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apotheotic, do gaming w What video game franchises do you not need to start from the very beginning to enjoy? What would you recommend as the entry point into your favorite series?

The witcher 3 can be played with a great experience even with no background on the series!

DrSteveBrule,

Good to hear. I tried to start with 1, but just can’t do with those controls.

apotheotic,

I try to forget but it haunts me

Rolive,

The story of witcher 1 is still quite good and worth experiencing. I’d suggest playing it on easy only so the bad gameplay doesn’t matter too much.

CorrodedCranium,
@CorrodedCranium@leminal.space avatar

I started with number 2 and felt a bit lost. I wonder if it would have been easier to start with 3 in that case.

apotheotic,

I think genuinely yeah. 2 built on 1 iirc. 3 is sort of its own thing insofar as the overall story arc

TotalFat, do gaming w What video game franchises do you not need to start from the very beginning to enjoy? What would you recommend as the entry point into your favorite series?

Xcom 2: War of the Chosen

This is, I believe, the last entry in the series. DLC is confusing, but I feel like WotC fundamentally changed things in ways I enjoyed. It added a captain system similar to Shadow of Mordor and has half the main characters from ST:TNG doing the voice acting. I started this series at the very beginning (90’s? Early 2000’s?) and can recommend only the first and second games. However, consider their age and thus I probably enjoy those old ones out of nostalgia.

Deceptichum, do games w Citizen Sleeper 2 review thread (85 average, 97% recommended)

The only review link I trust is

…steampowered.com/…/Citizen_Sleeper_2_Starward_Ve…

So it’ll be a while before I judge it’s worth.

Carighan,
@Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

That’s like the one review site I don’t trust, because it’s steam users. One of the worst parts of human existence, on a level with 4chan in many regards.

It can be good for a “vibe”. Like if something is mostly negative, might be worth looking into. But for an actual review? That’s just not what it is.

Minnels,

I often sort and read negative reviews, the ones that are well written. Then if it’s still interesting i read a couple of positive ones to get a better sense.

Works for me.

Just reading random ones is pretty bad indeed. Gotta be source critical like always.

omawarisan, do games w What are your favorite games for killing nazis?

Zombie Army Dead War 4

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_Army_4:_Dead_War

You don’t only get to see nazis that are already dead, you can tear them into pieces again and again… It’s really super fun

SPRUNT,

It’s not fun if the nazis can’t feel it.

omawarisan,

ooooooooooooooooooor maybe they do. and they’re dying twice.

Vinny_93, do games w What are your favorite board games? I'm looking for games that are satisfying and lead to a sense of accomplishment or fulfillment or connection.

Ticket to Ride and Carcassonne for me. I play those with my wife and we don’t really get in each other’s way. She usually wins but I don’t care.

HubertManne, do games w Hogwarts Legacy - a weird (90 hour) review *no spoilers

I liked it and thought it was fun. Funny that dark arts has no real downside though.

FurtiveFugitive, do games w Hogwarts Legacy - a weird (90 hour) review *no spoilers

I will preface this by saying I’m a PC gamer who also has a Switch. Wife and I were gifted this game on the Switch and I knew going in it would be a subpar experience compared to the PC. That said, my wife was really into it and watching her okay made me want to pick it up also.

No it isn’t very deep and doesn’t bring any new mechanics to the table we haven’t seen already but the presentation, even on the limited horse power of the switch was nice. It was fun to explore the castle and build up your character. The game is easy to 100% though it can be a bit tedious to track down everything. If you like the potter-verse, I think it’s a pretty good game. Watch a video, grab it on sale, didn’t expect to have your mind blown.

I look forward to a sequel assuming they can improve on some of the repetition.

djsoren19, do games w Hogwarts Legacy - a weird (90 hour) review *no spoilers

Pretty sure all the hype was by potter-heads. I don’t know anyone who enjoyed playing the game who wasn’t also a die-hard fan of Harry Potter.

sexual_tomato, do gaming w Reviewers giving high scores to poorly optimised games really grinds my gears

I had to refund armored core 6 because the first boss fight stuttered so much. I have a 3080, so not the best but definitely no slouch. No matter what settings I tweaked, it’d always drop to slideshow performance for 1-2 seconds at a time. Acceptable in a cheaper title, maybe, but not on a full price game.

Zahille7, (edited ) do games w [Lunacid] All features of Vampire characters

Damn, I’m surprised to see a Lunacid post on Lemmy

Edit: I recently did a playthrough with a vampire character. I kinda power-leveled some stats though, basically just running my way up and down the game’s entire map killing enemies over and over. I got into a decent rhythm for the combat because I had a decent enough Dex so I would just jump to dodge certain attacks if I couldn’t kite them.

Certain spells can be pretty OP throughout the game if you focus on your magic skills. Flame Spear can honestly carry you through most of the game if you focus entirely on magic.

All that said I actually liked the Vampire “class” as it felt a bit more forgiving for most of the game (except the sewer area). I’m kinda working on collecting all the items so I can get the last ending.

enemyofsun,

Damn, I’m surprised to see a Lunacid post on Lemmy

I didn’t see any posts about this game so decided to make the first step myself!

Certain spells can be pretty OP throughout the game if you focus on your magic skills.

On my first playthrough I had a magic-focused character, and yeah, magic is extremely strong in this game! That’s why on my vampire run I decided to ban any attacking spells, to focus more on weapons.

My main problem with vampires was taking damage when using holy water - it’s really important in some areas like the prison (fucking dogs…), and not being able to just use it whenever I want was… annoying.

I don’t regret playing as a melee vampire, I learned to use blocking effectively (I basically never used it on my first playthrough) and the quirks were neat even if not really that impactful gameplay-wise.

I’m kinda working on collecting all the items so I can get the last ending.

Good luck with it!

Zahille7,

I tried out every weapon I could. I leveled each weapon that I could as well, cause I liked seeing what I would get and how I liked playing with it.

I ended up being pretty balanced in play styles and how I leveled my character. Last time I played I was like level 150-something, just to see how high I could go. You start getting very diminishing returns around 120 or so, getting only one point per level, and each of those points only increasing a fraction of each skill.

enemyofsun,

I stopped leveling when I reached 100 since I was already so OP I didn’t see a reason to continue (also a pretty number).

It still took me awhile to get all the endings on the save file but at that point I was just running around destroying everything with my seemingly neverending mana pool.

Objection, do games w Anyone else suddenly itching to blast Nazis in Wolfenstein for no reason at all?

Shadowrun: Dragonfall has a satisfying mission where you get to shoot up a neo-nazi compound.

Visstix, do games w Anyone else suddenly itching to blast Nazis in Wolfenstein for no reason at all?

I would suggest Indiana Jones and the great circle as well for this.

Blackmist,

I’m on PS5 so that’ll have to wait until some point this spring.

prole,

I look forward to it.

jerkface, do games w Any game recommendations for the Steam RTS Fest?
@jerkface@lemmy.ca avatar

I really liked Homeworld back in the day. Haven’t tried any of the newer ones.

Kolanaki, do games w Metal Gear Rising is seriously overrated
!deleted6508 avatar

Nah. Nanomachines, son.

Die4Ever, do games w Games Done Quick from home is a waste of time
@Die4Ever@programming.dev avatar

nah I enjoy it a lot, and so do many others lol

(their real events, Hotfix not as much)

john89,

That’s nice, but even the views reflect my opinion.

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