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3rd person perspective is my favorite way to play. what are some of your favorite third person games?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I second this, greatest rendition of a fantasy story ever told in a video game IMO. Everything just comes together so well and creates a wonderfully integrated world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Project Zomboid, very deep Zombie Survival game

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Ratchet and Clank, and Jak and Daxter.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hopefully the anime adaptation will lead to another Sekiro game.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Same. Need to go back and finish Monster Hunter World, then the expansion pack. Going through Fallout New Vegas one more time to finish Lonesome Road, which is the one piece of content I didn't finish back when it first came out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I just stated another play though of Shadow of Mordor.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

If you like Nintendo games:
Splatoon 3
Botw/totk
Mario odyssey

All of which are stellar games and all are in third person (mostly)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

God of War Trilogy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Risk of Rain 2!

Ahoy!


Also eyeing Hyper Light Breaker, the 3D sequel to another 2D gem, Hyper Light Drifter

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Soulsbourne stuff

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dark Souls 3 is my favourite third person game thanks to fashion souls.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The best freedom was realizing the armor wasn't doing that much to help me and it was just more fun to figure out the silliest outfit to kill bosses in.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It's a very uncreative answer, but Elden Ring is the biggest thing in my mind right now. A friend and I just finished a Seamless Co-op playthrough, I've got a couple different builds I'm also playing. I've hit a couple hundred hours. I just love the exploration, the setting, the art design, the way items contribute to build ideas, the boss design, the feeling of growth against adversity.

The method of story delivery is also something that appeals to me. It's carefully crafted, rich in lore and meaning, but it doesn't care if you see it. It's prompting you to pay attention and explore, you don't just play between cut-scenes.

Also Grim Dawn. Almost 1500 hours. I need help.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. I've replayed that game so many times (with the cutscene skip mod) and it's still fun.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Well Sleeping Dog definitely ranks up there, since after playing GTA games in American cities all the time getting to play in Hong Kong was refreshing. Getting to see vendors to buy pork buns from, driving on the left side of the road, and the melee combat was fun compared to always just shooting my way out of things.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Favorite: Foxhole

Least favorite: Also Foxhole

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm loving the Resident Evil 4 Remake at the moment

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

a hat in time. platformers c:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

No brainer, it is Max Payne

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sky: Children of the Light and Let It Die are the two main ones rn
I love the Elder Scrolls games too but I play those in first person mainly

Edit: sorry, just saw that I'm in PCGaming. Let It Die is on PS4, and SCOTL is on PS4, Switch, and mobile. They're both still great games though, and both free on their respective platforms!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anything is on PC if you're committed enough =)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Heh, true! But that's up to brainier brains than mine 😸

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh man 3rd person is my favorite, so boy do I have a list for you. It's so hard to keep this short lol

  • Control Ultimate Edition
  • Hogwarts Legacy
  • Any of the Zelda games (but really the classics, so using an emulator)
  • Star Wars Fallen Order + Jedi Survivor
  • Splinter Cell games
  • Warframe
  • Vindictus
  • Black Desert Online
  • Assassin's Creed games (I enjoy both the "og" games and the "new")
  • Risk of Rain 2
  • Valheim
  • Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
  • Outriders - got a lot of hate, but our group of 3 had a lot of fun in 155 hours for the cost
  • Tomb Raider games
  • Star Wars Battlefront 2 Classic
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I had a lot of fun with Outrider too. Was my first looter shooter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

God of War 2018. Picked it up on PC recently after trying it a couple times on PS4 a few years ago, but really got sucked in. Probably me being far more comfortable on KB+M. Absolutely incredible game, can't wait for Ragnarök to come to PC as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If you're looking for a military shooter with a good story in the veins of Black Hawk Down, I emphatically recommend Spec Ops: The Line. It got a lot of flak back when it was first released for being another brown-colored military shooter, and admittedly the gameplay is a serviceable cover-based shooter at best - but man, the story and the writing carries the game pretty well and keeps it a bit more fresh to this day. The main character is voiced by Nolan North and he does some of, if not, his best work in this game and truly sells his character imo. The game is great at telling a good military story and making you feel like a hero, it's probably in my top 10 games of all time ever since I played it almost a decade ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Horizon Zero Dawn, AC Odyssey, or maybe Maneater. Depends on the mood.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thats such a broad question I could list tons of games here but I will say my favorite game of all time is Diablo 2 which is 3rd person.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It honestly depends on my mood. But my very first thought was Divinity: Original Sin 2. Haven't played it in a hot minute.... might go reinstall.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Recently Genshin Impact

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

mass effect trilogy, witcher 3, horizon zero dawn, dragon age trilogy, red dead redemption 2...i like 3rd person AND stories 🙂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I play No Man's Sky regularly in between other games. I love shooters like Outlanders, The Division 2, and Sniper Elite. I still play GTA online with a buddy of mine from time to time.

But my current obsession is Warframe. I don't know what took me so long to play that game. I wish I'd started earlier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

As much as I disliked the gacha system, Soulworker is/was a great 3rd person game.
It had a satisfying but quick combat that you can rush through.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Horizon Zero Dawn and Ghost Recon Wildlands immediately come to mind. Plus with Ghost Recon Wildlands has an awesome First Person Mod on PC so you switch between them which is nice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

+1 for Horizon. Related to third person perspective, Horizon Forbidden West has the best dialogue acting I've ever seen in a video game. The voices and animation are both so, so smooth and natural. A lot of games have poor quality dialogue animation, with mouth movements that don't quite match the audio, not enough body language, poor facial expression, etc.

On that note and another solid one for this thread, Mass Effect is another of my all time favourite games that is third person and also does dialogue animations pretty well, especially for its time.