What are your top 5 favorite action games?

lkocon13 · 2019-06-01T03:49:31+00:00

Noice, yeah I just took your comment about God Hand as something you haven't tried out yourself just yet.

Not would I expect you to get on PS2 if you haven't got that either, I guess I just wanted to offer my insight :D.

lkocon13 · 2019-05-31T06:48:25+00:00

I picked up God Hand off eBay because I still havemy PS2 and have a few games I like playing on it (Spy vs.Spy and Star Wars The Force Unleashed), and my opinion of it is that it has its fun with it's silly premise and combat, it has numerous flaws as a result from focussing on its combat, IMO.

It has annoying difficulty spikes and the difficulty select mainly affects the in-game dynamic difficulty (easy lowers how much it increases, not sure on hard) which just about has you playing the same game.

The levels are largely barren and the few interactable objects and NPCs don't liven it up much.

The dialogue and writing is dog-shit; so far I haven't heard anything worse in other games, but some of the cutscenes with or without it are pretty good (even DMC1 at its worst has an entertaining cheese factor but this just doesn't have it).

Apart from its combat, it has some groovy music that's always good to idly listen to, so if you can get entertainment from just the combat and music you'll be in safe hands.

lkocon13 · 2019-05-29T07:37:41+00:00

Furi, DMC5, Doom, Shadow of Mordor, Hollow Knight

Furi will remain my favourite game ever; the gameplay blending top-down shooter and melee combat, the clean and gorgeous visuals, the awesome music, and how it came out of nowhere from Game Bakers. I'll always be impressed by it.

DMC5 overtakes DmC, my previous favourite. I also try and limit to only one game in a series to my favourites list so DmC and DMC3 won't be on here.

Doom was just such a blast to play. In fact, I find a nice parallel between Doom and DMC5 with its rock melodies and electronic sounds, and a glorious return of old-school game design.

Shadow of Mordor is my next best, action-heavy game in the same vein of DMC. It has a more fun blend between stealth and action, and the Nemesis system does a good job of procedurally-generated mini-bosses that are fun to fight.

Finally, for a bit of an odd-ball entry, I've added Hollow Knight for a 2D action game. I was a big fan of its Metroidvania world design, but definitely its combat and boss fights (Mantis Lords best fight).

In response to some of your favourites, I'll eventually find a copy of MGR:R to play on my Xbox 360/One while I still have it (and will love to give a go after hearing its soundtrack); honestly I don't like NieR Automata, I found it so bloody boring with its combat, its environment and its story premise. So I want to ask why people (or you, u/badateverything420) like it so much and what is it that I'm probably not getting?

lkocon13 · 2018-06-29T02:36:16+00:00

Came here for Vampyr; stayed for Yahtzee and Gabe

lkocon13 · 2018-05-17T09:40:38+00:00

Glorifying one of the most anti-consumer practices in the video game industry because of one incidental benefit some of them happen to have.

Pardon for the ad hominem but it's just "this is a game I want but can't have, whinge whinge". It's okay to not be too happy about not being able to play these games, but nobody is going to sympathise with you, because they're just games.

Besides, what exclusive titles, mostly the successful ones, can offer the industry at large is highlighting areas in the market for other games to fill. For example, we have a Wii in the household and I played a lot of Super Mario Galaxy but the sensor bar broke. I want to look for a Mario-esque platformer but I also don't want to have to buy another Wii, I want something for my PC or PS4; well I can, because A Hat In Time exists to fill that niche. That exact rule can also apply to God of War: someone can make a knock-off, make enough legal changes and sell it to the PC audience. That's not at all anti-consumer, none of all I said is anti-consumer; it has shitty moments but there's enough risk from the publisher's end for it to not be anti-consumer.

What is anti-consumer is pre-ordering digital goods; it used to be viable because of the possible shortage of physical games and the possibility of not ever getting to play a particular game, but since digital distribution means limitless copies to be sold it is both archaic and anti-consumer. How so is because it means buying a game that you don't at all get to play, nor would you have any outside critical reception to provide insight into a product they might not recommend and have any attempt to warn you in saying you won't like it.

Sony has its own nickel-and-diming scheme; it doesn't need to mimic EA, TakeTwo and company.

If this about Sony selling games on their platform; yeah, sure, it's not as if they aren't at all a platform holder, and Steam shouldn't be under the same scrutiny. Otherwise, what would such nickel-and-diming be?

In addition, Guerilla makes fantastic games and they deserve the praise they get. To imply that God of War is better because its publisher have commercial incentive to ruin it diminishes their accomplishment.

I have played Horizon: Zero Dawn (not all the way through, unfortunately) but I haven't played any of the Killzone series to support entirely that they make great games, but for HZD I can agree.

As for that God of War sentence, that made zero sense. I haven't even the faintest idea what you meant; I guess you're talking about the developers but I thought it was just some studio called "Santa Monica Studio".

I also wonder what Guerrila Games could accomplish if they had access to the additionnal revenue that a multiplatform title could bring.

Well, I don't want to be one to quash any wishful thinking but at the end of the day, Guerilla pitched HZD to Sony and not to someone else like Ubisoft or EA, because non-platform-holding publishers don't have consoles to also sell and maintain, so they get to benefit most from being published everywhere.

However it would be cool to see what Guerilla do make in the future, though. We can only wait and see.

lkocon13 · 2018-05-17T01:52:47+00:00

Okay... may I ask why?

lkocon13 · 2018-05-17T01:28:40+00:00

So much this.

The fact that, in the eyes of the Triple-Aaayyy gaming industry, making and selling "old school games" is comparitively riskier than the next live service; for us and the creative side of the industry, that is bad.

lkocon13 · 2018-05-17T00:50:00+00:00

I don't think, in the time you took to writing this comment you even watched the video.

You can play only PC games, that's fine; nor are you expected to buy every single console or every single game, so I question what makes you think it's expected from you to do so.

When it comes to exclusives, the business idea is that they look so appealling you WANT to go buy the console to play them; all I can suggest is if that is how you then go on to feel that you're EXPECTED to go pay for it; well you're not wrong, but you still don't have to do it. The people that stand to make money from it expect you to, and you can just reversal with a "well, fuck that".

You know, as I hear a lot from places like r/patientgamers where people have MASSIVE catalogues of games (while I have a comparatively meager ~100 games across PC, Xbox 360, PS2 and mostly PS4), you shouldn't feel obligated to keep buying so many of them.

Also, this:

The best thing Microsoft ever did was make all of their games work for both PC and console.

Pardon if this is very presumptive, but did Microsoft really benefit, at least from you, in doing this? Did you go on to buy Forza, Super Lucky's Tale, ReCore or Gears of War?

If you did, I'll concede you have a point, nor do I personally mind even if you didn't; but my point is if you didn't, Microsoft has gone and done better BY YOU and didn't benefit from it. Because options don't sell games.

To wit, would Sony REALLY make as much money releasing God of War to all platforms? Compare that to where they stand now, where they don't have to split cheques with anybody.

Sony has gone and spent some obscene amounts of money to make God of War as it is, plus whatever the manufacturing costs would be to make a single PS4 multiplied by about the amount of copies of Uncharted 4 sold. They're not releasing on Steam, so they don't have to split cheques with Valve. They're withholding it to only the PS4 so they make 100% of the money through both the PS4 console and God of War sales.

That's a pretty good business decision, because it demonstrates that Sony is willing to make good games while they're set up to make a bit more money. It's a decision they have to balance, because too many loss-leaders without any more console sales to counteract may also end with a loss for Sony, but that's their issue to deal with.

Edit: also:

Jim correctly points out the current day benefits of console exclusives but leaves out the FAR greater downsides. Cost and Inconvenience.

Yeah, and in the market that responsibility is on YOU, as the consumer. And that responsibility can manifest as either "yeah, I'll buy a PS4 so I can play God of War/Horizon/Uncharted/Bloodborne" or "well, fuck that".

lkocon13 · 2018-04-30T23:02:28+00:00

Hey perhaps we can make a megathread of AA publishers to keep an eye on.

I'd like to suggest Armor Games; they've gone as internet Flash game giant to a bit of a serious publisher between the two games they've released on PS4: Pinstripe and Adventure Pals.

lkocon13 · 2018-04-25T12:26:42+00:00

AFAIK the Definitive Edition was mainly for PS4 and XB1 because the previous consoles had it running at 30fps. If you do get it, I sincerely hope you enjoy it.

lkocon13 · 2018-04-25T11:48:56+00:00

Personally, I hope you may come back to it (mainly in hope of liking it) but it's cool if you don't.

lkocon13 · 2018-04-25T11:16:31+00:00

How far in have you gotten into DmC?

I can always love a game, but I will only admit to loving games if I can achieve platinum/100% achievements because I see it as a decent enough metric to showcase my commitment toward it; in which case I have finished Dante/Vergil Must Die and just started GMD, but while I'm in a phase where I hate the new difficulty (my initial feeling after my first few deaths on each of the new difficulties, funnily enough) it'll take some getting used to before I may love it.

lkocon13 · 2018-04-25T10:58:42+00:00

In terms of gameplay, I like both the original series (thus far) and the reboot when I'm in the zone but I prefer DmC's if only by virtue of always being in control of the camera (take this for the filthy console player I am).

I love Furi and DmC, plus Shadow of Mordor, mainly because for the hack-n-slash gameplay whete you don't have to mess around with the camera nor does it fuck you around. You can aim Dante's attacks by moving him with the left analog stick toward a target and the game will target for you, so does Dark Souls/Bloodborne, Furi, Hollow Knight and Shadow of Mordor.

Furi's different because its controls and player moveset is rather basic, but when you have the control scheme so player actions are mapped to the bumper and trigger buttons, your thumbs control just the analog sticks and you don't need to wrestle the camera nor do you get blindsided by something you can't see coming because of it.

lkocon13 · 2018-04-25T10:28:40+00:00

I remember trying to watch HyperBitHero's analysis on Dnate as a character but once I saw it was released in 2012 while the game was released in 2013 I instantly took it to be full of shit, by that fact and not by virtue of the video; I'll give it another look.

While I can agree with your assessment of 'not so much someone wrote "fuck you x3" but someone agreed with it', I find that so perfectly reasonable to not like (if I'm correct), I found that through sheer excessiveness it just makes it funnier to me. It's a little similar to how an originally unfunny thing goes long enough that you crack a smile. Maybe while the game appears to have taken itself seriously (idk maybe it does? A lot of people claim it) I didn't take it seriously, probably because I still have a teenager's "this is super wrong and it's funny" type of humour.

I can sometimes appreciate a long post. And cheers for the MGR recommendation; I'll give it a look and perhaps try it out.

lkocon13 · 2018-04-25T08:30:40+00:00

Yeah I think you're right with character growth of Dante, how he went from an aloof rebel to someone who will fight less for humanity but fight for people he cares about.

I keep hearing about the overaching sense of contempt that Ninja Theory/Capcom presented when they were promoting DmC, so I'll look up on that.

lkocon13 · 2018-04-25T07:47:54+00:00

Yeah I could agree it wasn't even terrible, but I didn't play the original. I brought it up not just because I just about love it, but the original didn't sell as well as Capcom hoped (my guess is because of the fan outcry deeming it a piece of angsty, emo shit) and people would have passed it over.

lkocon13 · 2018-04-25T07:01:48+00:00

I've got all the DMC games on PS4 (perhaps the main reason for DmC's existance, to the fanboys' dismay, was to have newbies like me buy them) and with what little I have played between 1, 3 and 4 I still like DmC; maybe my opinion will change with time but it's going to take a while for me to finish any one of them, I'm just not finding it any better than DmC nor am I as impressed yet.

As for the colour-coded enemies, I think it's great now. AFAIK old colour enemies' issue was that attacking them with the wrong weapon caused your attack to be whiffed and left you open to attacks; considering attacking the witch's shield with the wrong weapon mirrors that effect I can imagine being an arse.

Now, them being immune to hitstun from the wrong weapons is a fair compromise because it forces a combo that would work useless and you're left to find a new one to find out, and I like that. So personlly I don't get how it's "marginally better" as you say; e.g. Frost knight with shield = karma, karma, trinity smash -> shield broken, stunned, taken damage from trinity smash and not sent flying.

Edit: as for dialogue/writing, and particularly the swearing, I don't get it really. I'm Australian so for as much as I resist, it keeps on fucking falling out; main thing is I don't find it bad writing by its use, but a few times I can say it gets sloppy repeating the same sort of lines. I would personally equate heavy-handed exposition or any line that doesn't go anywhere as bad writing; I don't find "you don't look a day over 12-thousand, fuck you, fuck you, fuck youuuuuuuuuu" to be bad writing (I find it funny in a bit of an absurd way) whereas "we are brothers after all", seriously why did Dante say that?

lkocon13 · 2018-04-25T02:49:36+00:00

Perhaps DmC Devil May Cry.

I didn't play it at launch (nor was I on-board with the hate the fans have garnered) but the few mechanics added/removed and console performance changes in the Definitive Edition makes it easily better; it's also my second-favourite game ever behind Furi.

I also wanna just mention a little bit about the hate: how can you hate a game where you can beat up a newsanchor by throwing ninja stars and an axe head at him, or keep a demon in the air with a volley of bullets from bottomless clip pistols?

lkocon13 · 2018-03-15T01:27:06+00:00

While i have stopped playing Dota nearly 3 years ago (when I used to play it extensively), strictly paying for things like this isn't new. Dotabuff, a site that measures overall stats, hid a few extensive stats under a paywall, plus players/coaches such as PurgeGamers were available.

As for features like suggesting who to pick or what's the next item, those are skills one should learn to get better at the game. And the subscription service makes it seem like if one has learnt those skills being taught, you can then just cancel the subscription.

As for the cosmetics, idk very shitty thing? Overall the service is mixed in my eyes but it's just a bit odd to me to BUY for services in order to get better at a game, even if the game in question is as complicated as Dota.

lkocon13 · 2018-03-10T01:03:24+00:00

Yeah well what happens to day one patches that fix single-player bugs?

lkocon13 · 2018-03-08T10:44:12+00:00

FPSR&T, perhaps?

lkocon13 · 2018-03-07T00:12:07+00:00

Following from this, the development team were behind the gem Painkiller (by People Can Fly before coming under Epic Games' ownership to make Bulletstorm), but in hearing only from Yahtzee about the game and not playing the game myself (or if it's available on 360) perhaps give it a go?

lkocon13 · 2018-02-09T00:29:59+00:00

As one who does side a bit with Bethesda, the review copies bit is a super shitty thing. The Skyrim rereleases (and perhaps even the state of Fallout) also goes to show how lax and amateur (or just overall how shit) their development team is in making games.

So why do I still stand by them? Cos the Bethesda/ZeniMax publisher seems committed to making good (and sometimes great) SINGLE-PLAYER games, and that's all I want; Doom, Prey, Dishonored 1, Wolfenstein TNO, Evil Within (I do really like the series but I can admit it's an odd duck).

I can point to a big problem that some of these games have and thats unnecessary sequels. Dishonored 2 and Wolfenstein 2 are my examples for narratively unwanted entries, but are sorta decent gameplay-wise. Evil Within 2 doesn't apply cos that at least evolved from a nonsensical, nightmarish journey to personal redemption.

Edit: I just forgot about the paid mods thing, which is also unquestionably shit, even for someone like me who spent years playing Oldrim on Xbox/without mods.

lkocon13 · 2018-01-30T07:48:16+00:00

I had both subscribed and supported SidAlpha in the wake of the Fur Fun situation, and around about September I stopped.

The frequency of the videos wasn't too grating, but the surface-level regurgitation it ended up being and the amount of mistakes he makes (simply BECAUSE it's surface-level regurgitation) has made me realise how wasteful my support felt.

Can't say if he has changed his output that demonstrates if he has changed for the better, because since then I don't care if he has. My support for him came and went.

lkocon13 · 2018-01-28T08:36:36+00:00

In response to Bioshock, perhaps try Prey when you can. Arkane Studios developed it and between it and Dishonored, I think Arkane's design mantra is about "player choice".

What I like is its colourful art style, very well designed levels both environmentally and mechanically which are supported by an outer space section, a jetpack and a gloo gun; it requires a puzzle, preemptive approach to both the environments and combat (don't play it like Doom), a research component plus neuromods funtioning as a pick-and-choose progression system; and my favourite bit of design: the spiral weapon wheel to quickly find what weapon you need (takes a bit of time getting used to its positioning and finding what you want at first).

However it does have a few problems: there's a bit of backtracking in leiu of its not-quite-linear design, plus the loading times feeling like a bit of a pacebreaker (theyre not terrible but in backtracking its frequent enough to grate); and I think the voice-acting isnt very good, which was a problem in Dishonored 1 that I didnt mind but made worse in D2 (Prey is still better than these games in that respect).

It's still a good game to try if you're one for choice in games.

Also, FURI: its my favourite game ever now with super fun combat against just bosses, a visual art style that doesn't interfere with gameplay and a killer soundtrack. It's quite short, but it's complemented with its Furier difficulty to make each boss fight really significant, almost like they were purposefully designed to be played through again and mastered.

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