Games you should try, and probably haven't.

[DigitalAtlas]

I like how 3 people have made recommendations, one person has called everyone sheeple, and the rest are ragging on the OP's taste in games.

Welcome to The Escapist mate.

I made the list! Also, I said former sheeple, mainly.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

I actually enjoy Minecraft a lot, but it's pretty empty as far as games go. It's hard to build anything practical that doesn't feel like cheating (Example, a monster drop generator that basically shoves monsters down a cliff for you to loot their dead bodies). You're pretty much limited to building Ol' McDonald's farm, and then spending the rest of the game trying to build sculptures or digging for 5 hours straight. I prefer a little more "practical" approach, but that's not something Minecraft has in mind. I suppose I was a bit harsh, though.

Just a tad. Next you'll be telling us Legos are pretty empty as far as toys go because not enough army men.

i'm pretty sure i'd be banned for raging hard on any troll who bagged on legos

as such, it would probably go like this:

OT: I really really really wanna try freespace 2, especially with the HD mod updates..but i just, idk, i can't seem to find that motivation to buy it and sit down and learn all the mechanics...maybe when i'm bored and have a full day to tackle it in the future

 

[drummond13]

I like how 3 people have made recommendations, one person has called everyone sheeple, and the rest are ragging on the OP's taste in games.

Welcome to The Escapist mate.

I was going to comment on this exact same thing. You beat me to it.

As for me, I just finished Lone Survivor, a side-scrolling survival horroresque game made mostly (if not entirely) by one guy. Well worth a look if you like the genre. Not sure if it was mentioned on Extra Credits, DigitalAtlas, but even if it was why not mention it again?

If you like Adventure Games (like Monkey Island or Day of the Tentacle) there was a really fun one called Gemini Rue released a while ago. More serious in tone, though. Kind of a sci-fi noir style story (think Blade Runner with more amnesia and less robots).

Stacking. I have no idea how popular or well known this one is, but I virtually never hear it mentioned online. It's another puzzle game, but the characters are all Russian nesting dolls. Made by Tim Schafer's company, though if you know his name you've likely already heard of the game.

 

[Z_the_slayer]

BTW, You can be killed anywhere. And it's full-loot drop.

Hmm..The full loot drop would be irritating. It's bad enough when you run a risk of accidentally overwriting the wrong game on a JRPG. But basically starting a new game every time you die would be murder. I'm ok with knowing I'm a pansy. I'll be a pansy who hasn't wasted the last 10 hours of gameplay just to step on a landmine. Which sounds pretty good to me.

I will check out Lone Survivor, though. I'm kind of interested to see how a horror platformer would come out, although I can only imagine Limbo.

And Iji is definitely one of my favorites. Try going through the pacifism route on your second time through. Changes almost every aspect of the story, and you will get the best weapon in the game (No trolling).

Although i do NOT suggest it on your first playthrough, or without a walkthrough.

[EDIT]Just ignore the problem of overwriting saves. I get the feeling that I'm the only one that runs into that problem.

 

[Z_the_slayer]

Somewhat off topic, but some of you might not know this:
Start a youtube video, pause it, hold the left key and press up. You are now playing Snake on a youtube video. Enjoy.

 

[Don Savik]

I just started playing LoL this year. I play blind picks and vs AI because I don't have enough friends to start playing ranked competitively (and some of the meta confuzzles me). I have never been kicked. EVER. The only games I've seen people get reported is when they're afk the entire match, and then its a group consensus. Occasionally I will play a bad match and some jackwagon calls me a noob on a VS BEGINNER A.I. MATCH. Every video game is filled with trolls, but if you single-handedly screw up your team (news flash, team oriented game, you should be playing it as such) you will get a lot of crap because its so reliant on each team member. I don't know what people are expecting honestly. Either you play unranked casually and don't listen to morons calling you noob (not that hard to tune out) or you play competitive/ranked with an actual team and learn how to play the game.

You know how in TF2 you pick a sniper when your team has 5 snipers and people get mad at you? Its like that, only you've just fucked up the entire match unless your skills make up for it (they usually don't). Yes, Dota games are notorious for a harsh community, but the games are really solid and polished (LoL and Dota 2 to be exact) and there is a lot more constructive criticism and teamwork than people care to acknowledge. Play with people on voice chat/people you know and the teamworked wins make the game worth every second of your time.

Yea I know I just made myself sound like a raging Moba troll (I have like 3 characters on LoL I don't do it all the time) but that's my 2 cents. I don't like people dismissing entire genres just because they only look on the bad sides of things. Hopefully someone understands.

 

[Z_the_slayer]

Nah, I'm with yah, but that's pretty obvious. You can't actually get kicked in LoL, and yeah, if you fuck up, expect to be yelled at. One person fucking up is 20% of your team. If 20% of the army is off getting blazed in the middle of a hostile invasion, I'd be pissed too.

 

[Z_the_slayer]

OMG. WHY DID I NOT THINK OF THIS BEFORE?!

Earth Defense Force Insect Armageddon. It's an RPG alien shooter that plays a lot like Saints Row. It has 4 classes, and supports up to 3 (don't ask) players. Great game, randomly just picked it up at Gamestop. Thought the case looked like crap, but it actually turned out to be a pretty awesome game.

 

[Syzygy23]

anc[is]LOL is a DOTA clone, I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole. There are more than enough ways to get shouted at and kicked from games.

I thought I was the only sane man left, glad to be proven wrong.

DOTA style games do nothing but foster baseless aggression and unwarranted rage from their respective communities. The only fun part of those games is to join a PvP lineup, wait until 5 seconds before the match starts and then say "So how do I play this game?". You know if you won if everyone on your team has quit before the game is done loading.

 

[Don Savik]

anc[is]LOL is a DOTA clone, I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole. There are more than enough ways to get shouted at and kicked from games.

I thought I was the only sane man left, glad to be proven wrong.

DOTA style games do nothing but foster baseless aggression and unwarranted rage from their respective communities. The only fun part of those games is to join a PvP lineup, wait until 5 seconds before the match starts and then say "So how do I play this game?". You know if you won if everyone on your team has quit before the game is done loading.

Vocal minorities do not make up the whole group? I doubt you seriously believe that the majority of moba players are raging 13 year old trolls. The pro tournament players are trolls too right? Like I said before, its a team oriented game, and if you play like a solo jackass, why would you expect to get anything but criticism? Try the game with friends who know what they're doing and its an entirely different scenario than the rage machine people make it out to be.

Playing a game how its not supposed to be played --> getting confused why people are mad?

Forgive me if I don't follow your blind dismissal over a few misconceptions and generalizations that you have.

 

[Z_the_slayer]

anc[is]LOL is a DOTA clone, I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole. There are more than enough ways to get shouted at and kicked from games.

DOTA style games do nothing but foster baseless aggression and unwarranted rage from their respective communities. The only fun part of those games is to join a PvP lineup, wait until 5 seconds before the match starts and then say "So how do I play this game?". You know if you won if everyone on your team has quit before the game is done loading.

Then don't play it? I'm not into first person shooters, RTS' and Point-Click adventure games. But there's nothing wrong with them. Someone enjoys them.

There's very few games that I have played that I was actually having fun in PvP. It's either, "He saw me first", "He clicked on me first", yada yada. Some people don't like PvP, in which case, I just tell them to go play Peggle or something.

If you want a game that has some action, some strategy, and some team work, then play LoL. If not, I can only offer the most obvious answer, in case it hasn't become clear: GO PLAY SOMETHING ELSE.

Eh, whatever. I'm just going to assume that these people are just trolling for attention by this point.

[EDIT]
Also, FOnline sounds quite nice, actually. I like the concept of guards that MIGHT fail to protect you. Keeps things interesting, at least.

 

[Mordekaien]

I tried HoN, and the whole MOBA thing doesn't work for me.
Especially since I played only one game and the people there were so nice and friendly and I was really having a great fun time.... /sarcasm

Also, Unepic- Legend of zelda meets oldschool dungeons, meets castlevania meets comedy. It's pretty awesome too.

 

[Z_the_slayer]

Well, Heroes of Newearth is a very bad example of a MOBA game. Extremely high difficulty curve right off the bat, and I think players all get thrown into a big hat and then pulled out randomly. You just kind of get stuck with random noobies and random pros. I hated HoN.

And...Unepic? Alright. I'll give it a shot.

 

[RedDeadFred]

anc[is]LOL is a DOTA clone, I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole. There are more than enough ways to get shouted at and kicked from games.

I thought I was the only sane man left, glad to be proven wrong.

DOTA style games do nothing but foster baseless aggression and unwarranted rage from their respective communities. The only fun part of those games is to join a PvP lineup, wait until 5 seconds before the match starts and then say "So how do I play this game?". You know if you won if everyone on your team has quit before the game is done loading.

Vocal minorities do not make up the whole group? I doubt you seriously believe that the majority of moba players are raging 13 year old trolls. The pro tournament players are trolls too right? Like I said before, its a team oriented game, and if you play like a solo jackass, why would you expect to get anything but criticism? Try the game with friends who know what they're doing and its an entirely different scenario than the rage machine people make it out to be.

Playing a game how its not supposed to be played --> getting confused why people are mad?

Forgive me if I don't follow your blind dismissal over a few misconceptions and generalizations that you have.

Pretty much all of this. While he does make a valid point about a fairly large part of the community, I've noticed far less now that I'm level 30. The worst people for raging are in lower levels. Syzygy23 is actually contributing to the community problems.

You've certainly nailed the point of the game, it's to be with a premade team of hopefully 5 people who aren't assholes. I never play pvp in lol by myself because of the lack of coordination and potential for jackasses to be my teammates. If I play by myself in lol, it's to practice last hitting or testing new builds in co-op vs ai.

Anyway, back on topic. I'm going to recommend Alan Wake. The narration over everything may not be for everyone but I found it to be one of the most atmospheric games I've ever played. The use of lighting in that game might be the best (or at least pretty close) to the best ever. The enemies aren't really scary but the environment can definitely unsettle you.

 

[pyrosaw]

Terraria pretty much solves the problems I had with Minecraft. Meh.

 

[Kriptonite]

I didn't state League was an RTS. It...kinda is? I dunno, it's weird. But it's definitely not an RTS.

So far I think you're the only other person I've found that doesn't think League of Legends is an RTS. I agree with you.


Minecraft is fun if you can make your own fun or if you simply enjoy exploring overworld/underground. Also, Minecraft mods (being nearly limitless) add crazy extras to the game so there's that. Minecraft, more than most games, keeps me coming back and playing from the start with no new features.

Terraria, when they update it, they fucking update it. Otherwise though, once you have all the items there are/you want, the game is pretty much over until the next(maybe?) update.

Also, Magicka is a new one I've found and it's beastly fun (if your computer can handle it).

 

[Squidbulb]

I tried to Terraria but OH MY GOD is it confusing. There's just so much stuff I need to craft, I just can't get into it. I'll stick to Minecraft, thanks.

 

[Gabanuka]

I own Psychonaughts and should probably get around to playing it...