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Yeah, just jump into this one. Nier was a good game but this one blows it out of the water, especially in terms of controls/handling. Playing Automata first and then going then back to play Nier PS3 is going to feel awkward. If you're a lore junkie like I am, just watch a 5 minute YT video on the lore of the original game to get you up to speed.
Oh shit, now that I remember, Square Enix is remastering the original Nier from the ground up for the PS4. Due out in April 2021. Just wait for that and you can play it if you really like Automata.
Nier: Replicant
I've got Nier. No idea when I'll get to it.
Just picked up Bioshock Collection for 12 bucks. Also Outlast and Amnesia collection for 10 bucks total.
Bioshock Infinite is in my personal top 10. I 100%'d twice, for both PS3 and PS4. Shit I'll probably do it again if they release it for PS5. That's how much I love it.
It's hard for me to pick the best of the series. Bioshock is one of the most intelligent video games I've ever played. Bioshock 2 has the best gameplay of the trilogy. Infinite tells the best story.
Yup. That whole trilogy is special.
And the Infinite DLC is probably the best DLC I've ever played outside of a Fallout game.
Yay! :couple:
Sadly, I'll only play this a year later, as I always do with these big games. I wait for the complete edition to release all the DLC content and get the full package on sale for around $30.
I might wait too, only cause I still have so much stuff to play, games I want to clear off the backlog before I jump to PS5.
The only game I'm paying full price for on Day 1 is Cyberpunk 2077; I've been waiting for that game for far too long and if I don't play it as soon as its out I might stab somebody. I'm planning to lock myself in a room and play that game til my eyes bleed.
I think now that I've finished playing the Bioshock Remasters (minus Infinite DLC) I'm going to write something on them. Infinite is definitely pretty underwhelming now. It's a good game, but it's just missing what made Bioshock 1/2 work so well, especially the horror and the tension of those games. Infinite is just a straight up shooter for the most part, and it plays well for that, but the game play is a far more hollow experience than the first two games. The two key elements they introduce, the skyline and the tears, are extremely underutilized. If it wasn't for the story and characters and the great art direction, it would be just a fun shooter.
It's the DLC that truly makes it a Bioshock Game so including the DLC is really good, but the core game is a good game that's a mediocre Bioshock title.
I'm not sure I've seen a video game franchise build atmosphere like Bioshock.
Side note, I was wearing my Rapture shirt yesterday at Lowe's and two people said nice shirt. :lol:
That wasn't all Ken Levine's fault though. He wanted more time to finish implementing and perfecting everything he wanted to do but 2K pretty much told him here's your deadline, meet it, end of story. He was forced to cut a lot of the shit he wanted to add.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mattrick
And yeah Infinite with its vast blue skies was never going to match the tight corridor paranoia of the first Bioshock. They're different stories with different approaches. The art direction, dialogue, reality bending, mind bending sci-fi is what makes that game special. The DLC rounds out the entire universe and puts a pretty pink bow on it.
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Originally Posted by fernanditoThat wasn't all Ken Levine's fault though. He wanted more time to finish implementing and perfecting everything he wanted to do but 2K pretty much told him here's your deadline, meet it, end of story. He was forced to cut a lot of the shit he wanted to add.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mattrick
And yeah Infinite with its vast blue skies was never going to match the tight corridor paranoia of the first Bioshock. They're different stories with different approaches. The art direction, dialogue, reality bending, mind bending sci-fi is what makes that game special. The DLC rounds out the entire universe and puts a pretty pink bow on it.
I can't blame 2K them wanting to push it out though. Infinite was one of the last really major titles before the PS4/Xbox One came out later in the year. If they waited any longer they'd miss their window to sell on that platform, and then they may as well have just delayed the project for at least a year or two to put it out on the next gen. Not to mention they worked on Infinite for 5 years and delaying the project further to update the entire game would've been extremely expensive.
And it surely doesn't help that the game itself was just...not this. The game he wanted to make was clearly years ahead of its time, which is a shame. But sometimes ambition gets crushed by reality. I remember seeing this video ten years ago and being slack jawed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5it-pAYmKY
I have such a backlog of games I'm not even thinking of a PS5. Just started God of War.
Finally got platinum on Kingdom Hearts 3 yesterday. Only my 4th platinum trophy. :rock:
I Platinum all the Lego games :wtf:Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwritecode
2 of my other 3 are the South Park games. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian861I Platinum all the Lego games :wtf:Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwritecode
:lol: I have 10 or so but can't remember what they are all from. Resident Evil 4 was super easy because there is only like 7 trophies for the whole game. I got one for Resident Evil 7 which was also easy once you're maxed out on weapons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwritecode2 of my other 3 are the South Park games. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian861I Platinum all the Lego games :wtf:Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwritecode
My backlog is over 80 games. And that's not including replays/remastersQuote:
Originally Posted by Still Servant
Get on my level!
There's no platinums on Xbox, but I've 100%ed about 20 games. There are plenty of games too where I've 100%ed them except for DLCs I will never play (I count those since I 100%ed the main game) and games with online Achievements I'll also never get....so it's probably closer to 40 or 50. I should look up my achievements and make a list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian861:lol: I have 10 or so but can't remember what they are all from. Resident Evil 4 was super easy because there is only like 7 trophies for the whole game. I got one for Resident Evil 7 which was also easy once you're maxed out on weapons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwritecode2 of my other 3 are the South Park games. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian861I Platinum all the Lego games :wtf:Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwritecode
There's no way I could come up with 80 games that I want to play at any given time. I'm not even sure I could come up with 8.Quote:
Originally Posted by MattrickMy backlog is over 80 games. And that's not including replays/remastersQuote:
Originally Posted by Still Servant
Get on my level!
The only games I'm looking forward to at this point are Watch Dogs: Legion and Spider-Man: Miles Morales. That's about it. Currently I'm finishing up The Last of Us Part 2.
I've gotten 100% completion on all the GTA and RDR games but I've never gotten the platinum trophies because of the online stuff that I never play.Quote:
Originally Posted by MattrickThere's no platinums on Xbox, but I've 100%ed about 20 games. There are plenty of games too where I've 100%ed them except for DLCs I will never play (I don't count those) and games with online Achievements I'll also never get....so it's probably closer to 40 or 50. I should look up my achievements and make a list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian861:lol: I have 10 or so but can't remember what they are all from. Resident Evil 4 was super easy because there is only like 7 trophies for the whole game. I got one for Resident Evil 7 which was also easy once you're maxed out on weapons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwritecode2 of my other 3 are the South Park games. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian861I Platinum all the Lego games :wtf:Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwritecode
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Originally Posted by IwritecodeThere's no way I could come up with 80 games that I want to play at any given time. I'm not even sure I could come up with 8.Quote:
Originally Posted by MattrickMy backlog is over 80 games. And that's not including replays/remastersQuote:
Originally Posted by Still Servant
Get on my level!
The only games I'm looking forward to at this point are Watch Dogs: Legion and Spider-Man: Miles Morales. That's about it. Currently I'm finishing up The Last of Us Part 2.
I should also drop a list of that too! lol.
Since I didn't get an Xbox One until April, I have literally 7 years of games to catch up on, and some from the last gen I still haven't played like Darksiders and Skyrim. And I'm not even including any Playstation Exclusives I want to play since I don't have a PS4.