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Which Game Series Burned You Out?

The PC Gamer team share some of their personal choices, ranging from Far Cry to King's Quest.

SegaGamer2156d ago

Lego games. I still like them, but they are basically the same thing over and over again.

Aceman182156d ago

I'm burnt out on the fps CoD's, Bf's. Also kinda burnt out on the open world games even though I still enjoyed them.

ArchangelMike2156d ago

Got burnt out on Call of Duty after Black ops, burnt out on Assassins Creed after Brotherhood, got burnt out on Far Cry after Far Cry 3. Got burnt out on Destiny and The Division, also got burn out on Watchdogs after the first game as well.

The games that I am still playing though - Dark Souls III, God of War - on my second play through; same as Detroit Become Human (second play through as well). I'm still playing Battlefield 1 (what can I say I just love Operations)

Ukgamer2156d ago

For me it is the racing games that’s try to be too realistic I used to put god knows what hours into Gran Tourismo and Forza but much prefer Forza Horizon now. Can’t be arsed with one mistake and your out as I refuse to use the rewind function

CloudStrife9002156d ago

Me, when I see defeat, I drive round the track backwards trying to derail first place. Not sure whether they've put a ghost feature in place now but back when, like you, I put several hours into racing games, I enjoyed its collision mechanics. Totally agree with you on the FH front.

Couldn't help but feel as though FM7 felt more like an elaborate expansion to FM6. I think that's where I got burnt out the most. I've said it a million times before, I'd love to see another spin-off in the Forza franchise to go alongside Motorsport and Horizon, if, for anything, to add pacing.

TheCommentator2156d ago

Horizon is the best! Hoping for Japan in FH4... fingers crossed!

chris2352156d ago (Edited 2156d ago )

open world games and western rpgs that look like fps shooters. but there are also entries that made me go „i guess i‘ve had enough of this setting“ after the first entry. tomb raider (this reboot thingy) or horizon zero dawn comes to mind. uncharted i also was already fatigued after the second one. got a very low tolerance for BS, i can‘t help it.

rivaldoo7772156d ago

It looks like you need to step back and enjoy reading books and some social activities than.

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Far Cry Villains To Appear In A New Comic

This is interesting news for comic and Far Cry fans as something new in the universe for the game is always welcome. Villains from popular Far Cry games are transported into prehistoric times by the priestess Batari, who has pulled them from their lives before they've committed their most heinous crimes.

-Foxtrot28d ago

"Villains from popular Far Cry games are transported into prehistoric times by the priestess Batari"

Why do they make every f****** thing goofier and goofier

Watch Dogs become whacky, Assassins Creed jumped the shark, Ghost Recon become less serious now this

Garethvk28d ago

I think it is the trend. They look around and say ok; what can be done that will not infringe upon the next game and this is what happens. I heard rumors of the next Far Cry offering may be in Alaska and there was also an Online offering coming. So we get this to tide us over.

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Far Cry's entire source code has leaked online

Far Cry's source code has popped up online. Entitled "Far Cry 1.34 Complete", the game's entire source code was uploade…

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Which Far Cry Should I Start With? - A Beginner's Guide 2023

If you’re new to this long-running franchise, we’ve got you covered.

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masterfox413d ago

Farcry 3 and literally thats it! lol

GamingSinceForever411d ago (Edited 411d ago )

I recently tried 3 for the first time but the frame rate was a turnoff.

I liked 5 and 6 though.

banger88411d ago

If you have a Series X or S, the Xbox 360 version runs at 60 fps with fps boost. It's a shame the remaster doesn't.

isarai412d ago

2 and 3, pretty much the only ones i really enjoyed. 1 was amazing for the time but aged quite poorly. 4 has the elephant gun, all i can praise from any entry after 3 lol

cooperdnizzle411d ago

Ummmm 3 than stop.

Okay maybe two as well. But yeah probably 3 and then move on.

JEECE411d ago (Edited 411d ago )

Far Cry 2. People constantly rant about games now being too easy, holding your hand, having too many unnecessary RPG-lite leveling features, etc. People specifically complain about open world games being too focused on tons of collectibles and "checkmarks" that just waste time.

Far Cry 2 is an answer to all of those complaints. It was made by Ubisoft before they fell into all the traps discussed above (and before they started inserting towers into their games to defog the map). It has respawning enemies, weapons that degrade, and the collectible diamonds are very useful in the game (which you find in a similar way to the way you find shrines in BOTW with a radar system). The map you have is an in game item you pull out while playing, not a pause menu that is unnecessarily detailed. Also the enemy AI and physics are much better than later entries in the series.

It has a mixed reputation because people at the time said it was too hard, the weapon degradation was annoying, and then respawning enemies were annoying. FC2 came out in 2008, so this was before games like Dark Souls and BOTW had come out and made it cool to like these types of features.

XbladeTeddy410d ago

Far Cry 2, the one with the AI that find you through walls and trees, can one shot you from a mile away and have 100% accuracy? That was frustrating not fun because cheap AI.

JEECE410d ago (Edited 410d ago )

Uhh, I mean, it isn't one of these games where once the enemies have detected you they will magically forget you exist because you walked behind a wall or went into a bush. And yeah the AI isn't stormtrooper level accuracy. Again, these are positives, not negatives to me.

To be fair, I'm really directing this at the people most critical of "Modern Ubisoft" or "Modern Open World" design elements. Like the type of people who fawned all over Elden Ring because it had a clean UI because they are so burnt out by the "checkbox" type of open world design.

If you like those types of games, then a later FC game like 3 and especially 4-5 would be more your style.

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