I haven't actually played the others but from my understanding they're not really related to each other directly but theres a few easter eggs scattered about. Its a self contained story.Do you have to play Nier and the other two (abstract sounding) Drakenguard games to get the full experience or are you able to enjoy the games for what they are?
I always find it hard to play through a game/ read a book or watch something if there is backstory and lore I am missing out on.
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That's good to know, I have been interested in playing Automata for a while, but as I said, have trouble jumping into a series if there is lore I will be missing out on, will probably give this a go once I finish my uncountable replay of original FF7 and Crisis core before reunion.
I’ve never played the other games and Automata doesn’t seem to be punishing me for it. The story seems self contained enough for newcomers not to feel sidelined. It’s a really good game. Enjoy.Do you have to play Nier and the other two (abstract sounding) Drakenguard games to get the full experience or are you able to enjoy the games for what they are?
I always find it hard to play through a game/ read a book or watch something if there is backstory and lore I am missing out on.
Still no quick resume equivalent though?
Been playing astro thing game with the boys recently and it looks so good. Someone on here said its basically ps4 level graphics. Are we any closer to this new machine being at full potential yet? I've had it a year now.
For example astro, if ps4 level would never be possible on the ps3 that I know because I had the 3 for so long. When will the 5 bring out stuff that the 4 would never be able to.
For example astro, if ps4 level would never be possible on the ps3 that I know because I had the 3 for so long. When will the 5 bring out stuff that the 4 would never be able to.
You can see massive leaps in quality between PS4 and ps5 versions of games already.
I bought spiderman miles and it looks amazing because I skipped the 4 but it looks to me only marginally better than the equivalent game on the 4. Is the 5 starting to pull away now then?
Maybe because I skipped the 4 I wasn't aware that early 4 games looked broadly similar to the 3 whereas later 4 games looked so different as much as not possible on the 3?
I think it's clearly more.powerful than the PS4, games are nowhere near hitting their full potential yet as they're made for cross gen, once developers leave the PS4 behind then we will get the most out of it.
There's also a name for it I think, but we are getting to the point we can't have massive leaps as often as we used to, we are closer to photorealism now than we are to pixelated games. So it'll slow down a bit.
Diminishing returns...
I remember playing Yazuka 0 a few years ago on PC.
I would rank it as one of my top 5 games of all time. Sure the combat isn't great and you can't compare to a technical masterpiece like GTA, however this was one of the rare games where the main story really sucked me in.
Would make a fantastic movie adaptation if done right.
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Also this scene and music is an absolute banger. Kuze easily the best character in the game.
I would rank it as one of my top 5 games of all time. Sure the combat isn't great and you can't compare to a technical masterpiece like GTA, however this was one of the rare games where the main story really sucked me in.
Would make a fantastic movie adaptation if done right.
EDIT:
Also this scene and music is an absolute banger. Kuze easily the best character in the game.
Hoping for some God of War update in tonite's state of play.
It's one of the rare times I platinumed a game so yea sure!So is @Moby I'm sure
oh, sorry, I thought it was you that was always complaining about GOW, was just messing
Enjoy the state of play!
oh, sorry, I thought it was you that was always complaining about GOW, was just messing
Enjoy the state of play!
You're probably thinking of one of these mentalists
That nutter at the bottom, what do he know?
Just don't agree it's one of the best games ever etc, still a super fun game to play!oh, sorry, I thought it was you that was always complaining about GOW, was just messing
Enjoy the state of play!
Doesn't this require a real life gamer friend to play? I bought it, but couldn't get started because I had no one to join in.
In which case, I salute you! Definitely one the best games ever.
Yup.
Haven't played anything really for a couple of weeks. Just haven't been in the mood, and there are no games out there that have grabbed my attention.
But last night I did go back to Frostpunk. It really is an incredible game for those who haven't played it. It's a real-time survival strategy game, so for anyone who likes those types of games I'd highly recommend it. It does require a lot from the player, as you're constantly juggling different things, and no matter how well you're doing, there will always be something wrong that you need to fix. So it can get stressful at times.
But when you're in the zone, the time just melts away. The only downside to the game is that it's difficult to come back to. So saving the game and coming back to it the next day can be a pain in the arse, because you can forget all the things that you need to take care of sometimes. But that's a minor quibble.
But last night I did go back to Frostpunk. It really is an incredible game for those who haven't played it. It's a real-time survival strategy game, so for anyone who likes those types of games I'd highly recommend it. It does require a lot from the player, as you're constantly juggling different things, and no matter how well you're doing, there will always be something wrong that you need to fix. So it can get stressful at times.
But when you're in the zone, the time just melts away. The only downside to the game is that it's difficult to come back to. So saving the game and coming back to it the next day can be a pain in the arse, because you can forget all the things that you need to take care of sometimes. But that's a minor quibble.
GOW is great but I prefer Horizon aswell as someone else mentioned. Just more my style of game I guess.
I hated that part of GOW where you lower the sea level at first, could I shit figure out where I was.
Not sure if it's because I'm getting older or because games are bigger, or just the way they're designed, but I find it much harder to remember places now, always need to use the maps. I could remember GTA: SA no problem when I was a kid.
One of those tree house things in forbidden west done my tits in, always went the wrong way.
I hated that part of GOW where you lower the sea level at first, could I shit figure out where I was.
Not sure if it's because I'm getting older or because games are bigger, or just the way they're designed, but I find it much harder to remember places now, always need to use the maps. I could remember GTA: SA no problem when I was a kid.
One of those tree house things in forbidden west done my tits in, always went the wrong way.
I'm sorry this affected you
he is banned
It's a deserving fate for any GOW denier.
No idea how someone can prefer Horizon over GOW. Both games have a sense of repetitiveness but I found the dialogue in Horizon so bad. The combat in GOW feels so rewarding too.
Exactly. I also found Aloy the single most annoying game lead ever. That breathy, emotional and treacly voice put me off the game completely. I wanted the robots to win.
Storyline is about the same in both tbh, the dialogue is horizon is dogshit though, overall plot is decent. I prefer more open world exploring and having options how to take enemies down, GOW felt pretty linear compared to horizon in that respect.
Just depends what you want out of a game.
She never shuts the feck up tbh, constantly talking to herself and giving you clues after you have been in the area 2.4 seconds
This ... HZD isn't the only game to commit this crime but yeah, I remember being irritated by this way too early in the game.
I've started it again 3 - 4 times and come to the same conclusion each time. Don't like it. Shame, because it looks pretty and the premise is good.
Zero Dawn or Forbidden West?
I don't remember ZD being that bad at all, and I loved that game.
It was awful in FW though, she was a wreck the head. Didn't help that the game itself wasn't very good at all.
Zero Dawn, one of those games I really wanted to like but just couldn't, not even going to bother with FW unless it comes as a free in the furutre. Not sure the main character has ever put me off a game before like she did. Nowt to do with being a woman at all (Tomb Raider, UC5, Nier Automata, TLOU2 ... love them all), just her, the character annoyed me too much to want to spend that time moving her about and listening to her wistful, emo-hippy, nonsense
I didn't like the story, acting, dialogue or characters of Horizon. It was a fun premise and had interesting weapons and enemies. Ropecaster and Trip Wires were neat.
Could you turn down how often she talks? Or maybe they patched it? Dont remember it really.
God of War ... bleh. It was good across the board. I liked what they did with Kratos and i didn't hate Atreus. The rest of the cast and wider story was a bit rubbish and weak and reminded me more of the older games - pulpy, silly nonsense. The combat was throwing axe endlessly and dodge the unblockable attack that takes off 2/3rds of your health. Bosses weren't there. Traversal was a chore. Trudging isn't a movement speed thats easy to sell.
Could you turn down how often she talks? Or maybe they patched it? Dont remember it really.
God of War ... bleh. It was good across the board. I liked what they did with Kratos and i didn't hate Atreus. The rest of the cast and wider story was a bit rubbish and weak and reminded me more of the older games - pulpy, silly nonsense. The combat was throwing axe endlessly and dodge the unblockable attack that takes off 2/3rds of your health. Bosses weren't there. Traversal was a chore. Trudging isn't a movement speed thats easy to sell.
Think they patched Aloy so she didn't talk so much in the end.
Yeah I felt god of war combat was massively repetitive. Fun enough, but got pretty samey after a while.
GoW anyday over Horizon for me. I like the latter but I don't think it achieves the excellence that GoW does in so many areas. The gap in quality of writing itself is huge. I understand that it's not for you based on this bolded though. That's what many of us loved about GoW though. It had a bigger sense of immersion and intrigue due to the way the world was built as opposed to Horizons more basic / simplistic / gigantic but less memorable one.