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A game so amazing it spoils others games
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Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Yep. Titanfall has made all other FPS multiplayer look like fucking garbage. Halo and CoD included. That's despite both those games taking so many elements from Titanfall.
Weltall Zero
Member
Surprised by the low number of Souls/Bloodborne posts; considering how often players cite them as spoiling other games for them (most often The Witcher 3, ironically enough) I expected every other post to be one of them.
So, um... Bloodborne for me.
So, um... Bloodborne for me.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
Member
Bloodborne.
Ryouji Gunblade
Member
Xenoblade helped kill my tolerance for Tales overworlds.
cartographer
Member
This isn't quite the same because I would not consider the game amazing or even this particular part of the game amazing.
SWTOR's story focus absolutely ruined other MMOs for me. And though there are a few standout story lines, overall the story content isn't even that good. Lots of it is sort of rushed and awkward. There are clear parts where you notice they had to cut certain features (like killing your companions). It was less that it was good and more that they at least tried.
But I've been unable to level in MMOs since. Even in games that tried to make story more important than most MMOs. And I no longer play SWTOR either, so it somehow managed to ruin itself and every other MMO for me.
SWTOR's story focus absolutely ruined other MMOs for me. And though there are a few standout story lines, overall the story content isn't even that good. Lots of it is sort of rushed and awkward. There are clear parts where you notice they had to cut certain features (like killing your companions). It was less that it was good and more that they at least tried.
But I've been unable to level in MMOs since. Even in games that tried to make story more important than most MMOs. And I no longer play SWTOR either, so it somehow managed to ruin itself and every other MMO for me.
nailbombxx
Member
Bayonetta. I can't play God of War or Batman style games anymore without being be left cold by their combat systems.
The Souls games even spoil a game in the same franchise, I'm replaying Dark Souls 2 now and all I can think of is how imperfect it is and how far better designed Dark Souls 1 and Bloodborne are compared to it. Of course it also no contest between that series and most other action RPGs for me.
The Souls games even spoil a game in the same franchise, I'm replaying Dark Souls 2 now and all I can think of is how imperfect it is and how far better designed Dark Souls 1 and Bloodborne are compared to it. Of course it also no contest between that series and most other action RPGs for me.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I can't stand LA Noire's facial capture. They are pushing far too high resolution animations on far too low resolution assets. It's just upsetting.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
Tactics Ogre ruined SRPGs for me. Everyone I play I just wish it took TO's core gameplay and expanded it. Most of the time they either dumb it down or try to make their own system that is inferior.
supernormal
Member
The Last of Us for being such a complete game. It gets a lot of praise for the story but really the game has a lot things that make it work. The visuals, the music, the writing, the acting, and the gameplay fit together very well.
Most recently the only game that's spoiled others for me is MGSV in regards to the gameplay feel and responsiveness.
Most recently the only game that's spoiled others for me is MGSV in regards to the gameplay feel and responsiveness.
shinobi602
Member
Don't think I've ever experienced that before. I tend to look at games for their merits and what they do well rather than compare games that much.
Son Of Sparda
Member
Tribes of Trusty
Member
I think every time a game sets a new good standard it kind of spoils eventing else because, hum, it is the best thing now.
I recent memory :
Xenoblade, X, Persona 3 & 4 and Shin Megami Tensei 4 are my best RPGs right now.
MGSV is the best stealth game ever.
Witcher 3 for WRPGS.
These are the games I think make all the others in sale category worthless of how good they are.
I recent memory :
Xenoblade, X, Persona 3 & 4 and Shin Megami Tensei 4 are my best RPGs right now.
MGSV is the best stealth game ever.
Witcher 3 for WRPGS.
These are the games I think make all the others in sale category worthless of how good they are.
vitalogy11
Member
For the longest time the answer was Dead Space. I'm still not over how the games UI was natural, seamless and built into the narrative. It wasn't just menus on our screen.
I wish a lot more games used this same technique.
I wish a lot more games used this same technique.
God Hand. I just wanted every other third person game with melee combat to play the same way. I dream of a world where Madworld was basically God Hand 2 with more stylish graphics.
I would ask how nobody has flat out copied it yet, but I think the sales answer that pretty well.
Alternatively I don't think any other game has matched Killer7 in terms of weird intrigue it's given me. Perfect music, graphics, and story for me at the time. I also thought it was pretty fun to play, but I guess I'm in the minority on that one.
I would ask how nobody has flat out copied it yet, but I think the sales answer that pretty well.
Alternatively I don't think any other game has matched Killer7 in terms of weird intrigue it's given me. Perfect music, graphics, and story for me at the time. I also thought it was pretty fun to play, but I guess I'm in the minority on that one.
swearing-circle
Member
MGSV most recently. Everything feels sluggish by comparison.
piccio_ssl
Member
If i've to pick just one, i'll go with the greatest of all time, so Shadow of the Colossus
tallbroski
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Gerugamesh
Neo Member
Honestly, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth is going to make it hard to enjoy Pokemon again unless things change. It's basically everything I've ever wanted out of a mainline Pokemon game, except with Digimon.
Soulsborne are excellent games but the only thing they ruined for me are each other. Except Demon's to Dark 1. DaS 2 was ruined by how good DeS and DaS were. BB was kind of ruined by Souls with the whole builds and magic thing. But then BB kind of ruined going back to Souls because of the speed and trick weapons.
Come to think of it, I really only compare games to other games in their series. New Vegas ruined Fallout 4 for me, not the Witcher 3.
Come to think of it, I really only compare games to other games in their series. New Vegas ruined Fallout 4 for me, not the Witcher 3.
flintstryker
Banned
I still haven't played a 3rd person shooter I enjoyed as much a Max Payne 2
crazyrabbits
Banned
Fallout: New Vegas.
hmmmm.... HMMMMMMM..... what.
souls games are all about powerful super-dumb enemies that comes at you full strengh and really well placed in the map (well, DSII aside.)
there isn't really any kind of IA in souls games
So much this!
Games sucked ass for maybe a year after finishing TLOU. Solution? Playing TLOU again and again and again. And then... a quick break from gaming.
Quake 3 arena for online play, especially competitively. Nothing has came close
The Witcher 3 for open world games, has definitely pushed the envelope for the way they should be designed.
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, still the best video game story( sorry TLoU fans, it's just a generic zombie story with too much combat/guy play)
The Witcher 3 for open world games, has definitely pushed the envelope for the way they should be designed.
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, still the best video game story( sorry TLoU fans, it's just a generic zombie story with too much combat/guy play)
lord_of_flood
Member
Bayonetta 1/2 and Bloodborne pretty much ruined other action games and ARPG's for me. To me they're the gold standard for those genres, and I have a hard time not comparing other games to them because there's so much that those games get right.
BareKnuckle
Member
Max Payne 3 pretty much ruined all 3rd person shooters for me for a while
Are you me OP? Because as soon as I saw the title Witcher 3 came to mind.
Septimus Prime
Member
Valkyria Chronicles stomps all over other SRPGs. All the others feel so slow and restrictive compared to it.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Legend of Grimrock 2 for puzzlin' and dungeon crawling. The level design is EXEMPLARY.
Demon's Souls for risk/reward, pvp/pwp interaction and encouragement, mystery and level design (full 3D ARPG version of the above)
Trails games for narrative, dialogue, and music
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne for art, crushing atmosphere, indifferent balancing, music.
Yasumi Matsuno games for realistic darkness (Witcher matches this), airtight complexity, and being the path cinematic shoulda took.
Divinity: Original Sin for sheer jaw-dropping amounts of agency. You. Can. Do. It. You can do it and it shoulda done been doable years ago.
There's another. It's just "shit is known people!" things.
Demon's Souls for risk/reward, pvp/pwp interaction and encouragement, mystery and level design (full 3D ARPG version of the above)
Trails games for narrative, dialogue, and music
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne for art, crushing atmosphere, indifferent balancing, music.
Yasumi Matsuno games for realistic darkness (Witcher matches this), airtight complexity, and being the path cinematic shoulda took.
Divinity: Original Sin for sheer jaw-dropping amounts of agency. You. Can. Do. It. You can do it and it shoulda done been doable years ago.
There's another. It's just "shit is known people!" things.
CaptainofIndustry
Member
Playing through Bloodborne right now. I can see where everyone is coming from.
UcchedavÄda
Member
I don't remember what game it was, at this point in time, but whatever point-and-click adventure game I first played that had the functionality to highlight active regions forever soured my view of games that do not have this feature. Pixel-hunting has never been an interesting part of adventure games, and does not belong in a well designed game (IMO, of course), so there is no excuse not to have this functionality.
Other than that, there are simply games that are rarely matches, even if they did not spoil my experience of other games. The way you had to navigate in Morrowind was amazing, often based only on a crude map and verbal descriptions, and right now I am enjoying the same experience in Firewatch, where I am navigating by landmark, and in-game map and compass (having turned off way-points and notifications before I started). I wish more games would do that.
Other than that, there are simply games that are rarely matches, even if they did not spoil my experience of other games. The way you had to navigate in Morrowind was amazing, often based only on a crude map and verbal descriptions, and right now I am enjoying the same experience in Firewatch, where I am navigating by landmark, and in-game map and compass (having turned off way-points and notifications before I started). I wish more games would do that.
The Last of Us is the first game that made me feel that. The acting was probably the biggest factor: every other game felt extremely amateur next to TLOU in this aspect. But the thing that stands out its the cohesiveness of everything. The characters, the gameplay, the visuals, the soundtrack, the pacing, the storytelling, the writing... everything blends perfectly. I have never found any game that came close to TLOUs consistency. Especially a storydriven game.