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Post by Sarge on Aug 21, 2023 20:45:57 GMT -5
All three of those games were supposed to be top-shelf. I remember Chaos Theory and Pandora Tomorrow especially being lauded at the time. I still need to finish the original. toei: I played some Glory of Heracles III last night, and found myself getting into it. I'm going to try to stick with it a bit longer. It's been a long time since I've really played a DQ-like that's not, well, DQ, so there's always a little bit of an adjustment period. I think the only thing annoying me right now is that I'd like the text to be a bit faster. Battles seem fast and snappy, though.
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Post by Ex on Aug 21, 2023 20:54:43 GMT -5
Indeed the original Splinter Cell trilogy is absolutely great. I say they go toe-to-toe with MG insofar as gameplay is concerned, perhaps even better. (When it comes to plots/crazy writing though, MG beats SC handily.) The latter SC games have ups and downs. I've beaten all the SC games except Essentials and Blacklist. I do intend to finish those "someday".
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Post by toei on Aug 21, 2023 21:00:19 GMT -5
Sarge If you stick with it, it will take you to some unexpected places, by which time it won't feel like a mere DQ clone anymore.
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Post by Sarge on Aug 21, 2023 21:49:02 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm going to keep at it on the Pocket, figure that will be the best way for me to stick with it.
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Post by Xeogred on Aug 21, 2023 21:59:38 GMT -5
Yeah, I think MGS having crazier stories/characters and such, made them longer lasting in ways over Splinter Cell. Along with Kojima being so eccentric. But it's very true that the Splinter Cell games were a big deal at the time. They felt like a staple IP for the Xbox to me and were pushing the tech a lot. Was weird to see them get ported around later. I did play Double Agent on the 360, I recall that one being rather generic and lost some of the sauce to the older ones or something. Think I've often heard Blacklist is really good.
No idea why I never got around to Chaos Theory. I think maybe I didn't like Pandora's Tomorrow too much... but the first game was definitely awesome.
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Post by Ex on Aug 26, 2023 10:57:59 GMT -5
Just remembered this one, here's a rec for toei : The Warriors. It's semi-open world, gang crime, violent beat 'em up action, with campaign story. Most of the game (all of it?) takes place at night in gritty slummy '70s New York. Based on a 1979 film. I beat this on co-op via the Xbox version back in 2007. It was good enough that I would have played it single player, though.
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Post by toei on Aug 26, 2023 11:16:22 GMT -5
I very briefly messed with it long ago and didn't like the way combat felt. I'll have to give it another shot. I like the movie. Very influential for video games, I believe Renegade & Double Dragon took a lot from it in terms of enemy design, and then Final Fight and 60-70% of the beat-'em-ups released in the '90s took from Double Dragon.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Aug 26, 2023 21:18:26 GMT -5
Didn't know (or forgot?) there was a game based on The Warriors. I unironically have the soundtrack on 8 track tape lol. Game looks dope though.
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Post by toei on Sept 15, 2023 2:26:22 GMT -5
Recommendation request: I am looking for something extremely relaxing and undemanding to play. Minimal story or text (if any), simple gameplay, and no constant rewards (so no arcadey action game or casual dopamine trap). Ideally, an otherworldy atmosphere. If not, it's all good as long as it's simple, easy, no headache, no story. Let me know if anything comes to mind.
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Post by Ex on Sept 15, 2023 11:12:09 GMT -5
extremely relaxing and undemanding, simple gameplay, no constant rewards, an otherworldy atmosphere, easy, no story Quite difficult to think of any one game with all of those qualifiers together; these are a few that have multiple qualifiers you listed:
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