Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN MAY 2024

On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 17:12:12 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:

On 6/1/2024 10:04 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
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* Dead Space Remaster
* American Truck Simulator - Nebraska DLC
* Tomb Raider: Shadow of the Tomb Raider
 
 
Well, that's my short list for my month. Did you do any better? Let's
find out.

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Hours wise maybe, who knows.  Titles wise no.
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What Have You Been Playing... IN MAY 2024?
 

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Fallout 3 Unmodded.  I'm determined to get through the DLCs this and
I've got through 3 of them.

The most interesting thing about the Fallout 3 DLC was that each one
was notably different in style and content from the others.

Operation Anchorage was, in many ways, "Fallout 3" as an FPS. It was
extremely combat focused. "Mothership Zeta" was pure dungeon-crawl.
"Broken Steel" was... well, it was mostly just a traditional
expansion; a few new monsters, gear and quests. "Point Lookout" added
a horror and mystery element. "The Pitt" added an entirely new region
with its own unique aesthetic, making it feel almost like its own
spin-off game as opposed to an expansion.

None of any of the later Bethesda RPGs had anything near the variety.

I'm torn what to play next.
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Fallout NV is looking a bit more appealing to me now, as whatever love I
had of the open world of Fallout 3 has long worn off, and feel like I'd
appreciate the more linear quest of NV now than when I played it when it
was released.  However I do remember it has a lot more crafting which I
hated and still dislike in most games.

"New Vegas" isn't really any less open-world. It's storyline is
perhaps a bit more integrated into the overall quest. "Fallout 3"
basically abandoned you to your own goals for much of the middle part
of the game, and only reminded you there actually was a narrative at
the end. "New Vegas" allows you the same freedom, but it has more
prompts as to how everything connects. Oh, and it has invisible walls
that sometimes prevent you from taking the more obvious route. But
otherwise, if you want a better-paced, more linear adventure, "New
Vegas" isn't going to satisfy your need. It's still a game where you
mostly just bumble about the wasteland taking on random quests and
discovering long-lost dungeons (sorry, "vaults").

Elden Ring DLC is coming out soon and it seems many people have started
playing again to hone their skills, which means co-op is probably
flourishing again, so I'm tempted to go back for that.

I should play this game finally. One day.