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Recommendations for me?

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FouxDuFafa · 22/10/2015 13:38

If I tell you what I like and don't like, please could you make some recommendations for my next game?

Loved: Dragon Age Inquisition, Skyrim.
Historically liked: Portal, Monkey Island, Broken Sword, Myst/Riven, Diablo, LA Noire.

Disliked: The Last of Us (visually beautiful, but I found it quite stressful and didn't finish it), Diablo III, Tomb Raider Definitive Edition.

PS4 or Xbox 360. Was looking at Broken Sword 5, but fear that it would be all over in 15 hours and am spoiled by 100+ epics.

Any suggestions would be great.

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Ashvis · 22/10/2015 22:48

Yay! You'll have to tell us how you get on if you buy it, I love a good Witcher chat Grin. I love the idea of Fable too, but don't have an Xbox (and given the number of other consoles we have, it's not going to happen). Is it bad that part of me is happy ds is back at nursery next week so I can get more time gaming? I'll have to return to work at some point, but making the most of the time at home by sitting about playing video games one morning a week!

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FouxDuFafa · 22/10/2015 22:28

Thank you both, I've looked at some gameplay videos and have to say I'm pretty sold on Witcher 3!

Feel the same way about guns/swords, I looked at Uncharted and didn't understand the gun stuff.

Thank you for mentioning Fable as well - another one I've looked at a few times. If only I didn't have this JOB getting in the way of my gaming time, I could play them all.

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Ashvis · 22/10/2015 21:45

I love Witcher partly because it reminds me of Skyrim! Lots of swords, missions, monsters and gorgeous scenery. Lots of difficult choices to make. One of the areas, Skellige, is awfully like Skyrim, and it's people are often fairly Nordish/Viking like. And I love the main character, Geralt. He's all professional and cold one minute, then shows a wry sense of humour and compassion the next. I've spent a lot more time laughing along with this game than I expected to. It is more grown up than Skyrim, more bad language and some sex scenes if you choose to romance some of the characters (everyone I know who plays the game has). There is nudity, and it's pretty gruesome at times so we don't play it around our ds - I read it described as Skyrim meets Game Of Thrones - a pretty good description!

Ashvis · 22/10/2015 21:36

Dh loves the uncharted series, and I've watched him play them all because the story is so good (I love to swing a sword about but pretty useless with a gun!). You can jump in at a later game, but new pack looks like good value. There should be a Twitch app coming out soon, make is easier to use. I don't use the site much, but dh is a huge fan of Destiny and watches it quite a lot. I've a couple friends who broadcast there too, next time I'm looking for a game it's where I'm headed! Both dh and I are playing Witcher 3 tonight - he's getting to a really exciting part in the main story and it's really hard not to talk about what's going to happen - great storyline as well.

MsMarvel · 22/10/2015 21:29

I think fallout is fairly standalone, there's been an apocalypse and you are trying to survive. New Vegas is really good.

Fable games are good, as are the mass effect games. Similar gameplay in mass effect to Dragon age.

I've been looking into witcher for a while, it looks very like skyrim in style, is this the case? Of so I want it!

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FouxDuFafa · 22/10/2015 21:25

Thank you, I'll check those out (and thanks for Twitch tip).

I've hesitated over Fallout and Uncharted because they seemed like games where you needed to be there from the beginning. Do you think that's the case? Although I think I saw the whole Uncharted series remastered for PS4 in my browsing, so I'll go back and have a look at that now Smile

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Ashvis · 22/10/2015 17:37

I've recommended it on here before, but Witcher 3 is all kinds of awesome, currently on my second play through. Loads of missions, quests and places to explore, lots of different game endings. You might also like the Fall Out games, or the Uncharted games, they're both good. A mate of mine swears by Bloodbourne right now. There's a beta of Star Wars battlefront right now you can play for free on the PS4. Have you looked at Twitch? You can see people playing live, gives you a great idea of what the gameplay is like and you can ask the gamer questions as well.