Daric

Seeing how mad people get over a character’s inclusion just makes me want to main them more.
Playing with Lucky Chloe online in Tekken 7 was so much fun

Would love to see this thorough analysis on games from the publishers that sponsor them…..

Also, the idea that someone who likes something sexual in nature is a pervert is 18th century puritanical. I don’t play these games, and i assume most people commenting don’t, but why would you go out of your way to insult someone based on they enjoying these details in their sexy gacha game is beyond me

One day maybe people will realise it’s not about the panties. It’s about changing something that shouldn’t bother anyone.
If it’s removed then it means there is someone out there who went bellow and beyond to find something to complain about and the devs catered to them, instead of preserving something some people valued (the original artist included)

This is very funny.
People shouldn’t take it so seriously. Imagine the evo suiiii pop offs

@Oram77 yeah but Xbox dropped the ball and got left behind. Saying this as an Xbox fan for over 20 years.

@ATaco yeah the people who like good games community lesgoo

@rjejr this looks nothing like previous LaD games. Sure it will have a million callbacks and some gameplay mechanics from previous games, but you should be fine.

@Llamageddon the studio that made PoP has been shut down by Ubisoft. So keeping Ubisoft around in the off chance they publish a good game every 10 years isn't even a good option, since they'll just shut it down it seems.

And don't feel too bad about any livelyhoods, the good developers will find better jobs at different companies. Hopefully to make better games!

The only people crying rn at Ubisoft are the shareholders and board administrators that are pushing these terrible games and shutting down the studios that make the good stuff

Never cared much for AC either way, but one of them would break the camel's back.
Ubisoft is on a vanishing act and i can't say i'll miss them at all. Their games have felt terrible for the past 10-15 years.

@KundaliniRising333 the performance mode has lower resolution. You can play in quality mode.
The game is absolutely massive and polished, certainly not “incomplete” by any stretch.

People that actively complain about content that isn't made for them are pretty entitled. There aren't even 2 sides about this - just different opinions coming form the same annoying mindset: "if i don't like it, it shouldn't exist".

This series (Xtreme in particular) has been going on for over 20 years. If the latest instalment is the one that breaks the camel's back for anyone to say they aren't "gamers" so be it. Your fault to make gaming your whole personality.

Regarding the typical "just watch *orn" response, i don't get how constantly preaching that gamers should watch other people having sex on camera instead of enjoying some (very tame) sexy in their games makes anyone but YOU sound like a pervert.

I don't play these games, but i'm glad they exist because i enjoy people enjoying things in a community i've been part of my whole life.
STOP GATEKEEPING what others should enjoy or not.

Only 593 games to go, keep it up lads /s

@Flaming_Kaiser i don't know anything about that, but it's an opinion like any other. That's what the user score is trying to do, gauge opinions. It just sounds like you have a different opinion that those people, so why are you wasting time caring about it?
The user score is meaningless information, why does it need coverage everytime people don't like a game the media does?

User score reflects how most users feel about the game? Stop the press
It is what it is, worthless feedback, so why does the media care about it? Would they care if the game didn’t have a certain political stance?

@Ainu20 this is the 4th game of the Xtreme series going back over 20 years (tho the first one was, mostly, a volleyball game)

@Andy22385 maybe if you sit at a desk to play, at that point you’d be better off with a computer than a PS5 Pro

@Andy22385 no, I can’t. I played 100 hours of the game, and unless I’m watching a side by side comparison I wouldn’t be able to tell one version from the other (not with online video compression at play anyway)

@Medic_alert “ likely we won't see true benefits for years”
Very true, but at that point we’ll be well in on PS6. For wide adoption by the industry maybe 7?
The Pro just feels like they’re putting a dev kit on sale, without any dev capabilities

@ZeroSum yeah we’re way past the point of diminishing returns. This is all cool and dandy, but at 800€ it all seems pointless and shallow.

If we need back to back to back 4x magnify compare shots to make a point, what really is the point anymore? It looks better? Yea it does, but is it in service of better games?

Where are the games?

PS5 Pro and Veilguard combo is wild bait

@Kienda it’s not that simple, because actually laying off people would result in better deals for the individuals. Contracts have very generous compensation clauses for the worker that companies that do this are trying to avoid paying.

For clarification, this isn’t about people being lazy. It’s about a company trying to avoid paying contractual compensation by requiring employees to do something they haven’t in half a decade (including Ubisoft’s most profitable era, mind).

The idea that people are somehow trying to scam or being ungrateful to Ubisoft is painfully capitalist in nature. I’m no socialist, but this isn’t america where big corporations own you.

@Chupa_loyzer I explained my reasoning, not my fault you’re discussing in bad faith

@Chupa_loyzer the industry has a high turnover rate, which would mean most of the contracts are post covid, and probably include such terms. The ones that aren’t, employees may still be protected under law, as changes deemed permanent (such as working from home for over 5 years, or simpler ones such as raises) don’t require contract changes to become legally binding in many european countries (France being one of the most protective of employees rights, i assume it has some of those precautions).
I’m no law expert, and I don’t live in France. But i’ve been working from home for a long time, and i’ve seen a lot of these situations. Like another commenter said, it’s 99% sure a way of “justifying” a mass layoff without actually doing a mass layoff (which has damaging legal implications for the company, usually is much more expensive).
Baffles me that people in the comments are siding with the company trying to go over workers’ rights.

@Chupa_loyzer it really depends on your contract. If i fully work remote as per my contract, for example, a change to this would infringe on my rights as an employee

@Kienda some of these employees don’t even live in the same city as the company anymore. They’ve been working remotely for 5 years.

The disdain for remote work on this comment section is insane (american hours maybe?)

@naruball so you do agree this is arbitrary and pointless, and people do have the right to protest it.

@MrPeanutbutterz it’s early access compared to the street release date. “Regular” FC buyers are mostly playing the early access versions, especially with the 1€ EA Play deal

@rjejr tip: when it says "you need X of these to level up", if you click on the thing you need, you have quick links to where you can get it.
It's easier to manage just tackling one necessary resource at a time at first

@thefourfoldroot1 “stop enjoying things!!”

Maybe if it didn’t feature the ugliest characters ever designed for a champion shooter people would give a f*

@EchoRange i’d agree, but the characters on the screenshots here aren’t sexualised and don’t look like little girls at all, so I’m not sure where the sentiment is coming from. From a picture of a foot? Other dude felt really creepy on his comment

@tangyzesty usually these editions include the money’s worth in digital currency and items. For people who are planning on playing the “gambling” modes anyway it’s a no brainer to get the deluxe/ultimate pack.
You could argue that those modes are for idiots, but so are most of life’s vices. I’d rather buy a pack of FUT cards than a pack of cigarettes, to each their own

@Nalodart i 100% disagree with you. The fact that you look at generic anime characters and see sexualised little girls is very concerning.
I’m not defending anything, couldn’t care less, but what you’re saying sounds VERY weird and i wish you won’t reply to me ever again, please

@Hi569 they’re literally chinese drawings. They look like any other anime character, mostly ageless unless made specifically obvious
And they are all voiced by adults, what you on about

@Broad-Spectrum it is true that i didn’t play 2021, mainly because of the appalling reviews. I did play 2020 and it was definitely subpar compared to FIFA. I can’t recall a truly enjoyable PES game after 2016

@breakneck PES hasn’t been a better game since around 2012 at least. It’s not the licenses, lack of licenses didn’t matter when PES 6 was outselling FIFA. The game completely stagnated.
It was literally the same thing for over 10 years, so much so they turned it into a live service.

Sounding less and less like an RPG

Ubisoft = bargain bin

I have little to no hope on this project being anywhere close to the old ones

@thefourfoldroot1 you mean 14 where pace overpowered every single other stat, crosses had a 50/50 chance of goal and the game bugged at throw ins and you had to wait for the clock to run down? Not fond of going back tbh

There are still issues with the game, as always, but to suggest no improvement has been made in 10 years is ludicrous

5v5 is huge for me, really brings me back to FIFA97.
Legend player careers sound awesome, but some players locked behind preorder is beyond stupid.
Also excited to mess about with the new european formats

as an aside, thanks Push Square for being open to everyone enjoying different things in their games, no matter where they come from

"nudity is okay as long as the developer isn't asian"
~journalists that follow "the message"

@wiiware apparantely Ubisoft doesn't even have anyone willing to translate kanji for accuracy, let alone a japanese consultant.

@Korgon Ghost of Tsushima didn't have hip-hop as battle theme.
It is painfully obvious there is a world of difference between how both games approach Japanese culture and tradition.

Are we supposed to ignore the evidence that Ubisoft is doing a bad job?
I am not willing to pay 80 euros just to "make sure"

@Yagami yes, in a way it's very similar to the Cleopatra situation: it's a western bastardization of a foreign culture

@Korgon it's just that Ubisoft is making a mockery out of japanese culture (which many people in the gaming space appreciate). It's probably unintentional, but still rubs people the wrong way (myself included).

Unlike what the media usually implies, it has little to do with the character's colour (there are several instances of black samurais in anime which are celebrated by anime fans of all races), but rather the way they are handling the characters and the environment in the game.

Some people desperately want to call others "racist" and call it a day, but fortunately these are a minority.
Personally would like for the game to be good, but have little trust in it given what they've shown. It's a far cry from what most people wanted out of an AC game set in Japan

Ubisoft try not to disrespect Japan challenge IMPOSSIBLE gone WRONG

@RudeAnimat0r don't get it either.. One of LAD's defining characteristics is that it is NOT an open world