Big reveal at the end is definitely that you are the bad guy right? That trailer is way too fucking on the nose it has to be intentionally sarcastic right?
There’s no big reveal, but there’s also loads of in-game lore telling you that the wars aren’t going as well as your commanders are telling you it is, which is a nice touch. But it doesn’t change the fact that the game creates an atmosphere for fascists and imperialists to come out of their shells and affirm each other.
It’s fine. There’s friendly fire. You can have accidents.
Oh, or just play with carefully-chosen friends. It sucks as a solo experience, but with friends the gameplay loop is actually excellent. Especially for friendship groups that can only afford to play an hour or two (or less) at a time.
Yeah, excepting myself my gaming group are all dads now so our playtime has become increasingly limited. Plus we are spread around 4 countries. We were trying a co-op BG3 campaign on weekends, but having to have everybody on for an extended time period was hard.
Helldivers is great because we can play with however many we have, the time investment is fairly low, and even if I miss a week or two I can still contribute to the squad at a lower level.
The new Season 11 updates to Sea of Thieves are great for your situation too. That’s always been an excellent game for friend groups but always asked too much of your time until they revised how voyages work.
It’s not really a game with a narrative, after the tutorial you are thrown into the war. Same as the first game, it is very much just about the framing for the gameplay.
It is extremely obvious that yes, the people of Super Earth (they actually call it this) absolutely suck. The framing makes this exceptionally clear, but that has never stopped assholes from identifying with the bad guys in media before though.
Big reveal at the end is definitely that you are the bad guy right?
Not sure about the second game, since I’m still not, and will not consider buying it until the server issue is resolved (and even then…), but the first game doesn’t really leave it ambiguous that you are the bad guy to begin with.
Big reveal at the end is definitely that you are the bad guy right? That trailer is way too fucking on the nose it has to be intentionally sarcastic right?
There’s no big reveal, but there’s also loads of in-game lore telling you that the wars aren’t going as well as your commanders are telling you it is, which is a nice touch. But it doesn’t change the fact that the game creates an atmosphere for fascists and imperialists to come out of their shells and affirm each other.
Damn, I had hope
It’s fine. There’s friendly fire. You can have accidents.
Oh, or just play with carefully-chosen friends. It sucks as a solo experience, but with friends the gameplay loop is actually excellent. Especially for friendship groups that can only afford to play an hour or two (or less) at a time.
Yeah, excepting myself my gaming group are all dads now so our playtime has become increasingly limited. Plus we are spread around 4 countries. We were trying a co-op BG3 campaign on weekends, but having to have everybody on for an extended time period was hard.
Helldivers is great because we can play with however many we have, the time investment is fairly low, and even if I miss a week or two I can still contribute to the squad at a lower level.
The new Season 11 updates to Sea of Thieves are great for your situation too. That’s always been an excellent game for friend groups but always asked too much of your time until they revised how voyages work.
It’s not really a game with a narrative, after the tutorial you are thrown into the war. Same as the first game, it is very much just about the framing for the gameplay.
It is extremely obvious that yes, the people of Super Earth (they actually call it this) absolutely suck. The framing makes this exceptionally clear, but that has never stopped assholes from identifying with the bad guys in media before though.
Not sure about the second game, since I’m still not, and will not consider buying it until the server issue is resolved (and even then…), but the first game doesn’t really leave it ambiguous that you are the bad guy to begin with.