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It's funny, but I found Portal 2 creepier than the first one! Well, the latter half (third?) of the game particularly, the way it worldbuilds the past. Loved the atmosphere for that.

Anyway, finally trying Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, 'cause... why not? Enjoying it a lot. I never really played a lot of swords/sorcery games (does FFVI count?) but I'm digging this. Amazed at how huuuuuuge the world is. Logged about 40 hours of playtime, and I've barely touched the main storyline, nor have I even ventured into the Eastern half of the map. Jeebus.

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Plus, there's like a gazillion mods to keep you entertained for hours upon hours!

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Fair enough, but I love that game. Best part was having to think way outside the box to beat the time trials.

Witness me!

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Ducks and covers before Bo..."I made a Mirror's Edge fanfilm"...ter finds this.

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Looking at what I posted looks a lot more negative than I actually feel, aha. I still don't know if I liked it or hated it, but don't get me wrong - I thought there were lots of great stuff in there.

Still not the best game I've played with an end credits song called 'Still Alive' though tongue.

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God loves you!

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Oh my god. MGSV is stunning. I will likely write something of more substantial length after the weekend when I have more time to play it, but, for now: blimey.

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I like it, looking forward to more

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I make music and teach at-risk students.
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The Arkham series is simply great.
I never did enjoy KSP myself, but my brother plays it fairly regularly, so that's something.
(He also plays a fair bit of Crush the Castle, mind you, so he's not infallible)

I've picked up Diablo 3 again. New patch, new season. All fun. As with most Blizzard games, a new patch usually means some game changers are afoot, but the core game is of course still the same. Still a fun game, if you're into that type of gameplay.

I'm still dying to get my hands on The Witcher 3, Until Dawn and MGS5, but, I don't have time to play anything of that scale until next year, so, they'll all have to wait.

I might be in line for Rock Band 4/Guitar Hero Live, though.

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I really enjoyed Arkham Asylum, but City didn't do much for me and I stopped playing after that.

Force Unleashed was good but shines in New Game Plus; all of that power getting cancelled as soon as you get it is good for gameplay balance but feels cheap, so being able to romp through the opening two acts while fully leveled is stupid fun.

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I so will as soon as I get a new console. hopefully around christmas

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F.E.A.R. is such a great game. Definitely one of the FPS milestones as far as I'm concerned. The graphics still hold up pretty well because they brought at the time tons of new technologies we had seldom seen before: dynamic lighting, parallax mapping, etc. The AI is amazing and makes gunfights incredibly satisfying.

The atmosphere is what I remember the most however. The industrial and administrative locations the game takes place in are bleak as can be (the dynamic lighting adding a lot to it because it creates these sharp shadows) and pave the way for downright creepy moments. The game cleverly alternates between down-to-earth parts and completely surreal, mad visions where you see the little girl creeping in a corner and tiles levitating; the sound design helps a lot with tinnitus sounds and the like that really make you feel you're cast in this helpless complete dementia episode that lasts only a few seconds but you know will be back later on. It has its jump scare moments but they're not that many and the game relies more on setting your uneasiness efficiently (much like what would do Amnesia: The Dark Descent a few years later in a more extreme way), so much so that I'd be relieved when I saw enemy soldiers because I knew it would be a gunfight moment without creepiness (well...most of the time anyway). The story is very interesting because it focuses on discovering who's this little girl and the charismatic man-eating dude you see ripping your fellow soldiers apart but doesn't seem interested in doing the same to you for some reason.

Really a game worth checking out, and while I would agree with Boter on the expansion Perseus Mandate and the two sequels, I think Extraction Point is really great and takes the visual horror to a whole new level (as well as expanding the story that was later stated as non-cannon, but no one cares about the sequels).

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