Then Google sucks.

FromSoftware and Nintendo? As far as I know, their games are both successful and polished. You might not like their games, of course, but if you do it seems like a safe bet.

I don’t think anyone really plays a Bethesda game for the story, it’s more about the open world experience that almost no other game can scratch the itch.

Add in emulators and I really have more games to play than I have time for them.

I’m fine with price hike, inflation is a thing.

The problem is the lack of quality and polish you’d expect from such games. Not to mention other forms of monetization they try to shoehorn in at the cost of user experience.

Not that it matters much to me, I’m patient and can wait until it’s much cheaper and hopefully polished.

Isn’t “Day 1 Patch” already a meme?

Most generous ZeniMax executive.

Ar Tonelico 2 has one of the most beautiful musics I’ve heard, not limited to games. Not too surprising, given how the entire franchise is basically about glorifying music to divine levels and brings top notch singers like Shikata Akiko and Shimotsuki Haruka to sing songs like METHOD_IMPLANTA and EXEC_SOL=FAGE/.. The BGM is also great, with tracks like Rustling Throb Cloche.

Other great OSTs that never leaves my phone:
-Einhander (Sample: Bloody Battle)
-Omega Boost (Sample: Orbital Flight)
-HellSinker. (Sample: Apostle of the Seed)

Finally, special mention to Space Invaders Extreme 2. I wouldn’t say it’s the best OST but it’s the most fun example of adaptive music I’ve seem (heard?). Edit: Also Silver Surfer from NES, given the miracle Tim Follins does to play this through its sound chip.

Kowloon Highschool Chronicles does it really well.

Buying items is done through encrypted online store, mini quests are received from the official site of the treasure hunting association you’re part off and so on. The game expands this immersive ui further by making your stat screen be a report card and with skill names being curricular subjects.

You don’t really interact with it much but Ace Combat 3 UI is Data Swallow, the in universe internet browser of choice. Each faction comes with unique boot up sound that I might or might not use as my ring tune.

I can see why the time mechanic is there but I agree it can be a negative point to the game. You’re not the first person I see complaining about this.

I liked the game enough but needing to get a rare fish that can only be fished at certain season, certain time period and only when raining to complete quests was annoying, as was needing to get out of the dungeon while I was having a good run because of time. It would have been better if there were alternative means to get the fish, like buying from the fisherman, and the option to camp in the dungeon.

I wouldn’t say I hate Witcher 3 but it didn’t engage me at all because of the “everything sucks” aura it gives. There’s nothing really nice to look forward to or that makes the fight against the Big Bad worth it. However, now that I’m writing this, maybe that was intended and I should get back to the game with the mentality of a jaded mercenary only doing it for money, as I believe the Witchers are supposed to be.

Any game made by From as in their Souls series or that includes Armored Core and Another Century’s Episode too?

Super Hero mod for 1.6 was awesome, though. Zipping around the map like Spider-Man with a rifle was so fun.

I used to play LoL back in 2012 or so but got tired of not being able to play as I wanted so I left and never looked back. Having to choose characters based on the needed role was bad enough, not being allowed to explore new builds and possibilities but what the current meta dictated was so ridiculous. I felt some vindication when a build I was exploring later turned out to be considered too powerful and got reworked (AP Yi, fuck you those who shit on me when I bought the magic ring as my first item).

I don’t even have a child yet the work related fatigue is enough to make me avoid intense/stressful games that I’d play when younger. I can’t imagine choosing to play a game rather than sleeping if I had to also take care of a newborn.

I wouldn’t buy such game. “Would” because so far none of the games that interests me required constant connection. I don’t play multiplayer games to begin with so it’s easy to avoid.

Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead has been mentioned so I’ll add OpenMW to the thread. It’s a open source engine rewrite of Morrowind and requires the base game to run Morrowind but it has the potential to be used to create new games and the devs are looking to expand it to allow the creation of ARPGs as well.

Another worthy mention is Endless Sky, it’s an open source game inspired by the classic space trading and combat game Escape Velocity.

Are we going to see NMS like redemption story on Cyberpunk? Hope so.