SomTervo Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) It's well known, but me and a buddy been playing through Dead Space 3. It's a fucking brilliant space adventure with decent writing. Yes the horror is all but gone- which is why it got such a bad rap- but we knew this was going to happen after Resi 5/6 and the way DeSpa 2 was going. I also agree with Hots on Spider-man: Web Of Shadows. It's just fucking great. So fun. Iffy around the edges, but so worth it for the great mechanics. The boss battles are genuinely thrilling for the most part and you do proper superhero stuff in them. Like against the Green Goblin, dodging his shots on the side of a skyscraper, chasing him up it, leaping off the top and diving down to follow him in between tall tenements, weaving around his minions and nailing him... Superfast and really precise if you get skilled enough at it. Also i heard tons of stuff about how great Enslaved was and how underrated it was, then i played it and... It's kinda good i guess. It's just really solid. Combat's not amazing. Story's okay, bit iffy at the end. I heard all sorts of Uncharted-rival chat and it so doesn't measure up. Edited August 3, 2014 by kenshi_ryden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 It wasn't even trying to be Uncharted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Enslaved fits into the same sort of category as something like Binary Domain for me; It was fun, and I enjoyed my time with it. I don't know that it's underrated as much as it was just completely ignored upon release. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 People want to compare anything with a climbing mechanic to Uncharted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 And all the green forest doesn't help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clusks Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Blue Dragon had a lot of good mechanics, but was pulled down by the rubbish story and annoying characters. Although most people like it, I always wondered why Sleeping Dogs never got more recongition (which probably killed any chance of a sequel.) I enjoyed it more than GTAV! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 There is a sequel in production right now. Sleeping Dogs: Triad Wars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Baten Kaitos and Shadow Hearts. Very rarely do I see those mentioned when RPGs are discussed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 (edited) Ive never played Baten Kaitos, but I always thought it was a stupid sounding name. Just a small reason it never interested me. Shadow Hearts: Covenant is rad though. One of my favorite rpgs, never played the others though. Edited August 4, 2014 by Strangelove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Shadow Hearts is also grand, if not as polished as Covenant. I haven't played From the New World, and didn't like Koudelka. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 It wasn't even trying to be Uncharted. People want to compare anything with a climbing mechanic to Uncharted. The game deffo wasnt trying to be Uncharted. The comparisons were made by multiple randoms i saw online. I think they jumped to that based on the colour scheme and swashbuckley adventure vibe , not that it's even that particularly. I just didnt think it was that great. Especially the combat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 (edited) The climbing/parkour/platforming/whatever-you-want-to-call-it in Enslaved was somehow even more automated than Uncharted/Assassin's Creed ever was. There was absolutely no illusion that you ever had any real control outside of combat. And the combat wasn't great either. Very simplistic. People like to talk shit about God Of War compared to DmC or Ninja Gaiden, but Enslaved has even more simplistic easy tps combat than GoW. Enslaved basically took parts of better games that gamers criticized for being too simple and somehow made them even simpler. Heavenly Sword has the same problem. It's a lot like Heavy Rain or Beyond in that the gameplay part isn't the focus, its more about the experience...except there are no choices like in Quantic Dream games. Just a linear path. Honestly, DmC is the first "real" game Ninja Theory has made. And it wasn't that great either. The fucked up part of it is that they really REALLY want to make a good mechanical action game, but they can't. I enjoyed Enslaved the most out of all their games and that had nothing to do with their gameplay. Maybe they should drop the action game charade and just go full blown Telltale/Quantic Dream. Edited August 9, 2014 by Strangelove 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 All I remember about Heavenly Sword is the gameplay. Wut. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 I remember "cheating" on Heavenly Sword by finding the sixaxis controls and turning them off, especially worked during the catapult sequence. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 (edited) There was this game Folklore, early in the life of the PS3. I thought it had the best use of sixaxis in any game, ever. I had fun twisting it around pulling souls. But nobody ever talks about that game, or the sixaxis controls on it. Edited August 10, 2014 by Agent 1011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 (edited) I thought Folklore was ok. Not much else. I loved the art style, but all I remember from it now is that it had little or no cutscenes and voice acting. Which was weird for its time. Or maybe I just didn't play far into it enough, Edited August 10, 2014 by Strangelove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 I think I own Folklore...yeah I do. Due to the whole birthday present mess up/bad timing with housemate.I should try it out I guess. I think I played a demo of it years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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