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This game richly deserved every award it got. What an absolute masterpiece! And the best part is that we got to enjoy it without any of the “best practices” of
by nindalf 3y ago
This game richly deserved every award it got. What an absolute masterpiece! And the best part is that we got to enjoy it without any of the “best practices” of the gaming industry, like an inflated initial price, micro transactions and loot boxes. It was just one fee upfront, and you got hundreds of hours of riveting gameplay in return.
On a personal note, this was the first time in my life I got to play a game at launch. The hype and excitement of playing alongside everyone who was discovering the game at the same time as me was magical.
- prox 3y agoI bought into the big three RPGs this year : Cyberpunk 2077, Starfield and BG3. I first played Cyberpunk 2077 and it was a marvelous experience, so well acted/executed. After that Starfield felt a bit stiff, unfinished even though there are also lots of good points that immersed me into this universe and I hope it get its time to shine. BG3 however has been a joy. What a great experience from the moment you boot it to every interaction and scenery. Definitely deserved. Overall its been a amazinf for RPG players this year.
- nicolaslem 3y agoComparing Starfield and Cyberpunk 2077 is a bit unfair, three months in Cyberpunk 2077 was also stiff and unfinished.
- bbkane 3y agoI see your point, but I also think if a publisher sells you a game, they should consider it ready to play and compare to other games.
- prox 3y agoThat’s why I added “I hope it gets its time to shine” , with a bit of work Bethesda could follow in the footsteps of CDPR.
- Sankozi 3y agoBut the Starfield feels quite finished. It is just poorly designed and written. Cyberpunk's gameplay design is not the best, but it is still better than Starfield's, and the story and characters are much better.
- w0m 3y agoPlayed them each back to back this year - CP2077 characters are worlds better. Starfields World is better. I put CP2077 as a clear winner mostly due to stiff dialogue in Starfield and poor choice corralling. If they put 3+ years into polishing SF, I can def see it turning into a clean masterpiece.
- strangescript 3y agoThere is a difference between being buggy and being poorly designed. This is something Bethesda used to understand.
- notyofriend 3y agoBathesda has been trending down pretty badly. Fallout 4 was the point their games tipped and started to be very meh.
- D13Fd 3y agoPeople often say this, but the problems with Starfield are not the kinds of thing that are likely to be fixed post-launch.
- Hamuko 3y agoAnd they definitely didn't change any of the writing or the story in Cyberpunk 2077 post-launch. The only thing they did was add a couple of more side missions, and release a story-focused expansion.
- chronofar 3y agoI played Cyberpunk 2077 after BG3, and though the production values and story are very strong it feels a bit like a walking simulator after the gameplay richness BG3 offered. The RPG elements feel more or less meaningless in comparison, as though I could make most any dialogue or leveling choice and it'd scarcely matter. As a result I feel very much like a passenger in a very long and mildly interactive movie. It's an interesting experience, a situation where I can acutely detect the bar getting moved for what I expect a game to be. I hope recent progressions in AI will bring us more interactive stories a la BG3 in glossy and well-funded packages a la Cyberpunk 2077.
- cudder 3y agoI agree, BG3 is phenomenal and deserves every bit of praise it gets. But I'd also like to mention that this has been a ridiculously good year in gaming in general. Playing these new releases, I've been giddy like a little boy for the first time in years. It's like if I made a top 5 of this year, every game in that list would deserve to be GOTY way more than anything that was released in the previous couple of years.
- beacon294 3y agoWhat are your top 5 (and even 10)?
- beebmam 3y agoI nominate Talos Principle 2
- cudder 3y agoIn random-ish order: Baldur's Gate 3 Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Super Mario Bros: Wonder Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Alan Wake 2 Hogwarts Legacy Metroid Prime Remastered Pikmin 4 Starfield Jagged Alliance 3 I was thinking about Elden Ring and Dwarf Fortress for the last two spots instead, but seems like both of them were last year's releases. Time flies! That makes last year a bit better than I'd initially remembered, though.
- izacus 3y agoThere was also: - Aliens: Dark Descent - Last Train Home - Like a Dragon: Ishin - Chants of Senaar - Diablo 4 - Resident Evil 4 Remake - Talos Principle II - The Expanse - Age of Empires II: Definitive and probably tens of other smaller excellent games.
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agowhaaaaat, a 2nd Talos Principle got released this year? runs off to steam
- GaryNumanVevo 3y agoIt's also an incredibly fun game to watch friends play. Unfortunately I haven't had enough time to jump into BG3 for more than a few hours, but I've watched a ton of it through my friends playing it on discord. I think that's super unique.
- bibanez 3y agoPersonally I've gotten the most fun out of it streaming my game on and off to my friends (who had already finished it). I could get info from them but still make the choices + it's fun to hang out
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- djtango 3y agowhat are some games from the past that have absolutely nailed it for you?
- xela79 3y ago> micro transactions and loot boxes it helps that the dev studio is based in Belgium where loot boxes are banned by law :)
- antisthenes 3y ago> The hype and excitement of playing alongside everyone who was discovering the game at the same time as me was magical As a relatively busy working adult, this actually ruins games for me. It creates FOMO and people rushing to beat the game to post their DAE low brow moment on social media. I'd rather play it patched at my own pace, 2 years later.
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