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Curratum said:
CthuluIsSpy said:
Trying to play Elex. I want to like this game, but the combat is fucking terrible. Everything is a damage sponge and one shots you, you can't explore to get better equipment because that means having to fight enemies and even after doing all of the easy quests I barely have the skill points to get a decent weapon that doesn't suck. It's a such a boring slog, it's like trying to play Risen where you die constantly to wolves because the fuckers are sword proof for some asinine reason.
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Welcome to every Piranha Bytes game ever made.
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What's annoying though is that the first combat encounter put me in a false sense of security.
I was like "well the controls aren't great, but I'm not dying in one hit and I can actually deal some damage, so maybe PB learned their lesson."
And then I got to the game proper and well, here's a brief list of experiences -
>Oh hey a human, maybe he's friendly. Oh, no, he's hostile, he kills me in one shot, takes no damage even though he's wearing no armor, doesn't even have a skull next to his name and there's more of them. Well, not going that way.
>Oh hey a quest where I have to solve a murder, and Duras is the murderer. Oh no wait, can't turn him in, he'll turn hostile and instantly kill me. Guess he's going free then
>One of the murder suspects is on a farm. On the way to the farm there's a high leveled enemy who follow me there and murders everyone, except for the suspect who has Bethesda type character protection. Problem is though whenever he revives he aggros the bastard and it just won't leave. Guess I have to come back later then because I can't kill the fucking thing
>Ok so let's talk to this guy who's been stealing Elex. Oh no wait, Duras had to open his fucking mouth and tell the guy that we're trying to kill him even though I wanted to talk first. Both the guy and his brother one shot me. Guess I have to tell Duras to wait outside.
>I want to get into the Cleric city to get some cool weapons and armor so maybe I can actually play the game instead of running around like a scared rabbit. Oh no wait, there's 6 rats, they take barely any damage and they can push my shit in. Well time to hop away I guess

You get the idea. Elex does have a huge world, and does give you the chance to avoid encounters (unlike Risen where you basically had very little mobility options), but the fact that you have to pick certain options or you will just outright die even though it's an early game quest is a problem. Wild Hunt had that shit with overleveled enemies and quests but at least it had the decency to warn you first.
Elex is like a shitty DM who railroads you into playing the game a certain way, and if you go right instead of left you get a dragon dropped on you. I don't mind difficulty (I fucking love Stalker and Dark Souls), but I do mind it when the devs force you into progressing quests in a certain way.

Also, fuck Berserkers. Bunch of holier-than-thou luddites.
 
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Catacombs said:
I finally beat Divinity: Original Sin 2, after 150 hours.

I'm glad to finally be done because I can't, in good conscience, recommend this game to anyone.

All the criticisms the Codex raised over the years emerged over time, and, by the end, I didn't feel satisfied for putting this much time into the game.

The combat: Unbalanced garbage, but I still enjoyed turn-based.

The story: Boring and all over the place

The characters: Completely unlikable

Quests: Some were good; most were bugged. The jank become unbearable so, so many times.

One of the few saving graces was the graphics. It's a beautiful game and a big improvement over the first one visually.

Will I play this again? Unless a miracle happens in which the quest bugs are squashed and the combat mechanics are reworked, absolutely not.
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It took me 150 hours and a lot of restarts to realize that I will never ever be able to finish this game. Even coop was unbearable this time around. Armor system and itemization are decline of the highest magnitude. I am actually ashamed of having put so many hours into this game.
 
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I always wonder how people born before 2000 can have a backlog. There are not enough good games for that (unless you've been trying to 1cc every shmup in existence until recently, but I'd guess that's a minority).
 
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fork said:
I always wonder how people born before 2000 can have a backlog. There are not enough good games for that (unless you've been trying to 1cc every shmup in existence until recently, but I'd guess that's a minority).
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There was more than shoot 'em ups available. We had access to most of the categories for what we have now. We had CRPGs, adventure games, point and click, etc... There are literally hundreds of thousands of games released for all different computers and consoles. Back then for computers you had Commodores, Ataris, Sinclair, IBM, etc... What was on one system wasn't necessarily on another. There also were a lot of good games. For me, it was the SSI gold box AD&D games. Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale series come second. You had games like Eye of the Beholder that was a real time dungeon crawl with a party. All told you could have a really big backlog. I know I do. LOL
 

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Cunt Dickula!?

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I'm playing Golden Fall 2 right now.
It clearly improves Golden Fall 1 by adding attributes and more different skills.
There's also more of a focus on riddles this time.
 
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Enjoy the Revolution! Another revolution around the sun that is.
Playing Phoenix Wright 2 in celebration of this coming to steam.

More detective games to play in the future is always edifying.

 
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CthuluIsSpy said:
BING XI LAO said:
He's right, paradox games are bloated with unremarkable features that form a melange of vaguely increasing numbers.
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Also the DLC is perhaps the biggest racket in gaming and is a sign of true decline.
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Wunderbar said:
what's your opinion on the first one?
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In terms of combat, the first was better than the sequel. Cheesing through encounters is part of the experience.

is it better
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Both games have their good and bad. Play the first if you've never played a Divinity game. Once you beat it (or quit midway), I'd caution playing the second.

Diablo1_reborn said:
Armor system and itemization are decline of the highest magnitude.
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This was among my biggest gripes.
 
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Catacombs said:
In terms of combat, the first was better than the sequel. Cheesing through encounters is part of the experience.
Play the first if you've never played a Divinity game. Once you beat it (or quit midway), I'd caution playing the second.

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Armor system and itemization are decline of the highest magnitude.
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This was among my biggest gripes.
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damn.
I'm near the end of DOS1 playthrough, and it's one of the most annoying games i have ever played. The foundation (combat, encounter design and emergent gameplay systems) is amazing, but everything else ranges from meh to pure trash.
 
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Wunderbar said:
Catacombs said:
In terms of combat, the first was better than the sequel. Cheesing through encounters is part of the experience.
Play the first if you've never played a Divinity game. Once you beat it (or quit midway), I'd caution playing the second.

Diablo1_reborn said:
Armor system and itemization are decline of the highest magnitude.
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This was among my biggest gripes.
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damn.
I'm near the end of DOS1 playthrough, and it's one of the most annoying games i have ever played. The foundation (combat, encounter design and emergent gameplay systems) is amazing, but everything else ranges from meh to pure trash.
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If you are annoyed with DOS1, wait for DOS2. The first one is much better, I enjoyed it a lot although I got burned in the endgame. DOS1 should have been shorter. (Talking about vanilla DOS1, didn't played "Enhanced" edition)

In DOS2 the retarded armor system spoils the whole gameplay system, is insane how they released that. I can't remember a worse gamebreaking combat mechanic in any turn based combat game ever. Is THAT bad.
 
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