The others are great, but I’d say for someone brand new to the series, just start with Like a Dragon. It’s excellent and you really don’t need to know what happened in the others. If you want, you can always start with Yakuza 0 after you play Like a Dragon.

I prefer the offset sticks (like on Xbox and the Switch). It’s more natural for most games. If you hold a controller, without using any muscles in your hands, your thumbs should naturally be in the “high” position, which on an Xbox/Switch controller means your left thumb is on the left stick and your right thumb is…

I believe this is the full list: https://stadia.google.com/games

$9.99 a month is if you want the free monthly games and 4k streaming / 5.1 surround sound. It’s free for 1080p streaming. So, $12 a month if you want to play Ubisoft games in 1080p. You can also play on a phone or PC without a Chromecast Ultra and use 3rd party controllers. If you do want a Chromecast Ultra and their…

Yeah, the F1 games are the big thing I worry about in this acquisition. F1 2020 was one of my favorite games of the year and did a lot of things really well (the custom team mode for one). I worry F1 will become just another watered-down EA series with a bunch of purchasable DLC that’s released every year.

They go into a box and wind up in my basement. I act like I’ll get them out again someday, but they’re mostly forgotten. I guess my kids will either dig them out someday when they’re older and get a kick out of them or they’ll get them out when they’re much older and they’re cleaning out the house to sell. I all…

Microsoft had direct orders when they went up for preorder. It was the only place I could get mine from because the other options either sold out by the time I put it in my shopping cart or I never saw them go up at all. Now, as to why they don’t just have a waitlist that lets people put their name down and get one…

Yeah, I think the interactivity is a big thing here. When you buy a game, you’re buying the ability to play and experience that game. Watching someone else play is not same thing as playing that game yourself. So, broadcasting you playing a game is not equivalent to broadcasting a movie or some music. With the movie…

I usually do and have gotten pretty much every system day 1 from N64 until today other than the PS3, because people were camping out days for that and I just didn’t have the time to devote to hanging outside of a store for that long. I camped out all night for an Xbox 360 before that and vowed to never wait so long…

I haven’t tried OnLive. So, I can’t vouch for it, but with Stadia there is no noticeable lag for me. As I said, I have a much better connection than most people and it’s hardwired on a Chromecast Ultra, but there’s literally no lag. If it weren’t for the different controller, someone playing it on my setup wouldn’t…

Yeah, I think that’s what a lot of people who criticize it miss. The technology actually works way better than I expected. I have a fast hard-wired connection, but there’s literally no noticeable difference from playing it or one of my traditional systems (Xbox One or PS4). Google totally pulled off what everyone…

I didn’t expect to care, but I’ve tried Stadia and it works far better than I expected. I admittedly have a better connection than most of the US, but I didn’t think it’d be possible to play games that require fast, precise inputs and not notice any lag. Surprisingly, that part works pretty flawlessly. I can play F1…

I’ve got the same plan. I think the onboard storage + my existing external drive for previous-gen games should do me for a couple of years. By that point, I expect that prices will be cheaper and storage might be even bigger too. I’m in no rush. I’m not going to have dozens of Xbox Series X games the moment this drops…

It’s one of the few foods I don’t like. I don’t even hate it, it’s just whenever I have it in something like an eggplant parmesan, I’m like “This would have been better with something else instead.” I don’t feel like it adds anything to a dish, it just makes it worse or makes you wish you’d used something else instead.

I’ve played hundreds of hours of CK2 and got CK3 last night. I’d say definitely yes. I don’t have much experience with Civ, but mostly because I heard it described as not nearly as complex as Crusader Kings and I don’t think I could ever go back now. If you’re interested in huge strategy games that you spend hours and…

You can press multiple claims at once with later technology. Initially, you can only do that through specific types of war (like a holy war).

Eh, I thought Andromeda got more hate than it deserved. I didn’t love it, and it definitely had problems, but I thought the story and characters were good and the game as a whole was enjoyable.

It’s coming out sooner than SMTV and the SMTIII re-release, and those got way more focus in the direct.

Seriously. This is my pick, hands down. I got it the day it was released. I came home from work, booted it up and played through it the first time in one sitting. I didn’t even get out of my seat to make dinner, I just ate a little later.

Seriously. This is my pick, hands down. I got it the day it was released. I came home from work, booted it up and…

Yeah, it’s unbelievable how botched to rollout is. I already subscribed to HBO but I can’t watch it on Roku or FireTV/Firestick? Seriously? No one thought maybe they should work out a deal with two of the biggest streaming platforms out there before they released HBO Max?