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Post by MDV on Jul 10, 2014 12:42:31 GMT
That was quick! I was conventionally self employed at the time (still am, but I have more normal hours now) and at that particular moment had fuck all to do (you try being an audio engineer in cumbria!) - I went through it in I think 3 or 4 days. I did try to do all the side missions though.
Honourable mention - fallout 3 and new vegas. On reflection I might like NV better than either skyrim or the kotors. 3 was my first proper RPG, so even though it was very, very light on side quests, i'll always have a soft spot for it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 13:49:42 GMT
I didn't do a huge amount of the side quests, but enough to get everything I needed. I just basically spent an entire weekend plus one evening doing it. When I like a game, I get bloody obsessed with it...
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Post by Davemc on Jul 10, 2014 15:13:24 GMT
I'm not that fond of picking a favourite anything, mainly because I'm indecisive and it's liable to change (plus I'm an idiot and normally forget something obvious), but I'd say Civilization 4, if I had to pick one. You can play it again and again and it seemed to fix a lot of the flaws in the earlier ones (which were still excellent for their time). I haven't tried 5, supposedly it lost a lot of the good points of 4 so I didn't bother getting it.  |
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Post by MDV on Jul 10, 2014 17:02:30 GMT
Try 5. Seriously. Get 5 with brave new world.
with the expansions its easily the best civ, imo, and plays as differently to the others as it is likely to and still be the same game series.
I'm making a big deal about BNW because the diplomatic victory mechanic is implemented such that your massive, technologically most advanced, militarily dominating empire can still lose to a couple of poxy little cities still in the renaissance (and vice versa - you're itsy bitsy empire can still win). It adds a layer of interest that most, if not all research-build-grow-repeat until you smash strategy games just don't have.
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Post by Davemc on Jul 10, 2014 18:28:55 GMT
Try 5. Seriously. Get 5 with brave new world. with the expansions its easily the best civ, imo, and plays as differently to the others as it is likely to and still be the same game series. I'm making a big deal about BNW because the diplomatic victory mechanic is implemented such that your massive, technologically most advanced, militarily dominating empire can still lose to a couple of poxy little cities still in the renaissance (and vice versa - you're itsy bitsy empire can still win). It adds a layer of interest that most, if not all research-build-grow-repeat until you smash strategy games just don't have. Huh, that's interesting. I read a bunch of reviews and basically went off the idea. If I can get it for cheap I might pick it up, I'm hoping it's been out long enough now that it won't cost too much. Thanks for the heads-up  |
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Post by Frank on Jul 13, 2014 15:50:56 GMT
Saints Row 2.
Especially the mission where you drive a sewage truck round town spraying cops and buildings. That was just outrageously good fun.
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