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PaperclipPerfector  6mo ago (text post)   1977 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for October 13, 2023

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Been playing through the mass effect trilogy, and wow is it good. The first one actually impressed me more than the second so far, but I'm playing vanguard and finally getting to the point where I can charge into enemies without immediately dying. It's fun as hell.

I bought Elden Ring, but I'm the type of person that won't go back to games after finishing a lot of the time, so I'm working to finish the ME trilogy before I crack that one open. I am just so grateful for how many damn good games there are out there. Honestly if we stopped making games tomorrow I would likely be set for the rest of my life, although of course I'm greedy to see what happens in the next 5-10 years in gaming, heh.

The coolest thing IMO would be AR/VR and seeing how that develops. I'd adore a truly immersive TES game like Oblivion with great story in a VR setting. Any other thoughts on the future of gaming?

I played through it recently, but I found myself quitting halfway through ME3. Mechanically it was fine, if unimpressive. Aesthetically it did nothing for me, but didn't offend me either. I had stuck with it so far mostly because of the extensive appreciation the trilogy gets from others, but here I had to stop because the game just kept becoming sillier. And I don't mean the Citadel Add-On, which is comedic throughout but honestly so, but the rest of it, including highlights of stupidity like Shepard's completely nonsensical speech to Earth's high command in the beginning or The Rannoch Reaper fight.

Not sure what I expected, but in the end I just lost all interest.

As for gaming in general, hm. The future I see is dominated by lots of rehashed trash, marketed to eager and uncritical buyers, on AAA and indie levels both, and increasingly more games-as-service and, above all, mobile games ported to PC.

I'm keeping an eye on the publishers Hooded Horse and Microprose, who both seem to cater somewhat to older-school players.

The future I see is dominated by lots of rehashed trash, marketed to eager and uncritical buyers, on AAA and indie levels both, and increasingly more games-as-service and, above all, mobile games ported to PC.

Really? Even with things like Elden Ring, Cyberpunk, Red Dead, etc coming out recently?

The mobile games take is a bit scary I'll admit. Haven't looked into it too much but I do see kids gaming on their phones in public, which horrifies me for some reason.

Really? Even with things like Elden Ring, Cyberpunk, Red Dead, etc coming out recently?

All these games came out after my AAA burnout. Starting around Skyrim I couldn't make myself finish any major game, and at some point I decided there's better uses for $60 or whatever they're going for these days.

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