Personally don't pirate stuff, but gotta support folks who are leaving Reddit. So... here I am I guess?

Surprised there's no anti-cheat that stops it from working, but honestly, it sounds like a very good experience

Borderlands 3. The writing just murders it, and the combat doesn't carry it for me. 1, 2, TPS, Wonderlands all have better stories, so I enjoy them more.

EDIT: aw, shit, you said favorite franchise... hm... Dragon Age: Origins then? I enjoyed DA2/DAI way more, because of the story/quests.

EDIT 2: you know what, Half-Life: Alyx. I actively hated that game despite playing it in best possible conditions. It's cumbersome, slow, and too much "survival-horror" instead of an FPS.

Huh, nice! TIL

I know ProtonDB exists, I'm just surprised a Blizzard game works :D

Skyrim with mods, honestly. I feel like there's a lot of potential there

Personally really excited for a denser, hopefully more handcrafted world.

Also, very surprised how few people heard of Ubisoft doing a classic AC/modern AC split. There's a ton of folks who are only hearing about it now.

The gameplay preview really gave me that feeling, at least in terms of gameplay. We'll have to see if Basim is as charming as Ezio, though, I think that may be tough :D

I previously commented about Dragon Age and Borderlands but screw that. THIS is the answer I'm going with. Half-Life: Alyx.

I played it under best possible conditions - with a Valve Index, in a full room VR - and absolutely hated it. Cumbersome, slow, and survival horror instead of running around killing stuff feeling like a badass. It doesn't feel like a Half-Life game at all. HL1, HL1:BS, HL1:OF, HL2, HL2:E1, HL2:E2, HL2:LC, Black mesa all were same and all were fun. HL:A? Not so much.

I'm generally not a fan of survival or horror games. Even Outer Wilds (especially so its DLC) were too "heavy" for me; stuff like Amnesia or Resident Evil I don't touch at all. So Alyx was a very bad hit for me.

I think generally, Alyx is liked. But not a lot of people played it.