I can't wait to start burning down copy/paste villages in For Honor: Shadow of War

I also can't wait for Hyperscape, it combines the super original setting of a virtual MMO world in corporate dystopia along with the super original first person shooter battle royale genre. What will they think of next?

Seriously though if Ghost of Tsushima doesn't scratch my Tenchu itch then I'm going to have to force myself to get excited for paper mario or some shit.

Could always dust off the old Tenchu PS2 games.

Could always dust off the old Tenchu PS2 games.

The PS2 Tenchu titles are dusty for a reason.

By the sounds of reviews Ghost of Tsushima is one of those 'boy it looks pretty but boy its design is archaic' games woop woop.

Open world game design could use an overhaul going into the next gen.

By the sounds of reviews Ghost of Tsushima is one of those 'boy it looks pretty but boy its design is archaic' games woop woop.

And who says Assassin's Creed isn't influential?

The last of us 2 is still relevant? I found this video interesting. It's 30 minutes long but is both a good watch and doesn't treat TLOU2 as a masterpiece nor does it claim the whole thing is shit.

Also, spoilers.

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Until Cyberpunk 2077, Tlou2 is going to be the last 'big game' out, (that crappy avengers game don't count) so yeah it kinda is.

Anyone who thought Tlou2 OR 1 was a 'masterpiece' probably only consumes video games and reddit-approved b-movies as a story telling medium. What Tlou2 was an interesting highly polished stealth murder game with very good voice acting, noting more, nothing less.

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And who says Assassin's Creed isn't influential?

Even fans of Assassin's Creed will tell you that Assassin's Creed is more derivative than not. This is more like Sucker Punch doing a Second Son all over again.

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Even fans of Assassin's Creed will tell you that Assassin's Creed is more derivative than not. This is more like Sucker Punch doing a Second Son all over again.

Second Son had interesting ideas but was just sort of unpolished, which makes it the direct opposite of 90% of AC games.

I only expect Ghost to be better than something like Oddessy, which should make it just bearable enough to tide me over until Wasteland 3

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Second Son had interesting ideas but was just sort of unpolished, which makes it the direct opposite of 90% of AC games.

I only expect Ghost to be better than something like Oddessy, which should make it just bearable enough to tide me over until Wasteland 3

I doubt it'll be better than Odyssey you can't even get a boat with Davy Jones, Charon, Herakles, and Richard the Lionheart so it can't even compete.

Also nothing in Second Son was as interesting as alien cyber deities and Adam and Eve being human slaves in a technologically advanced precursor city and said cyber deities would go on to influence religion and humanity's advancement while also guiding the conflict of ideologies up to and including one of them getting mad and hanging out in Ubisoft's mainframe fucking around while you slave away testing a game made by out of touch directors and staffers with the only sign of your inevitable crunch being little figure statues of other characters on your desk shelf in a rare bit of accidental meta commentary on the banal and thankless job making a video game most people will stop talking about in two months is. You can see the exact moment when the game is screaming for help from the player but nothing can be done because deadlines have to be met and the bonus won't happen this year because it's just not in the budget now hurry up and figure out a way to add a cash shop to a single player game because everyone loves those get back to your desk and work you nameless, faceless cog in the AAA machine that is being occupied by a vengeful super being whose plotline will get resolved in a comic book because we decided to go in a different direction that will split the fanbase between those who actually liked the rote mechanics of following someone and not letting a meter fill up and those who actually prefer the series be an RPG because it's more fun to murder and fuck as a Greek woman than it is to play literally any other character we've made.

That's one meaty paragraph.

Yeah it's a key ingredient in a Shitpost Stew

It was short, but it hurt to read. Not 1/100th as much as an Earnest Cline poem (which hurts mind, body and soul), but you get the idea.

All I'm hearing from that is that I'm better than Ernest Cline which is a low bar but I'll take the compliment.

By the sounds of reviews Ghost of Tsushima is one of those 'boy it looks pretty but boy its design is archaic' games woop woop.

Open world game design could use an overhaul going into the next gen.

Seriously, that critique is on my top ten of shit I'm bored of hearing in the field.

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Seriously, that critique is on my top ten of shit I'm bored of hearing in the field.

There's this prevailing thought that I, a noted fan of Ubisoft's open world stab game, is somehow against games with outdated side quests when that is not the case if I like stabbing dudes in said world which I suspect I will in Tsushima

But also yes the constant need for reviewers to use lazy comparisons to other things is never not the worst

Let's be honest. Who wants to spend hours walking across the world map? That shit was a pain in the ass for Assassin's Creed Odyssey. And I am afraid that Valhalla's gonna be bigger and more of a pain to deal with.

But, I am gonna play Tsushima in an hour so let's see if it's good. Tho, I heard the lip-sync for the Japanese dub is pretty bad.

Let's be honest. Who wants to spend hours walking across the world map?

Well yeah that's why you run and fast travel and have a horse. Walking is for lame-os!

I suppose this is old news at this point, but Laura Bailey got death threats for her role as VA for Abby in TLOU2. This is really disgusting. It doesn't matter how much one dislikes TLOU2 or Abby, nothing justifies harassing someone simply for being her voice actor.

Well yeah that's why you run and fast travel and have a horse. Walking is for lame-os!

Like they say in Morrowind, why walk when you can ride?

But, I am gonna play Tsushima in an hour so let's see if it's good. Tho, I heard the lip-sync for the Japanese dub is pretty bad.

I'm playing it with the english dub and in full colour, because I'm uncultured western swine who doesn't respect nippon steel.

I suppose this is old news at this point, but Laura Bailey got death threats for her role as VA for Abby in TLOU2. This is really disgusting. It doesn't matter how much one dislikes TLOU2 or Abby, nothing justifies harassing someone simply for being her voice actor.

Nothing really excuses 'hating' a collection of pixels IRL anyway. It's ignorant childish behaviour from people who spend too long on youtube, and not enough time playing the games they are critiquing.

But more importantly, you've given me yet another excuse to talk about Abby, so let's just appreciate her face model Jocelyn Mettler (who also received harassment but not death threats).

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I'm playing it with the english dub and in full colour, because I'm uncultured western swine who doesn't respect nippon steel.

It's better in color anyway

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It's better in color anyway

You clearly don't appreciate Kurosawa's genius and therefore you're not allowed to play the game, Gaijin.