Hal comments on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

[–] Hal@piefed.nz 5 points 6 days ago (10 children)

I bought a bunch of games in the recent GOG sale. So instead of playing them I've been playing Just Cause 3.

I honestly think this is one of my all time favourite games. It wouldn't win any awards from critics. Wikipedia says "Just Cause 3 received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic.". But it's just so fun.

You can play it without need to pay much attention, just going around blowing up shit to liberate bases. A hero in an uprising against a dictator.

Anyone got recommendations for other games that are really enjoyable to play even if they aren't award worthy games?

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[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works [S] 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I’ve been meaning to try that game. Your review sold it for me. I’ll strongly consider checking it out soon.

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[–] Hal@piefed.nz 3 points 6 days ago (1 child)

I have no idea how much is nostalgia but it's recent enough to have normal controls, graphics are decent, and gameplay is fun, especially after you do a few missions to unlock the core gear.

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[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works [S] 2 points 5 days ago

I’ve been mostly playing Morrowind recently but I sometimes want a game where I can just shut off my brain for a while.

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[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago

Just cause 3 is such a wildly awesome game, especially in comparison to JC2. Wingsuit amazing, better hook amazing, challenges amazing, also freeing the entire map is actually an attainable goal

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 point 5 days ago (5 children)

Buying games on sale is so much more satisfying than actually playing them, isn't it? All that potential joy at your fingertips, all those dollars you gigglingly save... Much better than actually cashing it in by playing them. I know that feeling.

I've never played Just Cause, but that sounds like something adjacent to Ubisoft open worlds? You could try some Assassins Creed game (I actually quite like Unity, otherwise the Black Flag remake maybe?), Ghost of Tsushima sounds similar, Sleeping Dogs perhaps (although more of a GTA-like)? Otherwise there are several Far Cry games that maybe can give you that loop of clearing out outposts?

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[–] Hal@piefed.nz 3 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I've played a lot of Assassin's Creed, I do enjoy that Ubisoft cut and paste from time to time. I also enjoyed Sleeping Dogs. And Ghosts of Tsushima is on my wish list! You know me well 😆

I never really liked the Far Cry games I tried but magbe it's time to give it another go.

Just Cause 3 is fun because it lets you mess around. The mechanic of clearing bases isn't really the drawcard, it's how you have a wingsuit and a grappling gun and just fly around blowing shit up. Then helicopters come to try to stop you and you can grapple to them and pull the pilot out and take over. Or reprogram the SAMs to shoot at them instead of you. You can grapple an explosive barrel to a fuel tank and pull them together. It's just a fun world to mess around in, and the base clearing gives you something to aim for. It also fits into the storyline, which isn't a bad story really.

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