man this guy knows whats on, if only i hadn't taken so long to think of how to phrase it, and find evidence(curse my english literary schooling).Vuavu said:
even said portal before me.
i guess its still all peaches and gravy.
Best stand-alone game this generation?
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even said portal before me.
i guess its still all peaches and gravy.
If I'm correct, LEGO Batman, which, while not quite as good, was still pretty damn good, came out first.LobsterFeng said:
Also, I'd have to say... Castle Crashers or Minecraft. With Castle Crashers, aside from a few kinks here and there, it's the perfect revival of the arcade beat-em-up genre. With Minecraft, it's sold god knows how many copies before the final game has even come out. That's impressive right there.
I would contest your prereqs are to strict.
I haven't invested much thought into it, but I want to say Prince of Persia 2008- now before you go jumping on me about it's a franchise, I'd like to point a few things out. It's a radically different game from it's predecessors, and other than having an otherwise unnamed "Prince," it had almost nothing else in common with the Sands of Time series of games.
The art direction, the flow of gameplay, character development and interaction, right down to the boss battles were all silky smooth for me. I wanted more of the game- in fact when I bought it, I beat it at 100% completion a day before the DLC was released. And you can believe I bought that up in a hurry.
(I really enjoyed PoP Sands of Time, but the ones that followed just didn't fit that same character development, or art direction. I felt like I was reconnection with the franchise with the 2008 game. Shame others didn't feel the same.)
I haven't invested much thought into it, but I want to say Prince of Persia 2008- now before you go jumping on me about it's a franchise, I'd like to point a few things out. It's a radically different game from it's predecessors, and other than having an otherwise unnamed "Prince," it had almost nothing else in common with the Sands of Time series of games.
The art direction, the flow of gameplay, character development and interaction, right down to the boss battles were all silky smooth for me. I wanted more of the game- in fact when I bought it, I beat it at 100% completion a day before the DLC was released. And you can believe I bought that up in a hurry.
(I really enjoyed PoP Sands of Time, but the ones that followed just didn't fit that same character development, or art direction. I felt like I was reconnection with the franchise with the 2008 game. Shame others didn't feel the same.)
Up until recently, I would say "999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors". It's getting a sequel now (which it really didn't need at all), so it's no longer eligible...still brilliantly done, though.
Something that probably will not be getting a sequel would be the game Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon. I adored this game. I adored the characters, the setting, the story, the mementos, the style...granted, there were some things that I wished didn't happen or things that I wished happened instead, and not every character was well done, but I still loved the end result and truly wish that more games like it would be made. But I do not mean a sequel, but more games with this focus on more emotionally driving and personal stories.
Something that probably will not be getting a sequel would be the game Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon. I adored this game. I adored the characters, the setting, the story, the mementos, the style...granted, there were some things that I wished didn't happen or things that I wished happened instead, and not every character was well done, but I still loved the end result and truly wish that more games like it would be made. But I do not mean a sequel, but more games with this focus on more emotionally driving and personal stories.
Honestly, I can't think of a stand-alone game I've played for this generation that was actually really good.
Now if we didn't limit it to THIS generation, I would have to say these 3:
Freelancer
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
EDIT: I take it back. Prototype.
Now if we didn't limit it to THIS generation, I would have to say these 3:
Freelancer
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
EDIT: I take it back. Prototype.
This. So much this.urprobablyright said:
And damn you for reminding me that I will never get another game from Massive. It's been 4 long years and according to their website they're helping Ubisoft to port Far Cry 3 and AssCreed: Revelations to the PC. Massive Entertainment. Porting console games for the most despicable, lazy and PC hating company in the business. I feel like weeping blood just thinking of it.
Well, Dark Souls isn't out yet and as a spiritual successor I'd say it's not a franchise. Demon's Souls itself is a spiritual successor to the King's Field games. To me, it's stand alone. And as my favorite PS3 game it gets my vote.Quinton Bonnett said:
What?
mirrors edge because the gameplay, story and art style are all new and flow very well
BEFORE any of you bring up the do it again do it again do it again style of death, try again instanly
there is no way this won't make me sound like a dick
it helps if you don't die
BEFORE any of you bring up the do it again do it again do it again style of death, try again instanly
there is no way this won't make me sound like a dick
it helps if you don't die
It's quite funny how I read the title and thought "hmm, The World Ends With You?" and then I read your post.
I'm not actually sure to be honest.
Minecraft is definetaly up there though.
I'm not actually sure to be honest.
Minecraft is definetaly up there though.
I've heard that as well, but to my understanding Angry Birds is still a stand-alone product. Even if it is a facelift from a prior title I've not played.AzrealMaximillion said:
Also, if it is as identical as people claim, have the makers of Crush the Castle sued Angry Birds yet? I mean there would be a ton of money to make there.