Platinumed Fallen Order so now going back to Shadow of War. I heard there's been a bunch of updates since release and if that's the case, I want to platinum it too. Going in, I hope they fixed the nemeses because the power creep on the orcs when i first played it was ridiculous. I was at the end of the game and one of the captains had resistances to everything including elements, ranged attacks, counters, etc and would heal itself every couple of seconds as well as abilities that would instantly kill all the mounts. This thing was basically invincible. I read somewhere that there were theories that they did this to encourage purchases of microtransactions, which I hope is not the case, but seemed to me more like an example of very bad level scaling.
@Draco_V_Ecliptic I actually started Assassin’s Creed Origins last night for the second time, I platinumed Syndicate and I’m waiting for the DLC to go cheap so I thought I’d move ahead to Origins. I forgot how great the opening hours were, the actor who plays Bayek gives a fantastic performance. It looks great on my TV as well, they nailed the feeling of roaming the desert. I’m just heading to Alexandria but I spent hours just doing sidequests and wandering the world.
I'm currently playing those two games as well. Fallen Order is such a welcome suprise, I've pretty much sat on it all year after getting it as a Christmas present but decided it was time to finally give it a whirl. I've really enjoyed it, tough at times but it's not impossible.
Hollow Knight is tougher but after dying more times than I can remember I've finally defeated the Hornet. I know, I know, far tougher bosses await and I'm really not sure I'll ever finish it but it's both a relaxing and frustrating game at the same time. It's a little gem.
@Draco_V_Ecliptic I don't remember too much of the Egyptian mythology being in the game in all honesty. There are a set of enemies you can face, but I was nowhere near a high enough level to face them, so never bothered after getting almost one hit killed and not doing much damage to them. I maybe wrong, but that could be explored further in the DLC packs which are available.
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Hi guys, noob here... stumbled on here while attempting to decide on what to choose to play next from my backlog. Just finished MGS V (my backlog is pretty big and therefore there are some real old games in it... as well as some PS5 fresh ones)... and although I’m about 5 years late to the party, it was phenomenal.
I do feel a bit burned out though, from chasing all the S ranks etc. so looking for something a bit more chilled for my next platinum (oh yeah, for some reason I’ve become a bit of a trophy hunter in my old age). Any suggestions & reasoning would be much appreciated, also my apologies if I’ve posted this in the wrong thread etc.
Options are:
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Gravity Rush
The Wolf Among Us
Mad Max
Detroit: Become Human
Uncharted 4
@colonelkilgore
I would say go for the wolf among us. I started and finished it in a few days last week. Much less stress than something like MGSV. Has interesting story and characters and easily obtainable plat... although i also did really enjoy Detroit but remember that taking longer due to multiple playthroughs
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@Draco_V_Ecliptic I’ve never heard Assassin’s Creed compared to Hitman, but I don’t know — I haven’t played any from the Hitman series yet. It’s on my short list to get to soon.
But yes, I did finish Origins. I played through to the end and a decent chunk of side quests. I started skipping side quests and collectibles after 50 or so hours of game time and focused on the mainline story missions because I could feel a slight tedium might set in if I pushed it too hard as the side quests become pretty same-y. By focusing more on the storyline, I finished it and felt quite satisfied with it upon completion. It was good enough that I was actually tempted to jump straight into Odyssey but I feared it would ruin the experience if I did the two similar games back-to-back, so I gave myself plenty of room between. And now I don’t know now when I’ll jump into Odyssey now as I lost my momentum with the series.
As far as mythical, yeah there is more of that than in GoT, but it’s still more grounded in history. If you veer off into the supplemental missions and areas though you’ll find enemies of a more fantastical nature. Great game though.
It might be hard for you to go back to the earlier games, which are more limited in scope, but still quite open and free feeling.
Looks like The Wolf Among Us it is then. I’ve never actually played a Telltale game before as my perception of them is that there just isn’t that much actual ‘gameplay’ there but I am a comic book fan and I’ve always heard good things about the comics that TWAU are based on. Maybe it’ll convert me and I’ll try another Telltale down the road.
@nessisonett It's a great feeling in the opening hours isn't it? Yeah the actor really nails the performance doesn't he? Bayek is an excellent creation. What did you think about the line on the start screen about how everyone involved in making origins has "various beliefs, gender identities and sexual orientations" .I'm sure that's the case for a lot of studios so it seemed a bit unnecessary to me to say that?
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@JohnnyShoulder Yeah I think that there is a DLC called Wrath of the Gods or something similar to that for AC: Origins, so presumably you will be facing off against egyptian deities in that.
"Even in the face of death, the samurai stands unwavering, for honour is a blade sharper than steel".
@Th3solution I know what it's like to lose your momentum with regard to playing games, as much as I was impressed by my initial immersion into Bound By Flame, I think that I will leave that game now and focus exclusively on AC: Origins, as that seems a more worthwhile time-investment. Is Odyssey ruled out for the foreseeable future then? You could always go back to it and play it later, I wouldn't count it out for good. The reviews of it weren't great though, so on the other hand you might be better off replaying or playing the DLC for Origins as that did receive good reviews, so the gameplay is likely to be better, based off of what I've read.
"Even in the face of death, the samurai stands unwavering, for honour is a blade sharper than steel".
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Yes indeed and it's reflected by the much more overwhelmingly positive feedback on the game's Steam page now. Then again as I currently sit on NVidia's BFGPU, my experience of the game may be a bit too rose-tinted.
As for Forbidden West, I'm definitely looking foward to it!
@Draco_V_Ecliptic I definitely have Odyssey in the plans for later. I’ll just have to see when the mood hits. I have heard a lot of positive things about Kassandra, so I plan to choose her as protagonist. It’s just such an enormous game, supposedly even bigger than Origins, so I’ve got to be in the right mindset and time availability for that type of investment
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Draco_V_Ecliptic Ubisoft have had that line since the original Assassin’s Creed back in 2007. It was important for them to put it in there because that game was about the Crusades, meaning that they really had to have both Christian and Muslim viewpoints to create a balanced game. It worked out for them too, it’s one of the few products that doesn’t stick to either side of the conflict and they’ve kept that approach to making games ever since. When you’re dealing with history the way that Ubisoft are with the AC games, it helps to have developers from completely different backgrounds as different people read into history in different ways. History was written by the winners/leaders of the time which is why we only hear relatively recently about figures like Mary Seacole and Olaudah Equiano. If the history books had been written by a group of people from different backgrounds who saw different sides of conflicts and daily life, we would know a lot more about what came before.
@Col_McCafferty And Fallen Order surprised me too! I expected it to feel like The Force Awakened (which I love) but it's so cinematic and the combat is amazing! And Hollow Knight is amazing in it's own right. It's the first metroidvania in a long time that I've really gotten into. It's really worth hanging in there and playing all the way through.
Sorry to barge in on the AC chat but having played both Origins and Odyssey, I get the impression that which ever one you play second becomes a bit of a disappointment. Almost everyone I’ve heard review or talk about the games loved Origins like a favourite child but felt that Odyssey was bloated with a worse narrative.
I played Odyssey first as I’ve always been drawn to Greek mythology and thoroughly enjoyed it... it was long but I thought the map/world was great and I actually really enjoyed the story. So much so that I thought Origins would blow me away what with the greater response online. It was fine but it didn’t hit me in the same way Odyssey did, I didn’t even stick with it to play the dlc (which I bought), just got the plat and moved on.
Judging from the reviews and discussions I’ve seen about the two games, I have a feeling that you may eventually feel the same way about Odyssey that I did about Origins due to having played the other first.
@colonelkilgore I played Origins first but much prefer Odyssey. I enjoyed exploring the Greek islands a lot more as Kassandra than I did Ancient Egypt as Bayek.
With Origins though it didn't help that I started playing not long after finishing Red Dead Redemption 2. Compared to Rockstar's epic it felt a bit lightweight and arcadey and that's not a compliment.
It's okay but I thought Odyssey was a lot better than its predecessor.
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