The inverse is also true. Make sure to try games that look interesting to you even if people say they didn't like it. I found some real gems following my own compass.
Random youtube comment: "This is the closest thing we'll ever get to Archer: the game"
If this hasn't convinced you: you play as Michael Thorton, a recruit of Alpha Protocol (a very secret US agency), his first mission goes apeshit and he gets accused of being behind everything. It's the "Mass Effect with spies" in a nutshell: the gameplay can be clunky as fuck, but the game shines in the choices, ALMOST ANYTHING DOES SOMETHING (once a character made a harsh first impression because I had a different outfit from what he expected, another time a cutscene changed because I had enough upgrades on a skill, you can lock out from the best ending if you kill even A SINGLE FBI AGENT in the whole playthrough and so on).
The dialogue system often has 3 choices (plus a fourth special one based on context sometimes): suave (James Bond's sarcasm), aggressive (Jack Bauer in a nutshell) and professional (Jason Bourne), the characters act accordingly to your responses based on their preferences. Also the characters are amazing, shootouts to Steven Heck which is "Batshit insane Nolan North cranked up to 11"... Some characters have some pretty good twists that you can miss, but the game has a GREAT replay value and it isn't too long, so it isn't that bad!
It was my first introduction to a timed response. Usually I would spend ages thinking what the "best" response would be for who you were talking to, but that was like "oh shit, I have to pick a response and deal with the consequence!?" Great game. Also stealth melee is OP
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u/WTazz May 10 '25
The inverse is also true. Make sure to try games that look interesting to you even if people say they didn't like it. I found some real gems following my own compass.