Originally posted by Smasandian
What genre's?FPS - Get HL2, or start off with HL and then go to HL2. FEAR and Far Cry are also pretty damn sweet.
RTS - Company of Heroes, Supreme Commander, or old school like Starcraft.
RPG's - Oblivion
MMO's - World Of Warcraft.
There is ton of great games for the PC.
Listen to this guy.
nah ime not too interested in final fantasy, its a long line of games that half of which have nothing to do with the story of the other yet share the name....but thats not what bothers me, the fact half the characters look very animeish as well as many wear ridiculous clothing, theres also ridiculous creatures in it, its like a very detailed and indepthed but can be easily played by young gamers..too easily for my tastes, not enough roughness to it....also i hate Cloud, such a emotionless character, always brooding and thinks hes badass
Originally posted by Burning thoughtSums up my problems with it mostly, besides the theatrical version of 7 having a goku vs. goku battle.
nah ime not too interested in final fantasy, its a long line of games that half of which have nothing to do with the story of the other yet share the name....but thats not what bothers me, the fact half the characters look very animeish as well as many wear ridiculous clothing, theres also ridiculous creatures in it, its like a very detailed and indepthed but can be easily played by young gamers..too easily for my tastes, not enough roughness to it....also i hate Cloud, such a emotionless character, always brooding and thinks hes badass
Seriously man, try Company Of Heroes.
RTS with very strong elements, graphics better than most FPS games I've seen, VERY good voice acting, a preety good storyline as you try to penetrade Normandy, and other elements that are too much that I have to explain here.
What I like about it is that you can use anything as cover for your soldiers, and as the game continues more cover becomes available. For instance, if you destroy an enemy tank, you can now hide behind it, or if your tank goes through a wall and destroys it in the process you can use bits of it as cover.
You can also hide your soldiers in buildings, especially snipers so they shoot down opponent's enemies 😛
Another thing is that unlike most RTS, you can't just create a bunch of tanks and go ahead and destroy your opponents. You still need backup units of infantry.
Infantry also has a preety good chance to destroy tanks by using their sticky tank bombs or grenades against the tanks.
Hi, I was hoping somebody would be able to recommend me a game based on the following criteria:
1. (i) A game that's driven heavily by its storyline.
(ii) A game that's very overt in its storytelling.
2. (i) Well developed characters.
(ii) A well developed setting (with preferable sci-fi/fantasy elements as well as a deep history/mythology).
(iii) A plot that's mostly serious in tone.
(iv) A deep plot (with preferable philosophical/psychological elements).
(v) A complex plot.
(vi) A very emotional plot (with preferable love/tragedy elements).
(vii) A plot full of mystery and intrigue.
(viii) A preferably original storyline.
I only plan on playing something that meets all of the criteria, and if the game's part of a series, I intend to play through the series in the order that each game was released (unless there's pretty much no story relation between the game and previous entries in the series, i.e. something like the Final Fantasy series), however I'd be willing to play an earlier entry in the series that doesn't meet all of the criteria, as long as a later entry, to which it relates, does. Gameplay isn't really a concern though I'd rather it be as good as possible as long as all of the criteria are met. Whether the story is or isn't interactive also isn't a concern.
I've also heard a lot of good things about the following series/stand alone games, so if anyone can vouch for any of them meeting all of the criteria listed I'll probably go straight to that as soon as I'm done with Bioshock:
Team ico Series
Legacy of Kain
Mass Effect
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Portal
Half Life
System Shock
Deus Ex
Thief
Assassin's Creed
Prince of Persia
Splinter Cell
Hitman
Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason
Mass Effect or Assassin's Creed sound like they'd fit the bill best for your criteria. I love the hell out of the Thief series, but that isn't as plot-driven as most of the others on the list.
Portal can be played and beaten in like 4 hours in a first run-through. it's worth picking up for the innovation alone, despite having basically no plot whatsoever.
Already played through all of the main entry Final Fantasy and Megami Tensei games. 😄
Assassin's Creed seems to be it though is it true that it's a sandbox type game (generally not a huge fan of those)? If someone wasn't a particularly big fan of sandbox elements would something like Prince of Persia be a better alternative?
How would people compare Mass Effect to Knights of the Old Republic also out of curiosity? I really liked the KotOR games (they're what got me into the SWEU) but I wasn't blown away by them (particularly the first) like so many people seemed to be. I'm also more in the mood for an action-adventure than an RPG.
Assassin's Creed (not so much the first one, but the second and Brotherhood) tend to be on the sandboxy side of things, in that you can wander and explore and there are optional side missions and objectives. However, there is a main storyline that you need to follow in order to finish the game, and your wanderings are limited depending on how far in the game you've gotten. And all of the side stuff is purely optional, as I mentioned.
Prince of Persia is extremely linear and offers no exploration at all, really; the exception is the 08 game in which you can do the different 'regions' in whichever order you please.
Mass Effect is basically KOTOR in the future. I did not like KOTOR all that much, and I thought the first Mass Effect was unplayably bad. The second is better, but still not really a great game, IMO.