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@oopsiezz looks like you were wrong; oopsies indeed!

@ilyn you mean you don't think there is a vast, insidious conspiracy to shave 2-3 points off of every xbox game's metacritic score? This thing goes all the way to the top.

Celebrating the studio they ran into the ground.

Tried to replay 1 and Infinite recently, they feel incredibly dated and boring these days, even though Infinite still looks pretty good. Just way too simplistic and repetitive.

@awp69 from what I can recall, Revenge allows you to just plow through traffic in races, which felt like a dumbing-down of the formula to me.

Hellblade 1 was the most grating and annoying game I have played in recent years. I gave it about 40 minutes. Shallow gameplay, irritating audio, and an incredibly hackneyed and corny depiction of "mental illness" were enough to put me off the game and its sequel.

@abe_hikura there was plenty of data showing that your thesis was incorrect, if you cared to base it on more than just a vague whim: https://www.pcgamer.com/robocop-rogue-citys-surprising-success-proves-theres-still-room-in-the-business-for-mid-tier-games-with-good-licenses/

@Savage_Joe What country do you live in?

@BacklogBrad which unions do you mean, and what non-union companies paid better? Or are you just making stuff up?

@Savage_Joe You got any links or proof to back that up? I'll wait.

@WhiteRabbit they want their cheaply-produced slop, made by underpaid, overworked, unhappy devs, apparently lol

@fackalata @Savage_Joe you both have been watching/listening to too much conservative media propaganda and not actual facts.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3bjn9/study-finds-unions-make-companies-more-productive

https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/labor-unions-are-good-for-workers-and-heres-why-they-also-make-good-business-sense-a39f3697

@BAMozzy Hope you're getting paid to d-ride Microsoft this hard, because if not... yikes.

Maybe word got out that it's little more than a tech demo with unbearably slow and tedious "gameplay" (if you can even call it that.)

@Kooky_Geezer using the word "woke" automatically discredits your entire critique.

@gollumb82 It looks terrible and like a complete betrayal of what the DA series was (dark, serious fantasy RPG with mature themes vs. cartoony colorful fantasy action with cringe-inducing MCU-biting dialogue)

"...one new feature to the Dragon Age franchise is a character backstory (similar to Starfield in a way) which can weasel its way into scenarios and drive the narrative down different forks in the road."

This existed in DA: Origins. Second article about this game from this website that contains blatant misinformation. The other one said DA2 had a similar battle system to DA:O but "with more complexity" and that Inquisition was "more action based" than the previous games. Pretty clear these writers haven't played some/most/all of the games in the series, or even done 15 minutes of research before cranking these articles out. Given that, it's hard to put much stock in the opinions on whether or not this a "return to form" or not.

Genuinely hated the first game. The plot and presentation felt incredibly overwrought, the whole "AcTuAlLy iT's AbOuT mEnTaL iLlNesS!1" thing was executed in such a pretentious and ridiculous manner that it was bordering on insulting. Great example of style over the substance, but I hated the aesthetic and art design, so there was literally nothing for me to enjoy. Pathetic that MS holds this up as a big exclusive we're supposed to look forward to - aside from the technical side, everything else about it seems like an afterthought. Xbox has really fallen off these last two gens, very sad to see after the glory of the 360 years. I'd be surprised if we get another Xbox, after the updated Series console.

Xbox One was Saturn, and Series X/S is Dreamcast.

@VisitingComet1 I haven't enjoyed a Far Cry since FC4, last AC game I liked was Origins. Avatar feels fresh to me. Whether its the setting, the Mirror's Edge-esque freerunning, or the lack of endless map markers, this one really hits for me.

Beautiful game, tons of fun. I've bounced off of every Far Cry since 4, last AC I enjoyed was Origins, and this finally feels like a fresh take on the formula. The open-world activities feel more influenced by BOTW than the typical UbiSoft game, thanks to the focus on exploration over endless map markers.
The PushSquare review jives much more with the overall take on the game, and I find the PureXbox reviewer's assertion that its beatable in 15 hours highly suspect, unless they were playing on easy mode in every category.

@eire-shabba a take as vital and fresh as the show your profile pic comes from