I never said anything about
white characters at all. There have been plenty of those, and like I said, I actually like to see diversity in games. It only becomes annoying when they make a game based on history, and shoehorn in groups while purposely removing those who actually lived it. This is.obiously being done only to satisfy DEI requirements and if you can't see that, I don't know what to tell you.
I think they are just trying to preserve and accurately portray their culture in Japan. AC games are fiction sure, but they lately even include a mode called "virtual tourism" where there is no combat and you just explore and learn facts and details about the culture and Time period. Kinda hard to have that yet completely make up what you think the culture SHOULD have or could have looked like.
Honestly, xenophobia and racism are just versions of tribalism which...
I think it is a bit of a slap on the face of Japanese culture when you choose a female ninja (none ever actually existed) and a black sumarai (possibly one existed in all of history but likely didnt see combat). Why the hatred for Asian males?
I actually like diversity in gaming, but there aren't that many western style games with actual Japanese male characters, why feel the need to shoehorn people in that don't align with reality? Sure AC games are fiction, but t...
Highly recommend Odyssey. It is honestly in my top 3 games all time, even with my complaints about level gating and filler. It has easily the best open world I have ever explored with unique (both real and made up) characters everywhere. I love the virtual tourism side of it, and replaying on series X with 4k 60 fps it is still one of the best looking games I have ever seen.
The attention to detail is absolutely phenomenal as well if you take the time to admire things. ...
Stupid article. Sure Ubisoft has lost their way recently, but to imply that all their games are trash is just dumb. Millions of people enjoyed the RPG version of the games, Origins and Odyssey especially. Valhalla got worse than Odyssey in every regard and they tried to go back to the roots with Mirage and failed miserably due to cutting corners and forgetting what made the originals great. I think they realize this and will try to stay true to the remakes roots.
I still love open world games, but for me the biggest factors are respecting the players time and having enough content to fill the worlds and make them interesting to explore. If it is massive, filled with filler fluf content, and forces you to waste time with menial tasks and travel I would agree.
Witcher 3, GTA V, and RDR2 were almost universally acclaimed and had huge worlds. They however had great characters, engaging stories and activities, and great worlds to expl...
Anyone else concerned the combat will get stale being limited to just a stick? I mean everything I have seen so far looks amazing, but the little dodges and stick smacks feel like they will get old after a few hours unless there are other weapons they aren't showing or tons of skill upgrades to keep things fresh.
Fishy: was there a preview in particular that claims that? If so I might actually give it a try. I just don't have the gaming time to fight a single boss for 3 days straight anymore, and prefer games that give difficulty options and respect my time.
I would agree it didn't feel tacked on in TLoU1 in part 2 however it was tacked on with a 20 lb sledgehammer. Everywhere you looked it was a gay character, trans character, pride flag, stories found in diaries about gay lovers etc. It's like the end of the world made 90 % of people gay. Also the stuff with the Christian stand in cult felt tacked on as well. You would think with horrifying creatures trying to kill you a confused kid wouldn't even be on the radar but nope, prior...
Seems legit to me. All male characters categorized as "egotistical, ruthless, vindictive, narcissistic, vengeful, tyrranical" and the females are "ambitious, self-reliant, witty, resilient, non-conforming, determined and intelligent. Yep all checks out as a Ubisoft game.
I agree. I'm all about representation, but seriously like 75% or more of all recent and upcoming action adventure games have the girl boss main character. It really is becoming excessive and doesn't really make sense. Imagine if every Lifetime movie suddenly was made from the male pov. Again, no problem at all playing as a female lead, but c'mon are male heros not allowed to exist anymore?
I'm still trying to wrap my head around how the DEI stuff relates to games. I know they aren't allowed to have a white person voice a person of color in a game or animation anymore, but why can a person of color voice a white character (like Kay Vess)? I mean I get it from the voice actor standpoint, as they want to support POC actors over non POC ones, but doesn't this hurt representation which is supposed to be one of the main goals of the movement? It is all so confusing.
Ubisoft used to be at the top of the open world visuals game, but this seems a bit lacking. I recently replayed Odyssey on ps5 with the 60fps patch and it has held up very well. Honestly looks about the same as this but plays at a smooth 60 fps. Sounds like this can't even hold a steady 30 with average visuals.
Not gonna happen. If it hasn't happened already, they won't do it now unless they can charge 60-70 bucks for it. It's sad but for a company that rakes in billions to be too greedy to reward their loyal customers by paying a few programmers a few grand to unlock framerates for new consoles is unacceptable. Everyone has been begging for this for years and we get nothing but a big F U from Rockstar. Other companies have done far more than this for free, but Rockstar knows people w...
So torn on this. Odyssey and Black Flag were two of my favorite games all time, but each game since ACO has gotten progressively worse. As much as I love the setting here, the combat looks kinda terrible. It's like they tried for an arcade ghost of tsushima style and it just isn't working. The baseball bat combat just looks clunky as hell, and sword combat doesn't look much better.
Having one character incapable of climbing walls so he bull rushes through ...
How about a new Splinter Cell? I loved the originals and finally just got around to playing Blacklist recently. Gotta say it has held up really well and I'm enjoying it mixh more than expected. Would love for a new one or a remake along with a ghost recon reboot back to the original feel.
Uggh thanks for pointing out. Didn't realize they sold out to the esg crowd. Too bad, I thought they were one of the few untouched "gamer" developer. Poland was one of the last non-woke countries left but appears they too have caved to the ESG money.
I think they are just trying to preserve and accurately portray their culture in Japan. AC games are fiction sure, but they lately even include a mode called "virtual tourism" where there is no combat and you just explore and learn facts and details about the culture and Time period. Kinda hard to have that yet completely make up what you think the culture SHOULD have or could have looked like.
Honestly, xenophobia and racism are just versions of tribalism which...
I think it is a bit of a slap on the face of Japanese culture when you choose a female ninja (none ever actually existed) and a black sumarai (possibly one existed in all of history but likely didnt see combat). Why the hatred for Asian males?
I actually like diversity in gaming, but there aren't that many western style games with actual Japanese male characters, why feel the need to shoehorn people in that don't align with reality? Sure AC games are fiction, but t...
Up next mlb the show! Let's see some post 2012 visuals this year!
Highly recommend Odyssey. It is honestly in my top 3 games all time, even with my complaints about level gating and filler. It has easily the best open world I have ever explored with unique (both real and made up) characters everywhere. I love the virtual tourism side of it, and replaying on series X with 4k 60 fps it is still one of the best looking games I have ever seen.
The attention to detail is absolutely phenomenal as well if you take the time to admire things. ...
Stupid article. Sure Ubisoft has lost their way recently, but to imply that all their games are trash is just dumb. Millions of people enjoyed the RPG version of the games, Origins and Odyssey especially. Valhalla got worse than Odyssey in every regard and they tried to go back to the roots with Mirage and failed miserably due to cutting corners and forgetting what made the originals great. I think they realize this and will try to stay true to the remakes roots.
Honest...
I still love open world games, but for me the biggest factors are respecting the players time and having enough content to fill the worlds and make them interesting to explore. If it is massive, filled with filler fluf content, and forces you to waste time with menial tasks and travel I would agree.
Witcher 3, GTA V, and RDR2 were almost universally acclaimed and had huge worlds. They however had great characters, engaging stories and activities, and great worlds to expl...
Anyone else concerned the combat will get stale being limited to just a stick? I mean everything I have seen so far looks amazing, but the little dodges and stick smacks feel like they will get old after a few hours unless there are other weapons they aren't showing or tons of skill upgrades to keep things fresh.
Fishy: was there a preview in particular that claims that? If so I might actually give it a try. I just don't have the gaming time to fight a single boss for 3 days straight anymore, and prefer games that give difficulty options and respect my time.
I was under the impression that was the whole game, just one boss after another. I feel like that what all the souls addicts want right?
I would agree it didn't feel tacked on in TLoU1 in part 2 however it was tacked on with a 20 lb sledgehammer. Everywhere you looked it was a gay character, trans character, pride flag, stories found in diaries about gay lovers etc. It's like the end of the world made 90 % of people gay. Also the stuff with the Christian stand in cult felt tacked on as well. You would think with horrifying creatures trying to kill you a confused kid wouldn't even be on the radar but nope, prior...
Seems legit to me. All male characters categorized as "egotistical, ruthless, vindictive, narcissistic, vengeful, tyrranical" and the females are "ambitious, self-reliant, witty, resilient, non-conforming, determined and intelligent. Yep all checks out as a Ubisoft game.
I agree. I'm all about representation, but seriously like 75% or more of all recent and upcoming action adventure games have the girl boss main character. It really is becoming excessive and doesn't really make sense. Imagine if every Lifetime movie suddenly was made from the male pov. Again, no problem at all playing as a female lead, but c'mon are male heros not allowed to exist anymore?
I'm still trying to wrap my head around how the DEI stuff relates to games. I know they aren't allowed to have a white person voice a person of color in a game or animation anymore, but why can a person of color voice a white character (like Kay Vess)? I mean I get it from the voice actor standpoint, as they want to support POC actors over non POC ones, but doesn't this hurt representation which is supposed to be one of the main goals of the movement? It is all so confusing.
Ubisoft used to be at the top of the open world visuals game, but this seems a bit lacking. I recently replayed Odyssey on ps5 with the 60fps patch and it has held up very well. Honestly looks about the same as this but plays at a smooth 60 fps. Sounds like this can't even hold a steady 30 with average visuals.
Not gonna happen. If it hasn't happened already, they won't do it now unless they can charge 60-70 bucks for it. It's sad but for a company that rakes in billions to be too greedy to reward their loyal customers by paying a few programmers a few grand to unlock framerates for new consoles is unacceptable. Everyone has been begging for this for years and we get nothing but a big F U from Rockstar. Other companies have done far more than this for free, but Rockstar knows people w...
So torn on this. Odyssey and Black Flag were two of my favorite games all time, but each game since ACO has gotten progressively worse. As much as I love the setting here, the combat looks kinda terrible. It's like they tried for an arcade ghost of tsushima style and it just isn't working. The baseball bat combat just looks clunky as hell, and sword combat doesn't look much better.
Having one character incapable of climbing walls so he bull rushes through ...
How about a new Splinter Cell? I loved the originals and finally just got around to playing Blacklist recently. Gotta say it has held up really well and I'm enjoying it mixh more than expected. Would love for a new one or a remake along with a ghost recon reboot back to the original feel.
Hell yes! Ghost recon in the style of the originals with real consequences, permanent and all!
Uggh thanks for pointing out. Didn't realize they sold out to the esg crowd. Too bad, I thought they were one of the few untouched "gamer" developer. Poland was one of the last non-woke countries left but appears they too have caved to the ESG money.