Greg Tito's Five Favorites of 2010
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I perhaps need to play through Red Dead again, because the first time I played it I really did not get the enjoyment out of it that everyone else apparently has. Missions felt painfully linear, the story didn't do anything until the very end, combat was merely a case of auto-aim, the mini-games didn't feel fun or necessary thanks to a non-existent economy and lack of use for currency.
It did have great characters, music and scenery though. Pah...maybe I just need to give it another play through.
It did have great characters, music and scenery though. Pah...maybe I just need to give it another play through.
Um yeah, none of these games would make it to my fav 5. Just because not many good games came out this year, doesn't mean that I've to include some mediocre ones to my list. To each his own, I guess.
What bizarre standards do you have that Civ V, Mount and Blade, RDR and StarCraft 2 are mediocre?Giest4life said:
I may have to give Mount and Blade a go. As an absolute DIE HARD aSoIaF fan (see my user group for the upcoming HBO Series: Winter is Coming!) I would love to feel like Barristan the Bold Riding down bandits and enemies in defence of my King!Greg Tito said:
although you show me a game where I feel more like Khal Drogo and I will give you my firstborn!
Still Mount and Blade: Warband, one of the factions is exclusively cavalry, and there is nothing stopping you from never settling down in territory and simply maintaining a purely independent force of all cavalry - looting towns, making trade runs, attacking bandits/deserters, etc. The game is really that open ended.crotalidian said:
If you pick up the game, the cavalry heavy force is the Khergit, but they have a more Turks and the Mongols feel. The Sarranid are probably a little closer in feel to what you are looking for as they represent the Arabic medieval civilization. They still get some really nice cavalry units, but also focus on light infantry as well.
It's a genre thing, I think; a game has to be "phenomenal" for me to get interested in it.JerrytheBullfrog said:
Slycne said:
Yes but would you feel like a Khal, with fierce bloodriders, curved blades and whips and eastern style armour. That is what I am looking for (and being able to sleep with Daenerys wouldn't be bad either)
Pretty much actually...crotalidian said:
Fierce bloodriders - well you are not going to be tying bells into your hair, but combat is sufficiently fierce. Let's just say my pristine white mount is usually more pink or red on one side by the end of the fight.
Curved blades - yes, the arakhs that the Dothraki use is likely very similar to the various curved sabres and such in the game.
Whips - sadly, this is the one point that will fall short.
Eastern style armor - certainly, the Dothraki are loosely based on the society and tactics Mongols and Arabic nations, both of their armor styles are represented in the game.
(and being able to sleep with Daenerys wouldn't be bad either) - you can court women in the game. I haven't seen anyone with silver hair and the 'mother' of dragons though.
Wow....I'm sorry but no...just no to almost all of these. Civ 5 was just terrible. I hadn't heard of Warband and I will probably give it a look but it looks pretty boring at first glance not gonna lie. I can go with SCII because that was a hell of a lot of fun and I put more time then I should have into that game. NBA2k11 looks ok but not a sports fan as much. For you these games might be where it is at but I'm sorry 1/5 doesn't float in my book.
Mount and Blade: Warband hell 2 the yesssss i love that game only just finally won it as my own kingdom... it took way to long
Mount and Blade is a Truly awesome game but one of it's major strengths was ignored in the review. Mount & Blade has been available for Modding almost from Day -1. These Mods add in many different extras but Prophecies of Pendor allows the Player to declare themselves King.. And is also available for Warbands.