Single-player Video Games Thread

Glad to see SS2 get some love. Strife is also good if you want to go back to see what the Doom Engine can do. Deus Ex is still probably one of the best games ever made. Fallout 1.5 Ressurection was recently released in English and if you like Fallout it is an absolute must play. Morrowind is, of course, timeless.

Lately I’ve been really enjoying Crusader Kings 2. It taps into my love of history and my love of fucking shit up. It’s a great “story generator”.

Speaking of “story generators” I think 2D Dwarf Fortress is best Dwarf Fortress from a game perspective but I fucking love every new thing Toady does so 3D DF is also “fun” but it’s more fun to think about than actually play.

Speaking of “great games I no longer play” EVE isn’t the same since Vilerat died. I haven’t been able to get back into it since.

Amorphos,

Might & Magic VI-VIII, inspired the Elder Scrolls series indubitably, (PC-Windows 2000, ME, or earlier required) unless you download from GOG, but the old discs play much smoother on old systems. Old games are why I still have an old, gaming-only PC and Win.95. If only I’d kept my Atari package, that would be a blast about now.

Phantasmagoria, old PC point and click adventure similar to Myst but way easier. Twisted surprise ending, good luck staying alive without cheating. :evilfun: :laughing:

Mummy:Tomb of the Pharaoh
Frankenstein:Through the Eyes of the Monster

Moonlight Mahjong! :mrgreen:

I loved playing nvChess, they had really cool graphics, but they don’t have an app for it. :confused:

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Not played in a week or so… will check out nvChess when i next do.

One thing - I found a handkerchief in the water. Monogrammed “d.l.C.” Mean anything to you?

De la Croix? It cannot be. Was it he the Beast slew?!

Seems so. Knew him well?

Long past. We were close friends, once, but our paths diverged. He was a man of extremes, standing by his companions no matter the odds, fighting his foes to the bitter end.

Prototype 1, great game. I still turn it on occasionally every month or so and screw around a little. Too bad they fucked the 2nd game up by making Mercer the villain and a dumb, angry nigger the protagonist. It was so poorly received they can’t make Prototype 3 now.

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Some great videos about the great Gothic games. Warning, the videos contain major spoilers for those who haven’t played it yet but may intend to. I’ve heard many people compare them to the Demon/Dark Souls series, or rather, compared Demon/Dark Souls to Gothic since Gothic was first. I can’t confirm if they are similar or not since I haven’t played them (my PC is old).

The comparison seems to be that they are both rather dark (Gothic less so), that they have a similar combat system (Gothic’s is clunkier, apparently), similar open world design with focus on story instead of sandboxing, and that they are both difficult and challenging.

Another thing that’s good about Gothic is that it doesn’t have a liberal bias like many newer, mainstream games.

Anyway, the videos:

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i am struggling to find first person games either shooters or rpg, many like witcher is 3rd person. nothing matches skyrim or fallout 4 - that I have found. nor anything like them. any ideas people?

Amor,

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-witcher-3-first-person-mod-gives-gamers-a-geralts-eye-view-of-the-world/

The Witcher 3 first-person mod gives gamers a Geralt’s-eye view of the world

Witcher 1: use mouse scroll button

1st P – Metro: Last Light, Bioshock: Infinite, System Shock 2 (a great fps/rpg cross), Deus Ex (any in the series), GTA V

I’ve played all except the Deus Ex series. They’re all good games.
But my favorite games of the past 5 years have all been 3rd person.

3rd P – Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Witcher 3, Tomb Raider, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Mass Effect, Last of Us, Metal Gear Solid: V

[tab]If you haven’t played Witcher 3 yet, I strongly suggest you find some time and get into it. Once you get used to the mechanics, it surpasses Skyrim in almost every way and is the most stunning open world rpg of its scope ever made. I suppose I still like Skyrim’s score a little better but Witcher 3’s is still one of the best.

I put down all gaming for almost a year. I came back to Witcher 3 after my hiatus. Started a new savegame without even having finished my previous. Did a full playthrough, start to finish, without interruption, because, like a great movie, it’s worth it.[/tab]

That’s cool if you’re on PC, Wendy. I have the same problem as Amorphos, as far as 3D goes I mostly just like first-person view these days. I even got Mirror’s Edge Catalyst in the Easter sale because it’s so rare for such a game to be first-person. I did like The Last Guardian, though. And Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition, which may have been the best 5 euros I’ve ever spent. Dishonored 2 Limited Edition, which came with the digital version of Dishonored Definitive Edition, was also a fantastic buy at little over half price, by the way. Haven’t got around to playing the new Zelda yet; I hope that remains a series I can enjoy in third-person 3D.

I never got to checking out the Gothic games, but that description of Dark Souls sounds about right.

Except that Dark Souls doesn’t really have a story and is better described as punishing.

It feels like the game is against you, especially at first. You will die, countless times. You will imagine satisfied game devs. You will get better and you will defeat the most demoralizing foes. You will feel like a boss. And you will be, because you learned everything the hard way and learned it well.

Witcher 3 has a story. Dark Souls has incredible atmosphere and a minimalist narrative. The fantastic thing is the story that develops in the player’s head as you become familiar with every odd corner of the world, the haunt of every enemy, his movement & attack patterns. You won’t progress until you appreciate these things. As far as plot, all you’ll get are a short intro sequence, fragments of conversation, and minimalist lore that the developers never push in your face. Still, the world feels alive. And it does feel like the player has some forlorn purpose there. Even the most interesting tidbits and connections are easy to miss. It’s that much more fun to play again to pick up on all the backstory and intrigue, plus the fact that you’ll feel like a god.

Like Skyrim - Gothic 3, it can be played in first person (I think I already recommended this to you actually)
Fallout - I haven’t played the 4th, but assuming it’s anything like the 3rd, which I did play, I’d say STALKER series is the most similar - dark atmosphere, zombies/mutants, open world exploration, etc. Another is Metro, I played this years ago but never finished it cause the lag was killing me, but it’s a decent game.

It’s the same in Gothic games. I don’t know about Dark Souls, but in Gothic enemies don’t scale with you , meaning that at the start you’ll have to carefully pick your battles. Unless you also know exactly how strong every enemy is (you played the game before), you’ll likely die a lot unless you have perfect reflexes. And it’s very satisfying to come back stronger and defeat an enemy that kicked your ass before.

Well, I guess the comparison then was really justified, that’s exactly like Gothic. Each enemy has certain movement and attacking patterns that you have to learn and adapt to, some enemies are more vulnerable to some types of weapons, etc. And though it’s story oriented, the lore is minimal and isn’t pushed in your face. When you find books (which are actually short texts), they’re 90% of the time relevant to the actual game and describe some important part of the game world or some mechanic. Same thing applies to what characters say. There isn’t superfluous lore or tedious, repetitive quests added just for the sake of prolonging the game.

Souls games are dungeon crawlers. Basically, slow-paced action games. The only thing in common with RPG genre is skill development. Other than that, there is nothing in common: no story, no dialog choices, no open world, no nothing of what is unique to RPGs. It’s more about combat and prudence than anything else. Many assume it’s a hack n slash game because of the way it looks in the videos but the problem is you can’t play it like a hack n slash. You die when you try to do so. It’s a slow-paced game: you must be very careful with every step and move you make.

Sauwelios,

Changing platforms to play a great game is not a question for a die hard gamer. Just sayin’.

True, and I was considering getting a laptop as my next “console” anyway. Then I should definitely try that mod.

Sauwelios,

GOG.com has some updated versions of M&M VI-VIII, of course, the graphics are low polygon count and there are no awesome kill shots (low tech combat), but if you enjoy RPG skill building, an open world, and loads of challenging everything (bad guys, items, quests), check it out. I’ve never finished any of them nor have I even attempted to play the non turn-based mode (you get swarmed so it’s suicide). Even with walk-throughs and cheats, it’ll be devotional.

Has anyone played Glyph’s freeware Rift?

I tried the mod when it came out, but the game [fighting etc] isn’t designed for it. …and I always play as female protagonist.

I liked the first deus ex, but it is not [as]moddable like skyrim or fallout4, still I may check out the new one when its cheaper/sale. I see nexus host’s mod for it, mostly missions though. Shame you cant choose the character [and a female one], that’s a big part of it for me.

I think 3rd person is like someone has stuck a big lump on my screen, and there’s no way to get rid of it lol particularly bad if its a big ole male ass you gotta look at all the time. #-o

Nexus has a whole 2 mods for it, people keep saying you keep getting killed n stuff in it and the graphics are outdated.

why do Bethesda take so long to bring out new games! don’t they like money or something.