/v/ - Video Games

>>15142180

I can play GTA series to completion and lengthy SRPGs, but I can't stand open world RPGs like Skyrim and Fallout 3 for some weird reason.

Most RPGs are repetitive. They're an okay distraction when you're a kid, but now you understand how there's not much to them.

No keep your semi old games unless they're absolute trash, it's likely they'll increase in value from where they are now within a decade.

Keep playing games you haven't played before.

>>15142183

>Skyrim and F3

>RPGs

No wonder you can't stomach that shit.

Try real RPGs.

>>15142247

Like what? Arcanum and Baldur's Gate?

Those are boring ugly ass savescum simulators with only redeeming quality to them being writing, which isn't a gemplay mechanic.

>>15142256

Gameplay is the point of story based game, nigger, and your pic vividly illustrates it.

Deux Ex is good game because of gameplay, not story. Good story is the bonus.

>>15142263

>Gameplay is the point of story based game

>STORY BASED

>gameplay

>story

>gameplay

>story

>gameplay

i dont get it

>>15142288

Fuck you

>>15142288

It has to be at least competent at one aspect and excellent on the other. It's best if it's excellent/great at both aspects. Games like FE Path of Radiance are able to do just that but definitely not MGS 4.

>>15142302

Fallout 1 and 2 have the worst gameplay I've ever fucking seen but it's a good game because of it's story.

>>15142309

I can agree with that.

>>15142300

>reddit

>>15142317

You're supposed to say wasted dubs

>>15142288

Go "play" some walking sims then faggot.

>>15142180

Shit gets repetetive because the industry is simply trying to milk little faggots for money with known addictive (but boring for IQ > 10) play style structures.

I still enjoy games that give me freedom, since I'm awesome enough to create my own shit & play style.

>>15145490

In which way is Fallout slower than any JRPG?

>>15145827

If you read a bunch of books you start to notice how most of them follow the same formula anyway.

>exposition

>shit's getting complicated

>some shitty back and forth

>rising tenshions

>climax

>outro

>optional sequel hook

Unless it's some avant garde post modernism, you can tell how things will unfold long before they do.

Similar to you OP, I was able to play almost any genre outside of grand strategy/RTS with some skill or competence, mainly sticking to fighters, JRPGs, and action/cuhrayzee games with some multiplayer in the form of TF2. However, I've started playing these games less and less (either due to the games being boring and bland, only good for one playthrough without feeling like it's a drag to go through again, or the devs of these games being/becoming shit), and started trying RTS and other strategy games along with older games I missed out on (most of them old PC single player FPS, puzzle, or RPGs I missed out on during my childhood) and I've found these to be more fun than other genres. I've all but given up playing online multiplayer games since none of them allow for good communities to form or are just shit, and I rarely touch a fighter or RPG unless the gameplay is good enough to warrant my time.

>>15145490

>tales of symphonia

After playing that game multiple times in my younger years, I can understand those complaints. There were a few puzzles and maps that were really unforgiving and a bitch to go through even after beating the game and playing it again. Brute forcing is essentially the main way to play it if you play exclusively as the main character (the other characters vary in how best to play them), with only a few bosses needing an actual strategy and/or party formation in order to beat them without it being a pain in the ass. I've contemplated playing that game again multiple times, but remember the annoying puzzles and unskippable cutscenes (as well as the bad story in retrospect, with the main character trying to find a way to have everyone be equal and stop people from being racist while trying to save the world(s) and reviving the tree of life, when by nature it's impossible to have this happen. To be fair the main antagonist's answer to that issue wasn't any better if not worse, but there's a reason that the events of the first Tales games is having history repeat itself). Haven't had a chance to play Vesperia or the other Tales games, so I'm not sure how those turned out compared to Symphonia.

Also, that priest in that pic is a hypocrite for fucking an elf and helping spawn another half elf while preaching that world's ideology.

>>15145916

I give the story some credit (in what i've played so far) in that characters like zelos don't magically buddy up with the half elves but learn to get along with his companions through interactions with them and not just flat out "all people are good :) " but i haven't finished it yet. The temple of darkness is flat out BAD and although I don't see this being a game I replay (not that i dislike it, it's just too long for a replay) that dungeon alone would keep me from wanting to again because of cat-herding mechanics. It's my first tales game though and I'm definitely gonna try out a few more, not sure which to try next and due to the nature of them i'll space it out by a few months, definitely can't marathon that

Here's something that'll hurt to read:

Don't sell the 360 because it's at the point of being considered a retro console

>>15145916

>spoilers

Is that true? Damn, must be a good thing I dropped it then. I liked the girl and that's about it, the issues with the game have pretty much been discussed. If the story would've annoyed me too, then good riddance.

>>15145963

only reason i have one floating around is because i got it for free and i can play the best version of ninja gaiden 2 on it

>>15145941

>I give the story some credit (in what i've played so far) in that characters like zelos don't magically buddy up with the half elves but learn to get along with his companions through interactions with them and not just flat out "all people are good :) " but i haven't finished it yet.

A fair point Zelos will get a bit more interesting at a certain point, but only for a moment

>The temple of darkness is flat out BAD and although I don't see this being a game I replay (not that i dislike it, it's just too long for a replay)

Ah you're at that point. That and the sewer level were unnecessarily painful to go through fair warning, you're going to be dealing with much worse later on. one of the incentives of playing the game again is that you can use your completed save to replay it again with some bonuses depending on how much you complete in the game, with each playthrough giving you more and more available bonuses. May still not be worth it, but thought you'd want to know.

>It's my first tales game though and I'm definitely gonna try out a few more, not sure which to try next and due to the nature of them i'll space it out by a few months, definitely can't marathon that

Hard to say given that outside of a few, most of the Tales games aren't connected to each other other than cameos in the form of costumes and references. Best bet is to follow the golden rule of playing them in release order as best as possible.

>>15146008

Which girl? The Priest's/Pope's daughter? It get's even worse in that he has her researching technology powered by expsheres (which are made by sucking the lifeforce of humans like parasites in exchance for power in almost any form) and exspheres themselves. He even tried to execute her to hide the evidence.

>If the story would've annoyed me too, then good riddance.

Which is a shame because gameplay wise, it's a fun and solid game, but after learning the truth of the laws of nature and reality, it's hard to play it along with similar games due to the story being biased to one side of the argument than showing both sides.

>>15146058

I already think he's a fun member of the party and I liked the spin they did with him being a chosen as well. Its good that the party members are a little wary of one another at first and will interact outside of lloyd at times so it's party-writing is already better than persona 4 and 5