VicenteFox
Does your mother still hang out at dockside bars?
Control is amazing. the first third and last third are so so good. the middle.... very meh
VicenteFox
Does your mother still hang out at dockside bars?
if you do Control, do yourself a favor and don't read anything about story unless you realllllly get stuck. ending stretch is S tier content of that generation
Keksim
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- Jan 16, 2012
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Last night I intended to play 30 mins of GoW before bed and ended up playing for 2 hours
Niccolo-daddy
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- Dec 16, 2004
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Played it on release. Really good game with great protagonists. I liked Yakuza 0 more though. Think I liked button mashing more than turn based combat.
Boudreaux
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Agree - extremely well done.
that hotel level near the end with that song is top 5 level design all time IMO
Boudreaux
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'bout a tie for me. Yakuza 0 was the firste one I ever played so I didnt 'get' the characters or why they mattered.
like a dragon with their entirely new cast I felt hit better with me despite the combat in zero being more 'engaging'
but it was also the first turn based combat game I've played since the original FF7 came out
so i dug it still
GRattu
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- Sep 21, 2007
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PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for August: Yakuza: Like A Dragon, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, Little Nightmares
All available August 2.
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8 Yakuza games coming to PlayStation Plus in 2022, starting this month
Includes Yakuza: Like A Dragon and the entire Kazuma Kiryu saga.
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preston
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PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for August: Yakuza: Like A Dragon, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, Little Nightmares
All available August 2.
8 Yakuza games coming to PlayStation Plus in 2022, starting this month
Includes Yakuza: Like A Dragon and the entire Kazuma Kiryu saga.
Nice, may peep both
Niccolo-daddy
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- Dec 16, 2004
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Ichiban is way more lovable than Kiryu imho and even more charismatic somehow. His friends are the same way. Just good folk caught up in shitty situations. I do like how even turn based combat they kept some of that timing thing from Yakuza 0 so felt engaged. Also summon moves are amazing ('bout a tie for me. Yakuza 0 was the firste one I ever played so I didnt 'get' the characters or why they mattered.
like a dragon with their entirely new cast I felt hit better with me despite the combat in zero being more 'engaging'
but it was also the first turn based combat game I've played since the original FF7 came out
is hilarious)
Niccolo-daddy
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- Dec 16, 2004
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Tbh I think Yakuza 0 is the best way to get in. Since it's an intro to a lot of these characters. Dem prequels. Nice tidbits and references. Kiryu being amazed by 80s tech (cell phones, video game popularity) in side missions was super charming.'bout a tie for me. Yakuza 0 was the firste one I ever played so I didnt 'get' the characters or why they mattered.
like a dragon with their entirely new cast I felt hit better with me despite the combat in zero being more 'engaging'
but it was also the first turn based combat game I've played since the original FF7 came out
Boudreaux
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Boudreaux
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Highlander_77
Madre de Dios! Es el Pollo Diablo!!!
silkforcalde
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- Nov 27, 2017
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not on any level. replay really showed the cracks in the game, i'd call it an average level game at this point. i definitely prefer the older GoW games. hopefully the next one has much, much less story, more mechanical depth, no tedious grindy endgame, no attempt to pull off metroidvania elements that only add bloat, snappier animations, better camera, etc.
The Shish Kebab
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Kratos is no Alexios that’s for sure
Highlander_77
Madre de Dios! Es el Pollo Diablo!!!
crotch
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Keksim
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- Jan 16, 2012
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The original trilogy is so sick. Stellar pacing throughout and just something about the tone is so engrossing
I'm enjoying this one a lot now that it's picking up but yeah there are some elements that I don't really care for... they can mostly be ignored tho
Highlander_77
Madre de Dios! Es el Pollo Diablo!!!
I just want to point out that God of War for PC has a higher rating on Steam than Elden Ring. Just saying.
silkforcalde
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- Nov 27, 2017
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meaningless, elden ring had performance issues on launch and was review bombed because of that.
silkforcalde
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- Nov 27, 2017
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they become more and more grating as the game goes on. BOY! BOY! "WATCH OUT FATHER" as you are killing the last enemy in a fight that has one hit left. the camera so close on your nuts that almost all deaths never feel like they're your fault but instead the fault of the game. another boat story starting right when you've reached your destination because the boating sections are short but there's a delay for the stories so if you want to hear them you have to sit there and twiddle your thumbs doing nothing at all. etc, etc, etc.
silkforcalde
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- Nov 27, 2017
- 18,501
you're getting mixed up here, Kassandra is the goat, and yeah, Odyssey is better on every single level and then some, there's not even a comparison
silkforcalde
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- Nov 27, 2017
- 18,501
you know it's ok to make fun of people for absurdly hyperbolic statements, right? masterpiece my ass. any game that has 30 second animations that you have to watch every time you open a chest or climb up a knee high ledge could never be called a masterpiece.
The Shish Kebab
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