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Post by Ex on May 5, 2023 20:45:07 GMT -5
XeogredYou rib me to play SOMA about as much as I rib you to play Soma Bringer. I did purchase the digital version of SOMA for PS4, it's installed on my console. Maybe this October I'll play it for something spooky. And yes the underwater theme gives it a bonus give a damn point. As far as Frictional Games go, I beat Penumbra: Overture back in 2007, I thought it was pretty good back then. Not sure how it's aged. I think you would like it, though. I played Amnesia: The Dark Descent and fell off it. The game is very gimmicky and overly restrictive. Might give it another chance someday, but what I played did not impress me. And that's all I've played by this studio.
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Post by Xeogred on May 5, 2023 22:13:50 GMT -5
I got about 3 hours into Penumbra: Overture last year. It was fine, I think I just felt like "I've seen all its tricks" by that point into it. The story and other stuff didn't pull me in enough to stick around, lot of cave environments, weird dog enemies, hah... but yeah it was alright. Much better than what I thought of Amnesia. The candle/light management in that game was obnoxious, on top of all the nauseating screen effects. I loathe when horror/FPS games mess with the screen, like that's supposed to amp up the scare factor... it just pisses me off, lol. Then again it applies to non-FPS's too, the screen effects were stupid in Haunting Ground. Another "hide and seek" horror game that got boring to me after a few hours.
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Post by Chema on May 6, 2023 4:04:10 GMT -5
Also it struck me like a corporate-mandated product Microsoft wanted so they could wave it around and say, "See! See! We have exclusives, too." rather than anything with actual inspiration or soul. Redfall started development long before the Microsoft acquisition. We've reached a point where AAA games take so long to develop that the trends they chase are outdated when development finishes.
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Post by Ex on May 25, 2023 9:09:13 GMT -5
hardcoregamer.com/reviews/review-the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum/444828/"The Lord of the Rings: Gollum could have ushered in a new era of The Lord of the Rings-based games. One that had the daring to fill in Tolkien’s gaps, but still showed respect for the source material. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum isn’t that game. While the story is compelling with a great performance from Smeagol/Gollum, the remainder of the game is a woeful mess. While Daedalic’s vision for Middle-earth is filled with artistic beauty, it’s altogether let down by a terrible technical presentation that’s far behind today’s standards. Ultimately, though, it’s the lack of polish and jankiness that is its undoing. From the myriad gameplay issues that bog down the simple mechanics to the mind-numbing crashes capable of hampering progression, there is little about The Lord of the Rings: Gollum that’s polished or enjoyable. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum crafts a compelling story around Gollum and Smeagol, but it fails to craft a polished, stable or enjoyable gameplay experience. Unfortunately, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum isn’t the Precious we’ve been searching for. 2/5"Of all the myriad LotR characters a company could have made a game about, they chose Gollum. Not Gandalf, not Legolas, not Elrond... nah, Gollum! As if any player truly wishes to be Gollum, staring at his hideous emaciated deformed figure creeping around for hours on end. Daedalic you geniuses.
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Post by anayo on May 25, 2023 18:10:23 GMT -5
ExI kept seeing Gollum in the gaming media, but it never crossed my mind to post it in this thread. It 100% belongs here, though.
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Post by Xeogred on May 25, 2023 18:59:04 GMT -5
Yeah, there are times I do not play a game when the main character simply looks so stupid and lame.
This is one of those times.
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Post by Ex on May 25, 2023 22:56:16 GMT -5
It 100% belongs here, though.
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Post by toei on May 25, 2023 23:36:23 GMT -5
Can't wait for the Gollum x Tingle crossover
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Post by Xeogred on May 26, 2023 15:57:50 GMT -5
Can't wait for the Gollum x Tingle crossover Makes me realize I don't think I've seen him in Tears of the Kingdom anywhere, not sure if he was even in Breath of the Wild either...
Good, goooooooood. Easily one of the worst additions to modern Zelda. There's utterly nothing about that character I find enduring or cool.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on May 27, 2023 17:11:41 GMT -5
lol Modern games are shitty in general but the whole broken/patched concept is supremely terrible. You can play the "same game" two years apart and have two completely different experiences, with the latter being the "actually working" version of the game (maybe?). Also, requiring consumers download a bunch of shit is obnoxious. No single player console game (or even PC game, ideally) should require me to use the internet, ever.
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