That reminds me, I hope PS5 is as resistant as my PS4 was to any data loss/issues when power is suddenly lost. I pretty much use Rest Mode 99.98% of the time, but it’s not unusual for my power to go out a couple times a year (usually just for a few seconds), be it from a bad storm or whatever else. My PS4 always took…

Thanks for this! Definitely answers a few important questions, especially regarding save data. For some reason I thought save data transfer might have been a game-to-game or by each developer’s discretion kind of thing.

Now if I can just get my hands on the console. Am stuck in Target preorder limbo with “preparing to…

I’ll have to look for those comments by North, that’s interesting. I felt the same way, and I can accept a dramatic moment like that and a major character death if exciting things happen after that. But nothing did and they focused 99% on the past characters, which is fine but left a lot of us hanging with the other…

Yeah, you might be right. I feel like I vaguely remember one mention but it might have been a “codex file” thing, not actual dialogue. It was just swept aside so easily. Agreed.

I enjoyed the modern day stuff through ACIII with Desmond. After that, it was SO dripfeed, and it focused on Abstergo so much and things started to blend together that it was hard to pay attention to. Also, games like Black Flag and Rogue put a lot of important information in data files/codex things that I was…

I heard about that too and was a bit annoyed as well. After ACIII, the modern day stuff (which I mostly liked!) became super dripfeed, but at the very least, there was the tiniest bit of narrative thrust with a villain (Juno) threatening to do a thing, and some small stakes involved. To find all of that never had a…

Making stealth more prominent was one of the big promises they made, and I’m glad they followed through, even if there are some issues. I was fine with the fact that Origins/Odyssey were combat-focused, so I wasn’t too heartbroken I couldn’t stealth my way through everything (the combat felt rewarding anyway). By the…

Oh my goodness, that sounds glorious.

I’m currently playing Ghost of Tsushima right now, and the load screens are already so fast it’s hard to read the tips lol. In fact, what an insane difference from the game I was just playing prior: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. I’m not joking when I say that any time I’d use Fast Travel on AC: Odyssey, I’d put the…

I’m sure someone will say why Syndicate and not Unity? And well... I mean I guess it could be a fair question. Syndicate was from what I recall, received much, much better than Unity was. I know I definitely enjoyed Syndicate tons more, not that I hated Unity.

Yes!

*“What’s Up Danger” intensifies*

Yeah, that sounds good to me! I’m glad to hear from a few people and know at least there’s a lot of promise in the game. That’s the main thing, because chances are I would be waiting a bit anyway to play it.

And oh yeah, man, Odyssey has been great, and now you got me even more excited for the DLC. I just finished…

That’s a good mini-review I can get behind. Thank! Hopefully they overwhelm the game with extra content. Not just heroes (of which there are many they can throw in), but whatever else the fans need to keep it fresh. I don’t mind grinding the same thing over again (I do it in RPGs all the time) so it sounds interesting…

I can see that getting boring eventually, though I tend to be at least a little resistant to mindless grinds as long as I’m “getting something” for it or working toward some sort of goal, or at least having fun.

But yeah, I think you’re right. I’m working Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey right now and want to dive into Ghost…

Gotcha. There definitely seems to have been comparisons to Destiny (a game I enjoyed and spent a lot of time with), but you make a good point about the content. If you’re burning through it really quick, yeah, it might seem lacking at first, but vanilla Destiny had the same problem.

I’m definitely interested and was…

As someone who has basically only absorbed headlines on this game (and watched only the E3 trailer and one gameplay video), I’m having a hard time gauging if it’s good or not. Sure, reading more than the headlines would help, but it’s weird. It seems to shift from praise to malaise very quickly.

I’ve definitely been a bit of a trophy hunter for a while, though have slowed here and there due to work, other responsibilities or getting stuck with a game I really like for a long time (looking at you, Borderlands/Destiny).

Indeed. The facial animation in the game was some of the absolute best I had ever seen since L.A. Noire, possibly better.

Ooof, I dunno about this. I feel like Insomniac will catch some flak for this and I never really condone that, but this is... wow. It looks like they de-aged him at least 8 years.

I want to preorder Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla as a launch title for PS5 but the availability of it and certain versions is questionable across different buying platforms. It’s tremendously confusing. I’m guessing I just need to be more patient, maybe Ubisoft needs more time to “get things ready”?

In short, I saw a…