I just thought I'd get a bit more involved with the community by discussing some of my favorite, and not so favorite games. So there ya go, there's the reason for this thread to exist, I guess
I thought I'd start with a little game called:
NO MAN'S SKYPersonally, I actually think it's a bad game. Well, it's also good... It's gonna take some explanation on my part.
You see, I love the ideas that the game brings to the table, namely:
- 18 Fuckbungus amount of planets to explore. (P.S. Fuckbungus is a lot ((P.P.S. I know that the actual planet count is 18,446,744,073,709,551,616, but you know what? FUCK IT *Drops mic*)))
- Trading with space people.
- Fighting with space people.
- Fighting in a spaceship against other spaceships which may or may not have space people inhabiting them.
- Space. (Yep, that's a feature now)
It's just, I didn't expect it to include these "features"...
- 18 Fuckbungus planets that look *slightly* different.
- Trading with space people... OH WAIT, MY INVENTORY IS FULL!?
- Fighting with space people who have some really bad AI.
- Fighting in a spaceship with controls that are SO FUCKING SLOW... OR TOO FUCKING FAST. (Pardon my fucking french)
- Too much space. (Yep, still a feature)
You know, it might sound like I hate No Man's Sky, and you're half right. It's just SO tedious and boring, having to refill my ship every 5 seconds is NOT fun. Having an inventory size smaller than a gnat's condom is even worse, and then add in procedural generation that creates a sense of genric-ness and you have a game that is... What's the word? oh, yeah:
BORINGBut man, those first couple of hours are so awesome! When the game thrusts you into the universe, and you have to just go and find those resources to repair your ship, that was actually fun! I had a great sense of wonder and awe as I went through the first planet, which had pretty green grass and weird ass creatures. Then you go to a space station, and trade, fight, and then you go down to another planet, and you trade... Mine, and fight.
Then you go to another planet and trade... Mine... And fight more.
And again...
AND AGAIN...
AND FUCKING AGAIN...
So yeah, No Man's Sky is a lot like eating pizza to me, I have one slice, then another... And suddenly, oops, I drop dead from eating 16 whole pizzas. I really wish I loved it, or even liked it. But I just can't, especially when there are games that have SO much more in them for me to play, even games like Fallout 4 would be better, because at least that has fun gameplay. And it doesn't bore me to death. I don't like scoring games so I would rather rate the game on a scale of FUCK YES to Ugh... (FUCK YES being an amazing game, and Ugh... Being a game like Ride to Hell: Retribution)
I would happily rate it a: *Looks at Steam catalog, sees this* Eh. What's the worse that could happen?
Scoring system (For those that even care):
- FUCK YES = Games like The Witcher 3 or Fallout New Vegas in my opinion.
- This is awesome! = Games like XCOM 2 or Max Payne 3, again, in my own opinion.
- This is pretty good. = Games like Fallout 3 or 4.
- *Looks at Steam catalog, sees this* Eh. What's the worse that could happen? = Games like No Man's Sky or SimCity 2013 (Yeah, I know it's for Origin and not Steam).
- Ehh... Not looking so hot. = Games like The Sims 4.
- Ugh... = Games like Ride to Hell: Retribution.
P.S:I know this was kind of random, but I just kind of wanted to try something a little different and actually give a game a (terrible) review.