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Alara317 on 19 April 2018
Kyuu said:
Alara317 said:

The Last Of Us - I think this is the closest of the three to a game that I just don't think works. Sure, from a narrative and presentation standpoint it might very well be the best game ever, but from a gameplay standpoint it's just unpleasant for me. I mean, it's not BAD, but steath based games have never been my thing, no matter how much I love the story and characters. Plus, the combat mechanics are pretty bland and simplistic in all the wrong ways. Another game I am so glad exists, but it's not for me.

The Last of Us is mechanically sophisticated, deep and tactical.. which shows in its superb and extremely diverse multiplayer. Its strengths just weren't remotely exploited or expressed to their full potential in campaign mode.

"Mechanically simplistic" could not be further from the truth! I'm genuinely perplexed as to why people often say that about such a skill intensive, rewarding, and all around well built TPS system. I just hope Naughty Dog executes it better in TloU2's campaign coz I feel not many gamers bothered to explore its excellent multiplayer... barring the micro-transactions.

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The Elder Scrolls Oblivion, and GTAIV.

No. Just, no. 

The most complicated tactic in that game is 'throw a glass bottle to distract the clicker'



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estebxx on 19 April 2018
Kyuu said:
Alara317 said:

No. Just, no. 

The most complicated tactic in that game is 'throw a glass bottle to distract the clicker'

Sigh. Have you actually played the MP?

I have and i agree with you.



Alara317 on 19 April 2018
Kyuu said:
Alara317 said:

No. Just, no. 

The most complicated tactic in that game is 'throw a glass bottle to distract the clicker'

Sigh. Have you actually played the MP?

I don't play cruddy tacked-on multiplayer modes on games that were clearly meant to be singleplayer only. I also don't play multiplayer on Assassin's Creed or Uncharted. No, you can't change my mind on that one, and no you will not shame me for it because my values are different from yours, so if I only care about the singleplayer, then as far as I'm concerned the singleplayer is the only mode that matters. 



AngryLittleAlchemist on 19 April 2018
Kyuu said:
Alara317 said:

The Last Of Us - I think this is the closest of the three to a game that I just don't think works. Sure, from a narrative and presentation standpoint it might very well be the best game ever, but from a gameplay standpoint it's just unpleasant for me. I mean, it's not BAD, but steath based games have never been my thing, no matter how much I love the story and characters. Plus, the combat mechanics are pretty bland and simplistic in all the wrong ways. Another game I am so glad exists, but it's not for me.

The Last of Us is mechanically sophisticated, deep and tactical.. which shows in its superb and extremely diverse multiplayer. Its strengths just weren't remotely exploited or expressed to their full potential in campaign mode.

"Mechanically simplistic" could not be further from the truth! I'm genuinely perplexed as to why people often say that about such a skill intensive, rewarding, and all around well built TPS system. I just hope Naughty Dog executes it better in TloU2's campaign coz I feel not many gamers bothered to explore its excellent multiplayer... barring the micro-transactions

The irony is ... in a game where the goal is to sensitize you, multiplayer doesn't really fit.

I mean, it's a good multiplayer mode, but it's about as fitting as Specs Ops: The Line having a multiplayer mode ... 

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m0ney on 19 April 2018

Every PS2/PSP era MGS game, they are mechanically so awkward, and before anyone says anything about their age, I have two words - Splinter Cell.



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Deus Ex (2000) - a game that pushes the boundaries of what the video game medium is capable of to a degree unmatched to this very day.

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Locknuts on 19 April 2018

Horizon Zero Dawn

Metroid Prime 2 & 3

Uncharted 3

Goldeneye

God of War (all)

GTA IV & V



pokoko on 19 April 2018

Super Mario Bros. games - felt completely pointless.

Uncharted 3 - could not get past the auto-platforming.

Tomb Raider reboot - more like QTE raider.

Red Dead Redemption - really good voice acting and story setup, mediocre everything else.  

Bayonetta - kind of creepy.  I hated it from an aesthetic standpoint.

Alara317 said:
Kyuu said:

Sigh. Have you actually played the MP?

I don't play cruddy tacked-on multiplayer modes on games that were clearly meant to be singleplayer only. I also don't play multiplayer on Assassin's Creed or Uncharted. No, you can't change my mind on that one, and no you will not shame me for it because my values are different from yours, so if I only care about the singleplayer, then as far as I'm concerned the singleplayer is the only mode that matters. 

If you haven't played it then how do you know it's cruddy and tacked-on?

That makes no sense to me.  I don't play multiplayer modes, either, but I also don't pretend to know if they're good or not or make some kind of judgement about them because they're connected to single-player modes.  One does not affect the quality of the other.  You could take the greatest multiplayer game in the world and tack it on to a game "clearly meant to be singleplayer only" and neither one suddenly becomes less fun because of the association.  



Faelco on 19 April 2018
Alara317 said:
Kyuu said:

Sigh. Have you actually played the MP?

I don't play cruddy tacked-on multiplayer modes on games that were clearly meant to be singleplayer only. I also don't play multiplayer on Assassin's Creed or Uncharted. No, you can't change my mind on that one, and no you will not shame me for it because my values are different from yours, so if I only care about the singleplayer, then as far as I'm concerned the singleplayer is the only mode that matters. 

You're simply wrong. TLOU MP mode is as good as the SP one, and it's the part where the gameplay really shines. Few fully multi-player games are as good as this mode. I spent hundreds of hours in it, and I'm still so sad to know that a lot of people never even tried it. Even more sad when those people complain about the gameplay without trying it. 

 

Naughty Dog has been doing great MP games for years, and people are like "Oh, I'm just going to play the easy half of the game, and will then complain that the gameplay isn't exploited fully". You want to get and enjoy the full game? Play the full game.

 

It's like playing Dota or Counter Strike only against bots and saying that it's too easy and predictable. 

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Miyamotoo on 19 April 2018

GTAV.



S.Peelman on 19 April 2018

Most of them.

I haven't played Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2.