Older games you like that not many people talk about anymore?

[Anthraticus]

Quote: Originally Posted by illwill10

I would like to see more major cop/detective games. Haven't been much since LA Noire, Sleeping Dogs, and Max Payne 3.

If you're only on consoles, I heard Disco Elysium is coming to those platforms soon. (It's already out on PC)


Although if you're an 'all action' guy and don't like reading, it's not gonna be for you. (not directing this at you personally, just in general)

[KSUowls]

I'm going to add a couple more. Both are mainstream but received a lot of criticism.

Finally fantasy 8
I actually don't understand why people hate this game so much. The magic /draw system was terrible, I'll grant that. Imo it has the best story of any FF game to date, with the best music that Nobuo Uemetsu ever composed for a FF game. The introduction of the card mini game was also a fun little addition.

Final Fantasy XIII
I kind of do get why this game gets hated on, but also don't. The linear structure was a major departure from most of the series. However, X is often considered one of the best, and it was every bit as linear. The bottlenecks for leveling up were annoying, but it did make sense in the context of the story. Speaking of stories, it could have used a bit more exposition, but if we are being honest that is the case for most jrpgs. Combat was fun, fluid, tactical and cinematic. Not having more access to summons was a bit unfortunate, especially since they were so cool, but the game really shined with its characters. Lightning is my favorite character in the series, and other than Hope, every member of the cast had very real motivations for overcoming the difficulties of their quest.



Sent from my S10 using Operation Sports mobile app

[jfsolo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Anthraticus

If you're only on consoles, I heard Disco Elysium is coming to those platforms soon. (It's already out on PC) Although if you're an 'all action' guy and don't like reading, it's not gonna be for you. (not directing this at you personally, just in general)

My PC can't handle Disco Elysium or I would have played it day one, but from the way people who share my gaming taste talk about it, it has GOAT potential for me.

[Anthraticus]

Quote: Originally Posted by jfsolo

My PC can't handle Disco Elysium or I would have played it day one, but from the way people who share my gaming taste talk about it, it has GOAT potential for me.

You sure dude ? I'm playing it on a AMD Athlon II X2 250 Processor 3.00 GHz with 5.00 GB Ram and a GeForce GTS 450 card that I've had for about a decade.


Also, they're dropping this 'working class' update too....


https://store.steampowered.com/newsh...23289103349404

Spoiler

Working Class Update!
We've been working hard on optimizing Disco Elysium so that it runs on as many hardworking machines as possible. No matter how old or low-tech they may be!

If you found that your computer struggled to run Disco Elysium before then this update will hopefully remedy that. Many more people can play for the first time, or have a much better and smoother experience than before. This one's for all our bratan keeping it real by booting up games on their ancient potato machines.

With this latest update, Disco Elysium's minimum specs have been dropped down to Mariana Trench levels. That goes for both the Windows PC and Mac versions.

New PC minimum:
Windows 7 and DirectX 11 compatible video card (integrated or dedicated with min 512MB memory). 2GB RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo, 20GB hard disk space.
New Mac minimum:

• MacBook Pro: from mid 2009
• MacBook Air: from mid 2012
• iMac: from late 2009
• Mac Pro: from late 2008
• Mac mini: from 2009

* An OpenGL capable system
* The higher fan speeds are normal effect, fans run faster when 20% or more of CPU capacity is used.
* These are the oldest tested machines, we cannot guarantee all different specs run but we tried to push specs as low as possible without sacrificing gaming experience.
We're determined to take it further too. We're going to try to keep optimizing so low that we break through the crust on the other side of the planet. Show us your scrapheap calculators and rusty adding machines and we'll give it a go. Disco Elysium for all!

[jbd345]

Guitar hero. Too bad it was killed off by its own success and activision greed.

[Fresh Tendrils]

Quote: Originally Posted by jbd345

Guitar hero. Too bad it was killed off by its own success and activision greed.

It did lead to a lot of fun games. Unfortunately it was compacted into a short period of time. Still, who ever thought we would get a Beatles music game?

[allBthere]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fresh Tendrils

It did lead to a lot of fun games. Unfortunately it was compacted into a short period of time. Still, who ever thought we would get a Beatles music game?

it was all the rage, I used to heave people over and everyone would want to have a drink and play rock band! I remember it was like 2006 or something if I remember correctly? maybe 2007 ... then it just vanished because the masses don't like new editions etc. Like if you can play nba jam in an arcade for 10 years, ...

[pietasterp]

Quote: Originally Posted by KSUowls

I'm going to add a couple more. Both are mainstream but received a lot of criticism. Finally fantasy 8 I actually don't understand why people hate this game so much. The magic /draw system was terrible, I'll grant that. Imo it has the best story of any FF game to date, with the best music that Nobuo Uemetsu ever composed for a FF game. The introduction of the card mini game was also a fun little addition. Final Fantasy XIII I kind of do get why this game gets hated on, but also don't. The linear structure was a major departure from most of the series. However, X is often considered one of the best, and it was every bit as linear. The bottlenecks for leveling up were annoying, but it did make sense in the context of the story. Speaking of stories, it could have used a bit more exposition, but if we are being honest that is the case for most jrpgs. Combat was fun, fluid, tactical and cinematic. Not having more access to summons was a bit unfortunate, especially since they were so cool, but the game really shined with its characters. Lightning is my favorite character in the series, and other than Hope, every member of the cast had very real motivations for overcoming the difficulties of their quest.

Totally agree. I think I posted this over in the "Uncommon Opinions" thread, but Final Fantasy XIII is my favorite Final Fantasy game. I loved it. Although I think that it helped that I played it for the first time many years after it was released and therefore didn't have any preconceived notions about the game or any of the 'controversy' surrounding it.