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Deep Rock Galactic is the best co-op game I've played in a very long time, and I've been looking very hard for a few years. It's a first person shooter for up to 4 people (dwarves) that has random level generation. I have a few itches that I am dying to have scratched: red faction guerrilla destruction, fantastic lightning with a lot of shadows and atmosphere, a dark sense of humor, and a general playfulness. Even more important than all of those, the controls are pretty tight, especially the aiming. The old funfactor is very high, and I know that if I quit playing for a month, I can jump right back in and contribute to the team.

The random caves have a ton of structural variety. I've played for nearly 30 hours and only once recognized that I had been in the same room before and that it would be a dead end. The caves can be a room to room affair, a huge interlocked spiraling series of caves, just one huge cylindrical pit, a huge open cavern, or any combination thereof.

There are 8 biomes. Magma and glacial seem simple enough, but each has unique hazards such as lava vents, freezing winds, sand storms, salt stalactites, poisonous gas, radioactive crystals, electric crystals, fissures that crack open as you move, and so on. Certain enemies are also only in certain biomes, which, on top of each one having very different coloring, gives each area a specific feel.

The classes are all interesting in their own way, and compliment each other well to the point that two people running the same class is a liability. The devs are constantly patching to solve issues and add content: they doubled the number of weapons and added 4 enemy types in the last 2 months. Better than that, the aiming is tight on a controller, there aren't many connection issues, and the community has very few griefers.

The devs have a great sense of humor. The dwarves make dark, comical quips while you are mining and killing bugs. You can get drunk on the main ship, and the dwarves often make comments about how they don't like elves, but there are no elves in the game. They talk about how the dispatcher that sends them down to the planet has it nice and easy. One of my favorites, "Sometimes I wonder if all there is to life is mining, then I punch myself in the face." You can go into a mission drunk and the quips get even darker. It is an eerily close approximation to being drunk as well with double vision and occasional stumbling depending on how drunk you are. So much attention to detail.

There is a two hour demo that is not really long enough to get a feel for the classes, especially without a guide. If you are interested in playing on xbox, and don't mind a small crew of salty 30 somethings that seem to enjoy failing spectacularly as much as winning, please send me a message. The game is a little steep at the regular price of $25, but it is damn good.

Necroing this because the game has come very far in just the past 4 months. Bought it a month ago and I am sure it is the best co-op game I've played in memory. Can start contributing to the team after just a few hours, and can pick it up after a long break and get right back into it. The gameplay is straightforward enough that my friends that play more casually can just drop in and have fun for an hour or two.

Still has some rough edges: one cheap enemy and no radial wheel for communication are two. Also, it is the only first person game that has done random level generation well that I've played, it has a 2 hour demo, has relatively few connection errors, and is only a few gigs to download. If you give it a shot and like it, hit me up here and I'll add you on xbox. I play with a somewhat salty crew of older guys that seem to enjoy losing spectacularly on occasion as much as winning.

I desperately want a GB unfinished of this game because there are so many games that you have to try and wring enjoyment out of, but this one is fun even without all of the upgrades and depth.

So many games are released that we may get a game of legend every 2 or 3 months like the old days, but you'd have to own every platform, enjoy lackluster knockoffs and sequels, and bathe in nostalgia.

There are less good releases per platform, and more good franchises are sent off to die every year with 2nd rate clones taking their place.

It's great that we all get distracted by this shit rather than all of the cool HD versions of 3 -10 year old games coming out. Best time to be playing games? Go listen to some 2008, 2009 Bombcasts to refresh your memory.

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Both manufacturers are already testing the patience of their user base with these announcements, another system a year later might cause them to turn. Of course, the Sony fans' lust wasn't eroded by the long series of ps3 bungles, so maybe it will never go away.

Oregon checking in, and I get my games/blu-rays scanned the day after putting them in the mail. The next games or blu-rays get sent out the next day and the total turn around is about 4 days. A lot better than the 10 or so it used to be 2+ years ago. I think it might be related to the fact that they closed down a bunch of smaller post offices so only the well-equipped offices are left.

Good for gamefly.

It's a more interesting conversation to discuss why some people think that FO3 is better than New Vegas and the Last of Us is better than Uncharted 2.

Also, for me, how easy and enjoyable a game is to play currently is important. Burnout Paradise and Just Cause 2 have some real rough edges that stand out nowadays whereas xcom doesn't.

I was in your situation a little while ago and I found that sticking to 2d games unless they are very old 3d games, works well.

Not well enough for the sequel to be on consoles.

Not to mention Multi only dlc is such a zig when they should have zagged.

The thing is, 2 people can play it at once.

Just watched a bastion multi-kill and I've downgraded to a rent from a buy. Time of target acquisition to death is just too short in some cases and certain matches might become very unpleasant.

I prefer a bit of a melee.