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If I want to play Saint's Row in the future I will buy Saint's Row 3 for the Switch, but I have no intent on getting Saint's Row 2022.

That's a shame. I guess the old AC is forever gone then. Oh well, I still have the OG games..

I personally don't think they could beat Detroit: Become Human. That game was pretty much a masterpiece for a number of reasons.

Haven't played Zombies since Black Ops 3, but I'm curious to see where they've taken things since I jumped ship. I doubt it will make me purchase Cold War, but it will at least be interesting to reminisce about the old Black Ops 1 days.

A date to look forward to finally? I can go back to my old Kaidan romance finally. Again.

@ScottyG Mass Effect 1 themes and music is incredible, but I like Mass Effect 2 just a wee bit more because of the loads of companions and the end scenario. Also, Afterlife, lol.

Glad to see Jade knows what's good. Best list I've seen so far.

Am I the only one who thinks games should be games and movies movies?

Final Fantasy Remake VII was nice, even though it deviated from the original game, and Persona 5 Royal is fantastic. Didn't play Ghost of Tsushima, but I here good things.

Just make Person 4 Golden Remastered for Switch and I'll be happy.

(sigh) Yakuza 3 and Skyrim.

Not a fan at all of his writing; I think it's distasteful and a bit politically preachy. However, I must say I'm not surprised that he's continuing on with Naughty Dog. The captain must go down with the ship afterall, lol. K, that was a jab, but I have no plans to purchase ND games in the future.

I would say there is certainly an over-saturation of content in the market today, and most of it you can't consume at any normal pace an average life's schedule would allot for. There's family, there's work, there's responsibility, etc. It's just coming all too quickly to constantly keep up with new releases and thoroughly enjoy and savor their nuances... never mind staying 'in the know' on social media.

Most of my greatest personal experiences with games have been with titles that had been out for years already — little gems in the rough that either went unnoticed or I didn't have the time to get to. Guess what? They're still there five years later. And thank God they are.

All that said, I am much more enthralled with titles when I free myself from self-imposed deadlines and just appreciate games for what they are when I get to them, even if it's far flung from the initial hype and original novelty. Sometimes an older game's vibe resonates more deeply with what I'm currently going through in life, and that can make a hidden gem that much more a magical experience. That's great gaming. That's worthwhile.

No, I have everything I could need or want on the PS4. I may end up getting one in the distant future when Horizon 3 comes out, but right now I'm just not interested.

Skyrim, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

@ShogunRok Thanks for answering. Not sure if I will pick up, but will definitely wait for a price drop.

Do the Hidden Ones play a central role in England, or are they merely a tokenism? In other words, will we be working with Assassins and building bureaus?

I see where this is headed. No thank you, it ended with 6 for me.

An Assassin named Hytham? Sure Jan, lol.

It's a deep sale for me. I want to wait for user reviews as well...

Still haven't added Riddick, huh... I just don't know what they could be thinking.

@ACfan4758 - I imagine it probably will to an extent, but I suspect that he will not fully become an Assassin until the very end, since most of the marketing seems to be pushing open combat, raids, the Viking way of life, etc. There were a few Assassins shown in the trailer, but to what degree they will have an effect on the story, it remains to be seen. In my opinion, the Assassins will be made known about 30-40% of the way through the game. Eivor will become somewhat acquainted with them and their ways, but will not fully commit to becoming one of them and won't embrace their lifestyle until the finale. This will be somewhat similar to Black Flag I think.

@Taylorzombie - I guess..?

@NathanDrake - Look, I said my piece mostly. Just watch this video if you want some proof behind why I hold my opinion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c9F0oCMRw4

@theMEGAniggle - Yeah, it's not for everyone, but I just really enjoyed the recreation of Victorian London along with the parkour and scenery. Plus I REALLY like the outfits and the black-box missions. It's basically as close to GTA Assassin's Creed came, lol.

@theMEGAniggle - Brotherhood, Rogue, and Syndicate remain my favs, but yeah, generally speaking, the older games have a bit more panache and charisma. Ezio, Haytham, and Edward come to mind.

@KirbyTheVampire - That might be a good idea, but I'll leave that up to the discretion of the moderator. Besides, these spoilers were out a month or so before the game's release. In fact, Naughty Dog took very overt action in trying to stamp out these leaks by delivering strikes to Youtubers, who covered the subject quite extensively. I think if you don't know about this game by now and its accompanying controversies, you either have no interest in it or are living under a SNES.

@Brokennails - I understand why Abby 'did what she did', but that's not my issue. My issue stems from Druckmann's personal vision for carrying out its enactment, which I hold to completely obliterates our understanding of Joel's character. I think it's also deceptive to use Joel's visage in the trailers to evoke a sense of emotional nostalgia in order to woo in fans, when in fact he merely serves as a linchpin for the sequel's transpiring events.

@tameshiyaku - That's interesting. Well, that perspective kind of brings into question the entire idea of good/evil. If evil and good is/are merely a matter of perspective, or cause and effect, then virtually any person can be justified for their actions given the right motivations or circumstances. I don't personally subscribe to that view, but it's a concept that nonetheless spices up the moral compass of the story, sure. The problem with Druckmann's writing is not this roller-coaster take on pre-established narratives, the problem is the execution of it. Pardon the pun.

@Jacko11 Oh... I think you misunderstand my disposition and are drawing an unwarranted conclusion of where I'm coming from. Yes, it's true that Neil Druckmann had a hand in the previous said games, but his position and involvement was limited and his ideas very much curbed by Amy Hennig's final word. It wasn't until after her departure that he acquired the full reins of the franchise and began implementing said ideas that long lay dormant on his wishlist.

Now, If you think killing off a beloved main protag early in a long-anticipated sequel (especially in light of the misleading marketing by altering in-game footage of TLoU2 which led fans to believe Joel would be a central part of the journey), and then of course making us play as their killer is great writing... God bless you, but I just don't agree. At all. In fact, I think it's the opposite of good writing; it's morbid edgelord writing with no discernibly rational basis for said hit-piece.

Most of the reason for the overall clamor surrounding this game has very little to do, not with Joel's death, but the manner of his death, which in fact betrays the character himself and subsequently much of the fandom which fell in love with his character to begin with. The entire point is there was never a good reason to bush-whack Joel in the manner Druckmann had ordained. I think it's just bad taste and a travesty of storytelling. That's why I stated that anything Druckmann touches or is involved with, post-TLoU2, I will not support.

@Recon7 - In all honesty, it's entirely plausible that Kassandra could have sought out suitors in her 2,000+ year reclusion. I wouldn't be surprised if she had a few daughters...

@OlosNah - The further they stray from the Creed the more flexibility they have to explore new scenarios and justify more bombastic set-pieces. Unfortunately, this approach creates a rift between themselves and traditional fans who appreciated the more principally bound entries, like Brotherhood or Revelations for instance.

@theMEGAniggle - It's missing that magic isn't it? Hey, let's ask Patrice what happened.

@Olmaz - You're making me want to pop Origins in again.

@iceno1 Stick around.

@Jacko11 I have played the Uncharted games and TLoU 1... when Amy Hennig was largely in control of creative directory. Now that she's gone Druckmann has implemented many of his ideas that were shot down in his earlier career. Not a fan of his. I think his storytelling is atrocious.

0:22 - Kassandra's descendant confirmed. She has the exact same hairstyle, lol. Re-used assets.

What bothers me about this entry is the end of the trailers says "think like a Viking", "act like a Viking", etc etc, when the focus of this series should be on the Assassin Order. I get that Eivor is a Viking, but isn't the point that we're supposed to be aspiring to the Brotherhood? So, shouldn't the focal message be about transforming into that?

Anything involving Neil Druckmann is a no-go for me. Don't know if he has any say on the movie, but, still...

Not excited. FF was one of my last bastions for more tame content which I could enjoy. Sorry to see them take this darker turn.

I don't know if they'd be able to pull off the wide diversity of atmospheres Yakuza displays in its games. We go from hardcore brawling, to wacky comedy, to romance, to social/cultural issues, etc, etc. This is hard to coalesce into a single movie while making it flow. The only studio I can think of which was able to pull off this wide array of storytelling, combining action, romance, drama, and silliness, along with great performance and cinematography is Orange Sky Golden Harvest of the Hong Kong cinema, responsible for many of Jackie Chan's greatest stunt movies.

He didn't talk to me before he made this article... Look, there's a threshold with how much people are willing to pay for a single title. Not everyone is so blinded at the prospect of novelty, and not everyone has the money to throw around either. We have a whole universe of games which go on sale regularly in digi anyway. So there's no rush with new titles, at least as far as I'm concerned. I'll likely wait for moderate to deep sales for some of these bigger games, and it fits just perfectly because I'm probably not getting my hands on a PS5 until an updated version comes along.

@Netret0120 Oops, links aren't working.. o.0

Just go to Ebay and Amazon, they have some better deals for you, and in physical.

To be honest, there hasn't been much reason for me to consider buying a PS5 since, one, Horizon II will be on PS4, two, I have an enormous backlog, and three, there aren't any PS5 games coming out in the near future I really want. That being said, Microsoft purchasing Bethesda, which owns franchises like Dishonored, Elder Scrolls, and Fallout, does give me even further pause about my gaming future.

I won't be buying a next-gen console any time soon. I'd like to have a more refined version anyway... But when I do decide, I can say Microsoft will not be ruled out as a contender, especially as they have Obsidian as well. Depends on whether they make these games exclusive or not. There's also issues with Sony's censorship antics; that may play a part in my decision also. Dunno, may just stick with Nintendo.

If Horizon II releases on the PS4 then I will have no reason to purchase a PS5, at least not for a while.

@Incarna Aerith, Clementine, Claire, Jill, Ellie, Chloe Price, Max, Chloe Frazier, Bayonetta, Tracer, Emily Kaldwin, 2B...

No point in getting it for next gen. I'll just get it on PS4. My whole Yakuza collection is on PS4 anyway.

Honestly, if it wasn't for online games, I probably wouldn't have PS Plus. The digital sales can be pretty good, but that's the point of endless sales, to push digital, and I want physical. The free games are nice, but they're either games I already have or games I don't want or end up not liking. Very rare for me to get a game for free that I enjoyed. So yes, if another platform had online for free, I would go with them.

Noo. An English dub will kill the vibe. Stick with subbed muh dudes.

I don't like Layla. Just seems like the 'I can do anything and don't need your help' type. Very unappealing to me. The modern-day has never been very good anyway, so I don't expect much from Valhalla on that front. The driving attraction has always been the historical periods we visit.

Not bad, but I own these already. Could've used this like a year and a half ago. :/

I can understand their frustrations, and I think a petition is actually warranted. I mean a lot of fans were roped in by certain marketed imagery and a sense that what we saw there was what we were getting in the game, but it was fabricated. Not to mention the ending does not give the player the means to feel justified or a sense of true closure, for either original main character, despite forced outcomes. This was a brutal, twisted, and helpless iteration for the long-awaited fan, with strange and ill-advised narrative choices. Many fans were deceived and used in my opinion to cash in on a new story which they rather would not have experienced. So yes, sign the petition, by all means, if you feel the same.

@MBII Yes, I love Dishonored also, especially the sequel. It's currently in 'rest mode' now, but what I really appreciate about the series is that it had an end that concluded the story, but didn't close out the world itself, so it's always open to come back to down the road.

This is something Ubisoft refuses to do with AC. The story has never ended in 23 (yes, it's actually that much) games, and the reason for that is because they don't want it to end. The frequency with which they produce games has caused franchise fatigue before such as with AC3 and Syndicate. They even released Rogue and Unity - two console games - at the same time, lol.

But instead of letting their installments resonate and breathe, in order to continue the cash flow, they changed the genre into roleplay, a la Odyssey.

So in essence they've found a way to keep things fresh, bring in open-world RPG fans, and continue to make as much if not more money without halting production. It's a smart move I think that seems to have paid off, but what they essentially did was trade the core fandom to acquire another market. So while they continue to please in one area they are also doing hurt to their reputation in another.

Much too easy. Still fun though.

@dark_knightmare2 Conceivably? Because they are a business and want some kind of return on their investment I imagine. Obviously damage has been done to their reputation and what they would want - what I would want - is salvage. I doubt the leaks are false, but more important than the leaks themselves is shifting the blame for the leaks. It's about buying time through persuasion now and maintaining hype. If they can convince people the leaks did not come from within, than no matter the reviled content, people will still trust NaughtyDog from an integrity standpoint, even if they disagree with the general direction of the content. That's assuming they're lying to begin (which is suspect) with and assuming they are found out to have lied after the fact (which is not certain to happen). But just because something doesn't seem logical doesn't mean it can't be profitable, and people aren't perfect; that's why we see scandals from time to time. So let's just wait and see what happens.

@dark_knightmare2 All I'm saying is that either way corporate is going to protect the company and save face. That may or may not involve lying. One thing is for sure... We will find out in the near future.

Yeah... or just damage control. Of course corporate is going to deflect this stuff and try to discredit it.

Another month down the drain. At least we're getting those sales...

The whole point of Assassin's Creed is that the present can be altered by learning from the past. The modern day narrative is actually MORE important than the historical settings because that's the driving force for why we use the animus to begin with. Take that away and you fundamentally strip what makes AC "AC".

Desmond is case in point. Up until his untimely demise, we all knew or believed that he was the 'chosen one', meant to learn from the legendary master assassins in order to be equipped to defeat the Templars once and for all while also gaining knowledge from the pre-cursor vaults that could help stop the solar flare.

He only fulfilled half his purpose though, and from the moment forward from his death (sorry to spoil if you haven't played, but it has been long enough frankly) Ubisoft has been completely LOST in the modern-day department of the story. It had gone nowhere until the franchise was soft-booted with Origins, and the problem now is no one particularly cares for Layla and the driving idea for the endgame is an aspect that had already been explored in Unity, and it failed.

Ubisoft seems to be out of good ideas, and I think their foray into the roleplaying genre is proof that they're trying to cover up the egregious errors which have plagued the series for so long with patchwork 'tokens' that appeal to broader audiences. It's a form of misdirection. If you notice, nothing in this new trailer portrays the Creed in essence, and it doesn't even really FEEL like Assassin's Creed either, more like a marriage between Witcher and For Honor. And that's the point I think. The identity, the spirit of Assassin's Creed, is evaporated.

What we witness now is a far cry from Patrice's vision, which purportedly saw Desmond as the true 'chosen one' who would destroy the Templars for good and bring an ACTUAL end to the series. With 23 games now, I think it's safe to conclude there is no end. That's not art, that is a monstrosity. This is one of the reasons why I prefer Dishonored to AC, but that is another topic.

Needless to say, I am not excited at first glimpse of Valhalla.