deviantmoth

The reboot is a typical 3rd person shooter with platforming. Focuses mostly on combat, barely any focus on exploration. It feels like a reskin of Uncharted. Then if you play the original games or the LAU reboot, there is more focus on traversal. There is a sense of isolation where there is just Lara completely alone in this giant space. That's another thing that was lacking. Scope. You don't have these absolutely massive vistas where you can get lost in how alone you are.

Are there any plans for the series to pull away from the Uncharted clones?

The ammo reserve has to make sense with the ammo capacity. So if the magazine holds 13 rounds, the ammo reserve has to be a multiple of 13. If it holds 5 rounds, it has to be a multiple of 5. My ammo has to look like 13/65 or 5/45 etc. If it's 13/68 or 5/43 or soemthing I will literally waste ammo to make it right. I first started doing it with New Vegas and I haven't been able to break out of the habit.

Games that aren't open world but aren't exactly linear either. E.g Mass Effect. You have the main missions that are done in a linear order. But there are hubs such as the Citadel, Omega, Tuchanka where you can buy things, talk to people, have a drink and collect assignments to be done at your leisure. The Normandy (another hub) has the Galaxy map where you can pick whatever planet you want to go to. The planet is a linear mission that cannot be returned to, but again there is no order to do them in and they are optional.

Another example being the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy (especially the last two). There are many hub areas that have challenges to complete or loot to collect but the game is linear for the most part. But in these hub areas there's plenty of side content to do e.g the Baba Yaga DLC in Rise of the Tomb Raider or various optional tombs to explore.

My dad had a PS1 but I played on it more than he did. He only used it for FIFA, Smackdown! and Resident Evil. I'd wake up early to play Disney's Hercules, Inspector Gadgets Crazy Maze, Mickey's Wild Adventure or Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase before I had to leave for nursery (9am I think). Got a PS2 a year after release in 2001. Think it came with 007 Agent Under Fire. Favourite game for it was Spyro A Hero's Tail. First game I picked out for it was Spyro Enter the Dragonfly. I loved how many movies got their own game. The Incredibles, Monsters Inc, Coraline, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Scooby Doo Mystery Mayhem smacked too. Then got a Game Boy micro with a dual bundle. I think it was Crash N-Tranced 2 and Spyro Season of Ice. Wasn't really into the GBA outside of Pokémon and Crash Bandicoot. I've still never played Pokémon Emerald. Only had Ruby and Sapphire for it. Then got the original DS with Pokémon Diamond, Guitar Hero on Tour and Madagascar. Again, didn't play much outside of Pokémon and Guitar Hero. Then got a PSP with GTA Liberty City Stories. Favourite game for that was Silent Hill: Origins. Became a huge fan of Silent Hill at that point eventually getting every game for the PS2, PSP and 360. Got the Wii Christmas after release. Spent all of my time on it either playing Night at the Museum 2 or Animal Crossing City Folk. By this point I realised Nintendo just wasn't for me. The handful of Nintendo games I like, I really liked and could play them for days. But there were just so few of them. Overlord A Dark Legend was my favourite game for the Wii. Then in 2011 I get the Xbox 360 S and lost years of my life to Skyrim, MW3 and New Vegas. New Vegas is still my favourite game. I didn't turn 18 until 2015 but I kept my 360 without upgrading to a PS4 Pro until 2017.

What about you? Which consoles did you play before turning 18? What games did you have for them? What were your favourite games for each console?