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@RBRTMNZ I just wanna counter by saying that your critique might be missed nonetheless.
Sometimes someone can't quite put their finger on why they don't or can't like a game as much as they would want, your input might be critical.
And yh I know people aren't waiting for 'negative' comments, or anything really that shoots down their fav game or game they just liked but I wanna point out that even though it might not look it, your critique might very well be underappreciated mate.
Know at least that I appreciate both sides of the coin in an argument. 🫡

@Kaloudz 😭😭

@Kaloudz be a shame imo I loved em both.
Did you even get through SW3? Quite flashy at times

@Balie3000 I don't know man, if they could give us a deep fry series s that'd be dope.

@awp69 first time I've seen you disappointed by gamepass, very unlike you awp 👀

@Edwirichuu Valhalla is probably the biggest game, and proper ubisoft open world.
You won't run out of things to do.
If however you're bored of the ubi open world formula try any of the older games ( anything before Origins).
Do however be mindful of how outdated they can be, they don't really have 'combat', some look pretty ugly and bugs are still aplenty.
Also if you want a proper introduction to the whole Abstergo narrative then again the older games are the ones to recommend as a starting point.
1st game is backwards compatible.
AC2, brotherhood and revelations (so 2nd-4th games in the series) are part of ezio's trilogy, which isn't a direct sequel to the first game, but cheap enough on sale and rather fun, albeit, again rather outdated.

That's ridiculous 😂
In a year as good as 2023?!?!?
The game isn't wholly bad but exactly what parts of its gameplay were innovative 🤔

@jedinite nah no worries, I love reading up on people's experiences with older games because it's stuff I missed out on during my childhood.
I don't even know any of those retro games 😭
But as far as newer games go yh I can't wait to get around to AW2 as well, loved the hell out of Lies of P, probably my goty this year, really loved Remnant 2 as well.
And Robocop looks pretty amazing, glad the dev is going from strength to strength.
Their terminator game looked a bit off haha, here's to hoping they do a Judge Dredd game after this, I need more of those 80s movies inspired games 😮‍💨

@jedinite yakuza 0 was my first yakuza game, and one of the first few games I played for context.
I played it for 55 hours. Prolly was more like 50, but spent some hours doing random stuff from the trophy list.
There was this one cheev for instance that had you walking around the town until someone would light a cigarette for you.
Very trivial thing but as the majority of gamers just run around it's a very neat thing to just experience. Makes it all feel more alive.
The average playtime would depend on your playing habits I suppose, if you like playing story heavy games, lots of cutscenes in a relatively small sandbox then you'll probably spend a similar time on it, or even more.
On the other side of the coin you might dislike the amount of cutscenes in it, especially towards the beginning when they try to setup the story. The game isn't very interactive just yet at those stages and it's one of the main complaints I've seen very often.
In that case, if you were to somewhat 'rush' it I still think you'll play it for about 20 hours give or take.
And yh you're right lots of modern day sensibilities, just say your say tbh
Sorry for the rambling, been a while since I played it, brings forth some very fond memories.
If you manage to get around to playing it I hope you love it as much as many others do, used to be one of my favorite ps exclusives before it got ported over, I'm glad it's more readily available now.

Edit: seems I misremembered, according to truetrophies I've played yakuza 0 for 65 hours.

@jedinite granted I only played P5 I don't think the two series share a similar look.
Beyond being japanese sega games they don't really share much of a resemblance.
Persona games are anime style and yakuza looks kinda realistic.
Hell people used to call the yakuza games gta clones, don't think I've ever even seen anyone call em a jrpg at least before some of them turned into turn based games a few years back.
Also if you wanna give the yakuza games a chance I'm of the opinion that yakuza 0 is a better starting point. (Like many others actually).
Like someone else on here mentioned this gaiden is a spinoff to bridge the gap between games. It also references lots of events from the older yakuza games.

Finished Remnant 2 two days ago, brilliant game.
One of the few that has tempted me to start a NG, on a higher difficulty as well. 😮‍💨

How tf has it been two years already 😂
That's crazy. Be cool if we got one next year with the dud that's FM.
More importantly, what would the setting be.
Looks like TDU has got Hong Kong and flashy night neon lights on lock. I'd still wanna see what they do with Asia though.

@SoulChimera word, stay safe out there dawg.
The image doesn't even look that bad at face value 😭

Not too surprised, back in October they announced the alpha and I've been waiting for any news on it since.
It is looking good though, at this point they might as well take more time and try to release it a bit before fifa hits to gain traction and maybe nick some of their users.

Definitely on the way up but still a pretty terrible year in my opinion given that ghostwire released last year the only redeeming aspect was hi-fi rush.
FM had too many issues holding it back and redfall was plain terrible.
Only a few hours into starfield though.

Can't speak on resi 4 but the sotc remake has def been robbed of a goty nomination, maybe even a W though I don't think they ever would've in 2018. 😮‍💨

SW3, Lies of P, Atomic Heart, Ishin and
Remnant 2 for me.
Edit: I forgot about Jusant.

Never even heard of it

@UndyingInsurgent95 that's very par for the course lol, get those gains G 😤
Yeah I noticed the new pfp, reckon the hype's building 👀
I actually finally got a playtest inv btw for insurgency, but I've already played that years ago so I didn't give them a reply.
Still holding out hope to get a Banishers inv or sth haha
And yeah I'm doing well, I'm glad to hear you're doing better as well, looking forward to your future contributions 🫡

Toilet paper holder in a CE is crazy 😂
@UndyingInsurgent95 you're back!!! Your presence has been missed on focus home articles, hope you're doing well 🫡

Can't believe it's already been 4 months. I happened to have started it today and actually quite like it.

@InterceptorAlpha maybe that's a tournament thing.
4 groups of 4 teams consisting of 3 each.
Factually correct.

Game's great. Played two consecutive days with the same two dudes and had a great time with it.
They did some marginal improvements over the beta now all that's left is to see if they can add meaningful updates over time.
Like Kaloudz says the only thing that can bring it down is lack of support.

@Kaloudz it's really just used as an adjective lol

@Titntin you're just overpowered man 😂

@NintendoByNature "my time has come" - Master Oogway

Just finished it, it's fun (with friends) but terribly broke nonetheless.
Kinda crazy this

EAFC free play days just when the clubs playoffs are about to start, coincidence?!?? I think not.
Lesgoooo

@Zenszulu average mindset of the people asking for a bloodborne pc port lmfao

@eire-shabba could be worse. My top three on xbox is fifa, fifa and ea fc.
And also #1 on ps 😭

@NarutosBiggestFan yh the ghostwire one is sick. But I've had it for so long already I just swapped it out for this new xbox one.

@Kaloudz time to go out with a bang my G

@DennisReynolds that's fair. In that case I hope they manage to beat your expectations man.
@Kaloudz you watched the blade movies? Didn't somehow die during the rave scenes and that disco fight in the first movie?

@DennisReynolds their last game was deathloop, granted youngblood wasn't the best but I'd like to think that was mostly to do with Arkane Austin.
Don't think we have anything to fear

@Divide_and_Wander

On the plus side, there’s a ‘12 piece puzzle’ reward that gives 100 points for 3 bing searches everyday for 7 days, and completing the puzzle nets 1000.

Might differ for each country but are you sure that's how you're supposed to read it?
I just got it for the first time and I think mine nets me 9 points for the 3 daily searches. At least it won't go beyond the first three and just 9 points.
I get a 100 points after doing the 3 searches for 7 days. Which means the puzzle won't complete until after 12 weeks.

@Sol4ris in fairness ubisoft does just keep making these same games whilst to my knowledge GG took the jump from killzone to these open world Horizon games.
One's a repeat offender, the other isn't.
And in my defence I didn't even like the GG games all that much either, setting was cool but lacklustre side quests and whatnot killed it for me.

Patiently awaiting the jedi game announcement

Tf I saw the valhalla one but it said deluxe 35% off, no way it was that cheap lol

@darkswabber I agree but that's not the point I'm trying to make.
I think it deserves a higher score than the one it's got right now, that's what my experience equates to.
@JustinSane I absolutely agree. Short term, 2018 was great as well but it pales in comparison to this year's offerings. And I haven't even played the majority 😂

Atomic Heart. On a 70-75 on metacritic, I think it's underrated.

@BacklogBrad I'm tryna make progress in ff7r as well but it's not as gripping as it could be. Don't think this franchise is for me haha

What's Remnant 2 doing in here G 😂
No-one's that fast lol

@Spider-Kev works the same way for Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro and Elden Ring haha

Yessss at last, nearly picked it up on sale yesterday.
Now I just gotta find some people to play it with hehe.
@Spider-Kev dunno if serious or not but it refers to the formula often used by fromsoftware in their games 'starting' with Demon's Souls.
You can basically dumb it down by saying it's hard.

@Kaloudz just close your eyes dawg 😂
Nah too far for me.

@Kaloudz so you going?

Oddly enough the searches do count towards the 50 in the weekly set.
Masterfully done.

And on the other side of the coin it's €75/$95 CAD

@CenturianShark I've been meaning to try it for a while.
It'll get touched up so if it'll actually look decent and magically happens to be around the same price I might bite.
Alternatively, might give it a try anyway with ubi+ next month.

Be amazing if they had some kinda anime collab with this one as well. The possibilities are endless.
I was so bummed when I read I couldn't get the Berserk armor sets in the Dark Arisen version, and the 360 one didn't have BC.