Looking for a good adventure game I may have missed

heartburnron · 23 Nov 2016 at 15:12

I'm looking for a good action/adventure/shooter game with a half decent story to play through. I had a huge gap in gaming and I've already played loads of classics this year but there must be more out there. Here are some of the games that I consider to be in that category that I've already played so if there are any missing you can think of I'd really appreciate if you could share them:

Half Life 2
F.E.A.R
All the Bioshocks
Spec Ops: The Line
Crysis (playing for 1st time and have 2 & 3 downloaded)
Far Cry 3&4
RAGE
Mad Max
The new Tomb Raiders
Alien Isolation
The Mass Effect Trilogy
Ryse Son of Rome
Beyond Good and Evil
Assassin Creed 2 (cool story but got a bit bored with the repetitive gameplay so unless some of the later ones addressed this?)
Castlevania Lord of Shadows
Darksiders 1 & 2

heartburnron · 23 Nov 2016 at 21:08

f3rr3t said:
Was going to suggest Darksiders till I got down to the bottom of your list!

Not a shooter, but one of my fave adventure / story games of all time is Brothers - A tale of two sons.

Not very long (3-4 hours) and limited replayability but you should be able to pick it up pretty cheap on the Steam sale in the next couple of days. I'd challenge anyone to play this one through without crying towards the end. Just bear in mind you need a controller to play it.

Thanks - added to wish list.

Crestfallen said:
Soma - less of the shooting, tbh, but it ticks the Story box. Definitely an experience worth having.

Also; none of the Dark Souls games appear on your list. You may want to correct this.

Yes - I forgot about SOMA - I see it's on sale in Steam just now and I'm bloody skint!

I do actually have the first Darks Souls and played about 10 hours and then parked it for some reason I can't remember. Is it worth going back to then?

Pighardia said:
Dishonored and Dishonored 2
Deus Ex
Arkham games

(I bet you've played these but forgot to list them?)

Correct sir. I do have Dishonored, Deus Ex (HR & MKD) and Arkham Origins. I never did finish Dishonored - was really enjoying until I got to a part I got stuck on, got frustrated and never went back to it. It was a part with lots of the cluster creature things I remember, quite far in to the game I think. With Arkham Origins my game glitched - I had to use detective mode to scope out some scene but the game just wouldn't detect whatever it was so the game wouldn't progress - I known bug I believe.

SS-89 said:
The witcher 2 & 3!

I have Witcher 2 and loved the authentic adult feel but never really got to grips with the combat system and found the menu layout confusing and frustrating. Did they improve on this in 3? Ultimately I played until I got to bed the Elf and then gave up.

heartburnron · 24 Nov 2016 at 12:19

I have played and finished Enslaved - great story - great characters - Trip was seriously hot.

I also have the 3 STALKER games installed and have put a lot of hours in to the first one although haven't quite completed it yet - must go back to it...

I tried System Shock 2 recently but after about 10 hours I got stuck in a certain place - that game is insanely difficult. I think I mis-spent my upgrades though, I plan to start it over again.

Picked up Brothers in the Steam sale last night.

I'll check out Dragon Age as I'm subscribing to Origin Access just now and it's one of the available games.

Thanks all.

heartburnron · 24 Nov 2016 at 12:24

ak22 said:
Wither 3 is amazing they did improve the UI
Metal Gear solid series
Fallout 3, Vegas, 4
Wolfenstine the new order & The old blood
Mafia 2
Metro Redux
Stalker series
Evil Within
Alan wake

Seems I missed quite a few of my original list! I also have Fallout 4 & Vegas, both the Wolfenstien and Metro games.

I have Alan Wake too and was really enjoying the story but I never quite mastered the combat and ultimately a combination of the controls and being terrified stopped me playing it.

Picked up the Evil Within a few weeks back. Waiting to finish one of the games I'm playing just now before starting it...

heartburnron · 25 Nov 2016 at 18:10

kthula666 said:
Castlevania Lord of Shadow has a good background and story i really liked it.

Yes I have that - great game and cool story as you say.

JunglistE said:
I didn't see it mentioned so how about Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor?

Genuinely a fantastic game that feels like it's taken all the good parts of the Batman Arkham games as well as some of the parts of Assassins Creed and made it's own little game which is better than both (imo)

I lost hours just playing around with the nemesis system.

edit: It's currently £8 for the GOTY version on Steam. Completely worth it.

Yes another one I missed off the list. I too loved the nemesis system - I actually over done it a bit by completely taking over all the head orcs with only a few of the actual story missions completed.

arc@css said:
How about a dungeon crawler / adventure game like the Legend of Grimrock series? I've just completed the second one (which is even better than the first, imo), and it has been quite possibly the most enjoyable gaming experience I've had all year. Quite brilliant.

You know, I've never really tried these types of games, unless you class Skyrim or Darksiders as a dungeon crawler? After these types of games like RPG hack n slashers?

andythelandy said:
Both Metro games should be on your list.

Yes, I completed both. Awesome games. Loved them so much I went I bought the book the games were based on. That lap dance scene in Last Light was one of my favourite gaming moments - the attention to detail put in to the graphics for that girl's assets was so impressive!

heartburnron · 25 Nov 2016 at 19:49

arc@css said:
It's tile based with a first person view point.

I never did try even the older type RPG games as a kid although that does look like fun. Is the combat turn based then?

heartburnron · 25 Nov 2016 at 21:53

Yeah I have it too. Class wee game.

heartburnron · 26 Nov 2016 at 16:37

Suicidal Ferret said:
Singularity.

Overlooked by many.

Yes, just picked it up in the Steam sale.

Kosmiche said:
Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands if you like tomb raider type games.

Never considered that one before, didn't even realise there were modern versions of the game. Added to wish list. Thanks.

davewhite04 said:
Wolfenstein : New Order

Awesome game. One of the few games I've played through twice.

x-st said:
Have you played the Dead Space games? The first two are really quite good, and the third, whilst is a bit disappointing is still pretty enjoyable.

Played and loved Dead Space 2. Never tried the others. I'm sure they're available on Origin Access actually which I'm subscribing too right now. Must check those out...

heartburnron · 26 Nov 2016 at 19:25

arc@css said:
No.

Ok sorry if that was a stupid question, I've never heard of tile based...

heartburnron · 26 Nov 2016 at 22:47

Can't believe I didn't include DOOM on my list! I have got it, what a great game. Shame it wasn't a bit longer though.