@Knuckles-Fajita Well, in looking over your list, I’m not entirely confident in my recommendations, but one game I just feel everyone should play is Shadow of the Colossus, and the PS4 version is the best, most polished iteration. It looks like you’re not much into the open world fantasy setting, but don’t let that scare you off. The game is more contemplative and chill. It’s not about chasing tons of map markers and doing meaningless side quests like many open world games can be. The story is simple, but powerful, imo. And it doesn’t overstay it’s welcome.
Also will put in a rec for NieR Automata. Not quite as transcendent a game as SotC , but is probably more fun and exciting to play and definitely more fast-paced combat. Also so incredibly innovative in the approach and presentation. Just a fantastic experience if you want some action and a story that will keep you pondering things for days.
It appears you like platforming, so maybe try Inside for some 2D simple platforming/ puzzle gameplay with also a meaningful story.
And if you don’t like good stories that make you ponder in your games, then ignore everything I’ve said. Lol. But each of those games has first and foremost fun and interesting gameplay.
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@Knuckles-Fajita Lol. Yeah, although every now and again I love a good Ubisoft tower game with a large map and a bunch of quest markers to chase (Horizon Zero Dawn for example), I’ve never been able to garner enough interest to play a single Far Cry game, even if it is the granddaddy of the genre. Just doesn’t interest me either.
And yes, I’m positive you’d hate Skyrim if you dislike fantasy. Personally I thought it was great. But very heavy on the knights, wizards, castles, and dragons.
As far as SotC, there is a lot of open space with “nothing to do” but in my mind it was fun just exploring and the world is beautiful. There are a few minor collectibles (fruit in trees and lizards) that could pass the time between as you travel to the Colossi battles. But mostly it’s just observing and exploring a cool world for a few minutes until you can find that next boss. The lack of random battles is somewhat refreshing in a way, after playing the typical JRPGs and such. In the present gaming world where we have Red Dead Redemption 2 where after playing 30 hours, I feel like 15 of those hours have been on horseback getting from point A to point B, it’s nothing that onerous. The whole game of SotC will be done in 15 hrs, so it’s just enough to feel nice being in that beautiful world.
But if it doesn’t interest you then you still may hate it, so I’ll not oversell it as a surefire hit. Not everyone adores the game as much as I do.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
SOTC isn't big by modern day standards. You can probably traverse the map in a minute or so. The amount of time you spend in between bosses are really up to you. But it works in SOTC, and I don't feel that numerous NPCs, enemies or a dozen collectibles would've made the game any better.
I noticed at US Gamestop Kingdom come Deliverance is $20 for those interested. I was hoping for a psn sale since I have most of my extra money tied up in psn credit, but this sale is very tempting.
@Knuckles-Fajita Awesome. Be sure to post your experiences and impressions when/if you get around to playing. Especially NieR is a game that I found I enjoyed more by being able to talk about it and the forum thread on the game was part of the enjoyment.
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@Knuckles-Fajita You're not alone; I can't stand fantasy. I've only recently relented to years of urging from a friend to try playing Dragon Age, and only then it was a "should the time become available to look for it cheap in the next couple years" admission.
Enjoy your choices!
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