Wow, talk about a cool description that didn't match the final product.  You made no mention of the fact that the actual mechanics are basically a glorified board game.

If you’ll indulge me a moment of being “that guy,” I just bought this game because of the great sale on the PS Store, and kind of wish that the Blades of Chaos has been kept below a spoiler warning. The game is still pretty new.  On topic though, I'm already looking forward the my second playthrough for the purposes…

No Trespasser? I would have expected that the game that pioneered the classic FPS mechanic of being able to look down at your own 3D polygonal boobs would AT LEAST make the Weird list.

If Achilles was a real person at all, he would have predated the time period of this game by more than 500 years, unless they’re going to have some Animus glitch missions that send us back to the Trojan War (which would be awesome.)

So-called “sane gun control” is by no means a simple solution, not only because of the fact that everybody has a different idea of what that actually means, but also because of the physical and legal logistics of implementation. And I say this as someone who is very in favor of stricter gun-control.

I am more or less…

The title of this article would have been right at home as a Norm MacDonald Weekend Update joke. And yet, here we are.

The article mentions it as a sequel to Origins, though I suppose anything is possible with Animus trickery. ;)

I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the main story was set in the early Roman Empire, but through some classic Animus trickery, we got some sections that went back to the Greco-Persian wars or Alexander the Great or some other such notables of Classical history.

Great point. Greece (especially the islands) was a major maritime culture. They traded all across the Aegean, including with Egypt and (what is now) Turkey.

Technically speaking, it’d be more accurate to call this game’s setting “the Roman Empire,” as Greece was already part of Roman territory by the time of Origins, so if this is a sequel, Greece is by no means an independent power.

Pedant mode: disengaged.

Wow. Now this is the kind of speedrunning video I love to see. Just a pure, amazing run through that track incorporating no glitches at all. I remember doing that wall jump at the end of this track back in the day, though getting it exactly right at the very edge of the area where it’s still physically possible is no…

Wrong. Two hands = two guns.

Poster child for deep, meaningful gaming experience meets poster child for shallow, lootbox-laden garbage. Makes sense.

Eh, the new Roseanne show is still great. I’m a happy fan of the original who loves the reboot, and who also disagrees vehemently with the star’s politics. It’s pretty easy to separate the two, if you are honest with yourself about what actually impacts people’s lives (hint: not the financial success of entertainment…

Is the phrase “You fucked up,” really a black thing? I suddenly feel very old and uncool.

Nah, your initial assessment of their lack of necessity was correct. These mid-gen upgrades are nothing more than luxuries for those gamers with extra money to burn. Most people don’t have the ability to try out the upgraded console at work to get a taste for it, which is really the only reason you now feel like…

This is the primary reason why mass killings like these are on the rise. Until we as a society are willing to take significant steps towards policing free speech on the internet, it’s never going to stop.

My high school actually had the opposite problem. It was a Catholic high school with fairly rigid dress code requirements—button down shirts, tie, khaki or navy dress pants, dress shoes, etc. But girls had a lot more freedom—they could wear shorts, skirts, or pants (guys could only wear dress pants), they didn’t have…

GOOD.

I think everybody was expecting that. ;) That’s part of what made it so great. Kind of the same way the obviously rubber Hitler body near the end of the film is great.