xpost Mordy, no it will probably be for the best, since you won't be used to sitting through hours of cutscenes.
this was my #1. gameplay wise it is easily the best controlling 3rd person game outside of a Mario. storywise it is incredibly underrated and ahead of its time. i really like how Kojima took this "ultimate perfect soldier" and made this game about playing as a disabled vet with PTSD.
it has been funny and slightly unnerving to see gamers rationalize all of the horrible things the lead character does in this game. i think Kojima knew this, and had long ago reconciled gamer bloodlust vs. his own anti-war anti-nuke messages that seem lost on that audience. hence why language is such a big theme in the game. this is a Japanese man making a game about US military dominance, about the roles of private forces in conflict zones, about Afghanistan -- a place we are stilled mired in. yet you didn't read anything analyzing this or wondering what this game says about our modern wars, it was all TMZ-style Konami vs. Kojima hype/hate. this dumb industry.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:09 (eight years ago) link
I just scanned through the rollout and... I basically gave up on games last year, apparently.
― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:10 (eight years ago) link
The only thing on the list that I played was Fallout IV, and I only played about an hour of it.
someday i will get around to playing MGSV, a friend lent it to me. maybe in 2019 when i get tired of playing Dark Souls 3.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:10 (eight years ago) link
The Final Word on ‘The Phantom Pain,’ a Video Game About Video Games <-- the only article worth reading that talks about the Koj vs Konami stuff. Posits that the game is a message in a bottle about that very conflict. Fuck I love this game
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:12 (eight years ago) link
this really makes me wanna play MGSV now, will have to pick this up. should i play ground zeroes first? should i catch up on the ones i missed too (3 and 4)?
― ﷽ (diamonddave85), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:12 (eight years ago) link
i'd like to play the older MSG's, Will, but most of them have not been released on the ps4 platform yet and i can't emulate like the ps, ps2 + ps3 games (which i take it are when the series actually took off)
― Mordy, Friday, 19 February 2016 19:12 (eight years ago) link
i burnt out on MGS and transferred to witcher 3; think i'm ready to switch up again now
― ulysses, Friday, 19 February 2016 19:14 (eight years ago) link
but mgsv is fucking awesome and loads of fun and kind of astonishing based on the 30 or so hours i dumped into it
I own all of the MGS games aside from the newest. I'm currently alternating between the first and VR Missions. I have not played any of the rest but am looking forward to working my way there.
(This is just my "thing" atm, as I am also playing FF 1 and just finished the first Persona. I like the idea of slowly working my way through the history of a game series I haven't previously experienced. Even if it winds up taking me 25 years to do.)
― maybe my clam is just more toxic (Old Lunch), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:17 (eight years ago) link
MGS1, 2, 3 and Peace Walker can all be played on the PS3 and PS Vita (MGS1 can also be played on the PSP). I'm sure they'll eventually find a way to get them on the PS4.
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link
omg how far are you
u are in for at least one (1) traet
but more like 10 traets
that game is a traet
imagine i just held the entire C+P rollout hostage forever talking about MGSv instead of posting the rest of the results
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:21 (eight years ago) link
so i've talked a bit about Life is Strange already, but something i haven't mentioned is how great it is to see a game with a strong focus on female friendships/relationships: not only chloe and max, but max and kate, chloe and rachel amber, chloe and her mom, etc. even victoria, the main female antagonist, can be interacted with in a thoughtful way, although since it's a choice game you can also take it full-tilt into bitchiness if you want. i also really appreciate that DONTNOD didn't reject the idea that chloe/max could turn romantic (and that even from the start, you could direct max to be like "uhhhhhhhhhhhh no" to warren).
― the jackal-snouted problem man (reddening), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:21 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/jQcM0TF.png#5 - Undertale - Toby Fox83 Points6 Votes1.5 First-Place Votes
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:23 (eight years ago) link
Didn't get a chance to play Undertale before voting, but got it as a gift from an ilxor recently (thanking you!) and am really liking it so far.
― emil.y, Friday, 19 February 2016 19:25 (eight years ago) link
i'm close to finishing the True Pacifist route and i'm scared to start the Genocide route, on the one hand i want to see the content but on the other hand we're all such good friends :(
― the jackal-snouted problem man (reddening), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:27 (eight years ago) link
really really want to play Undertale, i'm just not in the habit of sitting in front of my desktop PC and playing games. need to get around to it somehow.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:28 (eight years ago) link
^ this
― ﷽ (diamonddave85), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:31 (eight years ago) link
If I haven't liked any MGS games up until now is there any reason to play MGSV? It's not a radical change or anything, right?
― inside, skeletons are always inside, that's obvious. (dowd), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:32 (eight years ago) link
also re: undertale, color me impressed that you can call characters on your cell from, like, 3/4ths of all the rooms in the game, and you almost always get unique dialogue. it's the kind of thing they didn't have to include but it makes the experience that much richer.
― the jackal-snouted problem man (reddening), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:35 (eight years ago) link
Dowd: it depends on what you didn't like about them
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:40 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/FAnMQaj.png#4 - Her Story - Sam Barlow88 Points7 Votes
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:41 (eight years ago) link
yeah MGSV is radically different from previous games. controls like a dream, no more gameplay-interrupting codec calls, no more overly long cutscenes, mission structure pretty much just play whatever you want to, level design is open world so you can just ditch what you are doing and play around. what Symphony of the Night did for Castlevania, MGSV does for Metal Gear.
i bought Undertale but still haven't played it yet. i have heard good things. how is the music?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:42 (eight years ago) link
Undertale and Her Story are cool. pumped that they both placed top 5.
― billstevejim, Friday, 19 February 2016 19:51 (eight years ago) link
I talked abt Her Story upthread a little bit. But man. Playing this game I became distracted and kind of obsessed on a meta level. Who am I? Why does this computer have all of these files? Why do I want to sort through them? What room am I in, which flickering lights, a touchy CRT monitor, an outdated OS, etc.? What are the stakes for me? Is this a "cold case"?
I never "100%ed" this game so I can't say for sure if they ever answer these questions but from what I understand they never do. I'm very glad that they don't. It makes the entire thing feel... idk, unnerving. Like, the entire plot-out-of-sequence thing feels unnerving. And the plot itself. So fucked. It's such a cool and fresh way to experience a story.
I don't get the complaints about it. "I knew what happened and I was only 30% in." Great! Then quit playing or explore more. "I had to brute force..." no, you didn't because you don't NEED TO GET 100%. It's not necessary! The joy is in dancing around these interviews, hearing tiny clips... some of which are useful, some funny, some useless, some creepy as fuck (there's one where she puts her head on the table and just starts tapping her fingers in a weird way, it gave me the willies like nothing else).
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 19 February 2016 19:53 (eight years ago) link
idk guys what do you think should i post the top 3 now
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:01 (eight years ago) link
Yes they do answer those questions! I never forgot that it was fiction or that she's an actor so I never really felt super immersed.
"I knew what happened and I was only 30% in."Part of the fun is locating the achievement cards and trying to uncover all the videos, filling in the database with all the unwatched videos. It's a new type of puzzle in that sense.
― billstevejim, Friday, 19 February 2016 20:05 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/hGlVhOe.png#3 - Rock Band 4 - Harmonix151 Points4 Votes6.66 First-Place Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/hAe9zUh.png#2 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - Treyarch151 Points5 Votes6.66 First-Place Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/avzHr9k.png#1 - Fallout Shelter - Bethesda Game Studios151 Points6 Votes6.66 First-Place Votes
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:13 (eight years ago) link
oh lol the one game I played this year that's on the list was #1
― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:14 (eight years ago) link
i really pooched it... i wanted to get 3 screenshots of in-app purchases for those 3 games, but since i couldn't find one for rock band i just used a funny photo, but as a trio my fake top 3 actually kinda loses its... point? and now it just looks dumb.
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:14 (eight years ago) link
thread: what is your stance on fake top 3s before the real top 3sasking for a friend― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, February 19, 2016 1:48 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
asking for a friend
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, February 19, 2016 1:48 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
xpost
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:15 (eight years ago) link
are these jokes?
― billstevejim, Friday, 19 February 2016 20:15 (eight years ago) link
it wouldn't be an ILX top game rollout if i didn't drop a fakeout
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:16 (eight years ago) link
lol
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:16 (eight years ago) link
correction: an ILX top (ANYTHING) rollout
i lol'ed
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:16 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/aPRjKTG.png#3 - Rocket League - Psyonix91 Points6 Votes2 First-Place Votes
http://i.imgur.com/yySbvmO.png#2 - Bloodborne - FromSoftware96 Points5 Votes1.33 First-Place Votes
http://i.imgur.com/a44ClUG.png#1 - Witcher 3 - CD Projekt RED101 Points6 Votes2.33 First-Place Votes
I prefer the fake top 3
― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:17 (eight years ago) link
Rocket League is one of the most instantly addictive games i have ever played
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:18 (eight years ago) link
oh WAIT I have played Rocket League! that game is fun
― its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:19 (eight years ago) link
played all of them and they were all great!
― ulysses, Friday, 19 February 2016 20:19 (eight years ago) link
oh shiiit I dunno Rocket League. Ima try it out.
― billstevejim, Friday, 19 February 2016 20:21 (eight years ago) link
i need to give Witcher 3 another try. i couldn't get over the control/general feel of the game at first. may need to sink some hours in to get used to it.
Bloodborne is amazing. love love love the art design. it's a game i would have made if you gave me millions of dollars.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:21 (eight years ago) link
i apparently used 6 full days of my life to play Bloodborne. i regret this generally but not specifically. it actually became more enjoyable the more i played (the DLC coming out helped a lot too). it was also the first From game that clicked with me in terms of pvp, which makes me even more excited about DS3 coming out.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:22 (eight years ago) link
hopefully this doesn't destroy any browsing experiences
Rnk| Pts |Vts| #1s | Game Title | Platform 1 | 101 | 6 | 2.33 | Witcher 3 | CONS / COMP 2 | 96 | 5 | 1.33 | Bloodborne | CONS 3 | 91 | 6 | 2.00 | Rocket League | CONS / COMP 4 | 88 | 7 | | Her Story | COMP 5 | 83 | 6 | 1.50 | Undertale | COMP 6 | 83 | 5 | 2.33 | Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | CONS / COMP 7 | 68 | 4 | 1.00 | Life is Strange | CONS / COMP 8 | 68 | 4 | 0.50 | Super Mario Maker | CONS 9 | 50 | 3 | 0.50 | Downwell | CONS / MOBI / COMP10 | 48 | 3 | 0.50 | Beginners Guide | COMP11 | 47 | 5 | 1.00 | Fallout 4 | CONS / COMP12 | 41 | 3 | 1.00 | Sunless Sea | COMP13 | 40 | 5 | | Alto's Adventure | MOBI14 | 39 | 3 | | Crank | BWSR14 | 39 | 3 | | Goat Simulator (PORT) | CONS14 | 39 | 3 | | Batman: Arkham Knight | CONS / COMP17 | 35 | 3 | | You Must Build A Boat | MOBI18 | 35 | 2 | 1.00 | The Executive | MOBI18 | 35 | 2 | 1.00 | The Jackbox Party Pack 2 | CONS / COMP20 | 32 | 3 | 1.00 | Destiny: The Taken King | CONS21 | 30 | 2 | | Tales from the Borderlands | CONS / COMP22 | 30 | 1 | 1.00 | Marvel Puzzle Quest (PORT) | CONS23 | 30 | 1 | 0.50 | Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate | HAND23 | 30 | 1 | 0.50 | We Know the Devil | BWSR25 | 29 | 4 | | Neko Atsume | MOBI26 | 28 | 2 | | Trimps | BWSR27 | 27 | 3 | | Agar.io | BWSR28 | 24 | 1 | | Q.U.B.E.: Directors Cut | CONS / COMP29 | 23 | 3 | | Grow Home | CONS / COMP30 | 23 | 2 | | Broken Age | CONS / HAND / MOBI / COMP31 | 21 | 2 | | Hotline Miami 2 | CONS / HAND / COMP31 | 21 | 2 | | Everybodys Gone to the Rapture | CONS33 | 21 | 1 | | Until Dawn | CONS34 | 20 | 3 | | Dr. Langeskov (...) | COMP35 | 20 | 1 | | Yo|kai Watch | HAND36 | 19 | 1 | 1.00 | Ori and the Blind Forest | CONS / COMP37 | 18 | 2 | | Helldivers | CONS / COMP37 | 18 | 2 | | Super Mega Baseball | CONS / COMP39 | 17 | 2 | | Assassins Creed Syndicate | CONS / COMP39 | 17 | 2 | | Dropsy | HAND41 | 14 | 2 | | OlliOlli 2: Welcome to Olliwood | CONS / HAND / COMP42 | 14 | 1 | | Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth | CONS / HAND / MOBI / COMP42 | 14 | 1 | | Mad Max | CONS / COMP44 | 13 | 1 | | Invisible, Inc. | COMP45 | 12 | 2 | | pillars of eternity | COMP46 | 12 | 1 | | Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions | HAND / MOBI46 | 12 | 1 | | The Curious Expedition | MOBI46 | 12 | 1 | | The Room 3 | MOBI49 | 11 | 1 | | Fran Bow | MOBI / COMP50 | 10 | 1 | | Brain Guzzlers From Beyond! | BWSR50 | 10 | 1 | | Captain Toad Treasure Tracker | CONS50 | 10 | 1 | | Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes | COMP50 | 10 | 1 | | Lost Constellation | COMP50 | 10 | 1 | | Midnight. Swordfight. | BWSR50 | 10 | 1 | | Minkomora | BWSR50 | 10 | 1 | | Renowned Explorers | COMP50 | 10 | 1 | | Saints Row: Gat Out Of Hell | CONS / COMP50 | 10 | 1 | | Splatoon | CONS50 | 10 | 1 | | Talos Principle | COMP60 | 7 | 1 | | Guitar Hero Live | CONS / MOBI60 | 7 | 1 | | Leons Cool Game | COMP60 | 7 | 1 | | Super Blackout | HAND / MOBI63 | 6 | 1 | | Cities: Skylines | COMP63 | 6 | 1 | | darkest dungeon | COMP63 | 6 | 1 | | I Am Bread | CONS / MOBI / COMP63 | 6 | 1 | | Hook | MOBI / COMP63 | 6 | 1 | | Heroes of Loot | HAND / MOBI63 | 6 | 1 | | Kings Quest Ch.1: Knight to Remember | CONS / COMP69 | 5 | 1 | | Apotheon | CONS / COMP69 | 5 | 1 | | Blades of Brim | MOBI69 | 5 | 1 | | Cibele | COMP69 | 5 | 1 | | Hand of Fate | CONS / COMP69 | 5 | 1 | | Landsliders | MOBI69 | 5 | 1 | | Massive Chalice | COMP69 | 5 | 1 | | Pocket Mine 2 | MOBI69 | 5 | 1 | | Star Wars Battlefront | CONS / COMP69 | 5 | 1 | | Steven Universe: Attack the Light! | MOBI69 | 5 | 1 | | Tobys Nose | BWSR69 | 5 | 1 | | Wasteland 2: Directors Cut | COMP69 | 5 | 1 | | htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary | HAND69 | 5 | 1 | | Sunset | COMP82 | 4 | 1 | | Crimsonland | HAND / COMP83 | 3 | 1 | | Back To Bed | MOBI / COMP83 | 3 | 1 | | Nihilumbra | HAND
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:24 (eight years ago) link
PREDICTIONS ITT (italic: incorrect; bold: correct)
i am not sure if MGSV or Bloodbourne will win this. ― ulysses, Feb 18, 2016 12:53 PMWhat, Witcher at number one? I really have no idea. ― Old Lunch, Feb 19, 1:47 PMBloodbourne / Witcher 3 / MGS V / Rocket League should be top four ― ulysses, Feb 19, 1:53 PMHer Story hasn't placed yet, right? But I imagine it'll probably be up next (in 6th place) ― emil.y, Feb 19 1:54 PMsurely undertale is still to come, yeah (top 5)? ― reddening, Feb 19, 2:01 PM
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link
Wait, I thought 5 points was the minimum you could give?
― emil.y, Friday, 19 February 2016 20:26 (eight years ago) link
my ballot
15: Fallout 414: Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth13: Invisible, Inc.12: The Curious Expedition11: Sunless Sea10: Renowned Explorers5: Hand of Fate5: Destiny: The Taken King5: Alto’s Adventure5: Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut5: Steven Universe: Attack the Light!
Did not make it but I wish I could’ve voted for:
Brain Guzzlers From Beyond!Cities: SkylinesDarkest DungeonFallout ShelterHeroes of the StormNEO ScavengerPrison ArchitectThe ExecutiveThe Jackbox Party Pack 2Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut
― Mordy, Friday, 19 February 2016 20:26 (eight years ago) link
5 pts was the minimum, but i received a couple of ballots late that didn't adhere to that policy so i just included them.
will probably get rid of the 5 min rule next year tbh.
The loneliest voters in 2015, based on number of points given to games nobody else voted for:abcfsk - 70Mordy - 64Old Lunch - 52one way street - 50
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 19 February 2016 20:30 (eight years ago) link