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Evil west- ps5 : decent AA game, just shoot monsters and stuff, no fluff, play for a while and put down kinda game! Detroit: being human (ps5) : another amazing game from the studio behind heavy rain. Character models/ animations are so friggin good, hard to believe this is a PS4 game. Also loving all the different choices and playing thru the flow chart differently just to see how the other option would’ve played out ! AC: Odyssey (pc/gamepass) : Great game, loving the visuals, story and the gameplay. Perhaps the most fun I’m having with an AC game so far after AC2 !

😂 i think Japan as a setting for an AC game seems off. I’m playing AC odyssey right now and part of the charm is the exploration of all these Greek architecture/buildings and stuff. Sometimes I just keep wondering across the seas/exploring islands like Mykonos as they are gorgeous to look at. But in Japan, I highly doubt this would work as the era in which the game is set was just wooden cottages (at least I’ve never heard of any great Japanese architecture in the old times), so I guess it’s just forests/mountains and towns which would all look pretty generic !

It was available for free as part of ps essentials last month.

Yeah most sequels play the same, but even the assets/env look reused here. I think GoT was a very expansive game which took everyone by surprise. People who were expecting the same here might be disappointed !

I tried with Bellara, neve and Harding, Harding was the only one who reciprocated and she was the one who sacrificed herself at the end ! What about you ?

Totally, the end of the world scenario, the coming together of all the heroes to defeat evil, all against the backdrop of the red eclipse created by Elgharnan. Even the fight between the dread wolf and the arch demon is fantastic ! They should’ve just stuck to this serious/urgent tone thru the main quest line at least instead of just the last few end quests !

Completed the game sometime back. Completed all companion quests and upgraded all of them to “heroes of veilguard”. I think I completed most side quests too, except those treasure hunts and stuff. Overall took me 58 hours. One thing I found most absurd is the hatred due to woke stuff. There’s hardly any woke stuff in the game, if any it’s just for some 5 mins in a companion side quest which is entirely optional. My gripe with the game is the inconsistent writing , lack of enemy variety and lacklustre gameplay. Like the final end quests are some of the best I’ve played but they lose their punch due to the pretty mediocre buildup. Gameplay wise, it’s just spamming buttons/choosing attacks back to back against enemies who feel like sponge. Lack of enemy variety is another issue. Due to this, most side quests feel like a chore. Like most side quests in Dock town results in a confrontation with venetori. Even as a rpg, the levelling system is bad. The side characters are immune to enemies and doesn’t make any sense to upgrade their armour and stuff. I had no issue with visuals though. It’s cartoony, but I got used to it after some time. Overall, I felt the writing + gameplay could’ve been much better developed as the setting had potential. Missed opportunity imo. Maybe I’ll play the prequel - da:inquisition as well someday just to compare!

Congrats, where did you seen your old gfx card ? How much you sold it for and how much did the new one cost ?

It also has the whole underdog thing going on in its favour !

Exactly …. 👍

Hey I like Yash too, he’s over 6ft, like I said it’s all perspective ! Yash and Allu Arjun both were perfect for the roles they played in kgf/pushpa. Can’t imagine anyone in those roles now !

Even Ranbir looked menacing in animal but looked like chocolate boy in his previous movies !

Its perspective I think, I feel Sanjay Dutt or even Hrithik would be as taller and broader if not more !

The fact that 60+ Sunny Deol is still drawing audiences as an action movie lead should tell a lot about how bad the next gen talent is in Bollywood.

Don’t lose the momentum, follow it up with Sikander and houseful 5 !

Looks like all the discussion of the game has shifted it to Discord

I felt the swordplay was off, seems too much work and too clunky, I didn’t like the whole 22 days to complete quest while the main character can take unlimited amount of time to explore…. they should just make it regular open world without these artificial limitations !

That’s an actual thing ?

That’s a lot of praise, will try it out after I complete AC Odyssey By the way this year looks to be the year of Indies, first clair obscur, and now this, clearly indie games are bringing in novel ideas while traditional publishers are rolling out the same old stuff !

So is it a sim like cities/anno etc ? Like build something to escape from the place ?

It entirely depends on the budget. AAA games, take a lot of money to build nowadays. If you deduct Sony’s cut, assuming around 20 to 30% from the revenues, apart from development costs, add the cost of localisation, distribution, marketing, sales, voice acting, etc , there is a good chance that this game did not meet the expectations of the publisher ! It’s not Lala land, unfortunately, it’s the reality of AAA game development these days !

So, I chanced upon this game on PC: gamepass , when I was looking for some casual rpg to play through and man what a revelation this has been. I’ve spent close to 21 hours in the game and still very much engaged. Seems like the best AC game I’ve played since AC2. The visuals are stunning on PC, even after so many years. The game has aged really well, both in terms of visuals and gameplay. Maybe I should give AC: Valhalla another chance after this. I bought it on EGS pretty long ago, but left after few hours of playing and never went back to it.

Saw it on gamepass, the concept did look unique, how’s the gameplay though ? Is it engaging enough ?

I don’t think that’s possible considering the way ff16 main game ended. I’ve not played the dlc, but my guess is that it’ll start somewhere in the middle as a side quest !

Same happened to me with Valhalla and origins. I think I’m still in early stages here in odyssey and so far the core gameplay loop has been quite good. But I’m trying to avoid doing too many of those radiant quests to avoid getting burnt out. Also, the forge (part of the main quest) looks so much like the one in horizon games !