Single-player Video Games Thread

No problem, have fun!

And if you have any questions about the game, you can ask me, I may still remember a thing or two :smiley:

Playing Prototype 1. The main protagonist here is the guy I have as my avatar, this awesome sexy motherfucker.

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Come to think of it, this game is better than Prototype 2 actually. More interesting story and main character, more powers and faster movement. If combat wasn’t so freaking retarded sometimes it would be perfect. And by retarded I mean that you’re attacked by shitloads of army and infected and that Strike Teams are called every couple of seconds. Whatever, the game still rules, too lazy to write more ATM.

Dragon Age Inquisition is incredibly similar to Skyrim in a lot of good ways: the scale and detail of its open world, the quest system, hours of lore to read and listen to, dragon fights, weapon/armor/equipment crafting, ability trees, etc. Basically, being new to the Dragon Age series, I am surprised how much DAI has followed the direction of Skyrim without becoming a clone and by shining brighter than the Elder Scrolls series in a few areas of its own. I have been noticing common elements between DAI, The Witcher, and even Dark Souls that all seem to be working fairly well in DAI. So far, I’ll make this one simple judgment: Skyrim set a stronger atmosphere - though DAI’s is pretty good - while DAI’s combat mechanics make it the more compelling strategy game. Definitely check it out if you like Skyrim or any of the other games I mentioned.

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Finished Prototype 1, enjoyed it. Recommend to anybody who likes gore and is seeking to vent some anger as a superhumanly powerful character :evilfun:

Speaking of which, I feel like playing a similar game again so I picked up Saints Row IV. So far I’m liking it, they more or less copied Prototype when it comes to how the character moves (sprinting, gliding, wall running), but there’s also a lot of new stuff they introduced, like blasts, telekinesis, frost and fire, though of course there are some stuff you can do in Prototype that you can’t do in Saints Row too, such as morphing your arms into various melee weapons, have multiple types of seeing at your disposal (thermal, infected vision), disguise yourself as others etc.

I won’t spoil the story, I’ll just say it’s lulzy as fuck, if you’re looking for a serious story don’t play this game, it’s one of those games you just play for lulz. The best thing about this game is that you can play it however you want to, it offers more options than many other games blended together would. You can customize your looks and even gender and race whenever you want for a small price, you can use weapons to take down enemies, from melee weapons to shotguns to assault rifles and even alien weaponry or you can also choose to take down enemies in melee combat. You can move around by sprinting or you can upgrade cars and drive around, both are about equally fast. You can also buy clothes and make your character look however you want. The sheer amount of customization and freedom make this game very enjoyable as you can basically play it as a super hero game, a fps, a racing game, whatever you choose. Humor isn’t terrible either, overall, I’m really enjoying it though I only played it for a few hours, but I assume it’ll only get better and not worse.

fuse, my PC couldn’t handle DAI, and even if it could that game requires me to dedicate much more time to it than I am capable. I loved the original DA Origins, it’s my top 5 RPGs ever. If you have the time and the gaming rig to play DAI you should also check out Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, especially if you’re a LOTR fan. From what I’ve seen, it’s the first well made LOTR RPG.

My condolences :stuck_out_tongue:
The game is really fun and it looks awesome on PC. If you find the time, it’s also out on every major console fyi.

I checked out Shadow of Mordor and it does look well-made, but I didn’t care for the premise. You just get dropped into Mordor, which is a pretty bland place, and you hunt orcs.

Tip: if you’ve never played the Witcher series and you have an Xbox 360 and Live subscription, you might be interested to know that they’re giving away The Witcher 2 as a free download in the latter half of January to anyone who wants it (vg247.com/2014/12/22/the-wit … with-gold/). The Witcher 2 is an awesome singleplayer rpg and it’s not nearly as bad a time sink as DAI or Skyrim.

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I really appreciate the bard tavern music thing that all these medieval fantasy games are paying homage to.

I recently finished The Punisher. It’s quite a short game, but fun. It’s also 10 years old, but graphics and animations are still decent. Recommended to anybody familiar with the comics/movies. Essentially, he’s a marvel equivalent of Batman in DC, except that he isn’t a pussy-whipped idiot who refuses to kill his foes and consequently gets innocent people killed like batman, no, no. The Punisher is an absolute badass and relishes in punishing criminals, usually killing them by any means necessary, without mercy or pity. The torture/interrogation scenes in the game are quite decently done, the atmosphere and story are alright and the environment in which you fight in changes constantly, so no monotony on that part. Gameplay itself is a little repetitive, but since the game is short it doesn’t matter much. Main menu is also interestingly done. I’d give it 7/10. Recommended to anybody feeling like a righteous vigilante ready to inflict some pain on the wrongdoers. Also to anybody into sick stuff like throwing people onto elephant tusks and interrogating them by threatening to blow their head off, choking them, feeding them to the piranhas, suffocating them by pushing their head in the toilet et cetera :evilfun:

fuse, I’ve been interested in The Witcher ever since I first saw the game. Thanks for the tip, but I haven’t even played the first part yet, so the second one was out of question. I’ll play both during summer, definitely, read some reviews and I’m attracted to the game even more.

No problem. I played The Witcher 2 without playing the first one and I thought it was great. The sequel is fairly self-contained and I didn’t really feel like I was missing any context.

I’m excited about W3 coming out in April. The question is do I want the ultimate PC gaming experience bad enough to buy a newer top-tier video card?

The single gtx 660ti I have has lasted me a solid 2+ years – it even let me play Dragon Age: Inquisition on near max settings with smooth frames – but as anticipated The Witcher 3’s sys reqs are intense.

I’m sort of a perfectionist, so to play the 2nd part before the 1st would be like blasphemy :smiley:

I think it’s worth it, if you have the money. I consider my rig to be mediocre, with 4 gig RAM, Radeon 6670 and 3.6 GHz processor. I guess it was mediocre like 2 years ago, cause now it can’t even run some of the newer games. I’m annoyed by how I’m supposed to buy an above-average PC every 2 years just to be able to even run newer games, it’s BS. I bet they can, right now, make 16 core processors with 8gb graphic cards, they just don’t do it for the same reason diamond mongrels withheld large amounts of diamonds and pretended its quantity is low - to keep the prices high.

Are you playing any games at the moment?

This is my list of games to play when I have enough time, in that order: [tab]South Park The Stick of Truth
Gothic 1, 2 NotR and 3 (re-play)
The Witcher 1 and 2
State of Decay
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LOTR was there somewhere too but I ruled it out due to sick requirements. I don’t mind playing games on second best resolution (1600x900) and low settings, but one thing I can’t stand is inconsistent frame rate (lagging).

Not playing anything right now. I really want to start a new minecraft server and play with some people, build a town, explore, fight stuff, each other, etc. Good times. I’m not really looking to get into any more serious games for a few months. Bloodborne and Witcher 3 are on my radar, but I’ll be short on time and money for a little while.

My PC specs are good enough to last another 2 years (so that’ll be at least a 4+ yr lifespan), it’s just that my graphics card won’t be able to breeze through all the newest games. I should be able to play 'em, but I’ll have to start tuning things down a lot. That and a larger SSD are the only things I would really want for awhile. I’ll just wait and nab them after prices come down and during some fire sale.

Try building your next PC. Best purchase I ever made. You’ll easily save hundreds of dollars and appreciate it a lot more. All these fancy gaming laptops and ultrabooks going for ~$2000 dollars look cool, but anyone can build a desktop for $1000 that has better specs. Just takes a little bit of research on the market and timing (sales, price cuts).

Oh yeah, and play Bioshock Infinite. It’s good.

Most newer games look beautiful on low-mid detail configurations too.

I did build my PC, it cost $700 about a year ago. It’s just that I live in a poor country where that is a lot of money to most people. TBH though, if I get 4 more gigs of RAM and a new video card, I should be fine too, but decent video cards are the most expensive. I’m just waiting for a really good one to get a little older and drop in price.

Haha, $700 IS a lot of money, and $1000 even moreso (I ain’t rich), I was just making the point that you don’t have to buy a new computer every couple of years if you plan your desktop build well. The graphics card is the part that is becoming obsolete the quickest right now if you’re into graphically intense gaming, but even a GPU can last you a good number of years if you get a good one and take care of your PC. It’s basically just a heavy initial investment.

Right now, I personally would aim for the ~$1000 price point for a new gaming etc. PC, even if I had to save for longer. It’s a price point where you can keep up with all the new high spec games on their highest settings. And you’ll have a productive PC for pretty much anything else you want to do on it professionally for a long time. Of course more expensive builds will be able to run games on quad monitor setups at 4K res with ubersampling and additional post proc, but that’s overkill if you just like to play games at ultra quality.

What country are you from?
I live in the U.S. (surprise!).

I agree with you, except that I don’t really think it’s worth spending so much money on new graphic cards, they drastically drop in price soon after an even newer one is released. I’m usually always at least 2 years behind in terms of gaming and PC configs because it just doesn’t pay off to keep up, since if I spent 2k on the best configuration possible, it would become obsolete in a year or so. It does require me to be patient, but money-wise it pays off greatly. For example, I’ll probably play Witcher 3 in 2016 or 17, when a configuration needed to play them is in the range of average-slightly above average ones.

I think that if one plans on making a heavy initial investment, it’s best done on CPUs and motherboards, since those thing can last for years without needing to be upgraded if you buy a decent one. Graphics card will need upgrading anyways if you’re a hardcore gamer, and RAM is usually the least problem. Personally, I’m not even obsessed about detail quality, a decent resolution and low detail is fine for me as long as there’s no lag.

I’ve started playing South Park The Stick of Truth, and I’m starting to see why it received praise by critics. It’s excellent and plays like an interactive episode/movie of South Park, the artwork is exactly the same and you can see that Trey Parker and Matt Stone worked on the game as well to ensure it’s a quality product unlike previous attempts at South Park games. What can I say, the graphics, sound, animation, story, funny jokes and even gameplay - they truly nailed it. South Park fans, if you’ve been waiting for a decent South Park game, look no further.

I’m playing G2 NotR ATM. Probably my favorite game of all time. Everything about it is just incredible. Gameplay, story, interaction with characters, interesting quests, the main character (who actually TALKS), atmosphere, soundtrack, combat system, animations… there are a few flaws, but they aren’t really worth mentioning. I might make a review if I feel like it when I finish the game.

picking up Bloodborne later today and I’m feeling pretty hyped. dear ancient ones above, below, wherever thou might rest, my soul is ready for the blood.

Bloodborne looks beautiful… and brutal.

I finished NoTR, twice.

Not gonna play any games anymore until the end of the semester.

WITCHER 3 - epic world, nice score. at first Geralt’s movement is a little awkward, but the combat mechanics are quite well done so you get used to it. the world is so large and the side quests have so much depth to them that the main adventure often loses its momentum and doesn’t stand out all that much, aside from featuring a few interesting lead female characters. I guess you could say the world is so vast and interesting that the story fails to keep up - it’s not quite the intriguing central focus that one would expect from such an amazing world, but it’s not bad either.

  1. This is the area where I am now. @4:23 might be my favorite ambient track

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  1. The city in the distance, Novigrad, is the largest and most detailed I’ve ever seen in a video game.

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Metroid prime is the best single player FPS. It is for science oriented minds.

COD is gay and its graphics make me nauseous.

I am posting this here for people who enjoy reading Satyr and playing video games (i.e. Arbiter, Trixie, etc.)

On the Genealogy of “Art Games”
by Alex Kierkegaard (a.k.a. icycalm)
culture.vg/features/art-theory/o … games.html

Here is an excerpt: