Review Eight Mundane Things That Are Better Than Dungeon Siege III

[deuxhero]

GameFAQs top 10 games is factored on hits to that game's area. Given it's gameFAQs, there is a reason all of them are guide heavy type games.

 

[AlaCarcuss]

Hey, a Dungeon Siege 3 thread! Just poppin' in to say I enjoyed the game. Oh, and I hate those complaining about the camera. Cheers.

Ha, a voice of reason. I enjoyed it too Bee and the controls and camera were fine (with a controller). No masterpiece by any stretch, even within it's genre, but fun enough nonetheless.

Completely subjective viewpoint of course.

 

[Ulminati]

what? don't make an action game out of my rpgs. I enjoy DA series as RPGs and i dont want them to be turned to obsidian's turd.

I laughed.

 

[Cynic]

Game was good, not great. Have to admit, my gf and I had a blast playing it together. Combat mechanics were excellent, but it was just unambitious. There is potential for a better game there, but Obsidian just couldn't finish strong. This article or whatever the fuck it is meant to be is total bullshit. If you don't like arcade style games with a bit of rpging thrown in, then it's definitely not for you. But there was a glimmer of a good game in there, and I think it's definitely better than a lot of other crap around, DA2 included.

 

[tindrli]

dungeon siege 3 together with DO2 are the worst games of the decade..

 

[IronicNeurotic]

dungeon siege 3 together with DO2 are the worst games of the decade..

Sorry, read wrong.

 

[circ]

Combat mechanics were excellent, but it was just unambitious.

lol WUT? Dodge spam, throw in a special, some of which are so badly balanced it makes press X to win look challenging. Ranged combat completely broken, something admitted by devs even, no hit feedback from mobs. EXCELLENT? THIS IS EXCELLENT IN YOUR OPINION WHAT THE FUCK? Add to that a fucked up camera that zooms up someones ass when you're too close to a wall and that goes all the way to FUCK EXTREME when you co-op.

DA2 included.

I'd rather re-install DA2 and dick around with a retarded nude mod than think of DS3 again. Fuck that shit.

 

[MetalCraze]

I liked Obsidian better when they were trying to add something different to already established formulas, even with the bugs and all.

Aren't all Obsidian games sequels?

If DS3 is indicative of the company's new philosophy, I'm out.

But it was the game that tried to do something differently! Just like SoZ.

At least it took a crown away from SoZ for a shittiest Obsidian's game ever.

 

[Jaesun]

A number of Publisher required content/game play was what went wrong with DS III.

 

[Shannow]

If DS3 is indicative of the company's new philosophy, I'm out.

But it was the game that tried to do something differently! Just like SoZ.

At least it took a crown away from SoZ for a shittiest Obsidian's game ever.

Only SoZ really did try to do something differently/new; was an ok game in its own right; and the concept in another engine, with far more polishing and tweaking would have been fucking awesome.
DS3 didn't try anything new. It is shit without any (relevant) redeeming qualities and doesn't show any signs of potential. Even if everything that was fucked up about it had been done well instead it still wouldn't have risen above shitty aRPG/Diablo-clone number 10000.

 

[RK47]

Try as I might, I can't defend it. I mean, yeah, it's fun in short bursts...the amount of gold drops and items reward can be a good motivator to continue, but it's lacking variety in gameplay. People say Diablo 2 gave 2-3 skills to spam for each build, but that doesn't excuse a grand total of 9 skills per character.

Sigh....It's not even worth $40 to get this game. You'd better off buying Marvel Ultimate Alliance at $20 to have proper co-op.

 

[Roguey]

At least it took a crown away from SoZ for a shittiest Obsidian's game ever.

NWN2 OC remains their shittiest game as far as I'm concerned. The quality of an amateur mod with some of the most excruciating content ever. I haven't finished yet, but so far DS3 is the most fun I've had with an Obsidian game (which isn't saying much considering TSL, NWN2, AP, and NV all had various degrees of lousy combat systems and content). Post-patch it plays fine with a mouse and keyboard too. The biggest flaws are the camera (meh, Devil May Cry 3 had some really bad camera angles too and that's one of my favorites), the idiotic bad Diablo-clone-style level-and-loot pacing, a character system that's too guided with too few abilities, and the lack of collision sound effects. As a dumb, simple, linear action-arcade brawler it's far from the worst I've ever played. I used to be an aficionado for these things when I was younger for who knows what reason.

A number of Publisher required content/game play was what went wrong with DS III.

Such as? I know the bad camera was all Obsidian's idea, and I doubt Square Enix told them to specifically add useless upgrades like "get a discount from the store" or "find more money." Unless you're saying it's bad because it's an action game, and I disagree, for an action game it's okay and has better reflex-driven combat and enemy variety than Alpha Protocol and New Vegas.

 

[Cynic]

Combat mechanics were excellent, but it was just unambitious.

lol WUT? Dodge spam, throw in a special, some of which are so badly balanced it makes press X to win look challenging. Ranged combat completely broken, something admitted by devs even, no hit feedback from mobs. EXCELLENT? THIS IS EXCELLENT IN YOUR OPINION WHAT THE FUCK? Add to that a fucked up camera that zooms up someones ass when you're too close to a wall and that goes all the way to FUCK EXTREME when you co-op.

DA2 included.

I'd rather re-install DA2 and dick around with a retarded nude mod than think of DS3 again. Fuck that shit.

You missed the point of my post, which was that there was potential for something better there, but it wasn't fully realized. Also, this must also be your billionth post raging against the game, for someone who hates it so much you sure do love it.