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Bogusmcfakester, do gaming w What order should I play the Halo series in?

Just play 1, 2 & 3 chronologically and if you want more play odst. I, personally, wouldn’t recommend halo 4. They’re also great games for co op if you have a friend you can convince

slazer2au,

Pretty much this.

Kobek,

Thanks. What’s so bad about 4? Everyone talks bad about it.

cmrss2,

This video goes over it fairly well (note that this video does contain minor spoilers): https://youtu.be/O-x-1kS6TpQAnother video that goes over only the gameplay with no spoilers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBv8UVOSG8U

Spoiler-free TL;DW: Halo 4 was controversial because this was the first new mainline Halo game by 343 Industries, who changed things up from previous Halo titles.

But aside from questionable changes to the franchise in order to appeal to the CoD audience, there were a few genuine issues with the campaign (in my opinion, as a player who never finished Halo 4’s campaign).

In terms of gameplay:

  1. The sandbox was absolutely destroyed through many changes to older weapons, to encourage you to use the new 343 weapons. The weapons were either nerfed into the ground to make them unviable, greatly reduced in ammo/availability, or outright removed. This meant that you would constantly be forced to replace your weapons, or you’d have to use the newer weapons, which still ran out of ammo. This greatly limited your options when playing the game.
  2. The enemies would act in a way that greatly limited your options when fighting them. The most common weapons (plasma pistols and needlers) were both were used in a way that forces you to methodically take them out from a distance. Melee attacks were undodgeable instant deaths, forcing you to take them out from a distance. Then, the Promethian knights have stupid health, shields that recharge almost instantly, and the ability to fucking teleport to recover their shields (or hit you with an undodgeable melee attacks).

The result is that you are basically limited to only using long-range weapons to take out enemies. Hope you enjoy hours of Light Rifle gameplay!

In terms of other parts of the game, this is more subjective but:

  1. The story felt incoherent, especially considering that it is a sequel to Halo 3
  2. The sound design completely changed the iconic sound effects, and the music felt off
  3. The characters were bland and forgettable, only Master Chief and Cortana were anywhere near fleshed-out

Overall just a poor experience compared to older Halo titles.

obinice,
@obinice@lemmy.world avatar

I agree but also how the heck did you forget Reach! 😅

What an absolutely phenomenal single player game in the series, and absolutely fantastic multiplayer to boot! :-D

Gosh the Reach score lives rent free in my head all these years later… ♥️

TotallyNotSpezUpload, do games w What game surprised you with their length?
@TotallyNotSpezUpload@startrek.website avatar

GTA IV actually, not even counting the two huge DLCs, just the base game alone.

Zahille7,

GTA in general has a long story. Which I honestly don’t mind. It means you get your money’s worth with the story alone. All the messing around is just secondary and an added bonus.

electric,

I was trying to think of one since I feel the opposite most of the time. This one did surprise me with the length. You think the end is approaching, but some more bullshit is ejected at Niko every time. The main quests takes a lot of detours (in a good way). There isn’t just one villain and you help/fight tons of different factions across the islands.

ABCDE, do games w Do you have any recommendations for casual games?

Halls of Torment and Brotato are both similar to Vampire Survivors, but better in my opinion. Great art styles and the weapon system in Brotato is really fun.

Casual-wise, story-based games are nice, like Frog Detective, Florence and the like.

Xbeam, do gaming w What are good (Paid) android games these days? (End of 2024)

Shattered Pixel Dungeon. It’s free to play with no ads but I would encourage you to support the creator (who is also the mod of the lemmy instance) if you can.

It’s a rouge like dungeon crawl. You’re going to die and start over a lot, but totally worth it when you win.

lemmy.world/c/pixeldungeon

pearsaltchocolatebar,

Seconded

A_Union_of_Kobolds,

It’s one of the few roguelikes that actually holds pretty close to the core of Rogue, too - completely turn-based, procedurally generated, with an emphasis on what you find rather than level-up abilities. Great game.

I should try the Cleric soon, I’ve just got so many other games rn…

Xbeam,

Cleric isn’t out yet but I’m looking forward to trying it.

proceduralnightshade, do pcgaming w Budget gaming: steam deck or build a cheap gaming PC?

Yes, a Steam Deck is a viable alternative to a budget gaming PC. But if you would want to buy a dock and peripherals and keep it docked most of the time I’d say go with the PC.

For me personally, the biggest plus of a Steam Deck was that I didn’t have to get peripherals (because my living situation is a bit complicated at the moment). And they’re dirt cheap, got a used LCD512 GB one for 320€.

edit: I own a laptop too. If I didn’t, I would’ve gotten a new one

PM_Your_Nudes_Please, do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?

Surprised I haven’t seen Undertale yet. The online fanbase is hilariously toxic, (seriously, don’t go looking for any extra details about the game after you finish it) but it’s a solid game that should be experienced 100% blind. All I’ll say is that it’s a game that is written to subvert expectations; If you go into it expecting to play it like a traditional RPG, you’ll be in for a big surprise.

knightly, do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?
@knightly@pawb.social avatar

I’m disappointed that nobody’s mentioned Pony Island yet.

Telodzrum,

Fucking great game, Inscryption was mentioned in here at least.

Rai,

Everyone always glosses over his second big game, The Hex. It’s fucking stellar, and a GREAT game to go into blind.

Quick edit: I didn’t think I’d like it more than Inscryption and it doesn’t have the same replay value, but after beating it over the course of two days… The Hex is his best work. Very excited for Pony Island 2.

Telodzrum,

I own it, but haven’t played it yet. I’ll check it out. Thanks!

Rai,

I could not love it more. Ignore the graphics in the preview—they make sense like a half hour in. (Not a spoiler, something that got me to play the game)

Another Quicc Edit: I think it’s been long enough where I can replay it. I loved it sooooo much.

Chef_Boyargee, do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?

Detroit: Become Human

Gris

Stray

adarza, do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?

warframe used to be. but it’s near-impossible now to start & get through even the first major ‘holyshit’ moment without having it at least partially spoiled before hand.

superkret,

sorry, but online free-to-play disqualifies it for me.

ABCDE,

Doki is free to play. DotA is online and free to play.

superkret,

Yes. You see the difference?

ABCDE,

Between what?

starman2112,
@starman2112@sh.itjust.works avatar

TBF, Warframe was far from a free-to-play tier experience, at least back when I played it. The Second Dream is still my favorite story quest in any game I’ve ever played

LainTrain, (edited )

Seconding this. It’s really an exception to the rule in every way. Pretty much an exception to every rule really for better or worse, the game barely tries to be liked or to even make itself comprehensible.

You have warframes, the tenno, flying wings that attach to your character in space and in the open worlds, capital ship combat, the necromechs, the hoverboards, fishing, rougelike world, pets, soon also the protoframes with their AK-47s, an insane story involving truly Kojima-esque named characters like The Man In The Wall and maybe gay love(?) and some character choices like the one with the hole for a face, bird, or brutalism.

You don’t even have to play it multiplayer either. You can solo just about everything.

starman2112,
@starman2112@sh.itjust.works avatar

Nothing will ever match the effect The Second Dream had on me. This Is What You Are still sends shivers down my spine

I’ve tried to get back into it a few times, but there’s just so much new stuff that it’s hard to pick it back up

Matriks404, do games w Guys, what did you buy during the Steam autumn sale?

Absolutely nothing, like in the past like 5 years.

Currently (re)playing all Half-Life and Portal games in order they were released.

Landless2029,
Lemminary,

.ml

sigh

Landless2029,

!patientgamers works too

superkret, do games w What are the best games you can play on a laptop?

I just stumbled upon something called “Doki Doki Literature Club”.
Yes or No?

Maestro,

Yes! Don't read anything about it. Go in blind.

superkret,

Just finished it.
9/10, realistic depiction of my dating experience.

trashgirlfriend,

If you liked it and wanna try another Visual Novel, you might wanna try YOU and ME and HER.

Much less horror but similar in other ways, and one of my favorites because of the denpa vibes.

Mistic, (edited )

Another suggestion for a “mystery type” visual novel:

Everlasting Summer

It has some heavy Soviet vibes as well, it’s so good, very atmospheric.

VolumetricShitCompressor, do gaming w #StopKillingGames Update: Initiative reaches seven country requirement

Nice! Let’s go YUROP!

i_am_not_a_robot, do gaming w What's your favourite it's all in the gameplay game?
@i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk avatar

Lemmings. Always Lemmings. !lemmings

dubyakay,

I always hated it as a kid. All hundred iterations of it, despite always playing with them a little.

tias,

Such a lousy multiplayer game though. It was designed to give the better player handicap so their lead only increased over time, since you were awarded with more lemmings for the next level if you won the previous one.

HeartyOfGlass, do games w What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head?

Double kill

Triple kill

Mega kill

ULTRA KILL

MUH-MUH-MUH-MUH MONSTER KILL

jerkface,
@jerkface@lemmy.ca avatar

We can be friends.

korthrun, do games w What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head?
@korthrun@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

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