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r/gaming • u/UnhappyExistence • 4h ago
What game mechanic did you go through the whole game not using/learning?
Doom 2016. They introduced you to the BFG! I use it once than it's gone. I didn't read the text, I wanted to rip and tear!
I thought it was gonna be power up weapon found in the world. I didn't know it was a separate button like the chainsaw! Went through the whole game thinking (Well that was fun... but I didn't get to use the BFG.)
Edit - Wow! Like a lot of you don't know how to sprint in a lot of games...
r/gaming • u/curious_zombie_ • 8h ago
Alan Wake 2 Wins TIME's Game Of The Year
r/gaming • u/Nate2247 • 3h ago
What game makes you say “I can’t explain it, man, you just have to play it”?
One of my favorite “genres” of games are ones that are hard to do justice without getting into spoilers. Games where it really is best to go in absolutely blind. For me, that game right now is Signalis.
What are some of your favorites?
r/gaming • u/trevor25 • 6h ago
Starfield Has Now Had Over 12 Million Players, Phil Spencer Says
r/gaming • u/Dunlocke • 6h ago
The surprisingly robust careers of Star Trek stars who became video game voice actors
r/gaming • u/RaspberryWonderful16 • 6h ago
Did anybody grow up with extremely anti-gaming parents?
I don’t game so much anymore, but when I was a child I loved playing games and I had friends who were also interested in gaming.
My parents were extremely boomer-ish with games. They thought they were a waste of time, expensive crap.
We had a PS2 not long after release, but my parents were extremely against buying any games for it.
I wasn’t even allowed to have a memory card, and because my parents were boomers they didn’t understand that it was kind of essential to use one. Their reasoning was ‘I’m not spending all that money on a little chunk of plastic’
And at birthdays and Christmas time, they would completely ignore what games I asked for and get me some shitty third party game made by some basement developer. Or a dreaded movie game. Of course this was because the shitty games in my country were cheaper to buy than the new releases and first party games.
They just couldn’t comprehend that four or so games would equal the cost of the whole console. They thought that gaming was just a rip off fad of an industry. In reality, even back then, gaming is an extremely cheap hobby in terms of cost per hour.
My friends parents were a lot more supportive of his gaming interests so he had an amazing library of games which I could only dream of. I was jealous of him being able to play through and complete games because he was able to save… I had to start from the beginning every time which was tedious
I can’t wait for gtaVI to be released. I’m an adult now, and I can spend my money on anything I want 👊
r/gaming • u/Cup-of-Noodle • 2h ago
My friend gave me back every PS3 game he borrowed years ago
r/gaming • u/curious_zombie_ • 21h ago
Xbox spends "over a billion dollars a year" on Xbox Game Pass
r/gaming • u/MeNamIzGraephen • 1h ago
What are some biggest examples of anti-consumerist design in gaming?
By anti-consumer, I mean things like paying real-life money to reload - as suggested by the lovely John Riccitielo, the ex-CEO of Electronic Arts and more recently - the ex-CEO of Unity.
I remember Grenade Boosters in Battlefield Play 4 Free, which increased your grenade radius to such degree, that the killzone went from about 2 metres to about 8 and you had to buy these on top of premium account, if you wanted to do well in the game.
Things like using FOMO, or "Fear of missing-out" on content, that make some people buy the Battlepass each season, practices such as overpowered premium content that never gets fixed et cetera.
r/gaming • u/mrbubbamac • 5h ago
Finally achieved the impossible after 35 years of gaming.
r/gaming • u/OlePlumberJoe • 23h ago
Seeing things in a game, as a trades-person.
I've been replaying the newer COD MW1 remastered campaign, and as someone who works in plumbing, I noticed these water heaters are actually pretty well done for a video game. The 'old style' gas control valves really do it for me. What's a game that you stopped and screenshoted something, completely unrelated to the game, because of the trade you're in?
r/gaming • u/Verytastytreats • 5h ago
I'm a solo dev working on my dream game for 8 years. It's a sci-fi, Horror, FPS inspired by games I grew up playing like Half-Life, Deadspace, Doom 2, 3, and the original Fallouts. Here's what the level development looks like for me from scratch.
r/gaming • u/CyGuy6587 • 23h ago
I'm 36 years old, and I finally understand how to play Minesweeper
r/gaming • u/KingSash • 1d ago
Grand Theft Auto 6 Leaks May Have Just Come From a Rockstar Employee’s Son
r/gaming • u/kaosblink • 30m ago
Just finished the campaign of Mass Effect for the first time. What a masterpiece!
What a fucking game! I'm excited to see what the rest of the trilogy holds in store for me.
r/gaming • u/Leisure_suit_guy • 1d ago
EU rules publishers cannot stop you reselling your downloaded games
r/gaming • u/Alternative_Cut4491 • 1d ago
What's biggest exploit you ever discovered?
When I was playing dying light with friend we discovered that every timw you go to sleep and wake up air drop will appear, if you don't know air drops are pretty rare and if you collext them and deliver to one guy you will recieve lots of xp, we used that multiple times to unlock grapling hook very early. Air drops also gave lots of medicine which was hard to get in early game and that very helped us
Far Cry Primal is AMAZING!
Hi everyone!
As a father of 2 toddlers, working a full time job, I don't get much time for gaming, and my gaming setup consists of the laptop that is currently on my lap = I'm no longer a serious gamer.
I recently picked up Far Cry Primal (FCP) because someone recommended it as an alternative to ARK, which I didn't much care for, and FCP is AMAZING!!!
What I LOVE about this game:
- It is not a NEW game, so it runs relatively smooth on my laptop
- It is a game that is easy to pick up and put down again
- The progression in the game is absolutely amazing. I have had games where progression was tedious or too easy, but in FCP it strikes the (to me) perfect balance between challenge and letting me progress without too much hazzle - which is amazing when you don't have too much time to put into the game
- You can pet your companion animal
- Fast travel is easy to come by
- many simultaneous stories makes everything feel like a main quest, meaning you want to complete it, and not just leave it because it's "only" a side quest
- You can pet your companion animal
- No complicated control scheme to remember, though you can get a skill that enables you to take down enemies from above, but how you would ever get above an enemy I don't undestand...
- Crafting isn't complicated and actually makes somewhat sense
- Headshotting someone with an arrow is weirdly satisfying
- The whole language that was crafted for this game
- You can pet your companion animal
What I don't like:
- I don't like the way quests are given... You pick up a quest from a quest giver and have to go to an objective to 'trigger' the quest and then you have to go somewhere else to complete it... just give me the quest and the objective and I'll be on my way...
- To me (someone might disagree) the story is 100% forgettable. Someone told me they cried when they helped X avenge his son - to me that was just another quest... I don't even remember why I came to Oros..?
Anyway... I just wanted to give my recommendation of Far Cry Primal - I think it's amazing!
r/gaming • u/JamieDailyBits • 5h ago
Starbreeze developing Dungeons & Dragons game codenamed Project Baxter with Unreal Engine 5
gamewatcher.comr/gaming • u/LukaMilic98 • 1h ago
Everyone are happy potatoes over The Batman suit being released for Arkham Knight soon on consoles and PC. I here, just want The "One Million" suit in another Batman game.
r/gaming • u/MidTierMan • 1d ago
You are stuck in a dark room for a year with only a gaming pc. And you can only play one game, what game are you playing?
I'm playin Minecraft