I think you mean "EoFF gaming forums in a nutshell". :greenie:
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I just like Freelancer and Crisis Core. Anyone who enjoys any other games is wrong.
I grew bored of Dark Souls after awhile. I can see the appeal, I think it's a great game, but there's only so many times you can lose your stuff because you die to some bulltrout before you get back to your soul before you grow fed up with the mechanic. For me that number was twice. The first time I lost a significant amount I quit for days. The second time I quit for good. Not worth bothering, it just seems like pointlessly punishing someone and you can say "Git gud" all you like, it doesn't change that I think it's a fundamentally bad mechanic that ruined a lot of fun I was having in the game. It's not punishingly difficult, that implies that the game itself is hard - it's not, once you get the hang of it. It's just that the inevitable screwups we all make in any game are punished.
Also there's a point where storytelling is too subtle and unintrusive. I COULD scour every last engraving in the world to try and learn about the history of Random Asshole Undead #27,412 but why the hell would I bother doing that? I'd chase down all kinds of things if I actually care - look at how much sperging I've done over Morrowind and how ten years later we're still finding things in the game - but there's got to be a hook to begin with and Dark Souls just doesn't have that. Also there's 'exploration', and then there's 'just a bunch of stuff' that people try to fit into a coherent narrative because that's what we do when we're fans of things.
All that said the combat is supremely well-executed and the game has nearly flawless aesthetic design, as well as being astonishingly gorgeous. I don't even oppose it being on a list like this, necessarily, I just think it's very overrated. One of the best games of the generation? I can see that. One of the best games ever made ever ever? ... nah.
I'm glad to see The Last of Us on the list. Unfortunately, I didn't vote for it since I hadn't played through the majority of it until after sending in nominations. I tried playing Uncharted 3 afterwards and it was just so hard to get used to. The controls felt way worse and the gameplay was much less interesting. I know they are different story genres, but I do hope future Naughty Dog games take more after The Last of Us than Uncharted.
I'm excited to see what else makes the list!
Knowing Naughty Dog I doubt they'll make a game like Uncharted again so I wouldn't worry too much about whether future titles take after it or not. They seem pretty happy to start a series, make a few games, then move on to something different. It's one of the things I respect most about them.
Did Naughty Dog announce another one or is another company making it?
EDIT: Looks like ND did. I'm rather surprised to be honest. Hopefully they can do something new with it. Usually they make three games and move on and let other companies take over.
I was surprised, too, Vivi.
I know what one of the top games is cause I did the write up! Does this mean my opinion on video games is valid!?
Smurf all but two of you, Catherine was awesome.
I expected The Last of Us to be top three. Interesting.
Hammerhead? Must be some DLC thing. Never saw it in the game.
I am not talking about that at all. Though it would have been nice to actually carry over and evolve the character relationships from game to game. The decision I am talking about had to do with how you choose to end the game. Either way things are back to the status quo and you couldn't tell the difference with what you had decided. I felt it was a slap to the face. If my decision has no discernible effect, please don't give me the illusion of choice.
All of this talk makes me want to play KOTOR again.