henke on 2/2/2018 at 06:25
Yeah, good list, I guess? Honestly I'm not big on space combat so I don't care about most of this stuff stuff, save for FTL, Elite, and Mass Effect. My personal list would include Lunar Flight as well, tho perhaps it doesn't count as it's set on the moon rather than in space.
Is Rebel Galaxy really that good? I have it on PS+, but never tried it.
Sulphur on 2/2/2018 at 06:54
Since it correctly places Freespace 2 where it should be, I'll grudgingly admit it has some of its priorities straight. Still, I can't see how Mass Effect works in that list unless it's also taking into account inner space, personal space, and a lack of space in general.
Sulphur on 2/2/2018 at 07:33
Heh. If they'd said ME1, I'd say all right, kinda makes sense - it's at least a third about exploring space. ME2, though? It's literally guns and conversation, with the idea of space barely getting a look-in beyond grinding out probes and pointing at the galaxy map. That laser focus on action and repartee results in space being treated as a convenient backdrop, which means it's an odd inclusion here. You could just as well add Xenosaga*, SS2, Dead Space, and Alien: Isolation to the list if space doesn't actually matter that much.
*On a list on a site other than RPS, at any rate.
Neb on 14/2/2018 at 19:38
You're just jelly that there's someone out there who still has some of the good stuff left to try for the first time. :p
Sulphur on 14/2/2018 at 19:53
All right, I will admit that if it were possible for me to completely forget my first Malkavian playthrough just so I could experience it again for the first time, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
Jason Moyer on 19/2/2018 at 14:25
Vampire Bloodlines is great but I'd put it in a nebulous "Deus Ex-alike" RPG subgenre alongside stuff like Alpha Protocol or New Vegas rather than calling it an imsim. Unless there are ways to combine systems to solve problems in unpredictable ways that I don't remember. And while Human Revolution and Mankind Divided are great, I don't remember finding solutions to any obstacles that weren't clearly intentionally placed there by the designers. At some point if you go down that route you could start calling Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books imsims. Or Mass Effect :devil:
Starker on 19/2/2018 at 16:42
If a game ticks enough boxes, I don't see a problem there. What VTMB lacks in emergent gameplay and simulation, it makes up for with its commitment to immersion and open-ended gameplay.
SD on 19/2/2018 at 22:58
Own 8 of that emergent top 10, and have played/completed 6 of them. Whatever genre they belong to, I would certainly not hesitate to group them together.
