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Game of the Generation - Has to be Rocket League for me, nearly 500 hours played and still love the game. Runner Up - I'd say Dark Souls Remastered but that's sort of cheating, and I haven't played DS3 enough yet. So I'll go with Disco Elysium. Loved pretty much the full game, and often ended up playing it for hours at a time, which is always a good sign. I was interested in it since I first heard about the game, but assumed it would be a bit crap in practise. But it's genuinely brilliant, possibly the only game I played that felt like a true role playing game I.e. play the character the way you want, not how you think the game wants you to. Under-Rated Gem of the Gen - Full Metal Furies. Got it in a bundle and only tried it because it was co op and we had nothing else to play. The name really doesn't help, and I assumed the gameplay would be a bit crap. Instead, it's a mixture of Castle Crashers (but far better), the meta puzzles of Fez, and a bullet hell game. Even the humour isn't that bad. Ended up playing 30 hours and really enjoyed it all. Redemption arc of the gen - probably Wreckfest for me, although mainly because I haven't played many games that have changed dramatically. I bought Wreckfest in early access and it was pretty fun, but by the time it was fully released it was one of my favourite multiplayer games of the generation. Mightiest Turd of the generation - Does the Tomb Raider reboot come under this generation? If so, then that. I can't believe people still want to play that kind of on rails shit with QTEs every 5 minutes. It did look nice though. |
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andytheadequate 9,493 posts
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Tomo 18,829 posts
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Registered 18 years agoBichii wrote:
Ok so that means it gets a free pass to have shit enemies... Right...
It's not a fps. It's in first person and there are guns that you shoot but it's not a fps. Doom is a fps, cod is a fps. Dishonoured and prey aren't fps. -
OnlyJoeKing 1,223 posts
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Registered 9 years agoGame of the Generation - Total Warhammer 2.
Runner Up - Total Warhammer. Or Subnautica.
Under-Rated Gem of the Gen - Subnautica.
Redemption arc of the gen - fuck knows. Total Warhammer 2.
Mightiest Turd of the generation - The Surge 2. I died the other day and it was FUCKING ANNOYING! Stupid game. -
OnlyJoeKing 1,223 posts
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Registered 9 years agoOther massive turds:
Horizon (BORING)
Ark (framerate lol)
No Man's Sky (framerate lol)
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OnlyJoeKing 1,223 posts
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Game of the Generation - Bloodborne
Runner Up - Red Dead Redemption 2
Under-Rated Gem of the Gen - The Evil Within 2
Redemption arc of the gen - Wreckfest or No mans Sky
Mightiest Turd of the generation - Lords of the Fallen -
Saul_Iscariot 4,060 posts
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Registered 8 years agoGame of the generation for me is Breath of the Wild. Loved it from start to finish. I think I have put over two hundred hours into it, and didn’t find a moment of it not engaging. The world is stunning, the puzzles clever.
Runner up is most likely God of War. It is a superb game, very enjoyable.
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Ultrasoundwave 6,257 posts
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Registered 10 years agoThe Evil Within 2 is a 10/10 for me and it was very close between it and Watch Dogs 2 for my under-rated gem...also Wreckfest!
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Registered 18 years agoPreferred EW1, but yeah both games are massively underrated gems of the gen. -
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Registered 8 years agoEvil Within 2 is light years ahead of the original, which I hated with a passion. I just couldn't get past how janky the first one was. -
Tomo 18,829 posts
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Registered 18 years agoNooooo. I didn't notice any jank in the first, but that aside, the story in the first was much better and it benefited from being more tightly focused/terrifying not being open world. -
Ultrasoundwave 6,257 posts
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I’ve always wondered why Evolve fell off the cliff that it did, it feels like the type of game that, if it had come out in the last few years, would be been updated and supported regularly enough and would have been a bigger deal.
Under rated - easily evolve, incredible MP game. Just amazing.... -
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Registered 12 months agoAh, I went looking for this but only went back a few months. The new consoles weren’t even out yet! -
JamboWayOh 22,445 posts
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Registered 8 years agoUltrasoundwave wrote:
It was because and quite rightly the ridiculous splitting of content depending on where you bought it and the limited concept of 3 players versus 1 other person. It's fine as a game mode in multiplayer only game but when it's the only mode you can see why it failed as it did. If it had come out now I doubt it would have been a big deal, I mean the Predator game is effectively the same concept through and through and that hasn't risen to great prominence. If it came out now it would have to be free to play but also contend with all the other free to play multiplayer games that are contending for your time but again I doubt it would be a big deal.
Bichii wrote:
I’ve always wondered why Evolve fell off the cliff that it did, it feels like the type of game that, if it had come out in the last few years, would be been updated and supported regularly enough and would have been a bigger deal.
Under rated - easily evolve, incredible MP game. Just amazing.... -
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spookyxelectric 332 posts
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Registered 3 years agoGame of the Generation - Final Fantasy VII Remake
Runner Up - Breath of the Wild
Under-Rated Gem of the Gen - Toss up between Deus Ex Mankind Divided and Sakura Wars
Redemption arc of the gen - Final Fantasy XV
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oldschoolsoviet 6,924 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI'd say DayZ pretty much fills all of the categories.
Completely underrated in it's influence, moving from a mod to standalone, Chernarus being one of the top tier maps of all time, still broken and janky to hell but still slowly improving, and for me, nothing else has come close getting the old heart racing.
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hedben2013 1,906 posts
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Registered 8 years agoSpeaking of Day Z, I'd put Vigor as my underrated gem. Despite a bit of jankiness in the movement and gunplay, and despite camping being a legitimate but frustrating strategy, it has moments of risk/reward that are unparalleled in anything else I've played.
Game of the generation is probably GTA for me, if it even counts (first person mode was this generation??). Or Fortnite or Rocket League for hours played with the kids.
Runner up- Void Bastards, Stardew Valley, Moonlighter
Redemption arc- No idea, I very rarely if ever play games at launch
Turd- Borderlands 3. It's not terrible, it's just fine. But it was my biggest disappointment because I'd got hyped for it and bought it day 1, which I hardly ever do -
dfunked09 1,451 posts
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Registered 9 months agoGarfield Kart for Nintendo Switch
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Ultrasoundwave 6,257 posts
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Really???
Mightiest Turd of the generation - Watch Dogs 2
I know it’s not regarded as one of the best games of the generation, but the worst?????, don’t see it myself. -
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Registered 3 years agoUltrasoundwave wrote:
To be fair, I liked Legion even less, but went with 2 because I played Legion on PS5. At least with 2, I had fun making cars drive into one another and having everything explode. With Legion, I felt compelled not to do that because of the whole "everyone is a possible recruit" mechanic.
spookyxelectric wrote:
Really???
Mightiest Turd of the generation - Watch Dogs 2
I know it’s not regarded as one of the best games of the generation, but the worst?????, don’t see it myself.
I think they both play fine enough, but I really despise the writing in those games. I much preferred WD1's simple, relatable Aiden's revenge story over the hipster dickhead rubbish of its sequels. -
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Registered 13 years agoNMS is my turd of the generation. I barely register that its improved over the launch period, though I'm aware objectively, it has.
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docrob 1,720 posts
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Registered 13 years agoRogueywon wrote:
Me too. I really loved it, and I wanted to finish it, but it just started throwing huge numbers of tough enemies at me in the last 20% and it stopped being fun as a result. It should have been a 9/10 and it is more like a 7.
Ultrasoundwave wrote:
Prey lost it for me in the latter stages, where there were unavoidable ammo-sink fights every few steps. Great early on, though.
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Bichii 4,214 posts
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Registered 4 years agoHmm depends how you played it. On my first attempt I got 2/3 or so through it and I also thought that and sold it. Then I bought it again maybe a year later and played a more diverse play style using the environment and the various available abilities and it was one of the best games of the generation. It is a game where if you fight everything, especially in the late game, it's pretty frustrating/average. -
spookyxelectric wrote:
Game of the Generation - Final Fantasy VII Remake
Runner Up - Breath of the Wild
Under-Rated Gem of the Gen - Toss up between Deus Ex Mankind Divided and Sakura Wars
Redemption arc of the gen - Final Fantasy XV
Mightiest Turd of the generation - Watch Dogs 2
Also I guess an addendum, or an honourable mention. I never really thought of it in "GotG" terms, but without question the game I've put more hours into than any other has to be Gran Turismo Sport. So that probably wins, even if FF7R is the one in my heart.
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