Ask your Mom for more allowance.

You’re putting a lot of weight on one review. Game's currently sitting at 96 on metacritic, there's a good chance it's better than you've been led to believe by some Twitter echo chamber. But, hey, enjoy that rage-gasm, it's about all Twitter is good for these days.

eh this is par for the course for Kotaku really, half-assed reviews are kinda their thing.

I don’t know about that. This review feels distinctly Kotaku for me. They tend to focus much more on the experience of playing a game and explore the themes and ideas presented. There are plenty of other major outlets the will take the approach of a bullet list of features and ignore issues of tone and messaging.

Cool, you’re decidedly in the minority however. That game sold gangbusters and did very good numbers with critics and fans alike. Especially the Spider-Man fans I know, of which I am one.

It gets so much better with every season. You’re missing out.

“The result is a marketplace where you can no longer buy a Switch or a Switch Lite at their normal price points.”

Sounds like you did mean the Lite. 

It’s fine. It’s easier than butter and crisps the bread well. What is it with you people and making these grand, unsupported statements, and acting like you’re doing something profound?

Hey everybody, somebody criticised charles in the comments again, don’t worry, jill is here....again.

This is 100% Charles’s Schtick. He’s always posting clickbait shit to get people riled. He then will reply (as I see he already has) and then also has sockpuppet accounts that he uses either to help defend himself, or just to upvote his reply so it gets more views. He THRIVES on this shit. He is not a nerd, he’s a…

In McCoy’s defense, though, it’s extra to the point of being exhausting.

You’ve been duped bud. Unless you’re rich or a racist, you have nothing to fear from AoC, despite what fox hammers down your throat. 

No one used the word “real” but if we want to talk about what is the real AC, Patrice Desilets and the earlier games are exhibit A. These newer ones are just borrowing the AC name because Ubi wouldn’t greenlight them otherwise

Right.  the game seems to be doubling down on what I think the first game should have done better, which is questioning the violence and the idea that “the ends justify the means” as well as gamer’s own complicity in said violence.

Not even if the game itself is amazing? There are plenty of games that I played over the years that had terrible plots, but were still incredible games.

Read the leaks and I’m really happy that it sounds like they’re taking the story in a VERY unexpected direction. Was worried this game would be too similar to the first and I’m no longer concerned about that.

I don’t even remotely understand this mindset of “These on-paper plot points that are completely devoid of context look bad to me, so I will not enjoy this story.” 

“Happy” ending??

That’s a long poop.

I mean, you’re proving my point absolutely. People like you are beyond ridiculous.