Greatoneshere

I don't own GTA V at all, in any way, shape, or form.

I am loving this game so far - about 5-6 hours in. The combat opens up a lot as times goes on, and the ninja/ghost aspect isn't janky, as of yet. The targeting can sometimes be wonky when you are surrounded by multiple enemies, but for the most part the combat is fast, fluid, and feels like an approximation of real samurai combat (in terms of weightiness and timing) and it's very easy to get pummeled by loads of enemies if one isn't careful. Fought two major bosses so far, the health bar was intimidating but once you master dodging, parrying, etc. it didn't take too long to take them down. Playing on the hardest difficulty, but it's still early days. The setting and atmosphere alone, along with the graphics and music, make the game feel special regardless of some of the more rote open-world design. I will say that everything being in game (follow foxes, birds, the wind, etc.) is great, it's just a shame that they put "undiscovered location" question marks on your map, which sort of undermines discovering the animals and following them, but whatever makes my life easier I guess. It's not like the game pings items in any area at least, so you still gotta search and explore for supplies and scrolls, etc. Also, I love how samurai and Japanese the game is in its gameplay. Inari shrines, golden birds, fox dens, haikus (there are fucking haiku gameplay sections!), flute playing with different song options, historic scrolls to give us legit background on both the Japanese and Mongol cultures, genuinely wrestling with the samurai code of bushido by becoming more of what samurai considered scum, the ninja, as Jin Sakai has to emply guerrilla tactics to win this war. Don't forget, playing the flute changes the in-game weather as well!

People didn't like Guerrilla Games and their Killzone games but then Horizon Zero Dawn happened, so you never know.

You are right about the user response, but critics overall (barring the strange ones like Vice or Polygon) have unanimously praised the game despite the option they had to cow tow to users. It has one of the highest critical video game ratings on metacritic, so I think at least reviewers understand the depth, etc. of the game that you're pointing out, for the most part. The common, average person? Don't ever expect anything out of them.

I ultimately figured it out - needed to go to "purchased" instead of "games" under library.

It means he has poor taste is all. Obviously he can do what he wants.

I had the exact same thought. He's a rich man, what the fuck is going on there? At least hire an interior decorator if you don't know what you're doing. Are those from the 80's? Is he at his mom's house?

I have to admit when I built my rig a few years ago and got it all working I felt like I had fucked the computer. It was an experience.

There's no question I'm playing this in color, and in English (unless they somehow fix the lip flaps, since I originally wanted to play this in Japanese).

I'm a completionist who prefers playing series in production order, so I get the instinct to play the originals first. I recommend you do. I never played Ascension, but I did play the main three games and the two spin-off games for handhelds (except I played the PS3 HD versions) and all 5 games were great. Definitely play the main three before the PS4 God of War, and if you're digging the series, play the two spin-off games if PSNow has them (they can otherwise be skipped). Have no idea about Ascension, no one's ever really liked it much but it is a hole in my game playing. As others have said, the PS4 game has by far the most depth in terms of characterization and story, but the old games are fun and do deepen the fourth game if you've experienced them. Just know that the old games are very dudebro Greece; 300 movie-style feel and vibe. It works though in being fun and over the top.

I can't seem to pre-install this game? I bought the deluxe edition.

I take this story seriously, but at the same time, his direction of Gotti was pretty much an assault on the audience.

I do definitely agree with all of this and had the same thoughts too whilst playing. I will say one very cool moment:

It's really good! The mood, ambiance, and atmosphere alone are stellar. It was on a lot of game of the year lists last year cause it is that good, I think. I definitely recommend it if you haven't played it.

I can agree with this. I didn't think it was stellar on hard in terms of enemy AI (the game was never hard, especially compared to the likes of truly hard games like Cuphead or Dark Souls) but it was good enough, is where I land I think.

And Malcolm Jenkins.

A lot of people are, objectively. It's really quite sad. I don't "love" doing anything - I wish the world and humans were better. It's sad because I want for more, not because I want things to be as they are (aka shitty). People are lazy, dumb, and typically make wrong-headed choices.

This. Watching on a smaller and smaller screen objectively diminishes the experience, and if one has the option to watch it in their TV room but out of sheer laziness chooses their phone, that strikes me as bizarre. But one takes what they can get - you watch when you can watch on what you can watch it on.

I had the same exact thoughts. Dynamic AI is hard to come by, and I felt the AI on hard (in this game) was about on par with MGS or Tenchu in terms of stealth, in good ways.

Man, John Travolta loses his first serious girlfriend to breast cancer in 1977, his eldest son at age 16 to a seizure due to complications with having Kawasaki Disease and autism in 2009, and now his wife of 29 years dies of breast cancer? Jesus.

I honestly prefer Tron: Legacy.

Once I only started playing on hard or higher difficulty 8 years ago, I never have looked at games the same way again. Even The Order: 1886, a game I played for the first time (on hard), last month, is at times genuinely difficult. I think it changes games completely.

But you asked in your post if a sequel was coming. If you already read that link, then you already know everything we could know haha. Seems like right now reboot is what's on the table. I agree a sequel seemed the smartest play though.

Control is fantastic, and on par with The Last of Us Part II and God of War. Play it, but make sure it's on a Pro or X1X or a pretty powerful PC. Weak PC's and baseline consoles particularly don't run the game well, and it honestly doesn't look or have the atmosphere that it should at the baseline levels.

A sequel for this film is in a strange place. Read it all here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Rangers_(film)#Cancelled_film_franchise But basically originally it was going to be a 5-7 film franchise, but those plans were cancelled altogether. Then recently it was announced they would do a sequel, at least one. Now they are planning to reboot the franchise yet again instead. It's ridiculous.