Going to buy a game but not sure what...

Discussion in 'Other Games' started by gihzmo, Dec 26, 2016.

  1. gihzmo

    gihzmo Moderator Berserker

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    Trying to decide between the following:

    Rainbow six Siege - Does anyone still play?
    Division: Survival - Does anyone still play... lol
    Planet Coaster - how is it really?
    Firewatch - Looks interesting?
    Squad -??
    Cities Skyline: After Dark - I love Cities and this seems to be the big DLC to get

    Or something else completely?

    Obviously these are all over the place.. but suggestions are appreciated.
     
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    Aspius Well Liked Hirdman

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    Planet Coaster - When it come's to these types of games. It's the best one out there. So, if you enjoy the idea of running your own amusement park then this is the game you should get

    Squad - If Arma is my favorite shooter this easily takes second place. However, I find Squad to be better when it comes to just picking a random server to join. It's currently in Alpha 8.9 but it plays very well. Earlier this month they lifted the hardcoded limit for maximum player count per game server to 80 players (They are aiming for 100 players in a fully combined arms warfare setting). This is a game that i can highly recommend. I find it to already be very good and the future looks even more promising. The devs have a clear picture of what they want and they seem to have the resources and skills required to make it happen.
     
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    I still play Siege from time to time but not many (any?) others do. Its a blast to play and much better with friends on coms but I'm mainly looking forward to Escape from Tarkov and the various DCS modules.
     
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    Firewatch - Played it, its not bad, people are torn on the ending. Its more about the story, the gameplay itself isn't much more than wander around in a deep forest with dialogue and other events going on around you. It isn't very long but I think if it had been longer it would've been too much. I enjoyed it, but its not a replayable game really.

    Titanfall 2 is good too, Stellaris if you like 4x space games.
     
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    Rainbow six Siege - Does anyone still play?

    I would if we could get a team together. I only have one non-SoR friend who plays and I don't like playing Siege without a full group.

    Division: Survival - Does anyone still play... lol

    I've done a survival match or two every day since classes ended last week. I definitely like survival, but playing it with other people in your group is a bit of a double edged sword. It's more fun sharing the experience with friends, and if you want to play with PvP enabled, solo is almost completely out of the question. On the other hand, if your teammates go down but not out, you can pick them up without wasting any supplies, which severely diminishes the difficulty and suspense.

    Playing solo is still about 85% as fun as it was at release, the issue now is you need to go very fast, because the good players in the match will know the best and fastest paths to chopper crashes, landmarks, even some static special loot crates for weapons. This means new players are at more of a disadvantage till they learn the map, and you can't take things slow and tactically which sort of ruins the experience when you're sprinting past groups of enemies to ninja weapon crates early on.

    Planet Coaster - how is it really?

    Been watching my girlfriend's brother play it a bit for the past few days. It looks pretty good, but it definitely doesn't break any new ground. I heard that the campaign mode is a bit too easy as well. Won't be a purchase for me, but I'm also not really into those types of games. He does seem to be enjoying it a lot, though.

    Firewatch - Looks interesting?

    Enjoyed watching someone who wasn't obnoxious play it on Twitch. Looks like a decent narrative adventure with more freedom than a Telltale game but otherwise not much there mechanically. As I said, I enjoyed watching it but definitely won't be purchasing it.

    Squad -??

    N/A for me, seems I can't get into these ArmA style games like I used to anymore.

    Cities Skyline: After Dark - I love Cities and this seems to be the big DLC to get

    After Dark is a nice little expansion for it, but to me, the After Dark content is worth the current sale price of $5, not $15 like it retails for, which means I didn't really get a "deal" on it, in my mind. Natural Disasters probably ads the most content to the game, but is not on sale.
     
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    fluffypinkbunny Fluffiest Bunny ever Viking

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    I just bought a HTC vive, you can do that?
     
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    Thank you for the suggestions. Still trying to debate on something to get. I did get the after dark expansion but it was so cheap I didn't count it.

    lol.. Bunny I can't afford a vive, but it looks neat.
     
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    Buy all of them?