Touching upon the "Friends and Family" segment, my sister heard that I was trying to expand on my retro gaming collection, so she kindly offered up her old NES, in its original box, from her attic. After blowing about a decade's worth of dust off the thing, I slid the unit out of the cardboard, and flipped open the…

I must agree, it seems like Ubi took a double-take at AC3 once they'd released it, and realized what had gone wrong. I mean, I understand what they were going for;

"Just for the story, really - it HAS to be better than AC3, which felt like a massive chore to get through."

I agree with you wholeheartedly. AC1 gets a large amount of flak, but I remember playing through the game, casing the assassination zone for nearly an hour, not doing anything but planning the kill. It made its execution that much more intense and enjoyable.

Can we get this person to the front of the line please?

I'm definitely on board with you. There was an underlying current that flowed through FF7 that made it particularly special to a lot of people, including me. I don't need a rebuiding, or a reimagining, only a mere refurbishing. Freshen the graphics, clean up the dialogue, and give me the same game I fell in love with.

Thank you for that. You brought my blood pressure down.

Thanks for the honorable mention. ^^ I plan on having ALL the fun when I get home.

The importance of slaves cannot be overstated here.

I've heard that when cats squint, that's actually their physical representation of smiling. If that's so, I've got a major case of the warm and fuzzies right now.

Thanks very much for the kind words. :) I thought you raised some very valid points, and deserved a respectful answer.

I read your comment, sir, and I shall now reinforce it with a lofty and overly exaggerated *snapSNAPsnap* of my fingers.

I have very high hopes that you're wrong on this one. Judging from the demos I've seen, Unity seems to be trying to bring something back to the franchise that hasn't been present since the first game —- People Hunting.

I wonder if they're going to leave Jeff Baker's voice acting in there? I made my entry into the Elder Scrolls series with Morrowind, and to me, the fact that they excluded his gruff, creepy Dark Elf voice from the next two installments is criminal. Damn near game breaking, really. :P

Also, excellent points, all.

Hey now, you capitalize that Morag Tong when you speak of it. ;)

Do a quick Google Image search for The Birdcage for a little chuckle. ;-)

Or have Link store the bird in a small cage, and then Robin will be in The Birdcage. ^^

Hah, that is just adorable. :) I was proud to put down money for that soundtrack - Linking "Build That Wall" to "Mother, I'm Here" to "Setting Sail" delivers chills everytime.