Elden Ring

Elden Ring is miles above the other 2.

If you want a good zombie game go for Dying Light 1, something went wrong with 2.

Metal Gear Solid V Phantom of Pain

Elden ring

None of these.

Good game, but he asked for one from the list

Elden ring is the best of the bunch.

Personally I had more fun with Hitman 3.

I feel Elden Ring is a bit overrated and still only applies to lovers of the souls genre. I was hoping it would be more of a "witcher" type game.. but it's 100% souls game, but open world.

Which is the same as buying Call of Duty hoping it's like Far Cry.. (as an example)

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To be clear I see the quality in Elden Ring, I do think it's WAY overrated.. but getting honest opinions about it is difficult as most people who like it and are good enough to finish the game are elitist.. factually less than 30% of buyers finished the game.. or even got midway..

It's a very high quality game... but it's niche.. and not for everyone (and for sure not for me). Dodge and roll simulator 2022.

Elden Ring overall, Dying Light if you want a zombie experience, Hitman never

Agreed. DL2 felt... Flat and empty to me. Plenty of stuff to do but little variation

And they made the grappling hook shit for open world??? Like bruh it could've been so good but just kinda sucks

I would suggest cyberpunk 2077. Story is amazing, multiple gameplay styles, and the world itself is amazing.

4. Witcher 3

I think you are wrong. It's about its complexity, and variety of possibilities, which, if you choose the wrong one, you will find yourself in difficulty going past a certain point, but at the same time there is no wrong choice.

I bet none of the ER players finished the game without googling something at least once.

Not long finished Cyberpunk. Absolutely loved it and completely agree with you

You made my point 100% :)

Hitman Trilogy - All three World of Assassination games. Currently discounted during the Steam sale.

>only applies to lovers of the souls genre

Maybe I should've said that this is not true... it's more like a combination of witcher, skyrim and some souls game. I personally don't like dark souls, I really love witcher, and I love elden ring more, it hits on another level.

I am not criticizing your comment, I upvoted it, I just don't agree about the souls games lovers. It's definitely not fun, at all, it's a very serious game, maybe too serious or cringe, but its complexity and logic/math requirements are almost close to the Dota 2 gameplay. IMO ER is an open world masterpiece, totally deserve the price and it has little to do with the linear stuff from souls games (I never played any other souls game, but I know those are linear from my brother).

Cool, obviously there is always a turning point in a game series where it pulls in new players.

I personally couldn't get through any of the GoW games.. but the 2018 and 2022 games are amongst the best games i've played.

Elden ring is already an exception as it pulled in a LOT more players, assumingly and without any proof.. I expect most people to sort of get a Souls "lite" game..

I think Demon Souls on the PS5 also pulled in a lot of people into the genre..

But seeing the numbers on people that won't even get halfway through ER.. we can say it sold really well... but also a lot of people regretted the purchase..

If I look at 2nd hand availability here in the Netherlands.. it's amazingly high and prices are very low. a very generic search on a 2nd hand site notices that the Elden Ring is being offered around 20% times more than Ratchet and Clank.

And both games offered for around 30-35 euro..

I got it because the name George RR Martin came up somewhere, saying to myself "this can't be wrong.. it just can't, that guy is brilliant", and once I got into the story (after 130+ hours, because it was overwhelming) it hit me and I couldn't let it go for another 200+ hours. It is indeed a good game, but indeed not for everyone.

And, if you are right, they did something awful to pull in players for profit, I don't like these marketing shenanigans.

Get Dying Light 2. It has a tragic ending where the light dies.

Oh crap... You said no spoilers...

It's a quality game..

But so is fortnite.. and you either hate it or love it.

Minecraft, same story.

Spider-man... amazing game (pun intended) but if you're no superhero fan.. you're not playing it just because its a good game.

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I'd say the biggest issue with ER is the speed of the game and the punishing combat. And repetitive gameplay.. but to some people that's just exactly what they are looking for.

I'm a tad older... I pick most of my games with care.. to make sure that I get the most out of my time and I prefer games that I can finish in a decent time.

And it seems I have enough games / upcoming games to last until spring.

Well, you're right. Happy gaming, good or bad, doesn't matter. In my country they say something like "taste is something you don't discuss about (or discuss on??)"