October Question Meme: Day Seventeen

[rogueslayer452]

Asked by giallarhorn:

What is your favorite video game that you've played so far/what the game you most want to play?

Since it's been my current obsession as of late, LEGO Hobbit is definitely my favorite so far. I was pretty much addicted to that for months, and I highly recommend any of the LEGO games to everyone. They're adorable, fun games to play. ♥

I actually recently just received some video games for my birthday that I've always wanted to try out! I now have Skyrim, the new Tomb Raider, and Minecraft. They're all for the Xbox 360 since I have no other console, but I really really excited to get to play them. I'm also a frequent follower of some YouTube gamers who have played some interesting looking games that I would like to try out in the future.

Comments

[giallarhorn.livejournal.com]

I'm actually pretty ambivalent towards the LEGO games. They're all pretty solid, fun games in of themselves but they don't really very much between games, so it does get a little repetitive.

Minecraft is the ultimate sandbox game. Like, more so than Skyrim because you're still subject to the environment that you're in, there's vague RPG elements that you're bound to and some of the quests you kind of have to do if you don't want to be plagued by problem X all the time. Whereas in Minecraft, there isn't a set goal once you get beyond the initial survival portion. Incidentally, it's excellent as a solo game, but multiplayer is a lot more fun.

Skyrim is well, exactly what I said about it before. Do whatever you want, whenever you want in a pseudo Roman-Nordic-Egyptian-fantasy-scifi world. Also, did you get the Legendary edition or just the base version of Skyrim?

Without any spoilers, Tomb Raider is such a strange beast of a game that I have mixed feelings on. I'd say it's definitely a good and enjoyable game in terms of gameplay, plus it's visually stunning if you clock up the settings. It's also a huge departure from any previous game in the franchise, which is a really good thing and really, really gritty for lack of a better word. But how it manages to actually handle Lara's narrative arc, well. It could've been a lot better, to say the least. I'll reserve judgement until Rise of the Tomb Raider, cause it's showed some promise in addressing some of the problems I had.

And obligatory mention that a PC is just as viable as a gaming platform, although it does take a bit of sitting down and tinkering depending on what you're trying to do, since the modern PC/laptop hardware has come a loonnnggg way.