I've seen mixed reviews about plague tale, what are your thoughts on it?
Well, it's rather easy, more about the graphics and the atmosphere, like, halfway to visual novel already, but it was the same with
LA Noire or
Layers of Fear in that regard, so I don't really mind. The atmosphere is really cool, the French Medieval feelings are strong, the characters are interesting, the relationship between the characters is very believable, I had a crush on the protagonist. A very cool game, but I'd recommend getting it when it's on sale (like I did). I was satisfied, however, from what I heard it's what I'd want from
The Last of Us, if I wanted to play that and if I could (that is, if I was not commited to XBox). But maybe I'm wrong about that, never saw even a let's play video
RotTR is one of my favorites, but Shadow... underwhelming.
I liked 1 and 2 a lot, Rise was a bit too... "snowy" to my likings (I am more for my adventures happening in the warmer geographical areas), though the Baba Yaga subplot from the DLC was way cool. I like Shadow so far as well, I have a little crush on the new Lara as well, so I probably won't be disappointed. Could it also be that you come from the cultural geographical area the game is supposed to kinda be about? Or was it the story, the game mechanics... ?
The Batman games.... just couldn't get into them, found them a tad boring, might revisit them later.
I liked it for what it was (and I got the whole trilogy real cheap, too!), it was a comics experience for a guy with a life. (I don't have the time for reading comics anymore, sadly - especially when everything is a whole-company crossover nowadays etc.). I enjoyed collecting the riddles, the story was predictable, but well put and the general atmosphere was cool. I'm looking forward to the second installment.
Bioshock though... oh man, I am super giddy, because I was able to repurchase the collection super cheap and I do plan on retreading 1 and 2.... not so stoked about Infinite. I did enjoy the DLCs of Burial at sea though. Probably will play those again.
I got the whole trilogy, too, and I played it for the first time (late, I know, but what can you do). I enjoyed the philosophy behind it (as I hate capitalism and libertarians with a passion), I enjoyed the gameplay mechanics, the visual style and the twists (I expected and predicted the main one, but I still enjoyed the way it was done)... but near the end it really grew off me. (about the becoming Big Daddy time). Like, it was a bit too same-y. In fact, I had about a six month pause before I finally finished it today. But that's mostly a personal preference - I admit it's one of the "must-play" games, nowadays possibly more than in the 00s.
How you linking AC: origins? I'm excited for Valhalla, but still undecided on Origins and Odyssey.
Origins is not only my favourite AC game, but the only AC game I'd recommend to pretty much anyone. My reasons:
- Lessened importance of the ovearching plot - I always found the main Templars vs Assasssins plot to be a tad stupid and this game does pretty well without it
- the Egypt is just wonderful. It's a small wonder to behold. Ubisoft always did well with lightning and the visual side of things, but this is simply the new level
- also, the Egyptian themes are neatly interwoven - there has been a lot of care put even into the Egyptian religion side of things and also the historic connections and so on - it's just such an awesome game as a whole
- for me it has the most compelling protagonist and storyline (the historic one) - Bayek is very family-oriented, nice, down-to-earth guy that seems to be honestly pious (to the Egyptian gods, but nonetheless), has an strong relationship with his wife etc.
- the sidequests were fun.
- some of the game mechanics are better than in Odyssey, IMHO, no automatic scaling-up of enemies (you CAN turn it on, but you also can turn it off), still at least a bit "assassin-ny" in its approach etc. Also of all the AC games I like the scaling up, the fighting, the inventory etc here the most. Oh, and the parkour is just wonderful to behold.
It's like the AC games were perfected over time - the older installments are sometimes a tad too rudimentary to my tastes, Origins hit the perfect spot with me.
