of 1-3 or Super Mario World, play these. None of the stories here matter, so just pick whatever gimmick or playstyle interests you and have a good time. In my opinion, all of these games are great. You really can't go wrong.
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Super Mario World (Super NES) is a good place to start, IMO. It's superbly refined 2D Mario; an iconic "why people give so much of a poo poo about 2D Mario" classic. The NES ones are great games (3, in particular), but World is kinda the culmination of those efforts. Mario 2's history is p neat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EUYSN5aFcE
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Does anybody know some good rhythm games for android tablets or switch? I've played a ton of Lanota and Groove Coaster. Tried out Arcaea but hated the whole maps system for unlocking songs.
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Aug 16, 2021 10:38
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Have you tried Crypt of the Necrodancer (and its Switch-exclusive spin-off/sequel, Cadence of Hyrule)? Excellent games IMO.
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Thanks for all the Mario recs everyone, I think I'll start with Super Mario All-Stars to try the 2D ones and go from there! signalnoise posted:It's on the official SNES emulator on switch if you pay up for online
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The continuity is "mama mia bowser kidnapped-a the princess!", and sometimes it isn't Bowser, but it actually is.
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nth Term posted:Does anybody know some good rhythm games for android tablets or switch? Overrapid, BeatX and Lanota come to mind. I also have one that is kinda anime and based around piano pieces but I can't remember the name. e: didn't see you already mentioned Lanota.
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Super Mario 3 also has a sort of aesthetic like it's taking place on a stage, which kinda implies that all the characters are just playing assigned roles, which I think is kinda neat. Dynamite Headdy takes that aesthetic a little further. If you open up the "mainline" a little, there's also Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, which were the games that were made for the original gameboy, and the origin of Peach and Wario. They suffer limitations from their hardware, but they were the ones I played as a kid, and I think the only "proper" Mario games I owned before I got Odyssey. Fully outside the mainline, there's the RPGs that have fun, self-contained stories of varying qualities. (Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door is the best one) And there's the sports and party games that just assemble a bunch of characters for players to play as and have almost no narrative excuses for what's happening. There's also characters who have spun off into their entire separate game series like Donkey Kong, Wario Land, Luigi's Mansion, Warioware, Yoshi's Island, Captain Toad, and Super Princess Peach. And there's Mario Maker, where you can play 2D Mario games made by people around the world.
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SlothfulCobra posted:There's also characters who have spun off into their entire separate game series like Donkey Kong Mario was in two Donkey Kong games before he ever got his own.
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SlothfulCobra posted:Super Mario 3 also has a sort of aesthetic like it's taking place on a stage, which kinda implies that all the characters are just playing assigned roles, which I think is kinda neat. Note that he has a very peculiar mind and also wanted Goldeneye to end with Bond going around the hospital shaking hands with all the enemies
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:The continuity is "mama mia bowser kidnapped-a the princess!", and sometimes it isn't Bowser, but it actually is. There is like one piece of real timeline continuity between the games that I can think of and it is that Pauline, Mario's sweetheart from before he even had his own game, became the mayor of New Donk City in the most recent game. The series is neat for having details they keep adding like Bowser having several children, or Mario and the rest of the main human-like characters clearly being something other than human, but yeah they've managed to have less continuity than the Final Fantasy and Zelda games, and it's better that way.
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I don't know if that's so much continuity as it is reusing a character. The most continuity is probably in Mario Sunshine where the guy who made the weird new gadget is Professor E. Gadd from Luigi's Mansion. Maybe there's also something funky going on with the end of Mario Galaxy too. It's not like the Metroid series where a critical event that influences the plot of all the other games happens in a gameboy game that very few people remember.
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SlothfulCobra posted:I don't know if that's so much continuity as it is reusing a character. The most continuity is probably in Mario Sunshine where the guy who made the weird new gadget is Professor E. Gadd from Luigi's Mansion. Maybe there's also something funky going on with the end of Mario Galaxy too. Metroid 2 is so good. The remakes (official and unofficial) are too fancy, IMO. Gimme that cramped, creepy Game Boy aesthetic. Shine fucked around with this message at 08:42 on Aug 17, 2021 |
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Dr. Eldarion posted:Bit of a weird niche request. Can anyone recommend PS3 games playable without any analog or shoulder button use? TooMuchAbstraction posted:Have you played Crypt of the Necrodancer? I don't know if it's available on PS3, but it's a roguelike that's built to be playable on dance mats. Dr. Eldarion posted:I haven't, but I've been curious about it for a long time. If I can get the mat working with my PS4, I'll definitely check that out, thanks! Update: got the mat, and it doesn't appear to register on anything but the PS3. Oh well. Looks like I may be able to try Retro/Grade. Got it from PS+ a long time ago and from what I can tell from some searches, only requires the d-pad and X? Dr. Eldarion fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Aug 18, 2021 |
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I was actually looking at my steam library recently and thought about that, and I got some more recommendations that might or might not work right on PS3 depending on how you can map the buttons.
Those are the games that are definitely listed as being on the PS3. If you manage to hammer out a way to play PC games, here are some options that probably your computer can play even if it's pretty low in specs. At the very least they don't need mouse controls
And I don't really know your condition, but here's a few games that can be played through menus with no time pressure. I guess there's also a thousand point and click games that can be played with the mouse alone, but here's some other kinds of things.
So I hope something in that mess is helpful.
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Dr. Eldarion posted:Update: got the mat, and it doesn't appear to register on anything but the PS3. Oh well. PS4 (and bone?) controllers need to pass authentication to the system, which is why some fight sticks like the Mayflash F300 have a USB passthrough to get auth from an actual DS4. If you do wanna get a PS3 mat to work on the PS4 (or switch etc), Brook converters are what you wanna look into: https://www.brookaccessory.com/PS%20Converters/list.html
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I'm wrapping up Warriors Orochi 4, which I got after beating Persona 5 Strikers, and it turns out I love mosou games and mowing through crowds if enemies. Outside of the Dynasty/Samurai Warriors lines and Koei Tecmo's offerings in general, are there any large scale beat em ups on PC I should look into?
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OutOfPrint posted:I'm wrapping up Warriors Orochi 4, which I got after beating Persona 5 Strikers, and it turns out I love mosou games and mowing through crowds if enemies. Outside of the Dynasty/Samurai Warriors lines and Koei Tecmo's offerings in general, are there any large scale beat em ups on PC I should look into? None of them are gonna hit the heights of Koei's offerings but Dragon Quest Heroes 1 is simple but fun (haven't played 2) Fate/EXTELLA is batshit anime nonsense paired with a simple but fun musou One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 is good I've heard (haven't played) Reignfall if you want to go extremely indie/cheap and weirdly I kinda count the Earth Defense Force games (4.1 especially) as musou games but with guns e: Oh and I missed BLADESTORM: Nightmare which is Japan's take on the 100 years war and it's completely nonsense. I enjoyed it!
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Splitgate is fun. Feels like a mashup of every shooter from before 2010, with a heavy emphasis on Halo and portal.
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StrixNebulosa posted:and weirdly I kinda count the Earth Defense Force games (4.1 especially) as musou games but with guns World Brothers even moreso because you switch between all the classes when you want during a mission much like Samurai Warriors. Also as an addendum, DQ Heroes 2 is much more 'standard' Musou than Heroes 1 which is kinda defense focused.
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kirbysuperstar posted:PS4 (and bone?) controllers need to pass authentication to the system, which is why some fight sticks like the Mayflash F300 have a USB passthrough to get auth from an actual DS4. If you do wanna get a PS3 mat to work on the PS4 (or switch etc), Brook converters are what you wanna look into: https://www.brookaccessory.com/PS%20Converters/list.html Good to know, thanks! If I end up with a nontrivial PS4/PS5 list I'll definitely look into it. SlothfulCobra posted:Lots of great info Thanks for compiling this! Solar 2 looks interesting, though I don't see a PS3 version unfortunately. Thomas Was Alone is a great suggestion but I've already played it through (and loved it) multiple times. The other couple may be a bit fast paced, but I'll look into how feasible they are. Sadly, no PC currently that's capable of playing games. You mentioned mapping controls, which reminded me that the PS4 has controller button remapping built into the OS. If I end up going the converter route, this could be something promising... I also noticed that the Vita has Necrodancer on it and I have a PSTV - going to try the dance mat on that later. (not sure if the Vita version has a mat mode though so it may end up tougher) It's also on sale for $2.99 on PSN right now! Edit: Just went ahead and tried hooking the mat up to the PSTV and no dice. Oh well. Dr. Eldarion fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Aug 18, 2021 |
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So I never liked jrpgs but I played octopath traveler and loving loved it. I am hesitant to buy a bunch of other jrpgs without having some idea if I might like them. Are there any out there that have interesting combat and whatnot like octopath on PC?
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funmanguy posted:So I never liked jrpgs but I played octopath traveler and loving loved it. I am hesitant to buy a bunch of other jrpgs without having some idea if I might like them. Are there any out there that have interesting combat and whatnot like octopath on PC? Can you say the ones you didn't like first? I haven't played octopath so it would maybe be easier for me (and others) to name some if we also have an idea of what you don't want I mean I do know like sort of generally how it plays so I was thinking of other turn based JRPGs that are good but I don't know if you've played stuff like FFX already and didn't like them
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funmanguy posted:So I never liked jrpgs but I played octopath traveler and loving loved it. I am hesitant to buy a bunch of other jrpgs without having some idea if I might like them. Are there any out there that have interesting combat and whatnot like octopath on PC? Honestly Octopath is pretty traditional in most ways, if you like it, you like JRPGs - go wild. The closest to Octopath is probably Bravely Default but that's 3ds/Switch, but it has a similar modern take on traditional JRPGs approach. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne is a great JRPG with super fun combat which is on PC/Steam now
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funmanguy posted:So I never liked jrpgs but I played octopath traveler and loving loved it. I am hesitant to buy a bunch of other jrpgs without having some idea if I might like them. Are there any out there that have interesting combat and whatnot like octopath on PC? Battle Chasers is sort of similar. If you're okay with emulating, Octopath draws heavily from the SaGa series on Playstation and SNES. And if you're going down that path, Valkyrie Profile kind of works too
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funmanguy posted:So I never liked jrpgs but I played octopath traveler and loving loved it. I am hesitant to buy a bunch of other jrpgs without having some idea if I might like them. Are there any out there that have interesting combat and whatnot like octopath on PC? Celestian Tales: Old North has similar "Momentum" style JRPG combat. I thought the characters are writing were pretty good, even if the presentation is a little barebones due to this being "indie" for lack of a better word.
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