I now automatically drop everything down to easy mode right off the bat. Unless it starts to feel “too” ridiculously easy, which at that point I’ll move it back up to normal. But in general, it’s not often that you’ll hear me complain that a game may have been too easy. They cram way too many other features outside of…

#yaynoloadingscreensfornextgen

Today’s HUDs feel like they were originally placeholders while their game was being developed, but then the devs ran out of time to inject any stylized creativity into them, and just rolled with what they had. Sterile AF.

It comes in handy during 1 vs 1 fights. I save it for the third phase of those battles to wrap things up quickly.

“We magpies may not be apex predators, but we can make sure those that are, we will fucking make their lives a living hell!”

No sexy co-op beach volleyball mode. Pass.

I’m interested in hearing how they will handle resuming the game. Is it going to be treated like an mmo expansion? Are they going to transfer our save data from part 1? Was the FFXV DLC a mini-exercise to see if it could be done for FFVII?

The underlying feeling is that it’s just another Unreal engine game. I wish devs would try to come up with a fresher approach than to just seemingly plug their project into a UE template and calling it a day. The only thing saving this game is the amount of effort they put in to emulating samurai story-telling.

Since there are no wrong choices (everyone’s picks are legit), I’m just gonna agree with everybody, but throw my three cents in. Super Star Wars, Super Empire Strikes Back, and Super Return of the Jedi on SNES:

“EA is changing all in-game Redskins references, because the Redskins are changing their name. Back to you, Bob.”

So I’m a couple of days into this. Great stuff, but I feel like a lot of these open world games could try to make the missions in the gui less checklist-like. The to-do list fills up like an MMO grind. I guess back then, samurais had to have a photographic memory to remember all this shit.

Ultra Seven > Ultraman.

You friend-zoned the game. Just like I did. lol

I got one hour before I’m able fire up this baby, and this info sounds like a major needed go for me. Thanks for the heads-up!

The San Francisco Rush 2049 racing game way back on the Dreamcast had non-existent load times, which I couldn’t believe. Shocked, even. I’ve always wondered how that dev team managed to achieve that miracle.

Yep. Take the PS2, as an example. There was a massive overlap between the PS2 and PS3 eras. The PS2 was still selling ridiculously well long after the PS3 launch, so Sony just let it ride and juggled both systems for awhile.

That cgi beard is flawless.

I cannot wait until this “loading screen culture” is done away with on next-gen, along with the fucking people who think waiting on load times are acceptable.

If I’m able to plug in an external Blu-ray drive for my movie discs, I’m definitely going all-in on the all-digital PS5.

So is the average consumer actually saving money now by moving away from cable and subbing to these streaming services? Seems like we’re back in the same boat, spending-wise.