A minor household budget surplus will allow me to purchase a new PC game within the next couple of weeks & I'm looking for suggestions. Points to consider:
- no MMO's. Period.
- no Paradox games, no matter how much the map sucks
- Bang for the buck -- I'll spend $50/$60 on something open-ended & replayable, but I'm not spending that kind of coin on a One & Done game that I'll play for two weeks & never look at again...
My preference right now would be an RPG & looking through these boards I'm kind of interested in Dragon Age & Mass Effect 2, but I'd be interested in hearing opinions (especially concerning my Bang For The Buck point above)...
My vote is for Dragon Age since I love this game and I think it has really high replay value. Also, I didn't care for Mass Effect at all.
Whatever Tamas says, ignore.
Mart couldn't choose a good RPG if he omniscient, prescient, and not full of scient.
Tim will taint your choice.
MB wants you to drive over a team-mate in a kubelwagen.
Berk says a boardgame is better.
Seedy will buy the game to in order to never play you.
Brain likely will have an interest in the farm aspect of any choice.
Syt will...ok, I will leave Syt out of this, your daughter might be on your lap and it is no time for German/Austrian recommendations.
Other than that - feel free to ask.
Quote from: Korea on February 13, 2010, 10:58:27 AM
My vote is for Dragon Age since I love this game and I think it has really high replay value. Also, I didn't care for Mass Effect at all.
That's where I'm currently leaning, but I'm looking for thoughts/ideas/comments/suggestions -- including yours. Thanks!
:ccr
Quote from: PDH on February 13, 2010, 10:58:59 AM
Whatever Tamas says, ignore.
Mart couldn't choose a good RPG if he omniscient, prescient, and not full of scient.
Tim will taint your choice.
MB wants you to drive over a team-mate in a kubelwagen.
Berk says a boardgame is better.
Seedy will buy the game to in order to never play you.
Brain likely will have an interest in the farm aspect of any choice.
Syt will...ok, I will leave Syt out of this, your daughter might be on your lap and it is no time for German/Austrian recommendations.
Other than that - feel free to ask.
:lol:
This should be stickied, IMHO...
You're welcome. ^_^
Honestly, they're probably the same game but in different universes. I happen to prefer a game with a fantasy setting and one where you don't have to aim.
Dragon Age is highly replayable for the opening scenes (ie the origins of the various character choices) but replaying the battles is a chore. It is moderately replayable for the kind of asshole one wants to be as a character. It is not open-ended at all (it is pretty much an interactive movie, with only a few sets), but it is very well-done for what it is.
I am not a huge fan of this type of game (as you know, I prefer sandbox games), but this is a very good example of this type of game. Despite its closed nature, replayability is probably as good as any non-sandbox game could be. And there aren't any sandbox games out right now.
Quote from: PDH on February 13, 2010, 10:58:59 AM
Syt will...ok, I will leave Syt out of this, your daughter might be on your lap and it is no time for German/Austrian recommendations.
WTF? :lol:
ME2 v. Dragon Age is a tough call. The two play very differently- Dragon Age is much more micro-managed. ME2 is probably more fun to replay, just because a full playthrough of DA runs about 80 hours.
If you don't mind using Steam, then Mount & Blade is on sale for 5 bucks. Open ended, and plenty mods available.
A character in Dragon Age does mention that he slept with the hounds.
Was gonna recommend mount and blade for cheapness and open-endedness. Just use mods.
Quote from: C.C.R. on February 13, 2010, 10:52:46 AM
My preference right now would be an RPG & looking through these boards I'm kind of interested in Dragon Age & Mass Effect 2, but I'd be interested in hearing opinions (especially concerning my Bang For The Buck point above)...
Dragon Age.
Deeper, longer and better than ME2.
I really enjoyed Dragon age. I didn't find the combat to get dull or become a chore. I got a big thrill watching my party plow through hordes of Darkspawn in the deep roads. My only regret was that I couldn't have more people in my party while playing. You have lots of interesting NPCs who are pretty well fleshed out and it's a shame that many of them will just have to sit on the sidelines.
I recommend Dragon Age.
If somehow you've avoided mount and blade so far then I too say that.
The Witcher should be cheap also in case you've also avoided that one. Not open ended but we seem to be going into RPGs and it was good.
The Stalker games must also be suggested.
Never played DA or ME2 myself. I've heard varying reports on both.
Fallout 3 GOTY is $25.00 on Direct2Drive. It is supposed to be very open ended and replayable.
I haven't played DA or ME2.
Dragon Age is a good game, but compared with Oblivion, it pales into insignificance. And I wouldn't really call it highly replayable either... the six careers have quite different starting points, granted, but once Duncan and you reach Ostagar and speak with King Caylan, all the rest is pretty much equal.
Mount & Blade looks interesting for the price tag. I'm also a big fan of more open-ended games (Fallout 3 kept me out of trouble for a few months, I'm on my third go-round of Oblivion & I've spent more time playing & modding Morrowind than I've spent with my kids over the last four years), so maybe I'll just play through the Oblivion game that I'm on right now & keep my eyes open for something that just reaches out & grabs me...
M&B is awesome. I think what is great about it is unlike most games that make you a very important part of the story from minute 1, in M&B you feel very unimportant from the moment you start it up and get captured by bandits. :P
Perfection!
Quote from: sbr on February 13, 2010, 12:53:53 PM
Fallout 3 GOTY is $25.00 on Direct2Drive. It is supposed to be very open ended and replayable.
I haven't played DA or ME2.
Fallout 3 was tremendous funs. I had fun with Oblivion and Morrowind (and Daggerfall), but Fallout 3 was much better mostly due to the setting. In fact the Fallout licence oddly didn't add much to the game. Bethesda could have just made an post nuclear game and called it the "spiritual successor" to Fallout (as Fallout was called the spiritual successor to Wasteland) and it would have been just as good if not better. I liked Fallout 3 more then actually wanted to (if that doesn't sound weird), due to excellent atmosphere and gameplay.
Quote from: PDH on February 13, 2010, 10:58:59 AM
Whatever Tamas says, ignore.
Truth.
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MB wants you to drive over a team-mate in a kubelwagen.
Double plus truth.
Get Dragon Age. It's a good game.
Quote from: The Brain on February 13, 2010, 05:16:32 PM
Get Dragon Age. It's a good game.
It was tainted by marti's glitter.
Quote from: C.C.R. on February 13, 2010, 01:54:03 PM
Mount & Blade looks interesting for the price tag. I'm also a big fan of more open-ended games (Fallout 3 kept me out of trouble for a few months, I'm on my third go-round of Oblivion & I've spent more time playing & modding Morrowind than I've spent with my kids over the last four years), so maybe I'll just play through the Oblivion game that I'm on right now & keep my eyes open for something that just reaches out & grabs me...
M&B won't really count as "the game" because it is so cheap, but if you can hold off until Fallout: New Vegas comes out (not sure when that is, but not until summer anyway) you won't want to miss that. If that is too far off to worry about, then I'd say the call for The Witcher at a discount isn't a bad one. Not much relayability, but a pretty decent story length (just, like DA or the ME series, more an interactive movie than a game).
Quote from: grumbler on February 14, 2010, 09:48:21 AM
Quote from: C.C.R. on February 13, 2010, 01:54:03 PM
Mount & Blade looks interesting for the price tag. I'm also a big fan of more open-ended games (Fallout 3 kept me out of trouble for a few months, I'm on my third go-round of Oblivion & I've spent more time playing & modding Morrowind than I've spent with my kids over the last four years), so maybe I'll just play through the Oblivion game that I'm on right now & keep my eyes open for something that just reaches out & grabs me...
M&B won't really count as "the game" because it is so cheap, but if you can hold off until Fallout: New Vegas comes out (not sure when that is, but not until summer anyway) you won't want to miss that. If that is too far off to worry about, then I'd say the call for The Witcher at a discount isn't a bad one. Not much relayability, but a pretty decent story length (just, like DA or the ME series, more an interactive movie than a game).
Not every game is built so you can play as your "I'm a Texas Cheerleader stuck in the future" fantasy.
Quote from: Razgovory on February 14, 2010, 10:32:41 AM
Not every game is built so you can play as your "I'm a Texas Cheerleader stuck in the future" fantasy.
They should...
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Quote from: Korea on February 13, 2010, 10:58:27 AM
My vote is for Dragon Age since I love this game and I think it has really high replay value. Also, I didn't care for Mass Effect at all.
While I agree with you DA is definitely worth the money I wouldnt give it a "really high replay value", at all. :huh:
Yeah, Mount and Blade is awesome. Nothing like running down a bunch of peasants, swinging your sword left and right. Or burning and looting enemy villages, though its too bad that part isn't as interactive.
Quote from: Razgovory on February 14, 2010, 10:32:41 AM
Not every game is built so you can play as your "I'm a Texas Cheerleader stuck in the future" fantasy.
I had forgotten about that! :lol:
That image really struck a chord with you, didn't it? I'll bet you could do a Texas cheerleader outfit for Dragon Age, if you had the talent and interest. Let us know how that works out, if you decide that it is worth it.
You couldn't do the role-playing parts of it, of course, because DAO isn't really a role-playing game, but that is not the point for you, I shouldn't think.
Quote from: grumbler on February 16, 2010, 11:37:42 AM
That image really struck a chord with you, didn't it?
It was strange...