Need a game to play...

SixTwoSix · 5 Jul 2018 at 15:25

I rarely post threads like this as my gaming time is very limited. However i'm going to have a decent chunk of uninterrupted gaming time coming up shortly, namely 2 weeks solid. No wife, child or work to worry about.

Ideally, I want the following:

Rich coherent story.
RPG.
Sci fi setting...but can be fantasy.
Not mindless hack slash or pew pew pew
Some decent progression/skill trees.
Graphically reasonably decent in 1st/3rd person perspective. No platform, isometric or top down views please.
No RTS, possibly turn based but it'd have to be amazeballs to hook me.

Favourite game of all time is original Deus Ex, in recent years would be Alien Isolation, have played through Skyrim, Fallout 3/4, Mass Effects, Prey, XCOM, Stalker trilogy, Division, KOTOR 1&2 the earlier Final Fantasy games. I gave the new FF a try and didn't like it.

Have tried all the Witchers on multiple occasions and they don't stick, although I own them all. I might be convinced to try Witcher 3 for the third time as it does fit most of my criteria but would prefer something sci fi based.

I'm hoping there might be some lesser known indie games or maybe some glaringly obvious games that have just past me by.

No doubt some of your suggestions I may have already played or tried but can't think of everything off the top of my head.

unwashed potato! · 5 Jul 2018 at 15:51

unfortunately it's no sci fi but the best game i've played in ages is kingdom come. took me a few hours to get into it, but when i finally did it was brilliant. could easily tell it was made by some of those who did Mafia 1 as it had some of those magic moments. great game well worth giving a go. it's a game designed for uninterrupted play

TheSwede · 5 Jul 2018 at 16:00

If you favorite game is the Original Dues Ex, how about Dues Ex Human Revolution and Mankind Divided ??

Also can confirm with above poster that Kingdom Come Deliverance is a great game, take a while to get into but once you do you are hooked. And the DLC for it just come out today as well so even more game play there. And without anyone around you be ok with their save system as well.

mohawk · 5 Jul 2018 at 16:13

divinity original sin 2 is amazing but i guess is top down, but its really worth trying out. i think its on sale also at the moment

Nate75 · 5 Jul 2018 at 16:13

I would suggest grabbing Prey before the sale ends at 6

https://store.steampowered.com/app/480490/Prey/

TheSwede · 5 Jul 2018 at 16:27

Nate75 said:
I would suggest grabbing Prey before the sale ends at 6

https://store.steampowered.com/app/480490/Prey/

He said he already played Prey among others.

Although I guess he could look at the DLC if that one would interest him.

Nate75 · 5 Jul 2018 at 16:29

TheSwede said:
He said he already played Prey among others. Although I guess he could look at the DLC if that one would interest him.

Bah missed that and I read it twice lol.

I read the DLC is just a bit of a shooter, no story.

SixTwoSix · 5 Jul 2018 at 16:51

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
unfortunately it's no sci fi but the best game i've played in ages is kingdom come. took me a few hours to get into it, but when i finally did it was brilliant. could easily tell it was made by some of those who did Mafia 1 as it had some of those magic moments. great game well worth giving a go. it's a game designed for uninterrupted play

I am liking the look of Kingdom Come, will read a few more reviews later on and see if it sounds like it could be one for me.

TheSwede said:
If you favorite game is the Original Dues Ex, how about Dues Ex Human Revolution and Mankind Divided ??

Also can confirm with above poster that Kingdom Come Deliverance is a great game, take a while to get into but once you do you are hooked. And the DLC for it just come out today as well so even more game play there. And without anyone around you be ok with their save system as well.

I've played Human Revolution and while I enjoyed it, it felt a little too dumbed down and simple versus what I remember of the original. I'm about 5 hours into Mankind Divided and haven't touched it since a week after it came out, it's missing something I can't put my finger on.

mohawk said:
divinity original sin 2 is amazing but i guess is top down, but its really worth trying out. i think its on sale also at the moment

I'm not averse to top down but I struggle with immersion in that style.

@Nate75 & @TheSwede I loved Prey, surprise hit for me, bought on a whim and played it as much as I could and think I did pretty much everything you could in the game. Wasn't aware of the new DLC but if it's not offering more story i'm not sure there is the draw for me.

Psycho Sonny · 5 Jul 2018 at 17:03

destiny 2?

it's a marmite game though. well more people hate it than love it. destiny 1 was much better

Smokey Deza · 5 Jul 2018 at 17:17

KOTOR 1/2.

SixTwoSix · 5 Jul 2018 at 17:58

Psycho Sonny said:
destiny 2?

it's a marmite game though. well more people hate it than love it. destiny 1 was much better

Looks very pew pew pew from the videos i've seen of it though? I haven't played either though tbf.

Smokey Deza said:
KOTOR 1/2.

Will add those to OP as two of my favourites as well.

TheSwede · 5 Jul 2018 at 18:05

How about ELEX ?? Forgot about it but saw it in my library and thought that might be a good one for you ? The start is rough though, you be running away more then you fighting. I clocked 146 hours in it, but I did explore everything I could find.

lltfdaniel · 5 Jul 2018 at 18:12

SixTwoSix said:
I rarely post threads like this as my gaming time is very limited. However i'm going to have a decent chunk of uninterrupted gaming time coming up shortly, namely 2 weeks solid. No wife, child or work to worry about.

Ideally, I want the following:

Rich coherent story.

RPG.

Sci fi setting...but can be fantasy.

Not mindless hack slash or pew pew pew

Some decent progression/skill trees.

Graphically reasonably decent in 1st/3rd person perspective. No platform, isometric or top down views please.

No RTS, possibly turn based but it'd have to be amazeballs to hook me.

Favourite game of all time is original Deus Ex, in recent years would be Alien Isolation, have played through Skyrim, Fallout 3/4, Mass Effects, Prey, XCOM, Stalker trilogy, Division, KOTOR 1&2 the earlier Final Fantasy games. I gave the new FF a try and didn't like it.

Have tried all the Witchers on multiple occasions and they don't stick, although I own them all. I might be convinced to try Witcher 3 for the third time as it does fit most of my criteria but would prefer something sci fi based.

I'm hoping there might be some lesser known indie games or maybe some glaringly obvious games that have just past me by.

No doubt some of your suggestions I may have already played or tried but can't think of everything off the top of my head.

I recommend the series of games called mass effect like mass effect 1, 2, 3 etc.

TheSwede · 5 Jul 2018 at 18:24

SixTwoSix said:
I am liking the look of Kingdom Come, will read a few more reviews later on and see if it sounds like it could be one for me.

In case you would be buying this, and if you don't mind using GOG as your platform for it. CohhCarnage has a deal with GOG and buying through his referral link over at his twitch channel would give you 40% off the base game. Ends on July the 8th at 10am EDT though, but thought I put it here since that would be a nice saving for you, if you concerned about the price on the game ?

Also, if you wanting a look at it and can view twitch at 1pm UK time tomorrow, he be continuing playing the DLC at that time for 3-4 hours, unless he finishing it before that. Have no clue how many hours the DLC suppose to take, mostly depends on how much money you can get to sort all things out in it. But there is alos loads playing the game on twitch so you can always watch others.

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BUDFORCE · 5 Jul 2018 at 18:34

Condsidered going outside your comfort zone?

Cities Skylines is a very awesome city builder that is easily modded via steam workshop and really the sky is the limit of what you can do with it.

Anyway, I feel by chasing such requirements you are limiting your options and might end up disappointed.

Rroff · 5 Jul 2018 at 18:36

I assume you've played the Dishonoured games?

I've mostly been playing The Division lately due to a lack of games like you are talking about that I've not tried and either already completed or found lacking.

arc@css · 5 Jul 2018 at 19:13

Have you tried the GMDX mod for Deus Ex? Brilliant mod.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/gmdx

SixTwoSix · 6 Jul 2018 at 08:01

TheSwede said:
How about ELEX ?? Forgot about it but saw it in my library and thought that might be a good one for you ? The start is rough though, you be running away more then you fighting. I clocked 146 hours in it, but I did explore everything I could find.

Wow, how have I not seen that before, it looks right up my street. A lot of the bad reviews seem to criticise the combat over anything else as in bad hit detection and a little labored, what's your thoughts on that.

lltfdaniel said:
I recommend the series of games called mass effect like mass effect 1, 2, 3 etc.

Have played the first 3, did actual mention it in the OP

I haven't tried Andromeda yet but as the original trilogy got worse with each game, i'm not sure I want to.

TheSwede said:
In case you would be buying this, and if you don't mind using GOG as your platform for it. CohhCarnage has a deal with GOG and buying through his referral link over at his twitch channel would give you 40% off the base game. Ends on July the 8th at 10am EDT though, but thought I put it here since that would be a nice saving for you, if you concerned about the price on the game ?

I see I can get it for £21 through the key sites but appreciate the effort you've gone into showing me how I could make a good saving

BUDFORCE said:
Condsidered going outside your comfort zone?

Cities Skylines is a very awesome city builder that is easily modded via steam workshop and really the sky is the limit of what you can do with it.

Anyway, I feel by chasing such requirements you are limiting your options and might end up disappointed.

I've played a few similar city/civ building games in the past but find I end up just going through the motions rather than enjoying the game and getting immersed. My day job is also as a Planning Manager so i'd like to break away from that for my gaming time

My requirements aren't rigid but i'd at least like to find something within those parameters before I go way off at a tangent. Also this gaming time is very rare for me which is why I want to take my time in the next week finding something to get my teeth into when I have that time available.

Rroff said:
I assume you've played the Dishonoured games?

I've mostly been playing The Division lately due to a lack of games like you are talking about that I've not tried and either already completed or found lacking.

I've played a few hours of the first one, honestly can't remember why I stopped as I did enjoy it...that's one I could easily drop back into.

I have a lot of time on The Division but I got into the endless circle jerk of grinding for gear just to go back and grind for more again, as mentioned above, wasn't really into it, just going through the motions. I did really enjoy the SP campaign though.

arc@css said:
Have you tried the GMDX mod for Deus Ex? Brilliant mod.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/gmdx

Why'd you have to show me that, I feel like I need to do what feels like my 10th playthrough of Deus Ex now

TheSwede · 6 Jul 2018 at 09:04

SixTwoSix said:
Wow, how have I not seen that before, it looks right up my street. A lot of the bad reviews seem to criticise the combat over anything else as in bad hit detection and a little labored, what's your thoughts on that.

The melee combat is a bit clunky yes, that is true. But some of the review I read they only played a couple hours and it take you longer before you actually start fighting properly. As I said, the start is gonna be rough (rough guess, first 5-10 hours) and you wont be doing much damage at all until you levelled up a bit. But as long as you aware of you wont be guided around by your hand but more or less thrown straight into the deep end, then you be fine.

Edit: Here is the link to the thread if you not seen it. https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/elex-anyone-interested.18790674/

wordy · 6 Jul 2018 at 14:15

Give the Witcher 3 another go, took me 2 starts to stick with it, but after finishing it and all the dlc’s I can confidently say it’s the best game I’ve ever played.

In fact I’ve sacked off the games I’m playing now and re-playing it. Which is something I never do due to having so little gaming time nowadays.