Board 8 > Tuesday was a true victory for all gamers. [rant]

(+) Yeah! (+)

MGS4 probably not even top 20!

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From: Jeff Zero | #150
From: Masato_Tanaka | #147
Game of the generation? Are you guys insane? MGS4 wrapped that up years ago.
You let the Patriots implant you? Are you insane?
We got a sleeper agent and some indoctrinated dude all up in here.

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MGS4 is amazing and a 9.3 or so. But I like the Mass Effect series even more than MGS, I think. Or at least it's about tied because MGS3 is just unstoppable.

MGS3 happened to be released last gen, though.

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MGS4 is closer to a 7-8 for me. Not really in my 'game of the generation' discussion group. Then again, ME2 and ME3 aren't either!

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Well, they're probably my top three, although I was very impressed with Uncharted 2, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and I think I'm forgetting something crucial.

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Lol B8, a place that has guys who praised a game like Tales of Symphonia for years. Still don't understand that one.

ME3 is tremendous, top ten of this generation, sure. But #1? Not even close.

Anybody who thinks MGS4 isn't the best game of the current generation clearly doesn't have legitimate appreciation for the MGS franchise.

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From: Jeff Zero | #155
I think I'm forgetting something crucial.
Final Fantasy XIII.

*flees*

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guess i just don't understand metal gear

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From: Masato_Tanaka | #156
But #1? Not even close.
It's more than close!

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ya well zfs get a knife get a metal gear

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Lemme just put something in perspective...

Does the Mass Effect franchise have anything like this yet?



JUST SAYIN GUYS

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From: Masato_Tanaka | #161
Lemme just put something in perspective...

Does the Mass Effect franchise have anything like this yet?



JUST SAYIN GUYS
No, but I own two copies of that.

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Point proven!

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Since we've got all manner of gaming discussion going on here, I'm wondering: does the Elder Scrolls (specifically Oblivion and Skyrim) have more in common with Zelda than it does with Final Fantasy? I find it interesting that a series so different from the popular jRPGs of the 1990s-early 2000s can take their place as the quintessential RPG series of the day. As far as I know it, The Elder Scrolls does not feature parties, turn-based combat, or plots that are even that character-driven (no Elder Scrolls character has even made a contest). If the series shares a lot of Zelda elements, however, that would help explain it.

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Game
Set
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Mass Effect still at least tied <3

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My shortlist for game of the gen would be something like--Journey, Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect, Uncharted 2, Super Mario Galaxy, Assassin's Creed. Lot of quality games this generation.

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From: PartOfYourWorld | #164
Since we've got all manner of gaming discussion going on here, I'm wondering: does the Elder Scrolls (specifically Oblivion and Skyrim) have more in common with Zelda than it does with Final Fantasy? I find it interesting that a series so different from the popular jRPGs of the 1990s-early 2000s can take their place as the quintessential RPG series of the day. As far as I know it, The Elder Scrolls does not feature parties, turn-based combat, or plots that are even that character-driven (no Elder Scrolls character has even made a contest). If the series shares a lot of Zelda elements, however, that would help explain it.

A lot of it has to do with a prevailing sense of staleness from JRPGs which are increasingly viewed as limiting in a gaming world in which the majority want to be able to go where they want to go, do what they want to do, and they're more than willing to sacrifice linear plot cohesion for the opportunity to smack someone instead of automatically agreeing to their demands. In that sense I'd say TES has more in common with Zelda than Final Fantasy, for sure, but not to the point that they're all that similar. Zelda still has more plot guidance involved.

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It has more in common with Zelda than Final Fantasy, yeah, but it's much different from Zelda even then.

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Some spoilers from ME3 and FFX here:

So I'm reading up on the Catalyst, and he explains (apparently) that the first Reaper was created by an organic race that was getting absolutely decimated by a synthetic race, and this was essentially a last resort to preserve themselves in another alternate form, subscribing to a dogmatic approach that "all synthetic life will destroy organic life" and operate solely on this basis for justifying their actions.

So.

The Reapers are essentially Sin?

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I think I'll pick Assassin's Creed over Mass Effect, but it's damn close.

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Here's my list from someone who skipped the PS3:

Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Skyward Sword
Mass Effect 1,2,3
Bioshock
Bayonetta
Street Fighter IV (and all upgrades)
The Orange Box

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Galaxy 2 still haven't played that.

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Rock,

Hah. Sounds about right. I love it.

From: PartOfYourWorld | #171
Here's my list from someone who skipped the PS3:

Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Skyward Sword
Mass Effect 1,2,3
Bioshock
Bayonetta
Street Fighter IV (and all upgrades)
The Orange Box

I'm not into fighting games in the slightest, nor am I big on Bayonetta-style games, but those are just me things. I'm sure they're fun for people into those genres.

Otherwise, ace list.

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I do really dig Uncharted and Assassin's Creed so far though. Also, Red Dead Redemption and Skyrim are genuinely fun open-worlders.

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Assassins Creed is the most overrated series of this generation by far and away. Uncharted, however, definitely way up there, especially 2.

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AC1 has its problems, but it wasn't something I regretted purchasing. My love for history ties in.

AC2 is pretty darn good though.

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Oh, Metroid Prime 3! That's a big one I left out.

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the dreamer of improbable dreams

That's the only Prime game I haven't replayed. Might get around to it someday, but it just didn't feel as special as the first two, especially the first.

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Rock,

Hah. Sounds about right. I love it.

If only Shepard was a dream and hated his dad.

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Only Super Metroid can compare to the original Prime, but I thought it was better than 2. It was the first, and maybe only, time that I was sole on motion controls. It's still probably the best Wii game in that regard.

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OH

Saints Row is a fantastic series.

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I feel bad for not posting in this topic sooner. I only read the first few posts so far but it indeed almost brought a tear to my eye.

Screw the haters. This is one of the best fanbases around.

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Haven't posted in this for a while but I'm gonna throw in my favorite series of this gen.

Mass Effect
Assassin's Creed
Batman: Arkham whatever
Dead Space

Those are the top four easily. I also loved Bayonetta, RDR, The Darkness, Darksiders, Borderlands, Dark Souls, and less popular stuff like Mirror's Edge.

I didn't have a PS3 until recently so there's not many PS3 games I've played. I played UC1 and started UC2 but never finished it. I just can't get into those games. I think it's partially because they didn't live up to all the hype surrounding them when I finally played them. They're great games but nowhere near the greatest series of this generation.

Also, Tali >>>>> Liara. I find Liara to be at her best when she's interacting with the other people. Like on Javik's mission if you take Garrus or when Joker is bugging her about her head tentacle things.

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From: ZFS | #172
Galaxy 2 still haven't played that.
Definitely need to fix that!

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Bumpo.

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Game of the generation is Uncharted 2, easily.

Best series of the generation is Souls, followed by Uncharted, Mass Effect, Arkham games in some order. Haven't finished the Ass Creed series yet, so I didn't include it.

And Liara >>>> Tali.

From: ShadowHalo17 | #182
I feel bad for not posting in this topic sooner. I only read the first few posts so far but it indeed almost brought a tear to my eye.

Screw the haters. This is one of the best fanbases around.
<3 f*** yeah

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Catharsis won't allow me to let this purge.

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Being drunk won't stop me from loving this topic

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Jeff Zero and I have determined that ertyu needs to play Mass Effect and have a playthrough topic.

Neither of us are sure how this would go, but we feel it needs to be done.

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Yes, absolutely so.

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Bump the line.

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"There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!"

I just finished one of the endings. I refused the child bastard.

I lost the war, but w.e. The ending was better. Time to finish the rest of my Shepard stories. I think I'll choose Synthetic, on this next playthrough.

I really enjoyed the bonus ending. Developers going the extra mile for their fans there.

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I also enjoyed that they actually showed your squadmates getting picked up by the Normandy before the beam blast, didn't expect to be some dialogue either! Though that may have been because I had my love interest out there on the battle with me(Liara).

From: Masato_Tanaka | #161

Lemme just put something in perspective...

Does the Mass Effect franchise have anything like this yet?



JUST SAYIN GUYS

Th-This...

I must have it

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If there are any other big-time fans of Mass Effect music in the house, BioWare is offering all seven tracks from Extended Cut as free downloads via the following link. They're packed into a .zip file.

http://social.bioware.com/me3ecsoundtrack.php

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Heh, that new sequence where your squadmates get picked up is pretty great, but it was really weird for me. You see, I chose to bring Garrus and Javik with me. Garrus because he's the ultimate bro, and Javik because of his undying vengeance against the Reapers. I was aware of how that dialogue sequence generally goes no matter what, with obvious alterations depending on who the characters are and if you're romantically linked to them.

Well, I was hoping at the very least that it'd be Garrus that's injured and refuses to leave, but it winds up being Javik. There's nothing inherently wrong with that, of course, but when my Paragon Shepard told him, "someone has to survive this!" it rang really weirdly to me, considering Javik had only an hour prior heavily insinuated to my Shepard that he'd off himself to go to his fellow Protheans in the great beyond.

Shepard, it's a lovely thought, but...

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So I just started my next playthrough with a Female Shepard, and I got the "enlisted" trophy/achievement...which I already had.

Lol.

Wonder if I'll get anymore. >_>