Blodhemn Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 Skyrim story is about 10x worse than FO3 to me. It's so bland and boring that it shouldn't even have been included. Morrowind's lack of main narrative was a much better approach - a few scattered big story moments with a lot of the bulk moreso left to the imagination.
Hurlshort Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 Morrowind was also just a better setting overall. Skyrim, while better than Oblivion, is still a very generic setting. There are only so many snowy and mountainous towns I want to visit before I get bored.
Malcador Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 Just fought the Bunker boss in BL2, oy was that a long fight. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
alanschu Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 DAMN YOU GORTH! Currently making sense out of the new changes to WITP and sorting out Dec 8, 1941... I see upgrading planes to a different type (than the expected upgrade) now costs PP.
Fionavar Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 Still FO: NV @ 50 hours and just arriving @ Boulder! The universe is change; your life is what our thoughts make it - Marcus Aurelius (161)
Gorth Posted September 30, 2012 Author Posted September 30, 2012 DAMN YOU GORTH! Hey, it was your AAR that made me buy the game in the first place way back “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
alanschu Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 LOL nice. The first couple of days are so time intensive.... SO MUCH TO DO. On the plus side, I consider forgetting to do stuff to be part of the "Allies caught off guard" haha
Tale Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 Lorne fight was easier than I ever remember it. He went down in three hits! Maybe because I'm Chaotic Good this time, not Lawful Evil. Thank Neeshka. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
GhostofAnakin Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 Some of these side missions in BL2 are more difficult than the main story missions. This one mission, where I'm to escort some giant machine to destroy a bunch of statues, is annoying because I have to keep the thing "alive" while swarms of enemies keep charging at it. The enemies aren't even that difficult to beat, but it's the fact it takes a while to defeat some of them ... and all that time they're dwindling my escort's health bar down. "Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation)
Drowsy Emperor Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 Dunno, Oblivion and F3 are about the same, except F3 had more novelty value with its setting. Since no one is saying Skyrim is far superior to either I'm not too eager to play it. И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,И његова сва изгибе војска, Седамдесет и седам иљада;Све је свето и честито билоИ миломе Богу приступачно.
alanschu Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 My subs keeping hitting their own mines in Bataan. It's actually pissing me off...
entrerix Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 skyrim is far superior to oblivion, but not fallout 3. those two are pretty close in quality Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete.
Morgoth Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 Fallout 3 was Bethesda's best game so far. Compared to NV however it still pales. Rain makes everything better.
alanschu Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 4 of my own subs have hit mines off the Bataan peninsula in the first 3 days of the war! (This is my own minefield) SO MUCH RAGE
WorstUsernameEver Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 Morrowind's lack of main narrative was a much better approach - a few scattered big story moments with a lot of the bulk moreso left to the imagination. How did Morrowind not have a main quest? It would sometimes tell you "hey I guess you should do some sidequests now" and felt a bit less urgent, but it wasn't any less of a main quest.
LadyCrimson Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 BL2 - I'm definitely tired of the pattern the game uses of making you chase map-diamond locations in a circle around the area. Sometimes it's really contrived and irritating, making the game feel like chase-the-diamond and nothing else. We're at the supposed final battle now - leaving that for tomorrow. Hopefully it'll be fun...the boss/minion arena fights have been the best thing in the game to me. Every time we do a side mission, I get a little bored or irritated. It's the compete opposite of BL1, where I liked the general gameplay better than the bossfights. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
alanschu Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 LOL just realized that the enemy has mined Bataan as well XD (Note, I figure at least you're reading these Gorth )
Labadal Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 Playing Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. It doesn't have the charm of the 2008 PoP game. TFS looks uglier and fights are boring. I don't want to fight hordes of enemies.
Gorth Posted September 30, 2012 Author Posted September 30, 2012 LOL just realized that the enemy has mined Bataan as well XD (Note, I figure at least you're reading these Gorth ) Yup. You fail at "mine craft" You could create your own thread you know “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
alanschu Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 I would but I'll need to see if this is just a "flash in the pan" because I suspect all gaming will be interrupted by XCOM 1
Majek Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 Starting ToEE. I've forgotten everythin i knew about D&D, so this will be ... fun or something. 1.13 killed off Ja2.
AW8 Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 471(!) hours in on this character and I'm still playing Skyrim. It may be that Skyrim['s] story is [...] so bland and boring that it shouldn't even have been included, but I still have quests to complete and dungeons to clear in this open-world action/stealth house decoration simulator with RPG elements. Right now I'm playing through the College of Winterhold and I don't really know why I should even care for these idiots or what my goal is, but the appearences of the Psijic Order and the Synod have been interesting, if only for lore reasons in the latter's case. I occasionally return to my Solitude house to continue my work on filling two cauldrons with jewels. https://dl.dropbox.c...09-02-30-88.jpg I've also started up Borderlands 2 but that's currently on hold as I had this current Skyrim relapse. Batman: [intimidate] "Let her go". Joker: [Failure] "Very poor choice of words."
Malcador Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 BL2 - I'm definitely tired of the pattern the game uses of making you chase map-diamond locations in a circle around the area. Sometimes it's really contrived and irritating, making the game feel like chase-the-diamond and nothing else. We're at the supposed final battle now - leaving that for tomorrow. Hopefully it'll be fun...the boss/minion arena fights have been the best thing in the game to me. Every time we do a side mission, I get a little bored or irritated. It's the compete opposite of BL1, where I liked the general gameplay better than the bossfights. I agree, some of the new zones are pretty huge too. Lynchwood, which I just reached yesterday, is pretty maze like for the quests. The boss fight with Angel with 3 players was pretty hectic, although 3 sirens does make it easier with all the CC available Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Metabot Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 Sorry, how is skyrim better than oblivion? There's only one way i can think of and that dorsnt matter.
Lexx Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 Skyrim feels more serious to me than Oblivion. This alone makes it better for me personally. "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
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