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Cyberpunk was the last banger for me. But I’m excited for Diablo 4 and Baldurs Gate 3 this year. Elden Ring was huge and the new Zelda is gonna be big.

superchig 4y ago
I don't mean to single you out, as these games are (probably) going to be awesome. I've played Cyberpunk, and I'll almost certainly play Baldur's Gate 3. But isn't it interesting that 3 of the 5 games you've mentioned are sequels, and one of the remaining ones is part of a well-established formula? It reminds me of the Age of Average, recently posted to HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35355703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35355703
- lelandfe 4y ago
  I wouldn't consider Baldur's Gate 3 a sequel in any meaningful way beyond its name.
  - peterashford 4y ago
    I would. The engine is clearly hugely upgraded and they've definitely added a lot to the formula, but they've also kept a lot about what people loved of the original games. I'm really looking forward to the final release
    - lelandfe 4y ago
      Huh, I don't see any of the original in it. Aesthetics, gameplay, and even tone of the game are all way more Divinity than anything Black Isle ever made. What of the originals do you still see in Larian's new one?
      - peterashford 4y ago
        Hmmm.... I played through both Baulder's Gate, BG2 and a bunch of the associated games - Icewind Dale etc. Had a very familiar feel to me. Obviously your milage varies
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smithcoin 4y ago
Cyberpunk on release or after patches?
- nickthegreek 4y ago
  I played on release on Stadia and loved it. I didn’t have all those issues others had. Instant boot times, no patch downloading. And then Google gave me all the money back I invested just to play that game when stadia went unser. So really a 10/10 experience for me.
chx 4y ago
Look, I couldn't be less excited about Diablo 4. I have been a genre fan for a very long time. Before the isometric/top-down dungeon crawler, there were First-person dungeon crawlers and I loved Eye Of The Beholder and Lands Of Lore indeed three decades ago now. And then of course Diablo 1, Diablo 2, Lord Of Destruction. All of that was good. And came Diablo 3 and I didn't like the reviews so I waited and then I tried the game, I wanted it to be good so much, everyone said it plays better on console so for the first time in my life I got hold of a console, an Xbox 360 and played with it. I can't say I got hooked. I did get hooked on Path Of Exile four years ago though. So I tried Diablo 4 and it is a console-first game again which is a death knell to a game like this by itself, it can't be avoided, there's just more keys on the keyboard, your design field is narrowed to design for controllers. But it's also a hamfisted MMO. I want none of that.

superchig 4y ago

I don't mean to single you out, as these games are (probably) going to be awesome. I've played Cyberpunk, and I'll almost certainly play Baldur's Gate 3. But isn't it interesting that 3 of the 5 games you've mentioned are sequels, and one of the remaining ones is part of a well-established formula? It reminds me of the Age of Average, recently posted to HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35355703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35355703

lelandfe 4y ago
I wouldn't consider Baldur's Gate 3 a sequel in any meaningful way beyond its name.
- peterashford 4y ago
  I would. The engine is clearly hugely upgraded and they've definitely added a lot to the formula, but they've also kept a lot about what people loved of the original games. I'm really looking forward to the final release
  - lelandfe 4y ago
    Huh, I don't see any of the original in it. Aesthetics, gameplay, and even tone of the game are all way more Divinity than anything Black Isle ever made. What of the originals do you still see in Larian's new one?
    - peterashford 4y ago
      Hmmm.... I played through both Baulder's Gate, BG2 and a bunch of the associated games - Icewind Dale etc. Had a very familiar feel to me. Obviously your milage varies

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smithcoin 4y ago

Cyberpunk on release or after patches?

nickthegreek 4y ago
I played on release on Stadia and loved it. I didn’t have all those issues others had. Instant boot times, no patch downloading. And then Google gave me all the money back I invested just to play that game when stadia went unser. So really a 10/10 experience for me.

chx 4y ago

Look, I couldn't be less excited about Diablo 4. I have been a genre fan for a very long time. Before the isometric/top-down dungeon crawler, there were First-person dungeon crawlers and I loved Eye Of The Beholder and Lands Of Lore indeed three decades ago now. And then of course Diablo 1, Diablo 2, Lord Of Destruction. All of that was good. And came Diablo 3 and I didn't like the reviews so I waited and then I tried the game, I wanted it to be good so much, everyone said it plays better on console so for the first time in my life I got hold of a console, an Xbox 360 and played with it. I can't say I got hooked. I did get hooked on Path Of Exile four years ago though. So I tried Diablo 4 and it is a console-first game again which is a death knell to a game like this by itself, it can't be avoided, there's just more keys on the keyboard, your design field is narrowed to design for controllers. But it's also a hamfisted MMO. I want none of that.