For me personally, I couldn’t care less what they do. I do, however, think it’s inappropriate for this Vik character to start assigning people an identity they didn’t ask for and aren’t cultivating by using this Bugs Bunny criteria he’s created, and in order to legitimize his own proclivities no less. That’s just my…

Can’t quite rationalize that “if you like Bugs Bunny you’re a furry” statement. What does that mean for people who play Pokémon games? Anyways, it sounds like a “one of us” counter-argument that just doesn’t seem accurate. I like Bugs and Pokémon, and I have no intention of manifesting an alternate animal persona.

I still think the Hutt Contracts from Battlefront 1 were a great idea, comparatively speaking. You choose exactly what weapon/ability you want to work for, you pay a small in-game fee to purchase the contract and complete the challenges, then you get the exact item that you were working for. And as these are contracts…

Thanks for your take. You also pretty clearly articulated one of my own gripes: we’re presented with these activities to do, but not much compulsion to do them besides a lightly raised difficulty level.

Good way of putting it. Lots left to do, but little inclination to do it. With no possibility of unique weapon rolls, all that was really left was to hit the power level. A few weeks after launch I had two 300+ toons that were all dressed up and nowhere to go. I am looking forward to seeing how the game looks when the…

That was my impression as well. When taking into account the original microtransaction aspect, it’s deviously clever. Within the first 5 hours: “I don’t need to buy anything, look at all the stuff I’m getting!” But a bit further down the road: “I’ve been stuck with these same cards forever! Well, maybe I’ll just buy…

The progression system in its current state isn’t too bad when starting out, but as you gain higher levels the pace at which you acquire cards you actually want can’t keep up, and it really starts to drag. Actually I don’t even know if the first part of what I said is true, as it seems I was given several unlocks just…

I’ve never had any trouble finding matches, and in my opinion the game itself is quite fun. The progression system, which obviously was created in tandem with the microtransaction system, needs much more work than what they’ve done here, but it’s a start.

I’m about 5-6 hours in with XC2, really happy with it so far. I did go a bit nuts on Black Friday sales, so I’ve got games to tide me over until...god I don’t know, 2023 maybe?

No, that’s kinda what I thought. I was still being childishly mad at EA over Battlefront 2 so I decided to skip the BF1 Pass. To add injury to insult (self-directed), I’m playing Battlefront 2 anyways so the only one who lost that round was me. Sigh. Lesson learned: if ya want something, just buy it and keep the…

No, that’s kinda what I thought. I was still being childishly mad at EA over Battlefront 2 so I decided to skip the…

Yeah, “all over the place” was a bit too general. I guess what I meant was that I don’t think it was easy for people to maintain pure objectivity as they played/reviewed the game, so we’re seeing 100s/high 90s from some places and 70s from others, but that’s ok. The sense I’m getting is that if I liked Chronicles,…

I did find the character designs a bit jarring when I saw the first trailers, but I feel that I’ve seen it enough now where I’m getting used to it. Kind of looking forward to what my wife will say when she sees the Victoria Secret Blade Squad on the screen :)

Ok that’s great. Your expectations sound pretty much in line with how I think I’ll approach the game as well. Looking forward to reading your preliminary impressions. Thanks for the reply!

Ok thanks, that’s very helpful. Kinda wish I grabbed it last week. It was on sale in the US for like $14 or something. I’ll keep my eyes open for another sale.

Ok thanks, that’s very helpful. Kinda wish I grabbed it last week. It was on sale in the US for like $14 or…

Good to know, thanks! It’s coming to me today regardless, but it will be helpful knowing this going in. Thanks for the reply!

I have no problem with Jason being chosen to review it, nor with his take on the game. As others have said, reviews for this game have been all over the place anyhow. My main question is this: If I liked Xenoblade Chronicles (which I did, quite a bit actually) then is there a good chance I’ll like XC2 as well? For…

About the BF1 premium pass, if you have the base game, does the premium pass give you the same content as you’d get with the new complete edition that just came out? I skipped on the premium pass when it was on sale last week on PSN for a ridiculously low amount, not sure if that was a good idea...

About the BF1 premium pass, if you have the base game, does the premium pass give you the same content as you’d get…

Really? This is important to know. I thought the English dialogue from that first trailer was scary bad, but it sounds like it may be worth keeping it in English? I don’t get to play until tomorrow night.

By Rise of Iron they had things pretty well tuned, and with D2 all that went out the window, with the solutions to be sold back to us again via the expansions. By the time we get to the third expansion next September we’ll be where D2 should have been at from the start.

If you have Best Buy Gamers Club Unlocked, you can start loading up that PS4 library pretty quick without breaking the bank. I got Nioh last week for $15.