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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: It's Hard To Blame Them...
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 22:07:23 -0700
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On 10/31/2024 7:55 AM, vallor wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 06:53:57 -0700, Justisaur wrote:
> 
>> On 10/27/2024 7:11 AM, Ross Ridge wrote:
>>> Mike S.  <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>> No, I can't. Your list really says it all. I have always blamed
>>>> gamers, not the studios firstly, and your list is the reason why I do.
>>>> We talk the talk but we do not walk the walk.
>>>
>>> I don't blame publishers or gamers, as I've never had a problem with
>>> sequels.  How can I complain about there being countless Call of Duty
>>> games or Madden games when I bought so many sequels myself?
>>>
>>> I have Might and Magic 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Heroes of Might
>>> and Magic 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, plus Civilization 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
>>> On the consoles, I have Final Fantasy 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10-2, 12,
>>> 13. and 13-2, plus Disgaea 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, D2.  I won't list all the
>>> Total War games I have, but I have 10 of them, plus 7 Tales of games
>>> and 8 Harvest Moon games.  There's also the 5 Grand Theft Auto games,
>>> plus 4 Borderlands, 4 Thief, 4 Deus Ex, 4 Jedi Knight, 4 Saints Row,
>>> and 4 Europa Universalis games.
>>>
>>> Now some of these games I could live without, and there's more than a
>>> few I haven't gotten around to playing yet, but for the most part I
>>> think my video game collection would be much worse off without all
>>> these sequels.
>>
>> I don't really do series like that.  The only couple I've done are all
>> the Fallouts and all the Dark Souls (actual Fromsoft games)
>>
>> FO 1, 2, T, BoS, 3, NV, 4, S, 76.  The real rarity is I enjoyed and
>> finished every one of them that are finishable (though haven't played
>> the DLCs for NV & 4.)  Which reminds me I need to get around to FO London.
>>
>> DS is only 1, 2, 3, ER, BB, and DeS and I can't even say I truly enjoyed
>> all of those, parts yes, but parts no.  I didn't even finish DeS, or the
>> DLCs for 2.

Oops I think I missed a bunch of games on that list,  Oh well.  I've got 
all the Mass Effects, but didn't really enjoy #3 and didn't buy the 
DLCs.  Also GTA 1, 3, VC(the best), 4 and 5.  2 is apparently not 
available at least on PC.

I probably have most if not all the Elder Scrolls games, but didn't 
really enjoy the majority of them.  Only Daggerfall and Skyrim.  I still 
bought or obtained them.

I've got tons of Star Wars games, but that's only because I bought a 
huge bundle with tons of old games in it.  Twice, once in a box and once 
on Steam (because it had a lot more for less.)  Deep discounts.

> Finished Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon and FC 5. I liked FC, so I bought
> FC4 then didn't play it -- but did put 51 hours into FC New Dawn.

Blood Dragon's great, but it took a 2nd attempt to get into it.  I don't 
know why but I found it insanely hard in the beginning the first time 
and gave up.  Maybe after playing some more AC & FC games I got the hang 
of it.  Primal was great and very different.  I tried one of the other 
'normal' FCs (I think it was given away) but quit about halfway through 
out of not caring and it started to feel like a slog, so haven't bought 
any of the others.

-- 
-Justisaur

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