• DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    I really wish this didn’t come as a surprise. We really need more TH, not the oversaturated crap that is CoD and the plethora of shooters

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      5 months ago

      I’d recommend Session or even SkaterXL, if you’re wanting a badass skating game. They’re like the Skate (1, 2, and 3) games, except on steroids. One stick controls one foot, and the other stick controls the other foot and you have to flick them all in different directions to do tricks and such. You can customize the gameplay to be as simple or as hardcore as you want, and there’s a nice barebones story (at least for Session) to string you along and teach you harder tricks and rest your skill. You also unlock new customization options, which I’ll say each tiny little adjust to your deck can actually make a difference during gameplay. You can tighten or loosen each truck individually as much as you want, change each individual wheel, change the hardness of the wheels so they grip more; there are even truck risers and deck rails you can put on there.

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        5 months ago

        Thanks for the recommendations but it’s the arcade style of TH that I’m after rather than a skating sim. Plus the humour of the Underground and American Wastelamd games was simple but enjoyable for me.

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    5 months ago

    Activision were properly fucked if people stopped caring about CoD, eh?

    I wonder if they’ll vary anything up with new owners.

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      5 months ago

      People still care about Call of Duty? I haven’t heard people talk about playing it for years now. But I don’t know if that’s just my friends or what.

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    5 months ago

    I want to hate this because Activision sucks ass and CoD is a military recruitment game but my distaste for cashgrab remakes is holding me back.

    I know a lot of CoD is like FIFA in that it’s the same game every release…I’m just so tired of remakes and the only way I’m giving these big studios money is if they make NEW games.

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      5 months ago

      While I tend to agree with you on pointless cash grab remakes, THPS 1+2 was the perfect formula for a remake in my opinion. It’s a true remake of a 20+ year old game, reasonably priced, and part of a series that was really starved for a good entry. The added mechanics bring a lot to the overall experience, and most importantly, it’s a blast to play.

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          It got good reviews. I don’t know about any launch issues, but keep in mind I never played it online and I don’t ever buy games day 1, so if they did have issues they were probably worked out by the time I picked it up.

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          No worries, to each their own. I’m just expressing why many people, myself included, are bummed this series is getting shelved again.