I only fast traveled when I had one or two collectibles left for the Platinum. Otherwise web-swinging is incredible

It is weird I expected a 90 on MC and OC but a 92/93 is much higher than I thought. Especially since reactions to people playing it on GameFaqs and Reddit seemed a lot more muted calling it a good but not top tier Mario.

Yakuza 0 or Yakuza Kiwami if you want to start the story from the beginning (Yakuza 0 is the high point of the series for me and a great game in general). Yakuza: Like A Dragon if you want to start directly with the new storyline.

Yakuza Ishin basically confirmed I was burned out on the franchise. Such a bore fest. Releasing two or three of the same games in a year is too much.

Really irritates me that Retro is wasting their time on Nintendo’s most boring franchise rather than a new DKC game. Tropical Freeze is the pinnacle of Nintendo’s 2D platforming

It became an easy way to make money. I remember when eBay had just entered a lot of the scalping used to be for THE Christmas toy of the year. Nobody more desperate than a parent who wants to make their kids day. 

Lol. Pokemon cards have had these issues for ages. Just quit the hobby is the best advice I can give. Also I cannot imagine going to a museum dedicated to one of the all time greats for a fucking collaboration with a company that has long stopped caring about it's audience and product. 

The live service-fication and dilution of an otherwise great enthusiast game continues.

Seriously what is it with male gamers (TM) and their hate of MJ and red haired women in gaming in general? It seems they have something new to complain about every day. 

That just means Sony funded the games development like how Xbox paid to develop Sunset Overdrive or Quantum Break. It’s normal.

Probably the most boring VA to start getting major jobs. Seriously not watched him do a good job in any game.

I remember that. But they’re no longer invited to preview events either. I know sister sites AV Club and Gizmodo got Spider-Man 2 and were at preview events but not Kotaku. So I’m wondering if Sony has also blacklisted the site.

Tbf I do think recent Mario’s have relied to much on gimmicks over the basic mechanics of platforming. Hopefully Wonder (pre-ordered with Spider-Man 2) is a return to form but what I’ve seen still seems to be gimmick heavy.

Sonic Frontiers looked and felt like a game that was created in Dreams. Or one of those Unreal 5 tech demos you saw on YouTube.

Does Kotaku not get review codes anymore? This is the second or third game in a month where I’ve seen round-ups instead of review

I think Kojima’s exclusive with Xbox has shit regarding cloud tech. If Kojima fails with it then we know that the tech is worthless.

Yeah I was just thinking that love her or hate her Aloy is still more popular than any new character Xbox has had in since the 360 with Marcus Fenix. 

FromSoft owns the IP. I think Bloodborne and Demon's Souls are owned by Sony. 

Same thing for CP. Playing it again for the first time since launch and Fem V is just a much better VA than Male V. Story is still pretty shit though. 

While I feel Ubi bungled the plot of AC3 I did really like Connor Kenway. He was a character who was rightfully angry and upset. But he also got a lot of personal development in the homestead missions and the epilogue missions.