Korgon

I always down for a good showcase but it is a bit of an odd move to shadow drop one. You would think they would announce it at least a day or two beforehand to generate interest.

Aw well, I wish them luck with a good show!

I played it for around 30 hours but I bounced off of it. I just don't like the way it plays. The move wheel system just feels so unpolished to me that I just couldn't stand it anymore.

I do respect the amount of depth available in it though. It is impressive in many ways but it just isn't for me. I much prefer more structured RPGs which is probably why I generally gravitate towards JRPGs more.

I doubt it will be exclusive but boy that would really stink if Falcom went Nintendo exclusive. Really hope that never becomes a reality.

The look of the game is definitely the best thing it has going for it. Bungie has always been great when it comes to art direction and Marathon looks no different.

The problem for myself is just the pitch of the game. The concept of an extraction shooter just does nothing for me. I just prefer classic arena shooters is all. I'm not really into battle royal and extraction shooters just sound like a more loot focused version of that.

Right now, Splitgate 2 is the upcoming shooter I'm much more interested in. It also helps that that is free-to-play. I just don't think Marathon has nearly enough going for it to survive in this space especially as a premium title. If there was also a campaign I might have been tempted but at the moment I'm not interested.

I'm sure it looks great but I'm perfectly happy with how it looks on my standard PS5.

I had an awesome time with the show personally. Sure some of the song choices were a bit odd and some of the CG was pretty ugly but I thought they did a great job with the characters and writing. The actual action sequences were really great too.

I'm 100% tuning in for season 2!

The art direction is really good. The fact that it's an extraction shooter doesn't appeal to me at all though. Maybe seeing some gameplay will change my mind but they got an uphill battle getting me interested.

I wish them well though.

Love the improvements to item management. I got A LOT of katanas I need to get rid of but never felt like going through the hassle. 😅

The horse improvement is also quite welcome.

I gotta say originally I said I prefer guests to be from not fighting games when Terry and Mai in SF6 were the talk of the town. After seeing this umm...I might be changing that stance a bit.

They did a great job of showing off the new features of the console. It actually looks like a pretty beefy step up especially from Switch 1.

The games were a bit more so-so. Mario Kart does look great even if the $80 price tag hurts. Donkey Kong looks okay though I would have preferred another Country game instead. That wheelchair basketball ball game looks pretty bad from what was shown sorry to say. The Welcome Tour thing should be free. Period. Finally Fromsoft was a big deal initially but after hearing a bit more about the style of it has dampened the excitement considerably around it.

They probably should have just shortened the C button segment dramatically and used some of that time for other game announcements.

@HRdepartment
Yeah it was such a shame because I was soooo hooked to that multiplayer up until then. They tried to patch it somewhat back to what it was before but they never did quite get it there.

Ever since then, whenever I see 1.05 anything I wince a little bit! 😄

It has been pretty wild to watch from the outside. I only play Tekken very casually with friends every now and then but it seems like the community is in an absolute uproar about this update. Granted the fighting game community complains a lot but this definitely feels different from the norm.

It wasn't a fighting game but the last time I saw a community this upset with an update was way back on Uncharted 2 1.05 patch. That version number lives rent free in my head to this very day. I hated that balance update so much. 😂

Obviously not happy to see it but I was expecting $80 to be the standard going into this generation so I'm not too bothered. It is getting to the point where I will have to be much more selective on what I buy at full price though.

Especially with Nintendo games in particular. I'm shocked they were the first to do this considering they usually don't bother with motion-capture, cutscene direction, VO, etc. Most of their games are strictly in the for fun only category. They aren't putting out narrative heavy games that require all that stuff so I am a bit surprised they went above $70 first.

I'm not interested at launch. I'm sure I'll get one eventually but nothing is really speaking to me much outside of Mario Kart but even then I have some concerns about the open world nature of it.

GameCube support is cool though so I guess there's that.

I'm not really into Fromsoft's multiplayer efforts. If this was the next traditional Fromsoft game I might have caved on buying Switch 2 at launch but I can live without this one. The art direction is as great as usual though from Fromsoft.

Maybe I'll try it later down the road.

I'm just hoping to see if Halo shows up. That's really kind of it for myself. I'm not buying one at launch at the very least. I just didn't really use my Switch 1 enough to warrant an instant buy on Switch 2.

Still excited to watch mostly for the 3rd party announcements.

There's a reason Ubisoft has doubled down on AC in its time of need. It sells well and deserves to sell well. The series has continued to deliver time and time again. I'm really happy to see Shadows break through all the noise and find success. Game is so much fun!

@Rich33
While the user base is large for Playstation already, having Xbox players added is a good thing too. I like to play with a friend who has an Xbox but we don't like going up against PC players. Now we don't have to and can still play with each other so I would say there is a very valid need for this update.

While I don't know if I agree with his reasoning it's not too big of an issue. After all we live in the age of Spotify so it's easy enough to get those classics bumpin while playing. Plus they got the CKY song in there anyway so they got the one I most associate with these games.

Expert feels pretty much perfect in terms of challenge and yet not being too challenging. Although Yasuke is kind of OP in combat so maybe if they could make combat feel a bit tougher for him then I could get behind that. Naoe feels just right in combat though so I don't think they need to change anything there.

Oh but if fast travel is taken away I absolutely wouldn't bother with a tougher mode. That's just truly sicko behavior there! 🤣

@dallow_prime
Well...it is the actor who played Lincoln Clay! Awesome to see he was great in Mafia 3 from what I've played of that game.

@Ravix
Yeah and I mean I'd be fine with basically a sci-fi GTA. That sounds great...but I don't really know for sure or not if that is what it is because we just haven't seen enough.

Developers need to keep in mind you are trying to sell a product at the end of the day. I understand wanting not spoil everything but if it's a new IP you have to work a bit harder to get people's attention. Otherwise it just gets a bit lost in the shuffle like this one has.

I'm interested in it but they really should consider a demonstration of just what the moment to moment gameplay is. From what we have seen though it looks similar to Watch Dogs and I love me some Watch Dogs.

I have a feeling more that a few kids are going to be wishing for a Switch 2 for Christmas this year. 😄

I'm thoroughly enjoying it in almost every way so I'm sitting at a 9. My only real criticisms are I do wish there was at least some social stealth available and some of the side content is hit or miss.

I'm really enjoying the story, exploration, and moment to moment gameplay though. The weather system in particular is pretty incredible as it does make you need to consider your approach more since some routes will be less safe than others depending on the season and even can change up guard positions/routes. I've never really seen that sort of behavior from AI before. It really keeps me on my toes especially with the expert difficulty.

I really hope other games take some notes on this system. Pretty damn impressive.

Absolutely crazy that this and Sky remake look like they will be releasing next to each other. I only have so much time! But I'll manage somehow.😄

There's no downside really with this approach. At worst the revival isn't received well and then the IP is right back where it was before anyway. I have no idea why anyone would be against this approach. Like it's been said clearly Sony isn't interested in working on them in-house so why not? Literally nothing to lose.

If we get a Folklore Remastered out of this strategy I would quite literally be over the moon with excitement!

This has been a weird week in video game news. First Renaldo is in Fatal Fury, then Sony weirdly kind of carried a Nintendo Direct, now a shooter/hack and slash where you play as a pair of panties? What is going on?

It would be really cool if we got like special events where we play as a modern assassin similar to how a couple sections in AC3 had. I always wanted those to come back at some point in the series.

The only thing older RPGs had that more modern ones don't is the requirement of grinding to get up to the proper level to tackle a section/boss fight. They've dramatically improved in that department which I appreciate.

I love RPGs but that was always my least favorite aspect to them. They've gotten much better at just having side-quests take over that grind instead of just mindlessly getting into fight after fight just to level up.

This is kind what I figured they would do. So for myself it seems like this won't affect myself much since AC and FC are the two main Ubi properties I play.

I am curious what happens to the rest of Ubisoft though.

I've honestly never even heard of this game until now but I'm intrigued.

Ah finally! A great casual golf game again! Now I can stop bugging my friend to get 2K and failing because he thinks it's too difficult.😄

Welcome back Everybody's Golf!

It's odd as hell but you can't argue against the promotional bump the game will receive thanks to his inclusion.

Heck my nephews who don't even play fighting games asked me about this yesterday so it's clearly reaching new audiences. It will interesting to see if it translates into sales.

I have it I still haven't gotten around to Daybreak 2 yet but I'll definitely be ready by the time this one comes out.

It's so crazy how just a few years ago we never thought we'd ever actually catch up with Japan for the Trails series and yet here we are.

Looking forward to it!

That's...okay I gotta give it to SNK that is absolutely wild. Just wild. I don't know what else to say.

Next thing you know Shohei Ohtani is going to be in the new Virtua Fighter...not that I'd mind actually.😄

Naoe has definitely shot up as one of my favorite AC protagonists. What can I say I'm always a sucker for a good revenge tale.

I also really like Yasuke quite a bit more than I expected going in. I figured I wouldn't play as him much since I gravitate towards stealth more myself but I find switching to him to be a great palate cleanser. He is OP as heck but in a fun way! I also just like the way they did his character in the game.

Good to see folks over in Japan are liking the game as well.

Man by the time I get to travel to Japan everything I want to visit will be off-limits because of these Tik-Tok jack-*****.

How hard is it to not be a disrespectful moron?

1st party-wise, yes it's been slim pickings unfortunately. Thankfully though, 2nd/3rd party has carried the generation on their shoulders. They have done a great job finding great talent around the industry and giving them the resources necessary for success.

It's reminded me of the PS2 generation in a lot of ways which isn't a bad thing. Would I have liked more output from 1st party? Sure but I certainly haven't felt a lack of great games in general to play this generation. Just had to go to others for them which is fine.

Playing it was basically all I did this past weekend and I'm completely hooked. Had a great time and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

Regardless of what happens with Ubisoft as a whole in the future this team should be very proud of this game. It's fantastic and I'm just happy to see at least some positivity coming the games way after all the nonsense leading up to launch.

Thank you entire Shadows dev team. You did great!

@Ravix
Couldn't have said it better myself.

@heavyartillery56
Did you even read the article? These numbers aren't coming from Ubisoft. They are coming from Andy Robinson at VGC.

Come on man.

Oh the haters are going to have a melt down if AC outsell Monster Hunter. (Which is very likely. As popular as Monster Hunter is, it isn't a very welcoming experience for the mass audience out there. AC on the other hand has always appealed to both the hardcore and the casual gamer.)

So good to see. I'm absolutely obsessed with Shadows. I was so hooked I forgot to eat lunch on my all day Saturday session! Made up for it with a big dinner though. 😄

Long live Assassins Creed!

Shadows baby! That's it!

@MichaelNau
I don't play GBVR but I still play SF6. Granted I'm probably not going to be playing it as much since most of my attention will be on AC for the next few weeks but I'll still hop on here and there.

My PSN is korgon117 if you want to add me though.

Of course I'm playing it! Absolutely loving it too so far. Granted I'm only 5 hours in but yeah, so far, so very good indeed.

@TimelessJubilee
Because people got nothing better to do apparently. Sad because the game has been fantastic so far!

I'm not even a tower defense fan generally but I loved the first one back in the day. The sequels and spin-offs however didn't hit for me.

If this a remaster of the first one though if be interested.

Very excited to jump into it this weekend!

A noble endeavor. It is messed up we even have to do something like this at all but that's the way things are these days. I wish them luck! They probably won't lack for targets come launch day.