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ok that doesn’t sound terrible.

Ok I got an hour in yesterday. Made it to colony 9 and was immediately distracted with how many side quests popped up. I really truly don’t want to get sucked into the endless sidequest vortex and find I’m 10hrs in and barely did the main story. This almost always leads me to never “finishing” the game. With that said, i pretty much plan on skipping sidequests entirely. Unless of course anyone in here thinks I’m making a mistake or if there’s certain sidequests specifically I should do (bc good reward or story expansion). What say you.

Well I couldn’t resist picking it up. I’m spending more time outside these days and it’s nice to have a game to get into while poolside.

I played my switch almost exclusively handheld. Please post some more impressions when you get further in.

damn Ellie became a violent bitch, huh. I hope stealth is still a viable option.

true. Im going to focus on FF7R. if i finish that, i think ill grab this.

I’m on the fence again. But I still need to finish FF7R and LOUT2 and Ghost of Tushima tho.

Is there a ton of grinding required in this game?

I was considering giving this game a try, but the back and forth here has convinced me otherwise. Maybe I’ll pick it up on sale in 6 years for $45.

Still some COD MW19. trying to pick up FF7R again but I’m just not finding it as good as I hoped. I think I’m on chapter 12 so well past the halfway point (i think) and i just feel like there hasn’t been a ton of story progression to keep my attention.

so is the series x still on track to release this year?

whats everyones playtime at that beat it? Im on chapter 9, didnt get to play much this weekend - but i just looked and i already have about 14 1/2hrs on the game clock.

I’m only on chapter 8 and I will say that this is probably the best chapter so far for feeling like it’s a world people actually live in.

im not finding the visuals not that amazing...esp considering the linearity of the game so far (chapter 8). I feel like the maps have a very sterile feeling to them. They just dont look like they've been occupied by people. Consider something like The Last of Us or Uncharted. You go inside a building/house and it feels like people have been there. These environments just feel empty and lifeless.

Nevermind. Got past it. On chapter 7 now.

I guess I’m the outlier but overall I’m finding it kinda cheesy and lacking any sort of charm or personality. I’m really trying to be objective and not compare it to the OG that we all see through rosey glasses - but it’s also really hard not to. The chapter 3 side quests were awful and very obviously filler just to extended the game time. the linearity of the “sections” where you do the sidequests felt EXACTLY like playing Crisis Core. Just barren long corridors with muddy textures. Just overall dull. the motorcycle sequence was straight out of 2008. At first the slums looked and felt alive. But after 10 minutes of “exploring” you quickly realize there’s nothing to it. And the constantly repeating dialogue that never changes every time you walk past an NPC is lazy and obnoxious. the whole sector 7 area was lifeless and clinical. It has zero personality and just felt so empty. and then there’s just the gamut of anime tropes. im just starting chapter 5 and about 7hrs in. The only thing keeping me going is I actually find the combat kinda fun. If that dulls our or becomes repetitive (which I suspect it will) I may bail on this game. really disappointed so far.

i think for all the examples you mentioned where the design of COD makes the difference between KBM and controller not that significant... it still comes out that in every one of those scenarios - a KBM will still do better. First- Groundwar is very vertical. It fact it's obnoxiously vertical to the point where the rooftops are littered with camping snipers (gives me BF4 shanghai PTSD). Secondly - comparing COD to something like Battlefield, which I primarily play - COD is way more twitchy. Battlefield may be more vertical - but the movement is more grounded in realism. You rarely see jump/drop shotting in BF. In COD you need to react pretty quick to someone as they sprint through a doorway, jumping and shooting you midair. It makes mounting on a corner practically useless as you ADS centered on the doorway - depending of they slide or jump you have to react pretty quickly. Very few controller gamers turn their sensitivity up to the point where you can get to PC levels of twitch reaction time. I think The Broken Machine is one of the few controller gamers who use max sensitivity (ironically it seems he switched to playing COD on PC). I watch twitch while Im working (esp during this pandemic) and its usually Timthetatman or DrDisrespect - both PC players. I also enjoy watch Swagg or Formal for console perspective. The PC players movement is just unobtainable on controller. The way they dropshot and then stand back up so fluidly while still shooting and maintaining the target is really amazing. Sometimes they will drop, get up and drop again all in the same burst of fire. I have no idea how they can do it so fast. Ive made private matches for myself just to practice it and i simply cannot recreate it. Swagg does seem to come close, but still not at the same level. As for separating KBM and gamepad players - from what I can tell, it seems like the game mostly tries to do that. Most lobbies in the core game seem to been controllers, at least for me. And a PC player using a controller reaps the benefits of both systems - they get aim assist PLUS fov slider and higher FPS. That's even more OP. this is why it just would be best to give us the option of what platforms we want to play with. I will only watch death cams mostly to see how I fucked up in a situation where I feel i should have won the fight. On occasion I will continually watch a killcam when I am getting killed by the same player over and over again no matter if I get the drop of them or not. Its almost always a PC player in those scenarios. BTW - for anyone reading this - COD multiplayer (not warzone) is F2P this wekeend. so give it a shot.

Im from NY and its ominous here for sure. People are starting to really freak out. In my community, we just lost a perfectly healthly 36yo to the virus. He lived not far from me. we also learned that a woman who lives a block over, tested positive, and continues to take her daily (sometimes more than once) walks around the neighborhood - no mask on or anything. after being asked to respect the self-quarantine rule if tested positive - she basically told everyone to fuck off. the hood is outraged.

you fucks. im gonna have to read the spoilers, arent i. edit... i went in.

i dont want spoilers - but is it even remotely consistent with OG FF7?

there is a setting for xbox, but it only works for the core MP modes. it doesnt work for groundwar and warzone. if you have crossplay disabled, it will require you to re-enable it before being able to play. kinda lame. I agree about aim-assist- in COD - i still use it, but i am using precision mode - which is the lowest amount of aim-assist before turning it off. i actually like it better this way as i feel it gives me more control over target acquisition. but watch any big PC streamers and they constantly bitching about aim-assist. its absurd.

i absolutely love the idea of crossplay. i think its a fantastic step in the right direction for gaming and super consumer-friendly. however - i dont want it forced down my throat. i should have the option to toggle what platforms i want to play with or without. crossplay is fucking up COD: Warzone right now bc of the insane amount of PC hackers that are ruining games. Sony being a total cunt (which actually worked out) allowed crossplay with concessions that their players can opt out of crossplay. This allows them to play groundwar and warzone without PC players. MS on the other hand didn't put these restrictions in and players cannot toggle it off and play those modes. As an xbox player, i would absolutely love to not play with PC players. Aside from all the hackers being PC players, they have a higher FPS, FOV and KBM. Its a huge advantage (even though they will bitch the aim-assist is too strong- yet none switch to controller on PC to reap all the benefits of both ).

dont only blame activision, blame sony too. they paid for the exclusivity bc after what? 7+ years of dominating the console market they still feel they need to pull this shit.... like they didnt sell enough PS4 consoles this gen.

i am. add me and lets squad up!

did they confirm $30? that sounds logical, but i read on the COD subreddit is was going to be $20. For anyone playing COD: MW19 the remastered version also comes with an OG Ghost operator skin and a bunch of other cosmetics.