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@CthulhuFhtagn Haha ik Balthier is such a memorable character with such style. More like them and less of the FF15 & 16 characters that all look alike.

@Gilgamax305 I'm expecting something as believable as Ghost of Tsushima characters. FF characters often look western somewhat.

@Nepp67 They're believable not ugly. Imagine GTA characters all being pretty boys...at least characters of GoT are believable. I mean Geralt of Rivia, Arthur Morgan, Bayek, Alexios, Eivor are all good looking and you can easily the them apart. It's hard to tell these FF characters apart.

@Max_the_German That's my problem with some of these jrpgs, everybody is a pretty boy and they all look the same.

@LordBakemono Every single time you can find @KundaliniRising333 being negative about everything. I wonder if anybody can impress him at all in his daily life...but hey you do you can't tell you how to comment.

@Rob_230 Ikr. Got priorities, woulda had a PS5 in 2020. And yeah I like art direction too but still I find GoT's art okay. The menu art is superb but gameplay graphics itself is fine. Horizon is just leagues ahead, yeah it looks like it's going for realism but same can be said for GoT.

I wouldn't have to play it to know that statement is true, even on PS4 it's magnificent. And about time PushSquare gives the franchise more respect when it comes to its positions on your lists. I mean GOW is just as incredible looking but Horizon is open world and that's just the crazy bit.

@kyleforrester87 😆 I mean I got FIFA 2003 and player's names weren't appearing on kits, can't remember if I googled, yahooed or msn-ed solutions at the time, and they said graphics card problems and whatnot, I'm like F this sh** I'm out! 😆

Don't know if it's the 1st, 2nd but I remember I used play this series back in the early 2000s when I tried to be a PC gamer after N64. Then the PS2 released and just couldn't be bothered with all that PC tweaking.

I just want to see their art style with robotic stuff.

@OrtadragoonX Cockpit view is okay but some use the road or bonnet view which looks like an insult to the devs hard work lol.

@Loamy Using first person in racing games is like telling the devs they wasted all their time designing those photorealistic cars, if they knew you'd go first person they wouldn't even bother - thanks a lot for wasting our time! 😆

Problem with first person is peripheral vision, third person solves that. Although third person is a bit of a cheat because you can see enemies while in cover. Devs would have to come up with 2nd person to balance things haha.

@freddquadros I enjoyed Origins and Odyssey and was swerving Valhalla because the internet would have you believe it's the weakest. Playing it for myself and I feel it's the strongest so far. Don't know bout you but I'm more into realism and Valhalla does it best. Animations are slick, from walking to jogging to running feels natural. First I thought they couldn't beat the wonderful outfits in Odyssey but Valhalla's as sophisticated with intricate details like Arthur's RDR2 outfits. I mean you go fishing, there's a dice game I still don't understand lol, horses with nice saddles. Valhalla doesn't pinpoint everything even with your raven, you're supposed to find everything yourself. What else is there to do in GoT apart from fighting mongols at every turn, maybe should've been linear. Not to mention the horse gallop animation is awkward.

@Ravix They tricked us into thinking he's another Trevor of GTAV, but he's a much more of an a-hole than Trevor ever was.

The collecting gear thing I'm actually comparing to Origins & Odyssey and not GoT. My biggest issue with GoT is the mindless spawning of enemies interrupting your journey, it's so Far Cry. Yet he's able to take a hot spring bath in the middle of all that chaos. Yet can't rent an inn to sleep and forward time realistically. Movements from walking to jogging, from the horse cantering to galloping can be clunky. The guiding wind can be extremely misleading. Valhalla on the other hand learnt a lot from RDR2 and it's therefore the most immersive AC. Guards on the roads ignore you and don't attack mindlessly. You're able to chill and take in the scenery. The whole England and Norway are beautiful with all new assets far different from the other 2 ACs. You don't have silly mercenaries breathing down your neck and interrupting missions. They're instead in the form of Zealots who you can go face when ready. You have a settlement to return to and build. Open worlds where your character is on the move 24/7 is extremely unrealistic to me. Valhalla just does things they way I like my open world to be, it's nowhere near RDR2 level of immersion but comes closest.

Almost at the end of GoT, great story, fantastic combat, the open world gameplay however is too bland. Valhalla's open world gameplay is far superior, overall I'd say Valhalla is just better comparing these two. Finding gear and upgrading them feels valuable in Valhalla compared to Odyssey or Origins. Btw who else feels they should have made Ivarr suffer more, guy was fackin annoying from the start.

Same old PushSquare hyping stuff and forgetting about it a few weeks after release.

@UltimateOtaku91 of course the one with the white guy Eminem is the only one you remember. If anything Lollipop is his biggest song.

"Mueller, in his blog’s biography, lists Microsoft as a client, although we’ll allow you to determine whether that’s relevant to the story or not."

Okay it's relevant and says it all.

Played a lot of GoT and yeah superb combat and story, nice game overall but there's something more satisfying with AC Valhalla. I like to compare the 2 cause they came out the same year and a bit similar, of course we know GoT did the borrowing of ideas. I feel the internet just picks a narrative runs with it misleading the average person like "GoT is more AC than AC itself" like wth?! GoT is a superb Samurai game but nothing AC about it, guy doesn't even like dishonorable assassinations. I think what makes Valhalla more satisfying is the immersion - you have a settlement, bed, stable etc and enemies aren't spawning everywhere. Why do mongols have to spawn every inch on your way anywhere in GoT, just why?!

Aaannd I found me some new secrets in RDR2, after all these years I try to avoid spoilers on these hidden things, what a game! Also, probably some ER and BB.

This can't be real.

Shoulda been free from the start! Part of what makes RPGs is finding gear in-game not behind a paywall.

I mean the PS4 didn't hold the PS5 version back so what's the problem here... Looking like that meme with the PCMR guy not getting why console players are enjoying games at lower settings.

Don't know how FromSoftware hides places right under your nose, you can trek there a million times and never find them. Found a whole new side in Raya Lucaria while I'm happily sauntering in the worlds of Elden Ring. Should wrap up AC Origins real soon, then will focus on Valhalla, GoT or start HFW 2nd run. Meanwhile I'm in my top hat, should've added the threaded cane, feeling elegant in the world of the classic - Bloodborne.

Well the regulators are right. CoD might just not be a force to reckon with in future, everybody move along.

@Arnna 5 times woah! I'm on my 2nd and finding whole new worlds. What a game!

@Ravix My first run was 350hrs, my 2nd is currently 136hrs and still in no rush, it's just a joy to play. I'm supposed to be trying to beat some games I got recently but here I am still wandering in the Lands Between for the second time.

@Ravix Part of the charm of these From games is the difficulty, no wonder they don't want to give options. I mean I even started Journey 2 aka NG+ and got bored as I was breezing past everyone with my crazy high level, I quickly started a proper new game and the challenge was more satisfying. NG+ is also like an easy mode, you just have to be patient with From games and not be in a hurry!

Half of those were on the way to pick up lost runes. Malenia wasn't really a hustle, I used Maliketh's blade, it's all about what you're working with. Radagon and fackin Elden Beast were the problem.

Thought I'd seen it all except the different endings but doing Ranni's questline this time round and a whole new world opens up to me, Elden Ring is just something else. Also, can someone remind me how I beat Bloodborne's Vicar Amelia first try in 2016 but I'm stuck on her in 2023... Anyway I'll be continuing Origins till I beat it and play bits of GoT and Valhalla.

Real sad. Not a movie guy so I only know him in Horizon. And he's up there with some of coolest game characters ever. RIP.

Some games never change in price, Sekiro, MH Iceborne expansion and FFXII Zodiac Age for example.

@thefourfoldroot1 I feel like FromSoft's animations are too unique to not notice.

Their games are some of the few that get animations so right, I don't think they should change.

I think people are just in a hurry. You could take your sweet time and do couple of playthroughs anytime you feel like. Plus there's no law to get the Plat at all cost. The game just came out, you could get the Plat in a few years time, it's still a Plat.

Isn't it interesting being at work thinking about a game from 2015, a game you've already beat like 3 times and platted 6 years ago? So yeah I thought I could fight the sale but no, ended up buying...Bloodborne...again. I just miss that music in the Hunter's Dream. Hunter's attire as detailed as RDR2's. I miss the whole artistry, everything! Playing ER same time too, I don't think I like one better than the other but it's facts ER is content heaviest. Meanwhile I haven't yet finished GoT, Valhalla and Origins...just great!

Platinums are always nice, makes them more satisfying than Xbox's Achievements.

@StripedTomato I feel like these tech people actually slow machines down when there's a new one out. Which if so, it's terribly awful on their part. Like that thing with iPhone.

So yeah I lost the resistance battle with the Sale and double dipped on Bloodborne. I just miss it so much, almost 6 years since I played that artistry.

Good.
Next up - selling outfits for real world money. And stick drift. Yeah they'd probably never be taken to court for that but still... annoying.

@StylesT Well yeah that makes it gambling...in a game for all ages.

Same. AC Origins, Valhalla, GoT. Still feel like Horizon is the best among these games. I mean that's why it's maintained 88-89 on MC compared to the others. Will continue a bit of my ER 2nd run. I felt like rebuying Bloodborne in the sale - a game I've platinumed and played the heck out of but naah.

I mean this is why when it comes to the exclusives, I respect Horizon so much.

@KaijuKaiser Talking about how they seem to talk about Yakuza more than any other site on the internet, nothing to do with reviews anywhere.

@KaijuKaiser Review what? An expansion that's not even out - Shadow of the Erdtree...

They've announced an expansion a few hours ago for Elden Ring but of course PushSquare are too busy with Yakuza.

AC Origins, Valhalla, Ghost of Tsushima, Elden Ring. Might start Horizon Forbidden West second run, I miss it!

@Olmaz Maybe technical achievement is swapped for art direction according to DICE's dictionary. But if a game like GOWR wins art direction, there's no problem at all. It's just there's some uniqueness to FromSoft's art.

Excellent achievement. Congrats to FromSoftware. It's hard to stop playing their games when you're hooked.

@Bentleyma I love it too, it's just Ubisoft's track record of repeating mechanics across its many releases makes everyone think their games are average by default. If Valhalla released in 2017, critics would be singing it's the best AC ever blah blah.

@Stevenfins Yeah googled when's the ideal time to start and they all said- after main campaign.

@Ravix Yeah it's definitely getting better and better as I play. I might start the Iki Island soon cause it just appeared in Act 2. Haha you can't do everything in The Witcher 3 with all these equally huge games out. I think I did like 95% back in 2016 or something. I must say I like how almost every game is huge these days and giving money's worth.