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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...
Bright Giraffe Principal's Office
  04/15/26
I like games with cool stories so I'm enjoying Mass Effect s...
Narrow-minded Aquamarine Stag Film Selfie
  04/15/26
You were likely never breastfed
Bright Giraffe Principal's Office
  04/15/26
OK I lol'd
Narrow-minded Aquamarine Stag Film Selfie
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Indigo Legend
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magical startled institution
  04/16/26
WTF mass effect is great (except ending of 3)
peach soggy elastic band
  04/15/26
Lol. I disagree. This is when games really became movies tha...
Bright Giraffe Principal's Office
  04/15/26
The first Mass Effect was like a real RPG iirc.
Bearded charcoal police squad
  04/15/26
I actually just replayed ME1 and it is the most rpg like, an...
peach soggy elastic band
  04/15/26
its definitely the best. I hated the TPS shooting galler...
Opaque Home Kitty
  04/15/26
I got this trilogy for like $5 or maybe free and I don't eve...
Diverse medicated temple party of the first part
  04/15/26
It's a log of shit haha, a total turd
Bright Giraffe Principal's Office
  04/15/26
Story-driven games with boring stories that are somehow belo...
Diverse medicated temple party of the first part
  04/15/26
All the Mass Effect games were great (except Andromeda) Nev...
Hilarious Crystalline Azn Market
  04/15/26
Bioshock was iirc a very linear fps that had bog standard ga...
Bright Giraffe Principal's Office
  04/15/26
What about games like Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro, etc
Hilarious Crystalline Azn Market
  04/15/26
Don't have an opinion on these, I only ever played a few min...
Bright Giraffe Principal's Office
  04/15/26
Never played Bioshock, but Irrational Games came from Lookin...
Vengeful Step-uncle's House
  04/15/26
Always heard those were great but never tried them. But game...
Bright Giraffe Principal's Office
  04/15/26
SS2 is up there with Eternal Darkness as far as being horrif...
magical startled institution
  04/16/26
keep talking shit about Mass Effect
Bonkers area
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Hairraiser blood rage
  04/15/26
Trash Effect
Bright Giraffe Principal's Office
  04/15/26
Ass EffecTTT
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Bioshock was great I doubt you've ever actually played any o...
dashing locus
  04/15/26
Bioshock was stupid af. The gameplay sucks, the "hackin...
Bright Giraffe Principal's Office
  04/15/26
FIFA, NHL, and COD, the Indie Holy Trinity
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Slimy chad roommate
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Bioshock 1 and 2 were awesome, the Infinite one was just FPS...
Opaque Home Kitty
  04/15/26
Bioshock is hugely overrated but System Shock 2, the game it...
vivacious prole
  04/15/26
That game was genius and scary af iirc
magical startled institution
  04/16/26
anyone who has ever purchased a "triple A" "g...
Slimy chad roommate
  04/15/26
180
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magical startled institution
  04/15/26
Never really touched these. They felt like they were for eit...
Diverse medicated temple party of the first part
  04/15/26
Good post. I remember playing a medal of honor ps1 game with...
Bright Giraffe Principal's Office
  04/15/26
Spec Ops on PS1 was first iirc or this other counter strike ...
magical startled institution
  04/16/26
Fallout 3 was OK iirc. Discuss.
Diverse medicated temple party of the first part
  04/15/26
Played less than an hour and quit
Bright Giraffe Principal's Office
  04/15/26
Mass Effect is one of the best RPGs ever made. Bioshock w...
Supple sanctuary
  04/16/26
List your top 5 RPGs
Diverse medicated temple party of the first part
  04/16/26
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Bright Giraffe Principal's Office
  04/16/26
These games were 180. “Gameplay” is obsolete un...
Ruddy erotic casino mental disorder
  04/16/26
He's just a Chill Guy who only played Online Man Approved Ga...
dashing locus
  04/16/26
Just watch films if you want story lol, it's actually a medi...
Bright Giraffe Principal's Office
  04/16/26
Games can do more with their stories imo. Lengthier and you ...
Diverse medicated temple party of the first part
  04/16/26
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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:21 PM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office

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...id#49819943)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:24 PM
Author: Narrow-minded Aquamarine Stag Film Selfie

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...id#49819951)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:25 PM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office

You were likely never breastfed

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



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:27 PM
Author: Narrow-minded Aquamarine Stag Film Selfie

OK I lol'd

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



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:27 PM
Author: Indigo Legend



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:29 PM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:30 PM
Author: Indigo Legend



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Date: April 16th, 2026 2:25 AM
Author: magical startled institution



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:29 PM
Author: peach soggy elastic band

WTF mass effect is great (except ending of 3)

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



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:30 PM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office

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...id#49819982)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 5:14 PM
Author: Bearded charcoal police squad

The first Mass Effect was like a real RPG iirc.

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



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Date: April 15th, 2026 5:52 PM
Author: peach soggy elastic band

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...id#49820204)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:30 PM
Author: Opaque Home Kitty

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...id#49820482)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 10:55 PM
Author: Diverse medicated temple party of the first part

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...id#49820864)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:14 PM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office

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

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



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:15 PM
Author: Diverse medicated temple party of the first part

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...id#49820897)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:35 PM
Author: Hilarious Crystalline Azn Market

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...id#49820002)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:37 PM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office

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...id#49820013)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: Hilarious Crystalline Azn Market

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

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



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:52 PM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office

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...id#49820047)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: Vengeful Step-uncle's House

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...id#49820017)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:42 PM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office

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...id#49820028)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 2:26 AM
Author: magical startled institution

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...id#49821016)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 5:25 PM
Author: Bonkers area

keep talking shit about Mass Effect



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



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Date: April 15th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: Hairraiser blood rage



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:03 PM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office

Trash Effect

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



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:40 PM
Author: cracking spruce gaping parlour

Ass EffecTTT

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



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Date: April 16th, 2026 12:21 AM
Author: Supple sanctuary



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Date: April 16th, 2026 9:25 AM
Author: adventurous carmine lodge incel



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:03 PM
Author: dashing locus

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...id#49820234)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office

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...id#49820240)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:06 PM
Author: dashing locus

FIFA, NHL, and COD, the Indie Holy Trinity

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



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:04 PM
Author: Excitant hissy fit messiness



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:38 PM
Author: Slimy chad roommate



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:31 PM
Author: Opaque Home Kitty

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...id#49820483)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:34 PM
Author: vivacious prole

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...id#49820492)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 2:27 AM
Author: magical startled institution

That game was genius and scary af iirc

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



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:37 PM
Author: Slimy chad roommate

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...id#49820505)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 8:57 PM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office

180

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



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Date: April 15th, 2026 8:58 PM
Author: magical startled institution



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:14 PM
Author: Diverse medicated temple party of the first part

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...id#49820895)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:31 PM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office

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...id#49820907)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 2:33 AM
Author: magical startled institution

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...id#49821019)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:24 PM
Author: Diverse medicated temple party of the first part

Fallout 3 was OK iirc. Discuss.

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



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:29 PM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office

Played less than an hour and quit

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



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Date: April 16th, 2026 12:22 AM
Author: Supple sanctuary

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...id#49820936)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 4:28 AM
Author: Diverse medicated temple party of the first part

List your top 5 RPGs

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



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Date: April 16th, 2026 8:55 AM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office



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Date: April 16th, 2026 9:19 AM
Author: Ruddy erotic casino mental disorder

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...id#49821164)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 9:24 AM
Author: dashing locus

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...id#49821166)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 9:37 AM
Author: Bright Giraffe Principal's Office

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...id#49821185)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 10:54 AM
Author: Diverse medicated temple party of the first part

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...id#49821253)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 11:17 AM
Author: Ruddy erotic casino mental disorder

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...id#49821286)