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I really tried to like Disco Elysium but it's just not for me. I got about 4.5 hours in until finally giving up on the game. The story seems like it could get interesting but I feel like even when you get a lead on something, it leads to a dead end
 
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Trying to find something to play before Elden Ring.

Here are my choices:

Immortals Fenyx Rising
God of War
Horizon Zero Dawn

All on PC, obviously ;)
 
Frankie Spankie said:
I really tried to like Disco Elysium but it's just not for me. I got about 4.5 hours in until finally giving up on the game. The story seems like it could get interesting but I feel like even when you get a lead on something, it leads to a dead end
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I played a couple of hours of it when it came out and it didn't click with me, either. It probably didn't help that my PC at the time barely managed the minimum specs. I didn't give up on the game, but I put it off to the side until I had a better system to run it on. Now that I do, I want to give it another chance, but yeah, it didn't grab me in my first attempt to play it, either.
 
Andrei79 said:
Trying to find something to play before Elden Ring.

Here are my choices:

Immortals Fenyx Rising
God of War
Horizon Zero Dawn

All on PC, obviously ;)
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Can't go wrong with either Horizon:Zero Dawn or God of War. God of War is the shorter game, so if you are trying to beat it before Elden Ring I'd go with that, and there are bonus bosses that are a helluva a challenge depending on the level you are playing it at. Both rightfully earned their praise as 2 of the best Playstation exclusives of the last generation.
 
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Andrei79 said:
Trying to find something to play before Elden Ring.

Here are my choices:

Immortals Fenyx Rising
God of War
Horizon Zero Dawn

All on PC, obviously ;)
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It might be my anti-open world bias showing, but I didn't get what the big deal was with Horizon: Zero Dawn. It's standard open world stuff, I found the story to be a bunch of gobbledygook, and I didn't particularly like any of the characters in it. Alloy is alright, but kind of like Jin in Ghost, I felt they were a little bland. I don't know if that's intentional so that everyone playing can project themselves on to them?

I liked God of War a lot more, although, somebody recently did a post of it in the games you beat thread that raised some fair criticisms. To get the most out of God of War, I think you need to do the optional stuff. There's optional bosses, areas, and some puzzles along the way. If you just burn through the main story, it would be kind of 'meh', although I'd still take the story in GoW over HZD. There's also the Norse mythology stuff if you're into that and the final optional boss is up there with FromSoft bosses in terms of difficulty.

So if you ask me, God of War is the better game. However, if I was in your position, started HZD for the first time, and didn't finish it before Elden Ring, I would have had no problem dropping it.
 
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I'll give a shout out to Fenyx as it's different enough from the other two to stand out on its own, a more accessible BotW due to no weapon breakage and not having to choose between health or stamina upgrades after passing the shrines. The characters can be a bit much at times and you'll need to have a passing knowledge of Greek mythology to get most of the jokes, but the gameplay is solid once you settle into how you wanna fight and spec yourself out accordingly. There's puzzles of all kinds everywhere.
 
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If you move played BOTW I’d skip Fenyx. It’s an inferior game that outright copied a lot from BOTW
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I loved BoTW, I was actually hoping for a clone. Is that inferior ?

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I'll give a shout out to Fenyx as it's different enough from the other two to stand out on its own, a more accessible BotW due to no weapon breakage and not having to choose between health or stamina upgrades after passing the shrines. The characters can be a bit much at times and you'll need to have a passing knowledge of Greek mythology to get most of the jokes, but the gameplay is solid once you settle into how you wanna fight and spec yourself out accordingly. There's puzzles of all kinds everywhere.
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What difficulty would you recommend start with ?


pistolpete11 said:
It might be my anti-open world bias showing, but I didn't get what the big deal was with Horizon: Zero Dawn. It's standard open world stuff, I found the story to be a bunch of gobbledygook, and I didn't particularly like any of the characters in it. Alloy is alright, but kind of like Jin in Ghost, I felt they were a little bland. I don't know if that's intentional so that everyone playing can project themselves on to them?

I liked God of War a lot more, although, somebody recently did a post of it in the games you beat thread that raised some fair criticisms. To get the most out of God of War, I think you need to do the optional stuff. There's optional bosses, areas, and some puzzles along the way. If you just burn through the main story, it would be kind of 'meh', although I'd still take the story in GoW over HZD. There's also the Norse mythology stuff if you're into that and the final optional boss is up there with FromSoft bosses in terms of difficulty.

So if you ask me, God of War is the better game. However, if I was in your position, started HZD for the first time, and didn't finish it before Elden Ring, I would have had no problem dropping it.
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Well, I'm a bit on the fence about open world games. I loved BoTW and Witcher 3, but like you thought GoT was a bit redundant and bland. I was thinking that maybe a game like HZD that I can just drop when Elden Ring is out could be the perfect thing to play.

93LEAFS said:
Can't go wrong with either Horizon:Zero Dawn or God of War. God of War is the shorter game, so if you are trying to beat it before Elden Ring I'd go with that, and there are bonus bosses that are a helluva a challenge depending on the level you are playing it at. Both rightfully earned their praise as 2 of the best Playstation exclusives of the last generation.
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I just tried a few minutes of GoW and the production value is excellent. I was surprised at the combat, it seemed better than I was expecting. The graphics on PC are fantastic (I have an RTX3070).
 
Andrei79 said:
I just tried a few minutes of GoW and the production value is excellent. I was surprised at the combat, it seemed better than I was expecting. The graphics on PC are fantastic (I have an RTX3070).
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I also played it on PC for the first time a month or two ago. It looks great but I thought the game play was really lacking. It got a lot better when you get the daggers instead of the axe IMO but it took too long to get to that point. Production value is definitely the best part but I found myself just rushing through the story without any desire to do anything else because the rest of the game just felt pretty average.
 
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Yep... whole heartedly recommend GOW. it is probably my favorite non Fromsoft games over the last decade or so. It's really good. But so is HZD... so you can't go wrong.
 
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I loved the old God of War games, didn't really liked the new one. I just platinumed it because I needed to have all GoW platinums (now have 10).

It just felt too cinematic, gameplay was lacking, enemy variety wasn't good, the bosses felt all the same. Never touched it after platinum it, while I still jump back to God War 1, 2 or 3.
 
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Jumping back into Apex Legends hardcore recently. I love the new balancing updates they've made, the new legend Mad Maggie is pretty cool and can be really awesome situationally, though I find her ult to be kind of underpowered.

I really wish they'd add another true support legend. I'm not the greatest gun-fighter and would really like to play a real support that can heal or buff teammates.
 
Playing Immortals Fenyx Rising and it's a fantastic BotW clone. Having trouble putting it down.

Edit: this game is really good. Did not expect this at all from Ubisoft.
 
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Started Far Cry 6 this weekend, had initially planned on playing thru the Mass Effect trilogy in order but just felt like staggering them a bit with other stuff in between

So far a few hours in Far Cry 6 is more Far Cry, which if you like them can be a good thing, and if you don't like them you probably weren't going to play it anyway
 
NinjaKick said:
Mission impossible 64
James bond nightfire ps2

classics
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I remember loving Mission Impossible 64 when I was younger. I remember seeing an AVGN video where he ripped on the game hard, probably remember it from nostalgia glasses though lol.

I started playing Kalimba. It's an indie puzzle/platfomer from 2015 where you control different characters at the same time and have to move through the world switching characters so they can pass through the same colors without dying. There's some puzzle aspects too while you figure out how to get both into position by moving one into a wall so the other can move. I just got past the first boss and it's actually a lot of fun. I heard of it for the first time only a few months ago and was able to grab it really cheap recently. I'm glad I did, this game is a blast.
 
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Insurgency Sandstorm is everything I need after getting completely burned out with COD. Slow, deliberate and a mostly adult community that's very helpful to newcomers. I highly recommend.
 
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Planet Coaster is PS5 game of the month on PSPlus and damn it's so effin fun, i don't think i have ever played a game non stop for almost a week straight now. Only one rank level to get through lol
 
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Insurgency Sandstorm is everything I need after getting completely burned out with COD. Slow, deliberate and a mostly adult community that's very helpful to newcomers. I highly recommend.
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Couldn’t agree more. I haven’t played it in a while but I played it for a solid two months straight when it came out on Xbox and had fun every time. I think I need to get back into it.
 
In my attempt to try many games before Elden Ring, I ended up trying Kingdom Come Deliverance (I've tried Immortals Feny Rising, God Of War and HZD). Had I known what I would get, I would've waited unt I finished Elden Ring. Though I've finished the prologue, I'm still in the early parts of the game, but already I'm completely immersed in the game. I don't know if it'll keep up, but this might be one of the best RPGs I've ever played. I'm genuinely considering holding off Elden Ring ( I won't, but still, I know what I'll be playing after).
 
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