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Entertainment > Games > Borderlands >
(on Wikipedia)
http://www.borderlands2.com/
I have nothing but positive things to say about this game. Except for the negative things.
I haven't done a proper review, and might bother some time later.
Followed by Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel
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Entertainment > Games >
(on Wikipedia)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/227700/
http://www.firefallthegame.com/
Played 2014-07 - 2015-08
Aliens destroy the world, and survivors band together to fight back using power armour.
A fantastic game, the likes of which I have never seen.
Unfortunately, it was abandoned.
Firefall's spiritual successor is Ember
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Entertainment > Games >
(on Wikipedia)
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/d3/
https://us.battle.net/d3/en/
A fixed-angle-view roguelike.
My general conclusion is that it's a good game, but doesn't have enough variety of abilities.
Path of Exile is better in terms of difficulty, complexity and player-immersion. In fact, Diablo 3 has been copying features straight from Path of Exile. Doing things badly, but, still, obviously copying.
Follows Diablo 2
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Entertainment > Games >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter
https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/neverwinter/#/categories/neverwinter
While a really great game, it somehow didn't do it for me.
I have lots of offline notes I have to clean up and upload..
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Entertainment > Games >
(on Wikipedia)
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/
http://worldofwarcraft.com/
See /tag/world-of-warcraft
A MMO whose defining qualities are its maturity, user base and low system-requirements.
Recently focusing entirely on endgame, to the detriment of all earlier content. Instead of improving the game in measurable ways, its developers use desperate psychology to string along its user base. DO NOT PLAY unless you're already playing. Then DO NOT STOP.
Once anything comes along that's decent, haul ass and bring everyone with you. Consider, for example, Guild Wars 2.
See also:
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Entertainment > Games >
(on Wikipedia)
http://www.pathofexile.com/
A free-to-play 2.5D action semi-rpg game. Get gear, assign your abilities, explore and kill. Procedurally-generated areas and special "maps" give end-game replayability.
While straightforward to get into, it becomes atonishingly complex and unashamedly hard. Astonishingly is now a word. They are also committed to keeping the game "hardcore" and not stooping to the level of appeasing the filthy casuals who ruin other games. This includes not avoiding pay to win.
Its developers care about their game more than any other developer for any other game I've played or have even heard of. Other than the little things, the game gets major updates every three months. Major as in expansion-quality new stuff.
Their community participation is strong.
Entertainment > Games > Tower Defense Games >
This is an aborted article, here to house some pictures I have. I misplaced the notes though. =/
I'll find them eventually, but here are some screenshots in the meanwhile.
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Entertainment > Games >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.minecraft.net/
A procedurally generated survival game with shitty graphics, which became popular because it was first-to-market and took advantage of nostalgia.
Unfortunately, Minecraft was never completed and the author fucked off with the money to make another game. Even with extraordinary success, the author didn't make good on promises and the game was never finished.
I loved this game, and even bought it twice to support the developer, but because it was Java it would bring a computer to its knees. Being sold out to Microsoft (for their upcoming virtual reality stuff I'd bet) was bafflingly insulting.
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Entertainment > Games (PlayStation 2) >
This got posted here instead of mobygames because they own comments after they are posted. No thanks, I write for me or for free.
Okami is a PS/2 game. It's an action/adventure type game, with an expansive world to explore, a huge set of skills, a lot of things to do .. and is just generally fun.
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Software >
(on Wikipedia)
Steam: Disgaea PC
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380520/
http://www.atlus.com/dis/
http://disgaea.us/
A tactics game so good it's worth buying a PlayStation 2 for.
My notes are for the PlayStation 2 version.
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