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Bristow9091 said:
d21lewis said:
Don't watch a review from certain sites... Or any site, really. Not until you've beaten it. All they're gonna do is spoil the game or tell you why it sucks.

If it's a game you already bought or plan on buying, don't worry about anyone else's opinion.

 

Smartie900 said:

Play the game without spoiling it for myself.

Yup, I NEVER spoil games for myself, I despise spoilers, they're awful things, and I never read or watch reviews for games I already know I'll be buying anyway, only if I'm on the fence about a game... although even then I'll generally just look at the Meta score, or watch a user review on YouTube that is nonbiased, since y'know, certain sites play in different courts.

If I let opinions stop me playing games, I'd never have bought and played Knack or The Order: 1886, both games which are rather disliked, but I think they're both great! :P 

I think it's a great thing that public opinion isn't always followed. I happen to like games like Batman: Arkham Knight or Assassin's Creed 3, which are deemed by the public as massive disappointments. The most important criteria is if there was a personal sense of enjoyment to be had with the game. Mixed opinions are what game developers need on their games in order to ensure that what is done well is maintained and what is done poorly is fixed.



 

 

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Uh. That's a hard one. Skip cutscenes, I guess? I even feel a bit bad for skipping the skinning cutscenes in Assassin's Creed games if I haven't completed the game yet, although I do it anyway to keep my sanity.



Ahaha I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one to skip playing on a super hard difficulty the first time!



I try not to miss anything unless it's useless like with collecting 200 flags in AC. It takes me a while to finish any rpg with a lot of side stuff or free roam type of games.

Other than that, I don't think there's anything that I won't do. Every time I start to think of something then I remember I did with one game or two.



I always play on the hardest difficulty even if i've never played a game like it before. I think difficulty is a core part of enjoying a game.



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Play the game how I want the first time. I don't make any exceptions for trophies unless I find it fun. Which is the reason why I only have 2 platinums so far.

Most RPGs favor a certain style or some have a meta where a build is optimal. However I don't care and always try to go 2h weapon pure strength and very little defenses. I never change my style until 2nd playthrough. This often leads to situations where I can die instantly, but still loads of fun. Also for random battles I usually don't skip them so like in FFX I fought every single one that was around my level which was the entire game until airship.



Bristow9091 said:
Smartie900 said:

I think it's a great thing that public opinion isn't always followed. I happen to like games like Batman: Arkham Knight or Assassin's Creed 3, which are deemed by the public as massive disappointments. The most important criteria is if there was a personal sense of enjoyment to be had with the game. Mixed opinions are what game developers need on their games in order to ensure that what is done well is maintained and what is done poorly is fixed.

Assassin's Creed III is actually a really great game, fuck the haters lol :P I've said it with Knack multiple times, but this is also another game I say it with, or moreso the series as a whole since people seem to like it less and less with each new installment, except Black Flag, people loved that lol. Can't say anything about Batman: Arkham Knight though, never played it, I really enjoyed Asylum, but never finished City, will eventually finish it and buy Knight since it's really cheap, lol

Arkham Knight's retail value dropped incredibly quick. Within a year of the game's release.. I already say it marked down to 15 dollars. The game still sold over 5 million copies in its first year.. so I guess it wasn't a massive financial disappointment. But... if you haven't finished Arkham City, I urge you to go finish it right now. I've played through the game like 8 times and it still doesn't bore me.  Also, Knack 2 will most likely be a decent game... so most people will be on your side soon. :)



 

 

I'm kinda like your girlfriend in that sense.

In games like Bioshock for example, in that you can be a bad heartless bastard by sucking the life out of the little sister if you chose to do so, I just can't do that.

I save all of them every time I play those games. I can't 100% Bioshock 1 and 2 because of just that.

Also, every time a game gives me the choice to do something bad, I always pick the opposite.

Kill that civilian for more gold or just walk way and get nothing?

Walk way for me, please!

It's against my code of honor or something. 😂

 

Pedestrians in GTA games are fine though. 🤔 



Smartie900 said:
Bristow9091 said:

Assassin's Creed III is actually a really great game, fuck the haters lol :P I've said it with Knack multiple times, but this is also another game I say it with, or moreso the series as a whole since people seem to like it less and less with each new installment, except Black Flag, people loved that lol. Can't say anything about Batman: Arkham Knight though, never played it, I really enjoyed Asylum, but never finished City, will eventually finish it and buy Knight since it's really cheap, lol

Arkham Knight's retail value dropped incredibly quick. Within a year of the game's release.. I already say it marked down to 15 dollars. The game still sold over 5 million copies in its first year.. so I guess it wasn't a massive financial disappointment. But... if you haven't finished Arkham City, I urge you to go finish it right now. I've played through the game like 8 times and it still doesn't bore me.  Also, Knack 2 will most likely be a decent game... so most people will be on your side soon. :)

Same here. As soon as I finished Hellblade I fired up Arkham City on PS4 for another playthrough--after finishing it twice on WiiU and at least twicee on Xbox 360. It doesn't get old!



I never play the tutorials

I never play option tutorials

I never check the option menus

I almost never play the campaign before the multiplayer if it's like a shooter. Generally just because shooter campaigns have been becoming less attractive(I didn't even get into Halo 4's campaign till like two days after it released)