QuantumCybin
Lost In Thought
You guys should replay BioShock 2. Sure, it’s not as epic in scope as 1 and infinite, but the story is pretty dark and heart wrenching.
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THIS IS ALL YOU NEEDDark Souls 1-3 (one is being remastered this spring)
Bloodborne
THIS IS ALL YOU NEED
Witcher 3 is a must-play. Best story in the series by far, though you don't need to play the others to enjoy the story.
I played all 3 witcher games on PC and while I loved the combat in 1 and 2, I still think 3 is the best balance of excellent writing with slightly more accessible combat. I love it more than I loved the mass effect trilogy, which was one of my favorite series until the third game (mostly because 3 was so dumbed down and the endings are all terrible). It's probably my most played game besides oblivion, skyrim or Dark Souls. Plus it has one of the best soundtracks since Red Dead Redemption or Dark Souls imo.I never played 1, and I played 2 once through on xbox when it was new there and didn't remember ANYTHING other than there was a hot redhead sorceress and a guy with a diaper on his head (Triss and Roche). I had trouble keeping characters straight for a while in 3 as I recalled nothing, but it was fine. I was REALLY into them after a while. It's kind of between Dragon Age Inquisition and Skyrim and blows both of them away (and I played through both of them twice so I liked both quite a bit). The writing is just leagues apart, and the characters are the most memorable supporting cast I've encountered since Mass Effect 2/3. I got REALLY into the main plot and the father/daughter relationship with Ciri by the end and that ending (I got the "good good" one with the winter) made me...get hit in the nose with a basketball. Yeah, that's where those tears were from.
It's weird how videogame soundtracks are where all the good composing and memorable themes went now that big budget movies completely abandoned them. I'm playing some junky game now, Gravity Rush 2, and even it has a great soundtrack with tons of great musicianship on it and memorable themes everywhere.
Gravity Rush ain't junky ....... But anyway, yes, both of these games have soundtrack that any Jazz enthusiast would love, outside of just being damn good soundtracks.
Speaking of Parasite Eve, they need to do a re-release of that thing already. It's getting ridiculous. It has plenty of fans and it was a really slick-looking game for the time but we're just stuck with 55 ports of Resident Evil 4 and 20 of FF7. Argh. I think it had pre-rendered backdrops, which is probably the holdup, but they could still do a half-assed port like they have of games like FFIX with low-res backgrounds with smoother 3D assets.
I wouldn't hold my breath.
Square Enix have a thing with their old property where they either let it die by the wayside or do a re-release in the worst way possible. At least the Parasite Eve trilogy was given a "conclusion" with The 3rd Birthday, but unfortunately that was PSP exclusive so barely anybody played it. Though I believe PE1 is available on PSN.
I usually replay one of the three every year or two. Just bought the repacked suite for xboxOne, although I haven't played it much due my PC skills not transferring well to console controllers for shooters. The kids are adept at these things, however, and specifically asked for it.You guys should replay BioShock 2. Sure, it’s not as epic in scope as 1 and infinite, but the story is pretty dark and heart wrenching.
To be fair, I got a PS3 AFTER I got my PS4, and don’t regret it. Still have games on there’s I want to play through, and hell, I may grab Persona 3 FES soon!I'm getting tempted to get a PS3, though that would be giving into their BS.