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I hated hellblade. Awful clunky movement and those stupid puzzles where you had to walk around and match the symbols up… ugh.
I Played it in 3rd person, same with Starfield.The Direct wasn't terrible. As for the first person/third person debate, different people have different preferences and that is fine. Personally I'm not massively into first person - never liked DOOM, my co-ordination was terrible for Destiny (ask anyone I played with how long it took me to complete jumping puzzles) and I got motion sickness every ten mins or so of playing The Lost Archive in Assassin's Creed Revelations.
I'll give Fallout 4 another go later this year but apparently you can switch to third person so I'll probably do that.
Fair enough. It's always interesting to see the way people's tastes differ - I chose to play Red Dead 2 in first person pretty much throughout, despite it clearly having been made with third person in mind. The game and world was so compelling and lovingly made that I couldn't resist putting myself as "in" the world as I could manage. Personally I find first person generally to be more immersive, especially for games like Dishonored or while sneaking around in Skyrim. It takes me out of the experience a bit when I can rotate the camera to look around a wall when my character would have no way of seeing that.I would always lean to a third person perspective where available. I don’t actually find first person that immersive, personally I think you can role play better in third person, being able to see your character. In games that offer the choice (GTA, Red Dead, Skyrim to name afew) I will almost exclusively play in third person. I find combat in third person largely more engaging too. The big thing for me is movement, in third it feels much more fluid to me and while games like Dying Light 2 do a good job of providing a framework for first person traversal, I still think it falls short of freedom offered in third person games.
I think the obsession with first person heavily links to the growth of popular shooters like COD/Battlefield and for many of those players, first person feels more accessible. I’ve never really been into first person shooters as much as many people so I think that partly explains my preferences.
I'd agree with @Ainu here, I don't think gaming has an obsession with first person at all. As a first person fan I usually feel irritated that so few games with that perspective are available. It's also not something that, for me, came from playing first person shooters as I didn't play too many of those. For me it's games I played in the late 00s, early 10s (Deus Ex, Dishonored, Bethesda games, Bioshock) that give me a first person itch I always want scratched.Modern gaming doesn't have an obsession with first person though, I'd argue it's the opposite. Feels like the overwhelming majority of big blockbuster games in at least the last decade has been third person. First person used to be big in the early days of Doom and Quake and especially after Half-Life, but nowadays?
Yeah I wasn’t mad about it either. I was always a bit confused with the reception it got. But the sound was amazing and it also dealt with mental illness very well too. So always assumed it was more for those reasons that it being an actual fun video gameI hated hellblade. Awful clunky movement and those stupid puzzles where you had to walk around and match the symbols up… ugh.
To be fair my absolute preference is the ability to change on the fly. I get that’s a lot more effort for game developers but I like being to switch. For example while I play most of Skyrim or Red Dead in third person I like to switch to first when looking certain objects (to get a closer view). In Skyrim I like changing to first for certain combat scenarios so they both have their benefits. I was disappointed that cyberpunk didn’t offer high first and third person gameplay.Fair enough. It's always interesting to see the way people's tastes differ - I chose to play Red Dead 2 in first person pretty much throughout, despite it clearly having been made with third person in mind. The game and world was so compelling and lovingly made that I couldn't resist putting myself as "in" the world as I could manage. Personally I find first person generally to be more immersive, especially for games like Dishonored or while sneaking around in Skyrim. It takes me out of the experience a bit when I can rotate the camera to look around a wall when my character would have no way of seeing that.
I'm not sure I've ever played a first person game where melee combat felt good, so I'd certainly agree with that. Certain kinds of movement (Uncharted style climbing for example) I'd definitely prefer third person as well. The recent (well, not that recent anymore) Deus Ex games did a really good job with this imo where the camera pops out into third person when you go into cover.
I'd agree with @Ainu here, I don't think gaming has an obsession with first person at all. As a first person fan I usually feel irritated that so few games with that perspective are available. It's also not something that, for me, came from playing first person shooters as I didn't play too many of those. For me it's games I played in the late 00s, early 10s (Deus Ex, Dishonored, Bethesda games, Bioshock) that give me a first person itch I always want scratched.
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I liked Hellblade for its atmosphere and intensity. But it was a bit too basic and clunky as a video game. Despite it being Xbox exclusive hoepfully they expand it as a proper video game. Based on the first one I’m sure the cinematic and character bits will be good.I hated hellblade. Awful clunky movement and those stupid puzzles where you had to walk around and match the symbols up… ugh.
Perhaps, though I haven't checked how long the first game took me (though I do study every little bit of games like this so my playthrough would be a lot longer anyway) I'm not sure that was much longer than 8hrs for most.It's 8 hours long which feels perfect to me for something quite intense
Obviously it's easier to accept that with it being on gamepass too.
I think that day one GP makes physical games an expensive luxury. While people will have brought the special edition copies most people who played it will have done so through GP. If they then chose to buy it they will use the GP discount to get it digitally.Tweet
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I smell the "adorably all-digital" Series X refresh announcement coming soon.
In other news, Quake 6 teaser: https://www.resetera.com/threads/hey-uh…-did-none-of-y’all-notice-the-quake-tease-in-the-developer_direct.807246/post-117837681
I agree. It was the feel of the game, the story, and how they chose to tell it that made the game memorable.Perhaps, though I haven't checked how long the first game took me (though I do study every little bit of games like this so my playthrough would be a lot longer anyway) I'm not sure that was much longer than 8hrs for most.
I just hope it's as thoughtful and interesting as the first. I don't want it turned into some generic action game like others seem to want, it's fine to have variation and the game stay in the walking sim/story genre. The whole point of the sluggishness and movement style was to convey the sense of dread and effort to drag yourself to do anything when it comes to mental health.
Though I do agree with @Massive Spanner that the puzzles were pretty shite. It reminds me of that Jedi game where they clearly took inspiration from other games (like the Witness/Talos with the puzzles, GOW/Souls with the combat) but missed the mark. The atmosphere, story and attention to detail on the side of MH issues carried it through. That and the wonderful acting, I'm glad she's back.
Well he kinda hyped it.... Hellblade looks decent thoughYou didn't actually expect more did you?
It's Alock.Well he kinda hyped it.... Hellblade looks decent though
For stuff coming out this year how do Nintendo and Sony compare?Well he kinda hyped it.... Hellblade looks decent though
For stuff coming out this year how do Nintendo and Sony compare?
This thread is to discuss the Xbox Series X and its games only. Go to the PlayStation 5 thread if you wish to discuss that console, and if you wish to compare the two/console war, go to the PS5 vs Xbox Series X thread.
It’s not really about becoming generic but rather aiming for genuine excellence. I liked the first game for its visual and sound design with the narrative / writing also being pretty good. But as tor the game game it was just decent - not due to the sluggishness but simply the core mechanics in how well done / fun they were. All in all it was definitely one I liked - probably would be give it a solid 8/10 or something. Like I said hopefully the sequel (although I don’t have an Xbox) builds on that - less in visual scope but more in gameplay scope.Perhaps, though I haven't checked how long the first game took me (though I do study every little bit of games like this so my playthrough would be a lot longer anyway) I'm not sure that was much longer than 8hrs for most.
I just hope it's as thoughtful and interesting as the first. I don't want it turned into some generic action game like others seem to want, it's fine to have variation and the game stay in the walking sim/story genre. The whole point of the sluggishness and movement style was to convey the sense of dread and effort to drag yourself to do anything when it comes to mental health.
Though I do agree with @Massive Spanner that the puzzles were pretty shite. It reminds me of that Jedi game where they clearly took inspiration from other games (like the Witness/Talos with the puzzles, GOW/Souls with the combat) but missed the mark. The atmosphere, story and attention to detail on the side of MH issues carried it through. That and the wonderful acting, I'm glad she's back.
Nintendo has very little announced beyond H1 as they will most likely release a new console in Q3/Q4, and will launch it with a couple of big games. It's basically Princess Peach and a couple of remakes only so far.For stuff coming out this year how do Nintendo and Sony compare?
Yet they’ll probably end up with 2 highly rated games which will cross Xbox’s highly rated games by 2.Nintendo has very little announced beyond H1 as they will most likely release a new console in Q3/Q4, and will launch it with a couple of big games. It's basically Princess Peach and a couple of remakes only so far.
Yeah it's good fun, blows recent Pokemon games out of the water.I’ve just started playing Hellblade. It is a lovely made game - some puzzles are annoying.
Is this Pokémon ripoff actually any good?
when does your gametag and achievments get deleted? Never as far as Im aware
Imagine buying Kinect Googly Eyes and thinking you're allowed to have an opinion about videogames
Don't even know what that is, Kinect Sports and the Dance Revolution? game were great!Imagine buying Kinect Googly Eyes and thinking you're allowed to have an opinion about videogames
Oh okwhen does your gametag and achievments get deleted? Never as far as Im aware
Says the guy who bought into the hype of SporeIf anything, people on here buying Kinect shite shows just how much you should never listen to certain sales types.
Learn.
Actually that's one of so many accounts shared with my youngest, Rust is on there too.
1,310 apparently.Just out of interest - I’m now getting close to a gamerscore of 96,000.
How does everyone else compare?
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