/sf/ - Science Fiction

Old games are best games. No DLC bullshit, no patches, just complete, good working games. So for me it's

>F-Zero

>Lylat Wars (aka Star Fox 64)

>Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

>Perfect Dark

I still need to finish Mass Effect. I'm worried about the sequels after being on /v/ so much, but I liked what I played of that one.

I am currently playing I have no mouth and I must scream. It's GOTY (well, Game Of The Year 1995, but it's still great).

I'm a big fan of batshit insane imaginitve settings, like the Oddworld series.

Best is Deus Ex, although I have only played Human Revolution so far. I know.

Mass Effect is great for its characters and dialogue, but it's gotten softer over the years, I think. Biotics always used to be pretty retarded, but eventually, they outright turned into space-magic. Also, fuck the Asari, they are a shit-tier species and deserve to go extinct.

The worst thing about Mass Effect, something that really pulls the series down, is how little effort was put into some things. It took Bioware until Mass Effect 3 to show a female turian and a female krogan, and at least turian females are not suppsoed to be that rare. All the drell have just been recolors of each other, visually; they even wear the same damn fucking retarded outfit.

With all that said, I still think Mass Effect is a great series, but if I had written it, it would be a lot different.

>>254

The game is awesome. Good choice!

>>81

Oh dear lord, I cannot get enough of EvE.

I am starting to call IRL money Isk and my house a POS……

Wing Commander by a long shot. Loved the lore and the universe

Are there even modern sci-fi games other than Mass Effect and some ego-shooters with little in the way of storytelling?

>>440

Well there is the fantastic FTL that definitely has a universe it is built around

>>56

I will list my favs and offer a small explaination:

==Mass Effect-== I really liked the first one out of all of them the best. I thought the thing that made it a great Sci-Fi game was the exploring the planets that weren't the main locations. It gave me that feeling of landing on and exploring a new world, kind of like in Star Trek. I like how each planet had different characteristics and backstories and hazards. It was worth ignoring the combat quality or the Mako handling

==KOTOR-== Just because the Lord of the Rings universe and fandom is at such an epic level sometimes I forget it is Sci-Fi. I loved the KOTOR games and I believe that KOTOR II is one of the most underrated games of all time. I loved that there was a Jedi/Sith in Kreia who called out both the Jedi and the Sith as being flawed. I found it really interesting looking at the force and force users from a mindset more in the middle and much more pragmatic.

==FTL-== FTL is so addictive. It really makes you feel like you are the Captain of your own ship the way you would dream of being the captain of a ship like the Enterprise. Really has that "one more battle" feel.

I am sure I am forgetting some other games, but I feel like these 4 or so examples are good.

>>56

Mass effect is great. Gameplay is probably it's weakest point, but I still love it.

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>>688

What? They really did nothing wrong. Everyone is just mad on them, because they didn't like how cerberus did things. But few thousand people dying is a very small price to pay, if the research could help in saving the entire galaxy.

>>692

Utilitarianism is bullshit, though.

>>56

Anno 2070 and Mass Effect

I wasted hours with the games and hope that eventually a game with an open world will be released where our decisions actually matter. Strategy and building would be a nice touch too

>>466

Dat Nexus: A Jupiter Incident. I played that game for months and months. Modding was fun.

Incoming enemy missile. Our squadrons are under attack. Enemy shields have collapsed. All squadrons have been destroyed.