On 6/21/2023 11:06 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Indeed, some of the games were released for free on Epic
(in my library: Dungeons 3, Vampyr, and Encased). The Fanatical games
are for the Steam versions, which may be preferable.
Thought I'd claimed every Epic game ever offered but apparently I've
missed out on a couple, only have Vampyr on PS+ and no D3 anywhere :(
Arkane Studio games - of which Dishonored is one - are the sort of
games I can 'appreciate' more than enjoy. Be it "Arx Fatalis",
"Dishonorer", "Prey" or "Deathloop", neither the gameplay, narrative
nor settings have ever really engaged me. They're well made games
all... just not to me.
I like their games well enough, the writing is always decent and
gameplay mechanics are fun to engage in. Arx Fatalis was amazing at the
time, but it should have been named Ultima Underworld 3 instead :) Dark
Messiah and the Dishonored's were also solid but Prey is my absolute
favorite of the bunch, despite the fact that it took me a few tries
before I finally warmed up to it. Deathloop and Redfall will have to
wait until they're free or $10 tops somewhere, which shouldn't take too
long by the look of things.
"Vampyr" wasn't well received, and deservedly so. It's just too
shallow a game, despite pretensions of being a deeper RPG, and it's
mechanics are - as you say - quite clunky. I wouldn't go so far as to
call "Fallout 4" 'garbage', but it was definitely a step in the wrong direction, adding to many unnecessary features and weakening the
franchise's stronger aspects.
("Starfield" isn't looking much better)
We'll just have to agree to disagree on Fallout 4, it's the game that
made me realize Bethesda games just aren't for me. I'd much rather play
a Piranha Bytes title instead, by far, despite their clunkiness and
jank. I'm cautiously optimistic about Starfield after watching their
latest event, though - at least it's not yet another dragon / magic /
troll / fantasy fest that I loathe so much. In fact there are so many
new intriguing titles coming to PC/Xbox Game Pass on day one that I'm
seriously considering getting a Series X instead of a Steam Deck this
summer :D
I liked "The Surge", but it definitely plays off of the Souls
franchise. "The Surge 2", unfortunately, felt a necessity to add in a
huge open world for no purpose except because it's the 'in' thing, and
it weakened the pacing and narrative.
Souls games are just too demanding for me, played a bit of Bloodborne
and Sekiro but I don't have what it takes to 'git gud' anymore :( Tried
'The Lies of P' demo recently out of (morbid?) curiosity but had to give
up on the very first boss. Elden Ring might be doable but a big open
world doesn't attract me the way it used to anymore.
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