45
submitted 11 months ago by Lunar@lemmy.wtf to c/gaming@beehaw.org

How many and which bad games did you play this year?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

I loved every other Diablo and went hard on 4. Then one day I just put the controller down and never picked it back up. I might play more later, but I'm so tired of games that are just nakedly obvious about being nothing but a grind and a job. I wasted so much money getting PSPlus for just this game. All told I spent about $150 on this and the only thing of value I got was a few hours playing with some old friends who also stopped playing and made me realize I wasn't getting anything else out of it.

I've played a hell of a lot of BG3 and it feels completely the opposite. There is so much content that motivates me to do it for roleplay reasons. It doesn't feel nearly as grindy. Some of the dialogs are a bit much to slog through after seeing them a few too many times, but they were all great the first time through, and it motivates me to try different options to get different dialog. But everyone knows BG3 is good.

Guess I'll round out my list.

I really enjoyed Jedi: Outcast. Like BG3, the story is as good as the action, but there's really only one storyline and if I recall you can get pretty much everything on a single playthrough so there aren't really even mechanical decisions to make other than how to approach a combat.

Horizon: Forbidden West was pretty fun. I put it down for other games and haven't gotten back to it but I will. Seems to share a lot with Jedi. Similar gameplay, similar linear storyline. It feels like mechanical choices are more meaningful and maybe you can't do everything on a single playthrough but again I haven't finished it.

Hogwarts Legacy: my wife wanted this because Harry Potter, but then it made her motion sick. So I felt obligated to play it to get our money's worth and I didn't make it very far at all before putting it down. Maybe there is more there further into the game but it didn't grab me enough to find out.

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 11 months ago

Jedi outcast, as in the original from like 20 years ago?

Or Jedi survivor that came out last year?

[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

Survivor. I can't ever keep any of them straight. Jedi: Foo the Last.

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 11 months ago

Either way, both were good

this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2023
45 points (100.0% liked)

Gaming

30500 readers
149 users here now

From video gaming to card games and stuff in between, if it's gaming you can probably discuss it here!

Please Note: Gaming memes are permitted to be posted on Meme Mondays, but will otherwise be removed in an effort to allow other discussions to take place.

See also Gaming's sister community Tabletop Gaming.


This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS