I'm almost over XCOM. ChristopherOdd's videos are quickly losing their shine and I'm getting increasingly bored. To put the final nail in the coffin, I started MGS3 HD on my PS3. I forgot how ridiculous this game could be at times. I was totally taken back when Ocelot did his Ocelot call. I just couldn't get over that for the next thirty minutes. Then you got The Fear abducting Sokolov via an assist with goddamned hornets. Hilarious.
Although the 60fps looks great, the game is the same underneath. I appreciate a good framerate but I don't believe it makes gameplay "signficantly" better. Gameplay is gameplay, and the only time framerate impacts it is if goes below a certain threshold. It's neat luxury but not a necessity. Like with every game, I forget about the graphics as soon as I'm playing. All these arguments about graphics are getting wearisome. In the end, who gives a shit? Graphics don't make a game better. It's nice, but not paramount to the experience.
Then I checked out Back to the Future by Telltale. Most of the puzzles you can fumble through by systematically eliminating all your choices. It's kind of brain dead mechanically and a step back compared to all the adventure games that have come out on PC over the years, but Telltale isn't going for that. I can appreciate their emphasis on storytelling over obtuse puzzles. I've never watched the movies (or remember them if I did) so it's interesting to play in this universe.
I'm gonna have to check it out now!
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