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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
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Subject: Re: Any good FPS games without big boss fights?
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 05:36:20 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 05 Oct 2024 19:43:51 -0600, PW wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 10:51:02 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>On 9/29/2024 8:04 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>> On Sat, 28 Sep 2024 21:56:04 -0600, PW
>>> <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:21:01 -0000 (UTC), vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:18:53 -0700, Justisaur wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I can't actually think of anything that doesn't have something that
>>>>>> could be construed as a boss that involves combat.
>>>>>
>>>>> Elite Dangerous Odyssey has FPS that is usually constrained to arena
>>>>> bouts at a settlement.  Though, sometimes you'll have a mission to
>>>>> restore power at a settlement, and there will be Thargoid drones
>>>>> roaming around -- they can be tough.
>>>>>
>>>>> The real "bosses" in the game, though, are the Thargoid starships,
>>>>> which you don't have to go anywhere near if you don't want
>>>>> to...usually.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, and sometimes in a "High" Combat Zone, a capital ship will jump
>>>>> in, which you have to make retreat.  But you don't end up in a CZ by
>>>>> accident, so you'll know what you're getting into.
>>>>>
>>>>> There might be Thargoid foot soldiers at some point, that might
>>>>> offer some kind of "boss" play.
>>>>>
>>>>> There's a lot more to the first person play than combat,
>>>>> though -- I've just flown off on a xenobiology expedition where one
>>>>> scans fungii, plants, and bacterial mats for major space bucks. :)
>>>> *--
>>>>
>>>> Lousy ratings on Steam.  But thanks!
>>> 
>>> I'd take those ratings with a grain of salt. There's _still_ a lot of
>>> upset about the online requirements, and the game doesn't have the
>>> easiest difficulty curves. It's expansions have been a bit hit-or-miss
>>> too, and have sometimes changed the experience considerably. But the
>>> core game... look, if you enjoy the genre --a genre that Elite
>>> _created_ back in 1984!-- there are very few games that will match
>>> "Elite: Dangerous".
>>> 
>>> And I say this as somebody who is both one of the "still pissed about
>>> the online requirements" and somebody who doesn't really like games
>>> from that genre. I don't personally _like_ playing "Elite:
>>> Dangerous"... but even I am forced to admit that it is a very good
>>> game despite that.
>>> 
>>> It is niche, though. If you're not a big fan of space-sims and
>>> buy-low/sell-high games, you're going to have to WORK to like the game
>>> (sort of like you have to put in the effort to enjoy brutal games like
>>> Dark Souls). But it's well worth the effort... despite what user
>>> reviews say.
>>> 
>>> Which isn't to say you should go out and buy it. It may not be the
>>> sort of game you enjoy. Just don't base your decision on the user
>>> reviews.
>>
>>PW - you probably already have Elite Dangerous as it was given away by
>>Epic, however I think that may mean you have to buy from Epic for the
>>DLCs like Odyssey if you want to use it with Epic's version.  I'd have
>>to look into that.
> 
> *--
> 
> Rats Justisaur! I forgot about my Epic games!!!!!!!!!  So I bought both
> from Steam last night.
> 
> Aargh!
> 
> Can I just play Odyssey?  I think it installed into the main game.  I
> will boot it up and see in a few minutes.

Yes, I do all my gameplay directly in Odyssey.

I hope you enjoy it -- if you don't, I'll feel as if I recommended
a restaurant, and you got food poisoning... ;)

In the game, there's training scenarios, including an on-foot
scenario that goes through the mechanics of being a "Stainless Steel
Rat", as well as getting into a pew-pew battle with baddies.

> 
> I might just restart BG3, or Starfield, or Disco Elysium from the
> beginning or get back to Cyberpunk.
> 
> I am crazy!!

You say *you're* crazy?  I'm not just "certifiable" -- I'm _certified_!

Good luck and o7!

> 
> Thanks!!
> 
> -pw

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