True, and to be honest, I think that’s the style of “open world” I prefer. Hopefully AC Mirage does really well and it sparks a return to that type of open world. 

I am turning 39 in two weeks, have a full time job, and a 6 year old. This year has been a procession of phenomenally generous games that immediately turn me into a ball of anxiety and shit because I just don’t have time to play them. I could damn near cry hearing that this game has manageable scope.

I think a lot of people thought that a smaller game would lead to a better story. A lot of people I read also found it to be too safe with parkour being the version from Valhalla which was simplistic.

That’s always been my issue. Yes, absolutely offer 30, 40, 50+ hours of gameplay to those who want it. But ALSO let people get through just the core story in 10-20 hours if they choose. That used to be how most open world games were -- but somewhere along the way, even the bare minimum amount of time just to see end…

I only made it three regions into Valhalla and, while I don’t begrudge the fact Ubisoft made this wide world that some of its players could explore, I really wished it had offered a straightforward route through the story content and major landmarks.

I still remember being eleven and thinking it was awesome when John Candy threw that (I’m paraphrasing) “Sorry that four Black guys in a bobsled is such a joke to you” line at the athletic committee. That had been buried under the more “acceptable” ways that people mocked the team (they come from a warm climate, their…

I just... don’t get people who spend all their time walking around not really *doing* anything in games.

I didn’t love it but I grew to understand and like it more with time. I wasn’t too big on Ymir’s undying love for Fritz; while it’s not unrealistic for someone to love their abuser, I still didn’t enjoy it much. I’m also not surprised that Mikasa seemed to never get over Eren, I guess in the same vein as my complaint…

Starfield is a 7.5/10 game and that’s perfectly fine.  Plus considering how games are nowawdays, I see Starfield 1.0 as a good foundation for Bethesda to continue to on in the coming years.

The 4 OVA will then merge in to two compilation movies with bonus scenes.

I gotta say, I walked into The Beatles LOVE show blind and that thing blew my socks off. After the opening number the only word in my brain was WOW!

They must do planetarium shows there. It’d be amazing.

Bingo. They talk big games about “redundancies” and “missteps” but it’s actually generally irrelevant; while studios take big swings and occasionally miss, this is all shuffling about to keep shareholders happy for a week or two. Examining it too closely in terms of why it happens is a futile endeavor. The answer is…

Nobody hit anyone with layoffs. These highly profitable companies who post record profits year after year actively chose to lay people off to help make their earnings look better for shareholders

You’re thinking of different things. you liked the multiplayer mode that came packaged with the game. They weren’t doing the new version of that, they were making a much bigger, stand-alone, money generating iteration that they were hoping to make a hit all on its own.

Google pushed this headline to my front page last week. Shortly after was the big Epic layoff, now this.

You’ve got the directionality here entirely backwards. Sony did not bring Bungie in to try to turn it into Destiny, Naughty Dog was doing that all on their own (which I’m sure is what Sony wanted from them), and Bungie was brought in to make sure Naughty Dog wasn’t unknowingly making an Anthem since they have no…

There’s finally something in Vegas that I actually want to go there for.

This may be the thing that could actually lure back for Las Vegas visit. I kinda hate the town and their corny Cirque shows really don’t interest me. However, just seeing the promo shots of the Moon projected on the exterior has me spellbound. The Sphere has infinite more possibilities of taking my money then their…

This would have been a perfect place for Pink Floyd to play in their prime.