@RogerRoger It really depends on the game and how good the character creator is. I've found that sometimes its not just worth the effort, and most of what I can create looks a lot worse than what the game comes with. Ideally, I really want to create my own and have them be unique. But you've got to work with the tools available.
With DA2, I felt that the female options were really limited and lacking. But that was so really weird, because some of the women NPCs in the game were among the most attractive I'd seen in a video game at that point! You would think that there would be a connection between the two systems, but apparently that wasn't the case. I think that they really wanted the female Hawk to be rough and tumble and kind of railroaded the player to that end.
On a slightly different note, what an amazing year 2011 was on the PS3! Dragon Age 2, though a very good game, wasn't even close to being the best game from Bioware that year on the system, because Mass Effect 2 is one of the greatest games ever to be made, IMO.
And then you have Skyrim, another of the best games ever. Uncharted 3, Little Big Planet 2 and AC3, which were also phenomenal games. Maybe one of the best single years in gaming ever.
While I am still playing through Biomutant, a lighter game on the side would be welcome. I am thinking of getting Untitled Goose Game, which is on sale atm, has anyone played this? is it any good or does it get boring quite fast? Sounds quite innovative and entertaining to me.
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I actually bought it physically two weeks ago @Arugula...
I never got to play much though as the copy I bought just straight up didn't work after I'd patched it and even when I didn't it patch wasn't loading the game properly.
Somehow Pathfinder seemed to have shipped with disc read errors for some people? (I didn't look for that beforehand as I wouldn't have thought that was a thing) Disc nearly got stuck inside the PS4 and it was making awful clunking sounds 😧
... I have got the digital version now though.
I've not made much progress though so I unfortunately can't give much (At least for me) of an answer.
The digital version works fine so far btw (It was kickstarted for only a million or so dollars (and was the developer's first game) so I can only assume it has a few, hopefully minor, bugs or visual oddities crawling around still)
It's a LOT more in depth with the character creation then Divinity Original Sin 2 for example with it greatly resembling the pen & paper/tabletop roots it has with a ridiculous amount of skills & spells, classes and the likes... You even set your character's starting allignment. You could very easily get overwhelmed here.
Combat/ability checks also uses dice rolls/RNG so you can have a fair few misses or fails. I appreciate the inclusion of a turn based combat mode option it has compared to the realtime with pause combat like Baldur's gate that it had.
There are a slew of different options for the difficulty though and I'm pretty sure you can tweak it as you go?
Characters seem to be well written and pretty interesting though the voice acting's hit and miss and upon getting past the opening hour not everything is voice acted either unlike DOS 2 so there's a fair bit of reading that might turn you off as well.
My choices have mattered for dialogue options so far with the opening. Being pretty vague here but I thought it was rather well done with how your initial party is formed.
... Hope that helps somewhat? I'll try to keep you updated if you like? Might take a while though... I only played the opening/prologue last night just to make sure it actually worked after my woes with the physical version
@Kidfried Really good game, I reccomend it without question. Genuinely surprised by how much I enjoyed and how much I ended up caring about the characters.
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@Kidfried Ditto to Johnny’s post there. Although I haven’t finished it, I really enjoyed it so far. i haven’t done much gaming the last couple weeks since I’ve been busy. I’m probably about half done with Plague Tale. I’ll let you know my final thoughts when I complete it though.
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@Kidfried And as my offering to the gaming gods this month — my being midway though my PS4 playthrough has now made it possible for a PS5 upgrade to be announced, and coming to PS Plus to boot! You can all thank me now for taking one for the team. 😜
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Perusing my library (backlog) earlier I count literally dozens of games I want to get around to playing. Whittled down to the following:
Hellblade Senuas Sacrifice
Chroma Squad
Ruiner
Hollow Knight
Dead Cells
Death Road to Canada
Darkest Dungeon
Sine Mora Ex
Knights and Bikes
Outer Wilds
Minit
Flame in the Flood
So Push Square forum members. Which one do I go for? As this is a recommendation thread I'm looking for reasons (ideally) from people who've played them as to why they're worth my time.
Personally thinking Dead Cells or Hellblade, but happy to go with any input bearing in mind my gaming time is currently being severely limited due to mass football watching overload (and also real life stuff such as work - yuck!)
Thanks in advance
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@Sorteddan unusually considering the fact that you’ve named quite a few games there, I haven’t played any. The only two that are on my radar though are the two you mentioned. I have Hellblade in my backlog and I intend to play it at some point and I have heard very good things about Dead Cells, a friend of mine sunk around 100 hours into it without any regret.
Hollow Knight
One of my top three games from the last gen; I utterly adored this game. The world it creates is intriguing and the whole story is only alluded to rather than outright explained. The artwork and music are sublime, but the gameplay is also magnificent with great combat and platforming. It is a reasonable length though so one that would benefit from your time.
Dead Cells
A great Metroidvania that has great combat. Like the best games of the genre, you unlock abilities and moves slowly so the early game can be frustrating until you get to grips with the game and unlock such things but it is a classic for the “just one more go” type of game.
Knights and Bikes
A wonderful little game that is designed to be played co-op but I played solo. You control two pre-teens who explore a small Cornish island and it has a great mix of fantasy from their imagination and reality. Puzzles aren’t taxing and the combat is limited but good fun. Most of the charm comes from the art style and story though so if that’s your sort of thing than I’d recommend it. If you can play it co-op with someone, even more so!
Overall, I’d recommend Hollow Knight most highly but if it’s a game to dip in and out of, I’d say Dead Cells and then Knights and Bikes.
@Sorteddan actually, there was another on your list I have actually played, @Thrillho post reminded me. I started Hollow Knight around a year ago but struggled to get into it. It’s undoubtedly a quality product but just not for me… I might return to it one day to give it another chance though as it’s currently stinking up my trophy list with its 3% completion 😡
@colonelkilgore
Yeah you gonna have to sort that out. Personally I would like to delete the whole trophy profile of things like that, instead I have to play to what I deem a reasonable percentage - usually more than 50% for games I started but don't like much. Also thanks for the input
@Thrillho. Thank you for your opinions, nice succinct write ups for the three.
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@Sorteddan Definitely get on Hollow Knight. It’s about as close as any indie has come to being ‘perfect’. Every single system feels thought-out and considered. Plus it has a brilliant soundtrack!
@nessisonett@Kidfried
Thanks guys. Looks like Hollow Knight gaining the early momentum with three for and one against. I`'ll see if any others chime in before I get some game time tomorrow. If not looks like I'm off to stab some bugs with a nail? to see what that's all about.
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@Sorteddan Haven’t played Hollow Knight — it’s known to be relatively difficult, so I’ve been a little scared of it. I’m not much in the 2D arena though. Although I did play and quite like Dead Cells. Surprisingly good despite it being a genre I’m not usually fond of. The only other on your list I played is Hellblade. I’d highly recommend it. One of the surprise favorites of last gen. Much has been said if it’s excellent audio and the take on mental health issues. But it was just a fantastic experience for me.
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