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As for Horizon Zero Dawn, it's definitely been on my radar, as all PS4 exclusives are. I've seen some gameplay videos of it that look interesting, and it's clear that it's taking some great elements from various open world games and melding it into its own vision. I don't think I'll get it for a while, though, as there's nothing about it that makes me crave it immediately, though it does intrigue. It's one I'll definitely keep in the back of my mind for future purchase. If you do get it, be sure to share your thoughts here.
And thanks for the recommend! It's nice to have people here I can turn to on gaming matters, as I don't know many offline.
You're quite welcome! I recall you recommending 'The Last Of Us' to me years back, and I picked that up on the PS4 and I think that might be the best single player story I've ever experienced. Ended up becoming one of my favorite games, loved that one.
I've been recommended my share of games by people here, and haven't been disappointed.
It's not so much as a loss of interest, it's... I just want a console to play games, simple as that. No streaming, no.. downloading, just games, and offline. The price of a PS4, and the amount of it's features that i'd never use, isn't worth it for the time being. If I do get around to buying a PS4, it will be when the PS5 has been released, and the PS4 is dirt cheap. Until them, I have plenty of hidden gems from past consoles to seek out.
@Agent007391, yes, there's a 'Legendary Edition' that comes with all three sets of DLC for the game: the two narrative/story-driven DLC's, and the cosmetic one that gives you the ability to build houses/furnish them more.
And that's another reason, DLC. Thank heavens for complete editions that feature all of the DLC.
The legendary Edition of Skyrim is indeed worth picking up, all of the DLC is on disc, so all it needs is to be installed from the PS3 menu screen.
Yes, I'm not a hyper-active buyer when it comes to games. The last game I bought that wasn't one I got on a big sale was Uncharted 4, nearly a year ago, and before that game there was months where I only bought Batman: Arkham Knight and Assassin's Creed with a big stretch of time between.
I can wait for deals for most games, and only get things on release when I can't risk the story being spoiled for me, as was the case for Uncharted 4. Coming up, the only game I'll probably get on release is the Spider-Man game heading to PS4, and who knows how far off that one is.
In this current gaming climate, I don't want to support things I don't believe in, and that includes day-one buys of games that push season passes which are half the money or equal and beyond the actual core game price, and publishers who push three different versions of the same game with editions that can reach up to $100 in price each. It's disgusting.
I was happy to support CD Projekt Red by purchasing Witcher 3 because their business model is solid, they treat gamers with respect and they don't pull any bullshit to cheat people out of money. They released 16 FREE DLCs for that game, in addition to two cheap DLCs that were collectively 6 times larger than most games out today could ever hope to be. That is amazing and I love them for being who they are. I would have bought the game for $100 if it meant supporting a company that strives to act in such a way as that, when it's so easy to cash in and do what the likes of EA are doing.
Well, first time experiencing this on PC after finishing it off on PS3 a few years ago. I do realize I haven't had as much fun with a video game in a long time, which is a great thing. Now, Rockstar is the kind of company that knows how to prepare and execute at the right aim. The gameplay, the cinematics, the narrative, the graphics... Leaves you speechless. I also seem to have forgotten how brilliant the radio stations are. Definitely a vast improvement over IV and its expansion packs.
I guess I don't need further praise the game. You all know about it.
Currently playing Tomb Raider Definitive Edition on Xbox One I almost finished it on 360, though started again on Xbox One. Love the TB games often play the earlier ones on my PC, it's a franchise that goes back so far can't help have nostalgia for the series.
Interesting did not know that cheers, I have transferred my 360 profile data on games like Red Dead and Burnout Paradise, that's forced my hand I'll buy GTA V next week.
Niko is a great protagonist, but somehow he's too down to earth for a GTA protagonist, if you know what I mean. Kinda like Claude who has opinion and can talk. That said, I never liked the expansion packs of IV. Neither Luiz nor Johnny Klebitz capture any essential charm for me. Glad Trevor killed the latter, even though it was unjustified. ;)
Niko was referenced in V during the first setup of the heist mission by Lester, which was nice. I'd love to see him pulling jobs with Michael. I think he'll like the lad.
I agree that tonally IV was an anomaly in a series that took the piss as a working motto. Still, I found myself engrossed in IV in a way that V didn't reach me at, though I enjoyed it too. I think that's because the more earnest tone of IV allowed me to actually feel like the characters were real, and not the caricatures that they are in V. I liked the expansions for IV too, and for the money were were massive steals considering that each had a full open world and a completely different set of weapons, activities, missions and play-styles. It's a shame that GTA Online, which hasn't been good for a while, basically stomped all chances for story DLC for V.
Trevor saved V for me. He's the perfect representation of the human id, and the effect he has made the game all the better any time he showed up. He could be every extreme, all the way from sweet to sadistic, running hot to cold with everyone.
The games just offer two vastly different experiences. If you like more serious and realistic crime games, IV is for you, while V is for those that like the GTA games to let loose and actively make satire of everything.
Trevor is just not my type of character hence my disdain of him and his presence, even though he has some of the motivations and the must-do/must-own trait that Tommy Vercetti, but with a redneck/white trash filter instead of an angry Italian mobster. Michael's presence however reminds of, kinda, a family-man version of Tommy Vercetti who's depressed and doesn't have any desires and demands from life anymore, especially with a family that let him down and never understood him. Franklin Clinton, though, is like CJ. Always controlled, preserved, hardly gets angry yet can take care of things in a way you can't imagine. Like Michael said, he's the son Mike always wanted. That's what I love about Michael and Franklin, and their father/son-type of bonding.
And... like you, I also have a large amount of disdain for GTA Online. Give me expansion packs, DLCs and spin-off storylines any day than online heists that don't seem to have any purpose in them other than being a globally existent multiplayer.
At the end of the game, I was wondering why they were even friends. There wasn't a chemistry, and realistically they shouldn't be able to stand each other. I could understand their reason for coming together in the missions simply because friends help friends, but they never felt like they were bros in that way in the first place. I just think the writing could've been a lot more rounded for the characters, instead of jaggy as it is.
In IV, I don't find that issue. Niko isn't really friends with anyone, or just a few people. He joins up with people because they're a means to an end, and he needs to tolerate them to get what he ultimately wants. Obviously that game has a lot of player choice, so everyone handles the game differently at times, but that's just how I saw it and played it. The people he did like, including Little Jacob, Packie and Kate, felt like more genuine characters too, and their relationships were natural too. But again, part of my issue could be because V is all about satirized things and characters (resulting in wacky caricature), whereas IV reigned that in for a lot of the main cast and therefore made the characters more realistic.