Why I no longer buy modern Games.. - by Vipersan
Thirith on 31/7/2019 at 06:42
One more thing from me: Vipersan, have you played Fallout New Vegas? Since you talked about bobbleheads, I take it that the Fallout you mentioned in your post was Fallout 3. To my mind, New Vegas (though ideally with some mods and fan patches) is the best of the modern Fallout games and definitely something to become lost in for a long, long time.
Starker on 31/7/2019 at 08:50
Forget about AAA, indie is where the fun is at. The amount of hours I spent on Binding of Isaac alone is enough to suspect some kind of Lovecraftian brainwashing going on. Desktop Dungeons is another one that has proven to be mindbogglingly addictive. Naturally this is not to say that AAA is without any merit, as games like Bloodborne and Witcher 3 readily attest to.
As far as modern gaming goes, though, I've been seriously gaming for 3 decades now and many of my favourite games are modern games (what counts as modern being subject to where you draw line, of course): the Stalker series, God Hand, Hitman: Blood Money, Portal, Witcher 3, Braid, Dragon Age: Origins, The Chronicles of Riddick, Amnesia, Bastion, The Walking Dead, Spec Ops: The Line, Mark of the Ninja, Guacamelee, Alien Isolation, Shovel Knight, Wolfenstein TNO, This War of Mine, Undertale, Ori and the Blind Forest, The Witness, Inside, Darkest Dungeon, Superhot, Resident Evil 7, Hollow Knight, Thimbleweed Park... a lot of amazing games have come out in the last decade or so.
Also, there are a lot of big games I haven't even played yet, but look like an absolute blast: Breath of the Wild, Persona 5, Nier Automata, the new God of War (reboot?), Bayonetta 2, DMC 5, as well as a ton of smaller games that look incredibly interesting, such as Devotion (which unfortunately was review bombed to oblivion and removed from the only place it was sold due to some controversial content).
Nameless Voice on 31/7/2019 at 12:08
I think a lot of the best non-indie games these days come from the slightly smaller studios. What you might call "AA" games. They tend to have large enough teams to make really high-quality games, but without the huge corporate greed ethic of the biggest studios.
Vipersan on 31/7/2019 at 13:38
Thanx for all your suggestiona and input..
..and no I never played New Vegas ..but always intended to..
The Elder scrolls franchise was always a favourite..but even that has moved into online and co-op mode.
I still prefer to play alone and spend my time exploring and discovering new things.
Fragging online simply doesn't do it for me...and not the purpose of a game (only my opinion of course).
I guess my biggest gripe is that it isn't so easy to 'own' a game these days.
All that lush box or disc case art ..which to me was a massive part of games alure is gone.
The idea of conquering and completing a game by purchasing gear rather than earning it is imo cheating and pointless.
There are still some gems around but even those cant be 'owned' in the same way..only streamed and borrowed.(like a lending library)
..thus you cant put them on a shelf...unlike games of the past.
Yes I am old school ..and proud of it.
rgds
VS
Portal has also been mentioned ..A very entertaining ...and original concept with some dark humour thrown in ..
loved it..
On the plus side ...I managed to recover and archive 2 more floppy boxed games this morning using Kryoflux.
Lucas Arts ..triple Star Wars pack ..X wing..B wing ...& Imperial Persuit.
Also Day of the Tentacle ...which did present a few problems with disk 4 ..but intensive stress reading as I like to call it did recover it eventually.
icemann on 31/7/2019 at 14:08
Skyrim would do you just fine then. Completely singleplayer and great to explore around in. I prefer New Vegas over it, but tastes will vary.
Morrowind and Oblivion would be another good 2 for that series for the same reasons. If you enjoyed 2D platformers of the retro days, then I'd HIGHLY recommend giving Metroidvania style games (aka Bloodstained, Timespinner, Ori and the Blind Forest, Hollow Knight etc) a go.
Vipersan on 31/7/2019 at 15:01
Another game from back in the day I enjoyed was 'Serious Sam' ...which I chose to play in 'Serious mode' ...
I do remember the bulls and the like coming so fast and in such quantity that it actually slowed my PC to crawl speed ...and ammo was so scarce I really hadn't a chance in that arena ..
But as is my method I found that running at a wall with a high inaccessible ledge was the key ..and at the last moment pointing the dual weapons at the floor to achieve lift .
This made it possible to gain that high ledge and put me out of reach of the critters..
and yes I was finally victorious with my limited ammo.
So you see ...breaking the rules sometimes pays off ..and it's up to you to one up the games creator.
rgds
VS
Nameless Voice on 31/7/2019 at 17:52
Streamed and borrowed?
Most singleplayer games are still standalone installs. I suppose you might be arguing that the infrastructure for online stores like Steam could die at some point in the future, but there's nothing stopping you from buying all your games DRM-free on GOG and backing them up yourself.
icemann on 31/7/2019 at 22:48
Blizzard's more recent approach of requiring an internet connection for a singleplayer game definitely is not the norm just yet.
Starker on 1/8/2019 at 05:48
A lot of it is big publishers pushing for live services and recurrent profit, so that people keep paying and paying and paying. It's the same greed that made them chase MMOs, mobile games, and lootb surprise mechanics.
icemann on 1/8/2019 at 11:55
That and to try and eliminate resale of games. Since if it has a digital code that locks that game to you, then good luck trying to get anyone else on it. Why do that? $$$.