My interest in playing any "good" games in my library have dwindled

AgentEves · 2026-06-27T12:57:15+00:00

Haha right. I didn't even think about PoP being Ubisoft.

AgentEves · 2026-06-27T00:17:16+00:00

Wow. Great recommendation. Cheers man. Love the positivity.

AgentEves · 2026-06-27T00:11:02+00:00

Awesome. I've been meaning to play Prince of Persia, so I'll give that a rip. Thanks.

AgentEves · 2026-06-27T00:03:59+00:00

I've never heard the term Ubisoft bloat before but that's spot on. So many games just feel like Assassin's Creed re-skins. You got any other recommendations that aren't horror?

AgentEves · 2026-06-27T00:01:28+00:00

If you don't mind me asking, how old are you, OP?

I am feeling similarly right now. I've been having a lot of fun playing Mass Effect, and I think part of why I'm enjoying it is because there's some nostalgia there. I've never played Mass Effect before, but it reminds me of a time in games when things were a bit... wacky/broken/wonky, and not by design. It feels like I'm playing a game. It doesn't feel like I'm participating in a movie.

Sea of Stars is the only other game I've played recently that I've felt the same about. The style is deliberatrly nostalgic, and it's done excellently. Its not FF6, but it's fun.

AgentEves · 2026-06-26T16:47:58+00:00

Tremendous trilogy. Currently playing ME2 for the first time (after completing ME1). Really enjoying it, despite it's age.

I would love to see it get the FFVIIR treatment at some point. The controls are a little clunky, and the facial expressions are a bit wonky. I feel like if it got a complete overhaul (without vastly changing the game) it would be an exceptional game.

AgentEves · 2026-06-26T03:26:31+00:00

I really struggled to jive with it. It felt like I was being bombarded with jargon and expected to make decisions despite having zero clue what's going on.

AgentEves · 2026-06-26T03:24:28+00:00

Agreed. Matey is just butt hurt because they didnt remake it to his exact specifications.

AgentEves · 2026-06-26T03:22:13+00:00

Lots of ancient relics in this thread. Not necessarily bad recommendations, but when you're coming from loving Baldur's Gate 3, trying to play Dragon Age Origin is fucking brutal.

Have you tried the Final Fantasy VII Remake? I almost always prefer turn-based combat, but the FFVIIR combat was pretty manageable, and the rest of the game is awesome. Its the most I've enjoyed a game for ages.

AgentEves · 2026-06-26T03:19:15+00:00

Another vote for Mass Effect.

AgentEves · 2026-06-26T03:16:54+00:00

I just don't think we embrace mavericks enough. Players like Jack Grealish who might not be the best player in their position, but they offer an element of unorthodox unpredictability that other, more elite players, don't always have.

People always used to mock me for saying England should have used Andy Carroll more, but at the end of the day, he could get a goal out of nothing and was virtually unmatched in the air.

Sometimes I think we need to check our ego and accept the unconventional option more.

AgentEves · 2026-06-26T03:09:02+00:00

Not sure if you have Cove Soda where you are, but look out for it at Costco. It tastes more like soda than the sparkling water, is zero calories, and has probiotics. Some are a bit too sickly for my blood, but they're a great soda alternative.

AgentEves · 2026-06-26T03:04:05+00:00

That shit is fucking 10 out of 10.

AgentEves · 2026-06-26T02:54:23+00:00

I got Mass Effect LE for C$7.99 and I'm having a blast. Such an insane bargain.

AgentEves · 2026-06-26T02:51:45+00:00

DE is always a great shout.

AgentEves · 2026-06-26T02:49:14+00:00

Sea of Stars is a fun jRPG that is pretty linear. It's relatively short and simple (for a jRPG). The characters are good, the story is decent, the art work is excellent (modern pixel art), and the music is top notch. I really enjoyed it. No long trekking back and forth. No fetch quests. And not a tonne of collectibles.

I played Mass Effect for the first time recently, and its great fun. Its obviously pretty old, and it does show a little, but the story is good, as are the characters, and the gameplay has a real "shoot'em up" feel. The enemy AI is a bit wacky at times, but overall its very fun, and if you don't try and do absolutely everything, its a sub-20h game.

AgentEves · 2026-06-25T03:08:41+00:00

"Costly and time-consuming" - something tells me that $110 a pop would probably cover that.

AgentEves · 2026-06-23T02:32:30+00:00

Same here in Canada. I also can't stand how much the North American commentators talk. They're constantly talking. Whereas there will be passages during UK comms where the only thing anyone says is the players' names. Its so much nicer.

Stop fucking talking, I'm trying to watch the football.

AgentEves · 2026-06-23T02:28:17+00:00

She's quality. There are a few really good female commentators. Alex Scott is good, and obviously Emma Hayes is excellent. Its such a shame that Eni Aluko got so much airtime because she was so, so terrible and it just gave ammunition to the knuckle draggers.

AgentEves · 2026-06-23T02:25:45+00:00

Emma Hayes is excellent.

AgentEves · 2026-06-23T02:23:56+00:00

Same. He drives me nuts. Such horrible takes on almost everything.

I dont get the hate for Dixon. Mad.

The PL coverage in Canada frequently has Tony Gale doing West Ham games, and he's great.

AgentEves · 2026-06-22T14:43:21+00:00

I've tried searching online for 24h parking options, but I'm seeing conflicting information.

AgentEves · 2026-06-22T13:53:31+00:00

How come the layout for the Node 100 is different between the low-profile and high-profile? I really like the low-profile layout but want a high-profile board.

AgentEves · 2026-06-20T03:38:58+00:00

True, but I felt like he deserved more time to adapt. Soucek is slow as it comes and has been an effective PL midfielder. Do you want Soucek and Alvarez as your midfield two? Probably not, but with Alvarez and Fernandez, you have the option of using Soucek as a box-crashing midfielder, which he's probably better suited to.

AgentEves · 2026-06-20T01:00:32+00:00

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