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All those "Big" games like Bioshock, Mass Effect, Dead Space, all sucked

I had a modded 360 and games like this would always get hype...
self-centered indian lodge
  04/15/26
I like games with cool stories so I'm enjoying Mass Effect s...
red locale background story
  04/15/26
You were likely never breastfed
self-centered indian lodge
  04/15/26
OK I lol'd
red locale background story
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diverse center
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glassy roommate marketing idea
  04/16/26
WTF mass effect is great (except ending of 3)
flesh becky bbw
  04/15/26
Lol. I disagree. This is when games really became movies tha...
self-centered indian lodge
  04/15/26
The first Mass Effect was like a real RPG iirc.
obsidian school
  04/15/26
I actually just replayed ME1 and it is the most rpg like, an...
flesh becky bbw
  04/15/26
its definitely the best. I hated the TPS shooting galler...
Nighttime dilemma messiness
  04/15/26
I got this trilogy for like $5 or maybe free and I don't eve...
Laughsome gay stage philosopher-king
  04/15/26
It's a log of shit haha, a total turd
self-centered indian lodge
  04/15/26
Story-driven games with boring stories that are somehow belo...
Laughsome gay stage philosopher-king
  04/15/26
All the Mass Effect games were great (except Andromeda) Nev...
Rebellious bat shit crazy fortuitous meteor
  04/15/26
Bioshock was iirc a very linear fps that had bog standard ga...
self-centered indian lodge
  04/15/26
What about games like Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro, etc
Rebellious bat shit crazy fortuitous meteor
  04/15/26
Don't have an opinion on these, I only ever played a few min...
self-centered indian lodge
  04/15/26
Never played Bioshock, but Irrational Games came from Lookin...
amethyst resort
  04/15/26
Always heard those were great but never tried them. But game...
self-centered indian lodge
  04/15/26
SS2 is up there with Eternal Darkness as far as being horrif...
glassy roommate marketing idea
  04/16/26
keep talking shit about Mass Effect
Blue ladyboy
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ungodly reading party rigor
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Trash Effect
self-centered indian lodge
  04/15/26
Ass EffecTTT
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Bioshock was great I doubt you've ever actually played any o...
histrionic stage kitty
  04/15/26
Bioshock was stupid af. The gameplay sucks, the "hackin...
self-centered indian lodge
  04/15/26
FIFA, NHL, and COD, the Indie Holy Trinity
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Bioshock 1 and 2 were awesome, the Infinite one was just FPS...
Nighttime dilemma messiness
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Bioshock is hugely overrated but System Shock 2, the game it...
Chartreuse talented dopamine
  04/15/26
That game was genius and scary af iirc
glassy roommate marketing idea
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anyone who has ever purchased a "triple A" "g...
spruce comical stead
  04/15/26
180
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glassy roommate marketing idea
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Never really touched these. They felt like they were for eit...
Laughsome gay stage philosopher-king
  04/15/26
Good post. I remember playing a medal of honor ps1 game with...
self-centered indian lodge
  04/15/26
Spec Ops on PS1 was first iirc or this other counter strike ...
glassy roommate marketing idea
  04/16/26
Fallout 3 was OK iirc. Discuss.
Laughsome gay stage philosopher-king
  04/15/26
Played less than an hour and quit
self-centered indian lodge
  04/15/26
Mass Effect is one of the best RPGs ever made. Bioshock w...
Vibrant effete parlour
  04/16/26
List your top 5 RPGs
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  04/16/26
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self-centered indian lodge
  04/16/26
These games were 180. “Gameplay” is obsolete un...
Up-to-no-good 180 Point
  04/16/26
He's just a Chill Guy who only played Online Man Approved Ga...
histrionic stage kitty
  04/16/26
Just watch films if you want story lol, it's actually a medi...
self-centered indian lodge
  04/16/26
Games can do more with their stories imo. Lengthier and you ...
Laughsome gay stage philosopher-king
  04/16/26
I want to walk around large video game cities and exploring ...
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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:21 PM
Author: self-centered indian lodge

I had a modded 360 and games like this would always get hyped and great reviews so I'd burn it to DVD and play for 30-40 mins and realize it fucking sucks ass. The only games I played were FIFA, NHL, and COD.

Now every AAA game is this way, and FIFA, NHL, and COD are way worse than they were back then, just total shit.

Even back then Very few single player games were worth a damn imo. They were just far too American. I found a reprieve on Nintendo DS and PSP they had some real gems

Crackdown was fun

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49819943)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:24 PM
Author: red locale background story

I like games with cool stories so I'm enjoying Mass Effect so far

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49819951)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:25 PM
Author: self-centered indian lodge

You were likely never breastfed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49819954)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:27 PM
Author: red locale background story

OK I lol'd

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49819967)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:27 PM
Author: diverse center



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:29 PM
Author: self-centered indian lodge



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:30 PM
Author: diverse center



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Date: April 16th, 2026 2:25 AM
Author: glassy roommate marketing idea



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:29 PM
Author: flesh becky bbw

WTF mass effect is great (except ending of 3)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49819979)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:30 PM
Author: self-centered indian lodge

Lol. I disagree. This is when games really became movies that allow you to press buttons every few mins. Gameplay suffered.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49819982)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 5:14 PM
Author: obsidian school

The first Mass Effect was like a real RPG iirc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820093)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 5:52 PM
Author: flesh becky bbw

I actually just replayed ME1 and it is the most rpg like, and maybe the best overall of the series. Worst part is too much time driving the Mako around planets with annoying terrain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820204)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:30 PM
Author: Nighttime dilemma messiness

its definitely the best.

I hated the TPS shooting gallery bullshit in the other ones.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820482)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 10:55 PM
Author: Laughsome gay stage philosopher-king

I got this trilogy for like $5 or maybe free and I don't even count it in my backlog

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820864)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:14 PM
Author: self-centered indian lodge

It's a log of shit haha, a total turd

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820894)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:15 PM
Author: Laughsome gay stage philosopher-king

Story-driven games with boring stories that are somehow beloved by millions. weird phenomenon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820897)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:35 PM
Author: Rebellious bat shit crazy fortuitous meteor

All the Mass Effect games were great (except Andromeda)

Never played Bioshock

Dead Space 1 & 2 were good, 3 sucked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820002)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:37 PM
Author: self-centered indian lodge

Bioshock was iirc a very linear fps that had bog standard gameplay but lots of "atmosphere" and "story" which redditors love but I'm a gameplay purist first and foremost and the gameplay was not fun. All these games were this way to me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820013)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: Rebellious bat shit crazy fortuitous meteor

What about games like Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro, etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820030)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:52 PM
Author: self-centered indian lodge

Don't have an opinion on these, I only ever played a few mins of Dark Souls, it's probably good cause it's Japanese

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820047)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: amethyst resort

Never played Bioshock, but Irrational Games came from Looking Glass Studios who made System Shock2 and Thief, two of the most outrageously good story line FPS games in the history of history.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820017)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:42 PM
Author: self-centered indian lodge

Always heard those were great but never tried them. But games were better back then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820028)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 2:26 AM
Author: glassy roommate marketing idea

SS2 is up there with Eternal Darkness as far as being horrifying and 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49821016)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 5:25 PM
Author: Blue ladyboy

keep talking shit about Mass Effect



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820122)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: ungodly reading party rigor



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:03 PM
Author: self-centered indian lodge

Trash Effect

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820231)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:40 PM
Author: duck-like station

Ass EffecTTT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820513)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 12:21 AM
Author: Vibrant effete parlour



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Date: April 16th, 2026 9:25 AM
Author: Ruddy Alcoholic Boistinker



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:03 PM
Author: histrionic stage kitty

Bioshock was great I doubt you've ever actually played any of these imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820234)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: self-centered indian lodge

Bioshock was stupid af. The gameplay sucks, the "hacking" mechanic sucked. You are just a AAA western gamer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820240)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:06 PM
Author: histrionic stage kitty

FIFA, NHL, and COD, the Indie Holy Trinity

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820249)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:04 PM
Author: aphrodisiac goal in life rigpig



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: self-centered indian lodge



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:38 PM
Author: spruce comical stead



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820506)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:31 PM
Author: Nighttime dilemma messiness

Bioshock 1 and 2 were awesome, the Infinite one was just FPS shooting gallery trash with a somewhat interesting steampunk vibe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820483)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:34 PM
Author: Chartreuse talented dopamine

Bioshock is hugely overrated but System Shock 2, the game it rips off, is 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820492)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 2:27 AM
Author: glassy roommate marketing idea

That game was genius and scary af iirc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49821017)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:37 PM
Author: spruce comical stead

anyone who has ever purchased a "triple A" "game" is an absolute fucking goycattle sheeple kikereceptacle

they are without exception fraudulent money grabs aimed at the most shameless gamergoyim paypigs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820505)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 8:57 PM
Author: self-centered indian lodge

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820660)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 8:58 PM
Author: glassy roommate marketing idea



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:14 PM
Author: Laughsome gay stage philosopher-king

Never really touched these. They felt like they were for either late millennials, or maybe 80s-born millennials whose brains developed slowly for whom their ability to play games to completion only manifested in their teens. Also for sull56ivan-esque Trailerfucks who weren't so attached to ps1 and genesis that they never developed curiosity about 2000s games. it just felt like the single player games were an extension of the experience that the Scumbag kid would have in Halo/Gears/COD. Something to play Contemplatively when not in the mood for online murderfests but with a familiar control scheme and of course, first person perspective.

I was going to make a post the other day. when genres become dominant they subsume everything on the platform. Halo was fuckin' popular. Enter Morrowind (fpv) bioshock (fps), mass effect (fps), and more. the dual analog fps control scheme transitioned seamlessly from game to game. particularly useful for Scumbags who struggle with playin Games. Also Genesis has the Jurassic Park game where you play as the fuckin' dinosaur, and it also had Primal Rage as a spiritual exclusive. Hardware has consequences imo.

btw Halo invented he scumfuck dual analog control scheme but nobody gives it credit. Alien Resurrection did actually but nobody cares. It's just weird how Face Buttons have become secondary. Some Eastern games at least use a face button for Sprint or Jump or whatever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820895)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:31 PM
Author: self-centered indian lodge

Good post. I remember playing a medal of honor ps1 game with dual analog controls but idk if they were default.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820907)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 2:33 AM
Author: glassy roommate marketing idea

Spec Ops on PS1 was first iirc or this other counter strike clone game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49821019)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:24 PM
Author: Laughsome gay stage philosopher-king

Fallout 3 was OK iirc. Discuss.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820904)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:29 PM
Author: self-centered indian lodge

Played less than an hour and quit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820906)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 12:22 AM
Author: Vibrant effete parlour

Mass Effect is one of the best RPGs ever made.

Bioshock was solid.

Dead Space was just ok.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49820936)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 4:28 AM
Author: Laughsome gay stage philosopher-king

List your top 5 RPGs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49821049)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 8:55 AM
Author: self-centered indian lodge



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Date: April 16th, 2026 9:19 AM
Author: Up-to-no-good 180 Point

These games were 180. “Gameplay” is obsolete unless it’s FromSoft or Zelda. Story is king.

OP seems more of a GAAS slop type of dude.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49821164)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 9:24 AM
Author: histrionic stage kitty

He's just a Chill Guy who only played Online Man Approved Games but still has VERY strong opinions about Gaming. Odd case

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49821166)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 9:37 AM
Author: self-centered indian lodge

Just watch films if you want story lol, it's actually a medium for mature adults and the stories are much better. Mass effect is like half alien women having gay sex in space.

Or just watch the game being played through on youtube I guess. You are not a gamer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49821185)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 10:54 AM
Author: Laughsome gay stage philosopher-king

Games can do more with their stories imo. Lengthier and you can do basically any cgi nbd because the game is cgi

These western game stories and Cutscenes do nothing for me. Like having the male voice in cyberpunk sound like 😏 and the Witcher sounding as Cool as possible, stuff like that adds up and it starts to feel like they just want 14 year olds to think it’s Cool. Which I guess that’s what MGS is. But it’s intellectual iirc.

Witcher 3 is kind of like FF8. “Guys the card game, omg.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49821253)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 11:17 AM
Author: Up-to-no-good 180 Point

I want to walk around large video game cities and exploring beautiful vistas while collecting stuff that makes my numbers go up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2#49821286)