mfnick Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 I do have bad memories of MS pushing MTX at the beginning of the One generation which was shit. But DLC is a different matter - I definitely remember them mostly being from 3rd parties - Horse Armour, Capcom were really bad and were known for on disc unlocks and held back the real end game for Astra’s Wrath as DLC. Ubisoft did the same with PoP. EA held back a essential character as a pre-order DLC for Mass Effect 3. All terrible and all 3rd party. Loot boxes are worse though. Fuck Overwatch for popularising them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Nag said: And releasing 6 months later than it should have... at least it was secure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nag Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 56 minutes ago, DANGERMAN said: at least it was secure... Im being dense now... what do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 12 hours ago, Nag said: Im being dense now... what do you mean? that it got massively hacked and was down for months while they sorted it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nag Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 2 hours ago, DANGERMAN said: that it got massively hacked and was down for months while they sorted it Derp....🤦♂️ Yeah I was definitely being dense.😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nag Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 The official question is, again, trash this week (top 20 games of 2021 🥱)... so you'll have to put up with my slightly less trash question. Quote Nag says... there's nothing quite like experiencing a tip top game for the first time but replays are never quite the same. If you could get a quick tap to the noggin to remove the memory of one game so you could experience it all over again what would that game be? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCH Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 It would have to be a game with a shock reveal. Heavy Rain or Silent Hill 2 come to mind. Since that moment, after you've experienced it, colours any future playthroughs. You certainly see James in a completely different light after watching The Videotape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellow Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 I've been doing a lot of replaying recently, but there's been enough time passed for games like mass effect trilogy and rise of the tomb raider to feel pretty fresh. I would like that knock to the noggin for those favourites of mine that require a bit of grinding. That aspect of JRPGs usually puts me off of a replay. So bring me your soft mallet so I can get going on FF12 again. That game was the effing dog's. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinymcshine Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Fallout 3 : coming out of the vault, on 360, for the first time, and free wandering the wasteland was an amazing experience. Clearly I'd played Elder Scrolls games before, but the post apocalyptic setting, radio stations playing, VATS and just the degree of exploration was fantastic. Just to capture those moments of wonder again would be terrific. (Assuming of course this removes prior knowledge of Fallout 4 too). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfnick Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Super Meat Boy. I play it relatively often still but if I could get that first time experience back where it immediately just clicked perfectly and I played it for months non stop and 100%’d it I’d love that. If it’s a knock which basically removes knowledge of all games since too, I’d pick Grand Theft Auto 3. No game has ever been as mind blowing since for me. The God of War Trilogy would be another. If I had to pick - the 3rd one. Experiencing all those set pieces and bosses again for the first time would be amazing. Same with Asuras Wrath. There’s a lot basically. But staying to the original spirit of the question and 1 game id like to experience 1st time again now it is SMB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Pathologic 2, a big part of that game is dealing with the cascade of negative outcomes of decisions you make, and the difficult decisions those decisions result in. These are gameplay decisions, but also reflect the tone of the developing story (it's the reason I think this game is so good actually, the gameplay is actually narrative, it really feels like the player is in a dialogue with the game). So naturally it's a trick that really only works the first time when you don't know what to expect, cause on replays it just turns into Resident Evil and you stockpile everything you need quite easily 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Easy one for me. The Last of Us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 probably something like To The Moon or Dear Esther boringly enough, something where the story is the game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroed Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 NieR: Automata. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 My immediate thought is Resident Evil 4 but thinking of the question I'd still have played and have memories of sequels and games inspired by it so I still really wouldn't have that true first time experience. So Metroid Prime is also out because of sequels. Final Fantasy 7 wouldn't have the same effect in 2022 even if my memories were wiped, it's maybe too old. I think God Hand would maybe be cool. Persona 3 as well despite playing the following games I think that one hit in a way others haven't and I think it still would. The Last of Us would still be cool to me since I've not played the sequel. My final answer is Persona 3 I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 God Hand would get cancelled to fuck, it opens with 2 mega flamboyant gay dudes that kick the fucking shit out of you. It was questionable even then, it's even worse now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Fortunate barely anyone played it 😂 God Hand requires that same mentality as going back to 70s, 80s genre films and anime, which it draws a lot of inspiration from, maybe too much. Thinking it's a bit much is a reasonable reaction, I wouldn't defend its problematic stuff. It's not even the reason I like it. But I think it's so preposterous it circles back to being funny, even if I can't really tell how mean spirited its intentions are, if at all and it's just dumb and uncritically sleepwalked into stereotypes. I don't mean this as a defence, even that is creatively lazy if that's what happened but it's just my 2c. But it's possible to channel that kind of preposterous energy into something less problematic and they did with Bayonetta, and I stress less. But two muscly gay dudes beating the shit out of you could be read as pretty based, actually 🌈 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nag Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 Quote GameCentral readers name their least favourite video game characters, from Kratos to Sonic the Hedgehog’s friends. The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader Firetrain and covers everyone from the protagonist to the villain and more minor characters. What is it that annoys you about them and is it because of their attitude, their actions, their voice-acting, or something else? In the end everyone from iconic heroes to relatively obscure side characters were named and shamed, with so many different names almost no-one was mentioned twice. Any squeaky, childlike characters in most Japanese rpg's... fuck all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCH Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 47 minutes ago, Nag said: Any squeaky, childlike characters in most Japanese rpg's... fuck all of them. Indeed... 😉 Personally, I'm drawing a blank on this one. There's no one that comes to mind that I have such a strong disdain for. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfnick Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Kirby is a cunt. Stupid happy little blob thing. Fuck it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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