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Aaroncupboard wrote:

Game of Thrones Once again Telltale have got the general style and atmosphere of their property spot on. This really was Game of Thrones and suitably violent/depressing. Probably the hardest set of choices in a game like this and just a general sense that you were always up against it. Very good.

I love Game of Thrones on the tellybox, but hated The Walking Dead games. Would I like this?

Was deffo channeling that scene.

Wolfenstein: The New Order (PS3)

Those who read the 'currently playing' thread will probably know how this is going to go.

The first two thirds or so are superb. You can run and gun, one shotgun in each hand, or you can sneak around putting silenced pistol bullets into heads. And it's all handled by the core FPS mechanics, there's no switching skill trees or locking yourself into one type of combat. If I bollocks up a stealth infiltration, I'd just switch to dual shotguns and go full mental. The game is linear, but there's still stuff to explore (and there's generally a good reason to explore, as there's secrets galore in this thing). The plot synopsis is classic Wolfenstein idiocy (OMG ROBOT NAZIS ON TEH MOON), but some how manages to have gravitas, helped immensely by nuanced likeable characters. I definitely preferred the "Nazi super science" blag over the occult shennagens of the previous Wolfensteins.

It's probably the only FPS I've ever played with a leaning mechanic that's actually useful. And it doesn't just do left and right, you can do up and down as well. You've essentially got Gears of War-style cover-based shooting from a first person perspective, and it works brilliantly.

Then it goes off a fucking cliff. Everyone starts knowing exactly where you are the instant you enter a room, so all those stealth perks you spent time earning are borderline useless. There's some bizarre plot turns (see spoilers below). By trying to bring things to an exciting crescendo, the game just starts throwing more and more of the tougher enemies at you, and that's when the combat starts to unravel as you realise that the bigger Nazi robots take what appears to be a random amount of damage before they pop.

I'd been warned about the final boss fight, and people were right. That gets covered in the second spoiler.

The first two thirds gets [10] stealth take downs out of [10] hidden caches of Nazi gold.
The final third gets [4] frustrating gun fights out of [10] Nazi mechas. (But it's still better than Wolfenstein 2009).

I was thinking of playing through a second time to follow the other plot arc (there's a Big Choice™ at the start that puts you down one of two timelines), but I really can't be smegged as there's no New Game+ option, so I'd lose all my perks, and I just can't bear the thought of the flawless opening and middle sections being marred by the absolute arse that is the closing chapters.

trippy wrote:

I think the Saboteur is my favourite Nazi bashing game.

An under rated classic. I still enjoy shouting 'Top o' the morning to ya! or whatever time it is' at people.

I want to play Saboteur, seems like a wee jewel

Lovely music too, the incidental stuff as you stood in a field smoking a fag and scoping out a radar installation was lovely.

Climbing a guard tower and slinging the occupant off it never got old. Great wee game.

@Swirl Which chap did you pick in the beginning?

Ahh you saw the best bits then with Hendrix. Feargus has someone else who's a bit dull.

Bob wrote:

trippy wrote:

I think the Saboteur is my favourite Nazi bashing game.

An under rated classic. I still enjoy shouting 'Top o' the morning to ya! or whatever time it is' at people.

Saboteur definitely has its moments. Controls are a little ropey and I always found the stealth takedowns a little hit or miss. Nice soundtrack, great racial stereotyping and a trophy named 'a pint and a shag'. I think French, English, Germans and Irish can all be offended by this game.