LikelySatan

How irreverent.
Does anyone want these quirky characters anymore? This style of character writing is outdated. Not just because the cringe factor of such unique individuals, it's also just that we know these characters already, right? We have gotten them a million times already. Stahp.

So they'll be holding some from the platform. That's the only way to do that.

I'm more of an old school PlayStation fan, so I'm not really expecting much here. I'd like something fun and weird?

@zidane4028 hilarious. I remember when Shakedown Hawaii came out, and I bought it immediately. I couldn't get the Epic launcher to work, so I had to pirate the game I just got. Pretty cool. Thanks for responding.

Wasn't there some weird sign in online requirement with this game?

@Ichiban how about Taco Tuesday is an actual holiday every Tuesday?

I'm worried for it. XI was so incredible, like the most complete realization of the classic jrpg. Not sure how it can be improved.

Pieces reference?

@Haruki_NLI Not the brightest idea either, considering how slow people have been to drop their PS4s and upgrade.

@Malaise you work 16-20 hour days for months on end? Are you on a chain gang?

@Porco Insecurity and opening some old wounds, apparently .

@PegasusActual93 Jinx.

Mad Max is a great game. I was worried that the setting would just be boring, but it's gorgeous and a wonderful world to just zone out in. As for Kojima, maybe a licensed game could rein him in a bit. The guy is like George Lucas. He needs an editor.

@pyrrhic_victory Yeah he was saying that they put a year into developing a linear game that was then scrapped. So a lack of trust from the outset that put Avalanche on their back foot.

@PegasusActual93 Not at all. I get what you mean, but a huge part of Doom up til 3 was exploring the level and secret hunting after you've cleared out the main mission area. I miss those quiet moments in Doom, and feel like thats one area the new games have failed. Now they have giant markers on the map screaming SECRET which...means it's not a secret. And corpse-stay was important to remind you of areas you've been when mopping up secrets. And so was save anywhere functionality. Old school Doom and new Doom are just different beasts entirely.

@Konks It's a very strange fandom, I'm finding. Lots of gatekeeping. But I'm fine with that. From the outside, it looks like Dewritos central. Not necessarily fedoras, but a fed-aura, if you will.

@PuppetMaster I'm reticent to give them all the credit they deserve, and I admit that part of not wanting to do that is because they have pissed me off so much this gen. Sony was such a bright point for so long. It's depressing. I play my Vita more than my PS5, and (I say it all the time here, sorry) almost exclusively play PS4 games on my PS5. Sony hasn't lost their entire identity yet, but maaaaaaan are they close. I think games are better than ever, but I would go back to the PSP/PS3 days any time. That was just a great gen. Competition was fierce.
I don't think M$ has the same potential in the IPs they are sleeping on, but I can't believe how idiotic they've been now for a generation and a half. The joke has always kind of been "Yeah yeah, Gears, Halo, Forza," but they haven't even taken advantage of their acquisitions in a meaningful way, and now studios are being closed. They could be knee sliding playing a guitar solo this gen with IP's from the studios they've acquired. And I'm not big on exclusives, but I understand their importance and honestly would've had more respect for XBOX if they had the balls to follow through and make some exclusives. I'm more frustrated with them than I have been with a major player in a really long time. Probably since the Dreamcast. And if they shutter id, heads will roll.

@PuppetMaster the eh...list pared down a bit, huh?

@PuppetMaster Japan Studio, London, and Pixelopus are dead. Xdev is a support studio. Like I get what you are saying, but you are talking about the Sony that we all wish still existed, not the one we have.

I wanted to start Rise of the Ronin, but have made a decision to start it when AC Shadows comes out. Yeah I know it's a pointless gesture that Ubisoft won't even notice. But it will make me smile.

@Gamer_X Welp, this isn't an always online game. Just like Gamepass games, it needs a connection to install.
Not that I'm defending any of this. If this has a $20 complete option in a year (or 90 days, when they start telling us to focus on the next AC game...), I might pick it up. But I'm sure it will just be another one of these...which I almost always get five hours into and bounce.

@lacerz Absolutely. Gamepass is a firehose. With a PS5 and a Switch, there's no way to work full time and keep up. And that's with me having one of those jobs that allows me to play games, one that is 90 percent boredom and 10 percent ohshitohshitohshitohshit.

@Gamer_X The strategy they were just forced into after Gamepass numbers have flattened? The one that has nothing to do with their original Gamepass strategy? Gamepass is great and all but going multi-platform with their big exclusives was not the "strategy." They aren't playing 4D chess here. They failed to get the traction they wanted, and now they're going with plan D. Most likely the penultimate contingency before plan E, Sell Sell Sell.
And for your other petty, fanboyish response about "old games" um, yes? I think games are better than ever but gaming is a cesspool, especially in the AAA space. Hell, I have to play comfort food games every now and then to get over the depression caused by certain AAA releases. And what new games are you babbling about on Gamepass anyway? Almost every one of them introduced this month could conceivably be in a back log. Besides Hellblade 2. That masterpiece.
I'd love for XBOX to be relevant again, but trying to make up for the XBONE's failures is just not working like they hoped. Phil said it himself. They lost the most important generation they could have lost, when everyone was building their digital libraries and familiarizing themselves with online marketplaces. I want them to have a come back. I just don't see it happening.

@__jamiie It's pretty clear why this is news. XBOX lies a lot. This time it seems they didn't lie.

Doesn't this game have obscene monetization? Like $30 and $70 skins, etc? I don't understand why none of this is mentioned at all in this review. Like yeah, I bet the game IS grindy, lol. Maybe tell us why. Reviews for ftp games are worthless without the review telling us how the store works.
CAN I PURCHASE "AIDEN PEARCE'S ICONIC CAP???" These are the hard-hitting points you guys left out.

I'm going to go ahead and call that this will be a Quake crossover. If it is, I hope it is not spoiled at this event. They've alluded to this sort of thing for a long time now.
Doom is my favorite game and series of all time. I'm absolutely stoked for this. I know DoomE turned some people off, but I played that game for hundreds of hours.
...maybe it's time to reinstall?
I hope they absolutely nail it. I have a lot of faith in id.

@Ray_Ray_Regasis What does you playing a free-to-play battle royale have to do with this remake of a nascent immersive sim? The perspective?

I'm sure a ton of higher ups feel this way until there's talk of their jobs being replaced by ai. That will be hilarious.

@adit365 I was really surprised at how much I love the Avalanche game. It's just a really well realized Mad Max game. I remember that it had some cringe mtx BS when it came out, but I wish I would have picked it up back at release. Still wonderful these days though.

Oof. I don't know that Kojima is capable of pulling back and just making a good game, but I'd like to be proven wrong.

@PapaGlitch yes. But only in the fun fps ...

Guys, guys, guys, don't worry...it's WB! WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS!!!

My brain broke and I thought this was about Huntdown for a second. Man. Now THAT'S a game.

@SonicMania_ just too miserable for me. I don't begrudge anyone loving it, I'm just more a Jak and Daxter kinda guy.

@Frmknst if only Naughty Dog could release a game on Naughty Dog level. Ever since they've become you know, "auteurs," their games are no fun.

I'm glad it did well. I hope the sequel stars a waifish dude and everyone can just stfu.

@DennisReynolds I adore the Fist of the North Star Yakuza-like. The others never stop talking.

@DennisReynolds yeah I know. It's mostly just frustrating to me cause I really should love the series. Just every time I pick it up I am mystified at the popularity.

@DennisReynolds I wouldn't give the series best entry over a 7.5. All of the work that went into making the early games is undone by the awful combat, stealth, and missions. Yes, Black Flag included. Those games practically play themselves. Everything is a context-sensitive mess, like a bunch of QTEs stapled together. The latter games are bloated and full of the worst AAA practices.

Bold move using a high school marching band for the OST. Kidding, kinda. But yeah, this looks great.

@NEStalgia Maybe some day they'll put some rpg elements back into Fallout.

@Fopal So this black dude is based on a black dude that lived during that time, in that area, that did some samurai things. Take some time to build better straw men. People will swallow magic apples, Bizzaro George Washington, and pope wizard battles in this series, but not that a black dude who actually existed in this time could be our protagonist. What an incredibly stupid group of people.

I mean it's probably the same game anyway.

Sounds like a cart-before-horse "roadmap."

I hope it's great and all, but I can't see past all the shady "AAAA" BS for the time being. I don't care about the neckbeards pearl clutching at the specter of losing AC's sanctity. The series foundations, according to Ubisoft, only exist to ensure it's "annually exploitable," keeping the audience exploitable as well. Nope

Fallout getting it's due just as the series deserves it least, lol. I'm glad people dig the aesthetic but I hope it can be more than that. I have a feeling that whatever game we get next is going to be really, really dumbed down.

@Gigawatt-Kapow Primal surprised me. It gets so dumb. Riding around on a sabertooth impaling cavemen to trees, lol.

@Gigawatt-Kapow I got the feeling playing FC6 that I might enjoy it in a year or so. I played through 5, and need a break. I'd like to try 6 without the hud elements/indicators. I enjoyed what I played though. Those games always have great locales.

I had to take apart my PS5, replace the wings with some that had ventilation, replace the heat sink, get an external fan, and remove the insane amount of dust in that thing. I'm not exactly blaming the console. It's been the center of the living room for the entire generation so far, and I've only ever taken a bit of duster to it. I was really surprised at the amount of dust. PSA, I guess: remove your fan from the console and get all of that dust out. Usually Fallout 4 will melt it, so I will have that on the tv to see if it runs cooler while I play Animal Well, Vampire Survivors, or Slayers X on my Switch, lol.

@DestructionAllstars then go away, again.