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One thing that annoys me about DLC is the fact that since the content is digital, it can be sold at full price for the rest of time. I find it kind of funny I’ve paid $20 for DLC before for games I purchased for $5. Anyway, it got me wondering, what DLC have you played which you would say is the best value, even if it wasn’t the cheapest? And what DLC is the worst value you have paid for?
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I tried like a dozen different things to treat my anxiety, almost none of which helped, and then I got a PS3. Gaming every night before bed has done more to help me sleep than anything else I've ever tried, and does wonders to stabilize my mood. Anyone else have the same experience?
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What are the creepiest games you've ever played?
Note that I said "creepy" as opposed to "scary," "gruesome" or "horrific." The emphasis here is on an unsettling atmosphere, not outright scares.
For me, it is still Myst back in the day on PC. Nothing remotely scary ever actually happened in that game, and it was pretty much a vacuum when it came to other characters. But that never stopped me from feeling like I needed to look over my shoulder the entire time (which of course you couldn’t do since the game didn’t feature seamless walking).
Maybe I just played it during an impressionable age, but I’ve never encountered a single game since which compares in that respect.
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I’ve been having this issue for a couple of months now, where when I load up Origins, it hangs for a while, and then reports that the Dragon Age servers are “temporarily” down. This “temporarily” down message seems to be anything but temporary.
Anyone have any idea what is going on with the servers and if they are doing anything to fix it? I heard this issue doesn’t impact Inquisition, but the same person who told me that did say they were getting the same message on older games. So I know it isn’t just me. I feel like they’re putting a very low priority on support for their older titles …
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What games do you think are most overdue for a remaster?
For me, I'd be interested in a remaster of Morrowind.
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Sometimes I read forum posts where someone complains that they ran into a glitch in a video game, and lost eight hours of progress.
With a lot of games, I have a hard time seeing how this still happens. In Skyrim for example, you can save whenever you want, even in the middle of combat. I usually save multiple times an hour (routinely making new save points), and then just go through and delete old saves now and again. If something goes wrong, I lose very little progress. Of course, this is a lesson I learned the hard way once as well.
To some extent, I am probably a compulsive saver, and it got me curious how often you all save when playing a game that lets you choose? Does anyone else save as often as I do?
I'm also curious if anyone actually prefers games that force you to only save during certain checkpoints. I have to admit that this can add something to the tension factor, and the feeling of accomplishment when you get through a hard fight is more intense. On the other hand, not being able to save when I want can be stressful. Needless to say, I didn't get very far with Demon's Souls, lol. Having to go back to the start of a level over and over just wasn't for me. Yet that series is immensely popular. Is the fact that you are forced to start over repeatedly actually part of the appeal?
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Video games can run the gamut from edge-of-your-seat tense to completely soothing and relaxing in every way—and sometimes the same game can alternate between those extremes.
A lot of it is subjective though. For me, I’d say the most relaxing game format is an open world RPG game you can explore at your own pace and save at any time, followed by FPS games.
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I think I'm most of the way through Dragon Age: Origins now, and I’ve really fallen in love with the character interaction. I love how the party members banter with each other casually while walking (often about completely mundane stuff), and how aside from basic greetings when you open dialogue, conversation doesn’t repeat much. It feels very lifelike, and the approval/disapproval system is complex and had a lot of thought put into it. I enjoy the friendship/romance aspect.
I’ve never played another game like it before. I was wondering if anyone can suggest anything to me? What other games have you played that feature a similar level of depth in interaction and feature a similar system for evolving relationships?
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Fallout is pretty surreal, but it is of course full of real-world references, many of them obvious, others less so.
Anyway, I was reading up on gambling history the other week, and that brought me around to Las Vegas history, and I learned about the atomic bomb parties.
Basically, in the 50s and 60s when they were testing nuclear weapons near Vegas, the tests brought in an influx of curious tourists. They would watch the tests and party all night—because atomic detonations seemed cool, I guess?
Apparently during this time, there was a lot of atomic-themed stuff marketed as a result—like you would see in a Fallout game. One such item was a beverage named the Atomic Cocktail.
And that of course is a beverage in Fallout: New Vegas.
I thought that was some pretty cool trivia, and it really highlighted how a world like that featured in Fallout isn’t that far-fetched (disturbingly).
I was wondering if anyone else has some similar cool trivia to share with links between Fallout and real life?
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On 8/27/2018 at 7:27 AM, Joant73 said:
I definitely recommend changing your overall combat style and build. I had one friend who built a barehanded character, you focus on those skills and get a couple key items and you can go around punching all your foes to death. I have built characters focused around stealth and archery or heavy two handed guys who just bust in anywhere and wreck, both can be fun approaches. Also, try taking different sides or approaches to quest lines. (Might be some slight spoilers past this point) For example if you joined the dark brotherhood before you can destroy them this time, pick a different side of the war, do the blades quest line if you haven't. You can try to become a thane and landowner in every town if you haven't before. I do not know if you have the DLCs (if you don't I suggest adding them they add quite a bit of new content) but if you have been a werewolf before you can try being a vampire this time. Also, certain quest lines have special things at the end if you push for them, like the thieves guild for instance can move to a new location (similar to dark brotherhood) and regain its glory if you do enough missions for them. Also, you can focus on collections, all the dragon priest masks for instance (there is something you can do with them as well if you haven't), or all the Daedric artifacts (there is usually one or two ppl have missed). Also, you can look around for articles about the most missed missions or easter eggs, there are usually a couple I haven't done when I look at those and that gives me something to do.
Nice list, thank you! You can move the thieves' guild to a different location? How does that work?
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Having only recently obtained a PS3 and rejoined the gaming world after a long time away, I can't actually give an answer to this question myself. But I'm curious--someone posted asking about games that are overrated. What about games that are massively underrated? Are there any games out there which got panned by reviewers, but which you love?
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What's the dullest game you've ever played on any platform?
For me, I have to go with Tetris. Yes, it's a classic. Doesn't change the fact that it bores me to tears.
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When I was a kid, we had an original NES in our house, which my parents kept clear through my college years (I assume they still have it). The oldest console I have is a PS3, which is also the newest console I have.
I talked to my neighbour the other day who mentioned that she has a PS2 and an older system—it’s slipped my mind what it was—which she keeps just to play one game. Anyway, it got me wondering how many other people keep all their old working consoles around.
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I’m about to start my third replay of Skyrim. I love the game and I’m not tired of it, but I am having a hard time coming up with ways to keep it fresh. The first time through, I deliberately avoided a number of large quest lines, and then played those the second time through so I would have two very different lives. But now I’ve probably done 95% of the quests in the game at least once.
What are some more ideas for “refreshing” the experience of an open world game you’ve explored so thoroughly?
So far all I’ve come up with is taking a totally different approach to combat and perk distribution. Usually I fight one-handed and use conjuration, so I’m thinking of going pure destruction mage on my next play-through.
I’d love to hear more ideas!
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When I was younger, I didn't understand why anyone would ever buy a console. Our home PC worked great for gaming and did everything else. I felt like it saved money and physical space.
Then I got older, computers changed, games evolved, etc.
Now I have a laptop which is cheap, but doesn't even have a real video card. I play games on a PS3, and I realize it has some benefits. I like being able to play using my TV screen, I prefer the controller (it's more ergonomic), and it gives my computer a break, probably extending its lifespan.
I'm guessing by the nature of this forum that most of you are console gamers, but overall, are you happier that way? Or do some of you still prefer PC?
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On 7/21/2018 at 1:59 PM, Katri Marcell said:
I believe the most beautiful world for me is that of Bioshock Infinite.
I want to play that. Do I need to play the other Bioshock games first, or are they all pretty independent of each other?
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Quick technical question here. When I load Dragon Age: Origins, sometimes it goes really fast through the screen where it says "Checking Save Data," but other times it hangs on it for like several whole minutes. Does anyone here happen to know why this happens and how I can stop it from happening?
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I haven’t completed all the quests in Skyrim, but I’m pretty sure I’ve done like 90% of them (though I haven’t played Dawnguard yet).
I love open world games, but they tend to leave a lot of loose ends. Here are some quest lines which I wish were in Skyrim:
- “The Reach will be ours again!” Of all the quests in the entire game, the Forsworn Conspiracy was the one that came the closest to impacting me on emotional level. I really, really wanted to give the Reach back to the Forsworn. I was super excited to start a revolution, and really let down when I realized the Forsworn I’d helped out could only walk around saying “The Reach will be ours again” indefinitely (really annoying how all the other Forsworn stay hostile too).
- Fix Windhelm. After the Civil War quest line is completed, there should be a way to start gathering resources and making repairs to this run-down city. If you side with the Imperials, there should also be a way to start fixing the economic and racial disparities in the city.
- Fix Winterhold. Same basic issue. I’m the Dragonborn. Why can’t I do something about the wreck this town became after half of it fell into the sea or whatever? I really like the College, but Winterhold itself is so useless.
- “Riften is my great beast to slay.” Mjoll says something like this. I like the Thieves Guild, but Mjoll is one of the more developed characters in the game, and there’s no way to resolve her storyline with wanting to bring order to Riften. It’d be cool if you could choose to side with her and clean up Riften.
- Not a “quest” per se, but I wish Skyrim let you donate as much money to homeless people as you wanted, and that if you donated a lot, they would get better clothes, a place to live, etc. I wish you could patron all the orphans too. I can save the world from Alduin, but I can’t save it from poverty? What gives? I have way more gold than I need.
What quests would you add to Skyrim if you could?
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What are some of your favorite songs in video games? I'll share Leliana's song in Dragon Age: Origins:
Share your favorites!
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Do you enjoy puzzles in video games? Obviously I know a lot of people do, considering there are whole games which are puzzle-based.
I've enjoyed puzzle-based games myself, though not too often. I liked Myst way back in the mists of time, but most of the time these days I just seem to find puzzles in video games frustrating and tedious. Actually, they were often tedious and frustrating in Myst as well. It just makes me wonder if anyone finds them relaxing or exciting. For my part, I'm far more likely to want to rage-quit over a puzzle I can't grasp than a boss I can't defeat.
Those computer puzzles in Fallout games drive me crazy for example. I'm stubborn though, so I will try repeatedly to hack a terminal until I get it. But it makes me angry the whole time.
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What in your opinion are some of the most beautiful game worlds in existence? I’m not necessarily talking about the quality of graphics here—more the aesthetic design of the world, both in terms of nature and architecture.
In terms of modern games, I love both Skyrim and Dragon Age. In terms of classic games, I still think Myst and Riven (PC games) are some of the most beautiful I’ve seen.
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All Bethesda games I've tried.
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On 7/18/2018 at 4:04 PM, Aimee Hart said:
No worries at all! I really love talking about Dragon Age, hehe. But yeah, I ran into the same problem when I was building Alistair up. I kept distributing his points far too evenly so that he was pretty much average at everything. Which doesn't help when all the enemies you encounter are FAR from average, lol. Leliana is honestly very hard to understand in my opinion, but that may be because I just suck at building her.
Merchants do restock yes, but honestly I get most of my stuff from Bodahn as he usually has everything I need. I THINK you are able to craft injury kits as well, if that helps you in any way?
Yeah, you can :) My potions skill just isn't high enough yet. At least I finally found a merchant who sells flasks.
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