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I wood download this, but it's not my cup of canola

Goddammit, after I saw the image I thought the original Battlefront got ported to PS4

@get2sammyb If only. I think the game will surpass it's target, but I can't see it getting more than £200 grand on Kickstarter to be honest. Hopefully this will influence AAA devs and publishers to make WW2 shooters, though

Part of me is excited because there hasn't been a WW2 shooter in a while and the fact that there are no unlockable guns or levelling up appeals to me. Still, £200k is a low budget, so the game could be dialed-back, and I kind of wish there was a campaign.

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Recent LEGO games have been disappointing but I can't wait for this, I loved the original LEGO Star Wars games, and I hope this is the same quality

Looks a bit disappointing, but I adore Roll7 so I'll probably pick this up.

Now this is more like it. Both Broforce and Action Henk are excellent, but Broforce just ekes it our for me. I'll probably pick Henk up with the discount though

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@get2sammyb I was quite hyped for the game when it was first shown, but my opinion's gone downhill ever since. It's quite fun playing co-op with friends, but the Dark Zone is basically GTA Online like you said. I'm not sold on the game yet, though.

The fact that Activision is working on this game doesn't bode well, considering it's a movie tie-in

I think that the Dark Zone is a good idea but poorly executed at the moment. It could be fun, but right now it's full of groups camping in the entry alleys and extraction points so it's just frustrating

It's crazy how the PS4 will hit 50+ million this year, just goes to show how quickly the video games market has grown

Great review Stephen! I'm getting this as soon as my backlog clears, can't wait!

Haven't heard of Nom Nom, but Helldivers looks excellent

Why do they get to change their name but we don't?

I really hope SEGA gives Yakuza this type of treatment as well with its remaster

@whizzkidd That's a strange one, not sure what's causing that. Maybe they've upgraded their's a lot?

@Intron Your last point is the one that frustrated me in the game. I've played more hours and gotten used to the mechanics, but it started off as a frustrating, repetitive slog until I got the hang of things.

@MeskaP It's good that all tanks have weak points, but my main problem with Premium tanks is that I'm often destroyed by them before I know where their weak point is. I really love the concept of the game though - I wish more shooters were historical, rather than set in the future.

@blah01 I wouldn't necessarily say the devs are greedy, but I think the microtransactions could've been implemented better. I personally like the LoadOut method, where everything dynamic in the game can be attainable by playing the game, and certain cosmetic items are premium content

@whizzkidd You can probably chalk the speed problem up to either a) you're using a tank destroyer or heavy tank and they're using a light tank or b) they're using a particularly fast premium tank

@LieutenantFatman Considering most AAA games are 30-40GB it does seem a little ridiculous

@wittypixel I think @themcnoisy is right here - there are plenty of shooters dependent on twitch reflexes, so World of Tanks tries to be slower and tactical to distance itself from others

@Bad-MuthaAdebisi Yeah, taking a look at l of the menus and dials in the game pretty much exhausted me, it seems a little much.

@MinerWilly If you're a big fan of WW2 planes and tanks then I'd recommend the Battlestations series and Heroes of the Pacific. I went through a phase of loving that kind of thing, and Heroes of the Pacific especially was great. Avoid the Air Conflicts series at all cost though, as @get2sammyb can probably attest

@ozgood The biggest issue I have with this game is pretty much the solution to every problem I have seems to be "play more" I get where you're coming from, and considering I'm not usually the most patient gamer I'm probably not the target audience for World of Tanks. Thanks for the extended write-up of your opinion, though - it's interesting to see what other people think!

@whizzkid Admittedly this hasn't happened to me, but that must suck. I know how frustrating it is to shell a tank repeatedly and get killed in one shot, but that sounds way more frustrating

@Splat World of Tanks is probably a tad better, but for the 40GB it's not really worth it

@dryrain The ammo problem annoys me because I am trying to make good hits, it's just that I get matched against amazing premium tanks and experienced, levelled-up players when I'm using the first tank that you get in the game. Their tanks seem absorb all of my shells, so I end up using all of my ammo and have no choice but to die. The complexity of game interests me, but has ended up putting me off in the end. Not a bad game though, as I said.

Can't we just wait until it's finished? I honestly don't see the point of Early Access

@Patinator Amen to the Liverpool match - easily one of the best games of the season!

@Sanquine It's good that the game's got a friendly community, but I generally feel like everything could've been explained in a better way. It just felt like I had to put in a lot of effort to actually get into the game, which really put me off. Still, I see the appeal

@get2sammyb Yeah the file size is kind of ridiculous. It's a testament to how much content is in the game, but, for that much space, it's not worth it if you're not a huge fan.

@whizzkidd Generally most shooter games control better on the PC due to the keyboard and mouse being more responsive, but the controls are still fine on World of Tanks

@xMEADx Exactly, that's what I thought. If I had enough time and patience
to play the game for hours on end, I'd try, the complexity puts me off a little. I see the appeal, though.

This game was easily one of my favourites on PC last year. As someone who loves the older Bullfrog games, this is one of a think. Not sure if it'll translate well to console though

I love how Kojima's trying to look cool and then Cerny's got a big goofy smile on his face. Hope to see them on stage together at some point,

It's a shame that this game has been ported badly, because I played this on PC last year and it was one of my favourite games from 2015 (Admittedly, though, I did enjoy a lot of last year's games)

Honestly screw Ubisoft. Screw any company that cuts content from games and plans to sell it as DLC. Screw 'em

@ShogunRok Believe me, it was tempting

@Sanquine Thanks! The only AC game I loved was Black Flag, and that's only because it was an excellent pirate game.

This is the only Ubisoft game that I'm actually excited for (Apart from Trackmania Turbo) so this is really good news

I really hope this happens. About time this game got another story

I really hope this happens. About time this game got another story

@themcnoisy No need to say sorry, I wasn't offended ot anything - I was just making a point on how this game seems to have a tiny audience

@sonicmeerkat It isn't, but I can see the mobile vibe that you're getting. It probably could be ported relatively easy, but I doubt it'd be worth it for Ubisoft

@themcnoisy I love how more people are talking about Watch Dogs 2 than AC Chronicles on an article about AC Chronicles. Just goes to show how disinterested most people are about this game, and to be honest they'd be right!

@FullbringIchigo I've taken a bit of a break from AC since Black Flag, though I played Rogue recently and quite enjoyed it. I hope Ubisoft aren't making any mainline games this year so the next one is better

@Bad-MuthaAdebisi Yeah, I honestly have no idea why they would bother doing a sequel. It was a solid game, but honestly I don't know and haven't seen anyone demanding a sequel.

@KratosMD Like I said, it's a very solid platformer, but other than that it has no real selling point. There's nothing particularly "Assassin's Creed" about this game bar the setting, but there are plenty of far better stealth platformers out there.

@LieutenantFatman Yeah, to be honest I'm a little more intrigued about the upcoming 1910s Russia game because I'm wondering how it'll implement all of the modern technology, but really this is quite boring storywise.

@Quintumply Thanks! It seems Ubisoft almost forgot about this subseries because of how little anyone paid attention to it last year.

@get2sammyb Maybe, but to be honest there are much better platformers on the VITA than this. The setting is interesting because it hasn't really been done before, but it's nothing to get excited about.

@SegaBlueSky I agree. Yearly franchises always turn out boring unless you have plenty of developers so development cycles are long, and in my opinion AC really needs a refresh. Not only has it gotten stale, but it's story is so cluttered that no one seems to know what's happening anymore. To be honest, I'd prefer Assassin's Creed if it was a little more like Hitman - lots of different levels set in different time periods and locations. Sounds more compelling to me.

@dryrain The movie does have Michael Fassbender in it, which is a reason to see it, but I'm not getting my hopes up. Watch Dogs, while good, didn't have me begging for a sequel, so I'm not too bothered either way.

@Neolit It honestly seems like these were a side thought. It's not like Ubisoft are putting any real effort into advertising these, I just think that, because China's release wasn't big at all, Ubi are trying to realise them all in quick succession so they can focus on bigger games. Thanks for the praise on the pun by the way, it took a lot of research and testing to get that.

@TheMightyPunram Then @ShogunRok and his JRPG revolution begins....

@TheMightyPunram I can see this escalating to you, me, and @k_andersen giving indie games higher and higher ratings until the site crashes because one of us tried to give a 2D sidescroller 8000000000/10

I'm excited for all of these, but Wattam, Distance, and Hyper Light Drifter are my top picks. Can't wait for all of these to release though - Darkest Dungeon comes out this month, if I'm not mistaken

@Hego It could well be the year of the indies. Indies have definitely improved over the years.

@Sonyinfinity What is and isn't "indie" is a very grey area. Most people say that indies never have publishers, but Devolver Digital, Double Fine, Sony and Microsoft all publish indies. Some say it's the size of the studio, but the team working on Elite Dangerous (a game without a publisher) have employees in the hundreds. It's weird.

@get2sammyb @Hego Firewatch looks amazing. I watched some gameplay and I couldn't believe how good the voice acting and sound design was.

@Churchy Same here with RIME. Hyper Light Drifter looks better than most roguelikes in my opinion, it could be as good as the Binding of Isaac if everything goes well.

@iDangerMouse_ I really hope RIME is going well considering Sony have been hush about it for a while. I'm really looking forward to What Remains of Edith Finch because I loved The Unfinished Swan. Wasn't a huge fan of Everybody's Gone to the Rapture though, although the two are made my different developers.

@adf86 I'll take a look at that soon, haven't heard about that one!

@ShogunRok I put Grow Home on my Game of the Year list, I've deserved this title for a while.

@get2sammyb Thanks! I tried to dig up some really obscure ones.

How the hell did they manage to ship 5 million units in the space of a month?

MM are easily one of my favourite developers, up there with Rockstar and Pandemic. Their games are always weird and amazing, and I can't wait for Dreams to come out.

@get2sammyb I imagine he was the same editor who asked for the Klopp picture?

For clarification, I think BB-8 was flipping the bird. His lighter just articulates that way, I can't explain it.

I started writing for the site in June this year, and it's been so great. The community is like no other site I've come across, and I've gamed with plenty of you. Happy new year to everybody in the community as well as my fellow writers, and I reckon that 2016 is going to be a great year for the site!

Can't believe it's actually been 10 years since this game first got a trailer. Blows my mind

I might pick up Dragon Quest Heroes since I'm a fan of the Heroes games. I haven't played Fallout 4 yet either, because for some reason I'm not entirely sold on it