Technically, I'm not counting Shadow of the Colossus, for two reasons: it's part of the same continuity as ICO (so you can't really say it's a 'spiritual' successor) and so far, it's not actually part of this console generation.YamSoldier said:
Best stand-alone game this generation?
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OP, I'd like to apologize on behalf of all the people that apparently do not understand what a "standalone" title is. Or at least what it's not.leet_x1337 said:
And with that in mind I'd like to nominate Little Big Planet 2.
I'd like you to list its flaws. I'm sure I could think of some myself, but I'm interested in what you have to say on the subject.Balobo said:
Bioshock without a doubt. Not only is it the best game in this generation, but also the best game ever. Perfect story, atmosphere, characters, gameplay, perfect everything. Yep best stand alone game, yep, oh what's that, you say there was another bioshock game? I have absolutely no idea what your talking about......IT DOESN'T EXIST!
The Saboteur.
It's sad that Pandemic Studios dissolved(right?) after the release because The Saboteur is one of the best games I got. Would have loved to see a sequel somehow, or another game, that made the stealth a bit more doable.
Edit: Just found out they were working on a Batman game when they got canned! Movie tie-in from The Dark Knight, but still! *cries*
It's sad that Pandemic Studios dissolved(right?) after the release because The Saboteur is one of the best games I got. Would have loved to see a sequel somehow, or another game, that made the stealth a bit more doable.
Edit: Just found out they were working on a Batman game when they got canned! Movie tie-in from The Dark Knight, but still! *cries*
Well one, it hasn't been released officially yet, and two, the game has many flaws. Now, I won't argue with the fact that it is an completely awesome game, but as it stands Minecraft has a lot of flaws. For one, there isn't an in-game tutorial. In-game tutorials make or break a game on the "flaws" spectrum because of how essential it is. Beyond that because of the updates it has many bugs and a lot of the items in the game either don't make sense or have yet to be assigned a use.Robert Ewing said:
Also, because of the complete directionless and openness format of the game, you really have to have an acquired taste for its gameplay. A lot of people don't know the point until they've wondered around the wiki for an hour or so.
Still, Minecraft is awesome and if it would be finally released already I would put it on here.
I'd say Borderlands as it's one of few new IPs that I actually played that hasn't had a sequel come out yet. It's also one of the few games that I have over 100 hours of played time on. That said another original IP would be Torchlight that game was a blast though being underground got alittle boring and no co-op which is why I give this 2nd on my list. Also Torchlight 2 isn't out yet and isn't planned to come out on 360 or ps3 so I say it still counts.
Original IPs that haven't come out yet that I think look really good: Dragon's Dogma look at that game and tell me it doesn't look great. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning also looks pretty good, graphically the art style falls somewhere between WoW and Age of Conan (was originally designed to be a MMO but decided to make it a single player fantasy RPG instead) but the combat looks really awesome in it. Rage also looks pretty cool, looking forward to seeing the new engine id made at work for myself.
Original IPs that haven't come out yet that I think look really good: Dragon's Dogma look at that game and tell me it doesn't look great. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning also looks pretty good, graphically the art style falls somewhere between WoW and Age of Conan (was originally designed to be a MMO but decided to make it a single player fantasy RPG instead) but the combat looks really awesome in it. Rage also looks pretty cool, looking forward to seeing the new engine id made at work for myself.
I think I'm going to have to agree with that one. Maybe that or Bulletstorm. Most every other good game is or has a sequel...Ice Azure said:
Y'know Bayonetta doesn't really work either because it's sort of a spiritual successor to Devil May Cry. I'm also going to have to go with Minecraft as best stand alone. Not my favorite game for this year, but all the other games off the top of my head are sequels or remakes.
Demon's Souls if its VERY similar spiritual successor does not count...
If not, I can't think of any other good games that aren't part of a series :/
If not, I can't think of any other good games that aren't part of a series :/
So happy to see Vanquish getting so many mentions, as it's one of the best games I've ever played.
Frozen Synapse and Super Meat Boy deserve mention, as does N.
Frozen Synapse and Super Meat Boy deserve mention, as does N.
There is no goal to build (lol) to, its generally very unstable even for a beta, mining is a repetitive and tedious process, mobs are uninteresting and don't really do anything unique while idle (though Endermen are pretty fun to "watch"), etc. Tired, I'll list more later.summerof2010 said: