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Athanasy, a really cool biopunk VN. I just love the setting, and the story and writing is also great. Definitely worth a try.
I tried getting into MGSV, but couldn't really bear the silly story which is supposed to be in this realistic setting, taking out basically all immersion from it IMO. Also, having to sabotage and potentially kill Soviet soldiers just leaves a bad taste in my mouth, despite it all being virtual.
Also tried getting into Shadows of Mordor, but Idk about the whole medieval high fantasy setting honestly, don't think I'm really in the mood. I also found the nemesis system to be rather annoying, even though it is a neat concept. I mean it's pretty good up until you run into the same guy for the millionth time, who can also pursue you whilst you're on a mission.
Is there any triple A or at least double A game from like 2012-2017 someone can recommend? I wanna play something that's solid in terms of gameplay, but also something that looks pretty good for the time, since my graphics card can really only run games from that period on a high setting. Been thinking something list Splinter Cell: Blacklist, I'll see if I can find an appropriate
version for linux.
Yarrr
Prey (2017) is probably my favourite immersive sim. Dunno how it runs on Linux. But it's a fun time.
very well!
Titanfall 2 is the best CoD game anyones ever made and given it's alternative future setting and lack of any meaningful story it even sideskirts the whole jingoism issue. Setting's basically Star Wars without the Jedi.
Max Payne 3 looks really good for it's time and while it's a huge turn away from 1&2 if you fuck with gruffy noir detective man it plays really, really well
Spec Ops: The Line is a must play for any leftist. 3rd Person shooter, don't look up why it's good if you don't know already.
Assassins Creed: Black Flag is the best pirate game anyone's ever made
Metro: Last Light is a very good post apocalypse shooter, albeit I'd say you also would need to play the first one (which is also really good, but before that timeframe, if you count Metro:Redux the remaster that's in there)
The Tomb Raider reboot series fits in that timeframe, I've finished 1 and am about halfway through Rise of the Tomb Raider. The first one looks okay, the second one looks good. They play...well enough, like a solid 7,5 / 10 but if I think they're mostly fascinating for being such a 2013 and following time capsule video games.
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is a really good shooter and one of the few that actually manages to use it's interactivity to tell its story (as opposed to strict gameplay / cutscene separation or choose your own adventure stuff).
I'll definitely have to check this one out. I already slogged through Exodus on the shittiest settings some time ago, so I'm expecting tighter gameplay on this one considering it's linear. As for all the others, I'm not sure I jive with their settings, or I'm already spoiled (Spec Ops) or I played it like Black Flag, although I'm not sure I'd replay black flag just because I know it would now bore me to death with the non-pirate gameplay. I literally tried playing AC2 not too long ago and deleted out of pure boredom and the fact that they literally don't have any kind of significant stealth system in a fucking game called Assassin's Creed and you wouldn't even be able to crouch until Unity. Truly incredible design by ubisoft.
If I had to pick one it'd be Gunslinger. It's not mindblowingly good, just regular good, but it is truly without peers