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Recommend me a game

  • 29-03-2008 5:58pm
    #1
    Elessar
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    Right, I've had it with what I've got and I need some recommendations. I'm playing Assasins Creed with a little bit of Forza 2 thrown in but I'm bored of them now at this stage.

    I want an excellent single player game. I don't do multiplayer. Games I've loved so far were Splinter Cell Double Agent, COD3 (have 4 for PC) and The Darkness. I'm not really into Halo.

    Is there anything with a decent storyline/single player out atm?


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  • #2
    feylya
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    Mass Effect


  • #3
    Bubs101
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    Bioshock


  • #4
    orestes
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    Gears of War imo


  • #5
    Elessar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,256 ✭✭✭Elessar


    feylya wrote: »
    Mass Effect

    Hmm, was looking at this. Is it really deep? I'm more of a casual gamer, is it suited more to dedicated RPG fans?

    I have Bioshock (don't like it) and completed GOW (excellent).

    Thanks for suggestions so far


  • #6
    D3UC3 J3
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    Mass Effect is more of a casual RPG IMO man, it's a good mix of RPG and 3rd person shoot em up.

    RPG elements can be ignored if you want and you'll have to complete very few central story parts. Good replay value too.

    TBH the best single player game, if your disregarding MP completely is COD4, you might think it's a short story when you play on the easy / normal settings but a good challenge on hardened and frustratingly difficult on veteran.

    Very good story and a good mix of run and gun and stealthy levels...with a few very original parts (Mmmm Gunship! ... BRING THE RAIN!!!)

    Lego Star wars is a quite fun game thats devilishly addictive too. (Nearly..v.nearly my favourite game...even for a non S W fan!)

    All the above are fairly reasonable in the 2nd hand bins too...possibly with exception to COD4.


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  • #7
    thebman
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    DMC4 is great :D

    If you were expecting (read wanting) Assassin's Creed to have combos in the fighting then DMC4 is probably for you.

    Stylish Combo's and to emphasize that, you get a meter up during a combo telling you how stylish you are being. You can avoid attacks stylishly too.

    Overall, the game play in DMC4 is incredibly fun and there is no multiplayer. The main problem the game has is reuse of textures. If your looking for something that you will play over and over or for something that doesn't make you back through the entire game once you reach the last part they felt like creating then it might not be the game for you.

    Zero Punctuation review for it is quite good but a little inaccurate. Mostly about the board game thing which is easily avoided if you spot the sequence to the dice spin. DMC4 is probably another frustratingly difficult game on the hardest difficulty level (read, rape you difficulty level if its as hard as the first). I've not played it on that level yet because well I still have games I've not put in my 360.

    The Orange Box is definitely the must have single player game if you don't already have it. HL2, HL2 EP1, HL EP2 and Portal are all games that individually I would give at least 9/10 to and then you have Team Fortress multi player if you feel like it which is also great. A must own for any 360 owner and anyone that doesn't get it should be shot IMHO. This is also pretty much the only game on 360 that has gotten a positive Zero Punctuation review.


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