In a related-ish question: how is it for people who’ve never played AC before? I watched a roommate play AC1, so I’m aware there’s some pretty convoluted overarching plot stuff about genetic memories and whatever - do I (as a weirdo for whom story is AT LEAST as important as gameplay) need to understand any of that to…

I’ll give you that Scatman Crothers was one smoooooth mf’er, but I don’t see any way a Porsche beats a Lambo for coolness. Also, Jazz is trying too hard. I mean, the slang talking, the sunglasses - and that’s to say nothing of the overtly racist Bayformers approach. I still give it to Sideswipe.

It even works more broadly than that. You have to imagine there were quite a few systems that actively benefited from Imperial rule. Then, suddenly, they were cast down by a group of outsiders who blamed them for everything the Empire did. So their lives go to crap, they don’t really understand why, and they’re made…

“Sideswipe’s still pretty cool...”

Yeah, they even called out the reference pretty directly in-film by having the First Order resemble the Nazis. Especially the big speech moment, which was about as “Triumph of the Will” as it gets.

Nothing to add, just thanks for a good story well-told. High fives.

I apologize for all the pricks who will take your innocent and fair comment as an excuse to continue bitching about the ending. I miss ME as well, and hope the next games can give that kind of experience all over again.

In the back, injured. Finn is trying to help him, but the wookie keeps trying to choke him out. It’s kind of a mess right now, but I think they’ll get it together. ;)

While I did really enjoy Kylo Ren, especially on a second viewing, his arc presents a problem. Because he is pretty much just a petulant teenager throwing tantrums because he can’t have his way (though played with much more depth and interest) he winds up failing to be a credible threat to the heroes. This isn’t…

Oh, man - we only got the Zootopia and Warcraft ones. The rest of ours were almost hilariously bad and poorly chosen for Star Wars. There was one that stood out head and shoulders above the rest - a luchador wrestler/pastor/urban vigilante piece called The Masked Saint. Tell me this deosn’t look like a Hallmark…

So, I loved the movie. Really, deeply enjoyed it. By the time we got into the theater (1 1/2 hours before showtime) it was so full we had to sit in the second row and crane our necks for 2 hours to watch. Despite having almost the worst possible theater experience (why do they even make those seats anymore?) I was…

I want to star you. I want to star you dozens of times. But, as you say, the comment system is bugging at the moment. In any case, I am with you 1000% - the glory of the pixel art is the invitation to imagine, and the world your mind creates off the foundation of that simple style is hard to match unless you’re going…

I don’t know about “strategy.” Granted, it was a long time ago and my memory may be off, but I have zero recollections of tense, strategic fights. I don’t remember ever having to work out strategies or figure out cool spell combos or anything. I do remember that you’d sometimes be woefully underlevelled and just get…

It’s kind of a “Chicken or the Egg” situation - are the random encounters infuriating because the combat system is so boring and slow, or does the combat system only seem repetitive because there are so many boring random encounters and not enough meaningful confrontations?

The slow, boring, repetitive turn-based combat is the #1 reason I don’t replay the old FF games (no matter how much I used to love them) and have largely given up on JRPGs as a whole. That they’re changing the battle system is the most exciting part of this remake for me.

Alright, man. I know I’m a day late to this, but in the interest of debate, and because I appreciate how well thought-out your post was, I want to meet you on your ground and talk this out. Because I’m a professional storyteller who appreciates that there are both objective and subjective facets to story (Surf Ninjas…

This looks custom-made for the PC gaming audience. And yet seems to be a PS exclusive. I am disappoint. My disappoint runs huge for this one.

Am I crazy for not knowing what the big deal is? All the official images of Ahri I can find show her face as pretty generic. I don’t see how this statue is so profoundly off-model that it needed to be pulled. It looks fine! What, is the nose too... something? The eyes? Sorry, I’m an artist, and I can not see why…

You know what’s as bad as people jumping into these articles ragging on how RB sucks because it isn’t real instruments (which I didn’t do)? The people who jump in to bitch about people bitching, writing long diatribes about how the two games can happily coexist. The fact that you’re right is heavily undercut by the…

Aww, the combat wasn’t that bad! It’s an adventure game - you run around, mash some buttons, and repeat. Sure, the RTS stuff didn’t totally work, but there were some good ideas in there. It’s the sort of thing that, given some time to work up a proper sequel, they could have ironed out and found something magical.