#3254

The controls in MS1 are doing my head in. I keep aiming my gun at people in the Citadel when I want to open my map. Really hope they add button remapping…

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#3255

I’ve seen someone selling an OG xbox with a bunch of games and 2 comedy giant controllers for £35. Sorely tempted.

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#3256

I have two main thoughts about Mass Effect 1 after three hours:

  • I think the shooting feels better than when I last played it? Can’t tell if the work they’ve done has made a big difference or if I just remember it being a lot worse than it was.
  • I can’t believe people were surprised when Andromeda had bad facial animations. Literally every human in ME1 looks like a balloon filled with ham.
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#3257

Except Kaiden who I am in love with.

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#3258

My main impression early doors is that it looks much much better, but still plays and feels like a game from 2007. Which is not really a grumble, seeing as I loved that game in 2007 and all the times I played it after, more an observation that it highlights how game design has changed, mostly for the better, in the intervening time.

#3259

I’ve made a dedicated thread because I think lots of us will be playing

This is my first time through so spoilers hidden please

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#3260

Can’t think of “resident evil village” without my mind jumping immediately to cricket.

#3261

Resident Evil: Midsummer

#3262

The Lion’s Song is free on Epic at the moment

Looks like a fun point and click sort of game.

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#3263

Been revisiting Bioshock on the Switch and am just having the best time. The gameplay’s really quite clever with all the hackable gun turrets and security cameras, and the scarcity of resources is really well done. The atmosphere and characters are just an absolute knockout too, it just hits this perfect pulpy tone with the brilliant Art Deco architecture and horror elements. All the voice actors of the baddies proper go for it as well, just really brilliant pulp action isn’t it.

Just got to the “Would you kindly” bit which is still great too. Will probably play Infinite next, I wonder how that will hold up.

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#3264

This is what stuffed the gameplay of infinite for me when I replayed it. Basically Elizabeth chucks ammo and health at you which really hamstrings any tension. World and exploration still great and loved the story mind you.

#3265

Night shift started here, little bit of free time. Can’t reply immediately but advice appreciated.

Buy Mass Effect (PS4)? Yes or no?

I have played about 10 hours of ME2 on the 360 years back and enjoyed what I played but gave up for reasons I can’t recall. Few days off after this shift and don’t mind the price and not sure I can wait for a price drop anyway…

#3266

I’m about two thirds of the way through the new version of the first one, and I’m loving it, but I’m in a place where I played and enjoyed the originals many times. I don’t know what it’d be like coming to it cold. The graphical polish is lovely, but it still feels like a game from 2007 in many ways, and some of the gameplay is quite dated now. The writing is still great though, the depth of the universe is terrific, and when the first is done 2 and 3 are a big step up in gameplay. Basically, if you like a good SF adventure and aren’t too fussed about having modern mechanics then go for it.

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#3267

Yes I’m pretty sold on it. have watched a few people playing it and if anything prefer the older style of play. I played about 40 minutes of Fallout 76 earlier and it was so bad I deleted it.

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#3268

Yes!

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#3269

Be aware that as the gameplay improves the writing does the opposite, mind.

#3270

I’ve always said this. For all it’s jankiness, I still think the first is the best narrative experience of the lot.

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#3271

Are there any good games on Switch in the vein of Breath of the Wild or Skyrim that are not either of those games? I’m self isolating and need something I can get lost in

#3272

Witcher 3?

xenoblade
Dragon quest

Actually there’s a demo of dragon quest so maybe try that one first to see if it grabs you

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#3273

Borderlands 2 is an amazing time sink after a slowish start. Put days worth of hours into it on PS3 then again on the Vita