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Which of these singleplayer games should I play?

FuryVFuryV Member UncommonPosts: 515
Was looking for a new singleplayer game to play for a while as I've been so hooked on mmos, I've not been paying any attention to some of the other good games out there.  Which of the following should I play first in your opinion?  Basically just wanted to get some ideas before investing into a game for X number of hours.  I've played the previous versions of any sequels you see below so I wouldn't just be jumping straight into the 3rd game, or anything like that.  My choice is basically as follows:

 - Dragon Age: Inquisition
 - Fallout 4
 - Assassin's Creed: Rogue
 - Quantum Break
 - Batman: Arkham Knight
 - This War of Mine
 - Ryse: Son of Rome
 - Life is Strange
 - Just Cause 3
 - Pillars of Eternity

Thanks guys.
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  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    edited September 2016
    -Dragon's Dogma.

    or pillars of eternity, that game is good too. 

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  • mystik13mystik13 Member UncommonPosts: 145
    dragon's dogma or divinity original sin for an rpg fix.  Both have a surprising amount of depth and replayability.

    DAI has action combat, kind of bland quests and skill development. 

    POI has quite a restrictive ruleset and too combat focused imo. 

    Fallout 4 is a giant sandbox, if you enjoyed previous installments you will like 4 probably.

    I have heard terrible things about optimisation of jc3 and batman arkham knight if playing on pc beware.  Can't really comment on the others. 
  • FuryVFuryV Member UncommonPosts: 515
    edited September 2016
    Great, that helps a hell of a lot, thank you.  I'm playing on PC by the way.
  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,936
    I'm going to put in another vote for Dragon's Dogma.
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  • FuryVFuryV Member UncommonPosts: 515
    I'd never even heard of Dragon's Dogma until this thread... Was just looking at some gameplay vids on Youtube, and seems quite cool.  Although it looks quite similar to Dragon Age: Inquisition as well.
  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,936
    edited September 2016
    FuryV said:
    I'd never even heard of Dragon's Dogma until this thread... Was just looking at some gameplay vids on Youtube, and seems quite cool.  Although it looks quite similar to Dragon Age: Inquisition as well.
    Oh it's definitely not like dragon's age inquisition.

    Don't get me wrong, it's not perfect (I had to replace the starter music with some I found on the Dragon's Dogma Nexus site as the original was, to me, deplorable) but there's a lot of great stuff, the battles are very fun, especially once you get to the dark isle (black isle? dark isle, the expansion that comes it but I don't remember the name but is for higher level characters) and the "pawns" which are your battle buddies have decent ai. Heck, I was swallowed by a Hydra in the isle dungeon (which I love) and had to rely upon the pawns to kill the beast. That was a blast as I could see myself struggling in its throat.

    The gear looks great, honing and training your own pawn is cool, the harpies are awesome as they lift you in the air and drop you if you are not careful, and there are some "multiple ending" things going on with some quests.

    In some cases you have to make choices in quests and those could have small ramifications later on. Not huge but noticeable here and there.
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  • rodingorodingo Member RarePosts: 2,870
    edited September 2016
    FuryV said:
    I'd never even heard of Dragon's Dogma until this thread... Was just looking at some gameplay vids on Youtube, and seems quite cool.  Although it looks quite similar to Dragon Age: Inquisition as well.
    They are only partially similar but the combat in Dragon's Dogma can be pretty epic at times.  Specially when fighting big monsters like griffons, chimeras, and dragons.  In Dragon's Dogma you can actually climb onto the monsters you are fighting to try to hack at their weak spots.  Sometimes you can find yourself grabbing onto the side of a griffon to only have it take off and fly to a couple of hundred feet into the air while you are still hanging on. Then one of your party members shoots a fireball at it, bursting it into flames, then both you and the griffon come crashing back down earth. 

    Stuff like that makes fighting monsters really dynamic and can be pretty thrilling at times.  DA:I big monster fights tend to be on the dull side due to the monster behavior is kind of limited.  However, overall they are both still great games but I think Dragon's Dogma is a lot more bang for the buck and will give you gaming moments that you will remember and compare against other similar games. 

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  • FuryVFuryV Member UncommonPosts: 515
    So let's say you had a choice between Divinity: Original Sin and Dragon's Dogma, having never played either... Which would you play first?  To be honest I'd not even heard of the former either until I came here, and I was sure I knew about most singleplayer games out there worth playing.  Helped myself immensely by coming here today :D
  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914
    Divinity
  • ConstantineMerusConstantineMerus Member EpicPosts: 3,338
    If you loved the previous versions you gotta play DAI and Batman AK first plus their DLCs to finish up their stories. 
    I really liked the ending on both titles. 

    With DAI plus DLCs you'll be getting about 200 hours. The first one was definitely a better game but Inquisition is better than the 2nd one with a decent story and nice closure in my opinion. 

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    If you want to play a new game both Dragon's Dogma and Divinity are the best titles in this thread. They are not as flashy as other games, but they have undeniable depth and integrity. 
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  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    FuryV said:
    So let's say you had a choice between Divinity: Original Sin and Dragon's Dogma, having never played either... Which would you play first?  To be honest I'd not even heard of the former either until I came here, and I was sure I knew about most singleplayer games out there worth playing.  Helped myself immensely by coming here today :D
    Divinity if you have a co-op friend in mind who owns it, Dragon's dogma if you want something deep you can enjoy on your own.

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  • TokkenTokken Member EpicPosts: 3,649
    - Dragon Age: Inquisition or
     - Fallout 4

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  • Solar_ProphetSolar_Prophet Member EpicPosts: 1,960
    FuryV said:
    So let's say you had a choice between Divinity: Original Sin and Dragon's Dogma, having never played either... Which would you play first?  To be honest I'd not even heard of the former either until I came here, and I was sure I knew about most singleplayer games out there worth playing.  Helped myself immensely by coming here today :D
    Dogma. Divinity starts out all right, but gets stupid hard after the first actual (non-tutorial) dungeon, and is absolutely impossible unless you recruit every available follower in the first city. You will be swarmed and killed by enemies higher level than you within 3 screens of the town gates. Very frustrating game, more so because I really wanted to like it, but the fake difficulty and horrible conversation system completely ruined it. I don't see how anyone could enjoy it, unless they're playing on easy. I've played all the 'old school' CRPGs considered difficult (Dark Sun, Icewind Dale, Baldur's Gate, etc.) and enjoyed them, but D:OS isn't old school, it's just badly designed and shows that Larian didn't learn squat from the terrible Beyond Divinity. A damned shame. 

    Dogma can be tough at first, but it's doable. Just try to create a pawn (or pawns) with abilities which complement your own and of each other, and you should do fine. I do have two pieces of advice though: When fighting lizardmen aim for their tails or you're in for a bad time, and try to stay indoors at night. Nights are very, very dark, and you are very likely to be eaten by a grue (or worse) at low levels. Even at high levels after a certain event things that go bump will still pose a challenge. It's one mechanic I really wish more RPGs would make use of. 

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  • ConstantineMerusConstantineMerus Member EpicPosts: 3,338
    FuryV said:
    So let's say you had a choice between Divinity: Original Sin and Dragon's Dogma, having never played either... Which would you play first?  To be honest I'd not even heard of the former either until I came here, and I was sure I knew about most singleplayer games out there worth playing.  Helped myself immensely by coming here today :D
    Dogma. Divinity starts out all right, but gets stupid hard after the first actual (non-tutorial) dungeon, and is absolutely impossible unless you recruit every available follower in the first city. 
    The enhanced version (which you'll get for free if you have purchased the game) has a new difficulty setting which made the game much more tolerable. :)
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  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    FuryV said:
    So let's say you had a choice between Divinity: Original Sin and Dragon's Dogma, having never played either... Which would you play first?  To be honest I'd not even heard of the former either until I came here, and I was sure I knew about most singleplayer games out there worth playing.  Helped myself immensely by coming here today :D
    Dogma. Divinity starts out all right, but gets stupid hard after the first actual (non-tutorial) dungeon, and is absolutely impossible unless you recruit every available follower in the first city. 
    The enhanced version (which you'll get for free if you have purchased the game) has a new difficulty setting which made the game much more tolerable. :)
    As well as it's much better to play Divinity with real people, I've only tried to play it alone a few times, it's just a better experience with friends. 

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  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    Dragon Age: Inquisition has a free six hour demo that's not restricted, it lets you play the full game for six hours then shuts it down.  So I would give it a try since you pay nothing for six hours of full gameplay.

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,936
     and try to stay indoors at night. Nights are very, very dark, and you are very likely to be eaten by a grue (or worse) at low levels. Even at high levels after a certain event things that go bump will still pose a challenge. It's one mechanic I really wish more RPGs would make use of. 
    I love the nights!

    The first time I experienced a night I was out in the western part of the world and was trying to head east to the main city when suddenly in the dark I saw a purplish light. These skeleton things started rising from the ground. I tried to take them 3 times (almost won on the last try) but couldn't. Decided to make a run past them and as they were chasing, I ran through a stream and SURPRISE lizard men.

    Was the most fun I've had in a long time. Oh, I "could" have used the fast travel transport stone but I try to limit that.
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  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    FuryV said:
    Was looking for a new singleplayer game to play for a while as I've been so hooked on mmos, I've not been paying any attention to some of the other good games out there.  Which of the following should I play first in your opinion?  Basically just wanted to get some ideas before investing into a game for X number of hours.  I've played the previous versions of any sequels you see below so I wouldn't just be jumping straight into the 3rd game, or anything like that.  My choice is basically as follows:

     - Dragon Age: Inquisition
     - Fallout 4
     - Assassin's Creed: Rogue
     - Quantum Break
     - Batman: Arkham Knight
     - This War of Mine
     - Ryse: Son of Rome
     - Life is Strange
     - Just Cause 3
     - Pillars of Eternity

    Thanks guys.
    none of them.

    Could I make some alternate suggestions?


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  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    From the list i say Dragon Age, you can get the version with all DLCs for cheap. Its not a perfect game but if you liked DA 1 and 2 then Inquisition is definitely worth playing, but get the version that comes with all DLCs.

    Outside of that list, Dragon's Dogma and the Witcher series.




  • ConstantineMerusConstantineMerus Member EpicPosts: 3,338
    Distopia said:
    FuryV said:
    So let's say you had a choice between Divinity: Original Sin and Dragon's Dogma, having never played either... Which would you play first?  To be honest I'd not even heard of the former either until I came here, and I was sure I knew about most singleplayer games out there worth playing.  Helped myself immensely by coming here today :D
    Dogma. Divinity starts out all right, but gets stupid hard after the first actual (non-tutorial) dungeon, and is absolutely impossible unless you recruit every available follower in the first city. 
    The enhanced version (which you'll get for free if you have purchased the game) has a new difficulty setting which made the game much more tolerable. :)
    As well as it's much better to play Divinity with real people, I've only tried to play it alone a few times, it's just a better experience with friends. 
    Very true. I played it with a mate of mine on PS4 and it was the most fun co-op fun I had in the past decade! :)
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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    FuryV said:
    I'd never even heard of Dragon's Dogma until this thread... Was just looking at some gameplay vids on Youtube, and seems quite cool.  Although it looks quite similar to Dragon Age: Inquisition as well.
    No it's not like DA:I, that's just superficial. Dragon's Dogma is its own unique thing. It's a very different kind of game with some unusual leveling and class building twists that just work. Highly recommended.
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  • BloodaxesBloodaxes Member EpicPosts: 4,662
    edited September 2016
    Dragon's Dogma has it's own flaws too so I'll just list some so you are warned.

    1 - The AI aka pawns can be thought how they behave in combat which is very cool. That however means that people that have no idea about this just have their pawns with random behaviours. You could have an archer that goes melee for example. If you hire a pawn and you see him being retarded, that is why.

    2 - Until you start buying ferrystones you will be walking back and forth a lot! That for me wasn't a bad thing but it could be for you? I don't know.

    3 - There is a specific boss that you will encounter randomly deep in the endgame island mentioned in a post above that will frustrate you a lot. I won't say why or it's name if you'd wish no spoilers but it's quite cheap and annoying.

    4 - The storyline is not that great but it works enough I guess.

    5 - There's a weight limit on each character and when you create your character, each modification from height to muscles adds/remove to this weight limit. While a very interesting idea, you will often be over encumbered if you loot everything you see. You will need to loot everything you see tough if you want to upgrade your gear/weapons. The alternative is to use mods which are supported.

    6 - You might stumble on some pawns that look ridiculous or talk way too much. This can be lessened on your own pawn but some people love to troll.

    7 - It's a ps3 port so if you intend to play it on pc graphics aren't the greatest but they aren't terrible either.

    With that said it's one of the best rpgs I've ever played with one of the best combat systems there is. Sure melee roles are underpowered in the end game due most enemies being weak to only magic but I still used strider and it's one of the best classes in the game unless you go the hybrid route (The mage/archer or mage/fighter). Mages can buff allies with elemental damage so you can still be a melee fighter.

  • HothloveHothlove Member UncommonPosts: 126
    Of the ones mentioned I would recommend dragon age inquisition as a sure winner. If you have ever enjoyed dragon age origins and completed it, DA:I is a must.

    I own the dragons dogma for ps3, but I would say you need to think of it as a cocktail of darksouls/arcania/divinity/monster hunter games. I have never completed the game but the story is not really on levels with dragon age games - those have better stories and mini stories I think.

    Also Dragon's Dogma is way harder than Inquisition if that's you thing.
  • FuryVFuryV Member UncommonPosts: 515
    Much appreciated guys, some great suggestions there.  I will be playing them ALL in the end, but just wanted to know which to play first... went with DA:I as it's the only one from the list that I've actually bought in the past but not played yet.  Will most likely be going with DD or Div OS afterwards if the 200 hours from Dragon Age don't make me comatose from RPG boredom haha.
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