Thanks, I’ll check out some of those videos!

Is the original one worth playing first or is it fine to just watch a playthrough?

With how terrible the monetization practices in Destiny already are, I honestly don’t know if Sony taking over would be a bad thing

I would even say NMS is a good example of this sentiment. The game has been good for years now and has had tons of free updates. There’s a lot of people out there who just don’t care and you can see this in forums whenever the game makes news. People still show up to decry the game for how terrible the release was.

Public sentiment on the game and the studio is still pretty mixed

In my experience, most multiplayer games launch pretty casual/relaxed. I’d guess the sweat level will increase if the game has staying power.

If it’s World 2 I’m gonna lose my mind

That’s how I view it too. 60-70 is bad. 70-80 is average. 80-90 is good. 90-100 is great.

Under 60 is just varying degrees of terrible.

That’s kinda what I figured. I’m sure the story mode is what got most people into the LBP series

Did Dreams ship with a campaign/story-mode like LBP?

Some people credit Bethesda and the horse armor DLC as the progenitor of the shitty DLCs and micro transactions we see in the gaming industry today

Agreed, the paper-like screen is non-negotiable for me.

No Man’s Sky had a couple for me. The first time I summoned my freighter from a planet was pretty incredible

Great list! The only thing I’d add is to check with your credit card company if you plan to use it abroad. Some require you to notify them if you’re traveling, otherwise they may flag your transactions as fraud and deny them.

Now she just has to figure out how to speak…

I hit a couple walls like that but I had fun with this game. I appreciate that it encouraged me to rework my build to fit the mission or encounter.

In the souls series and the like, you’re encouraged (and somewhat forced) to pick a build and commit to it. Gear is expensive to upgrade, many of the best weapons have high stat requirements, and respecs are limited.

With Armored Core I felt like they wanted me to constantly rebuild my mech. They’re pretty generous with the currency so I was able to build up a huge stock of parts without much trouble. They also give the option to rework your mech whenever you die. If a boss gave me trouble I could usually pivot without restarting the whole mission

I could see that. I loved playing them as a kid, but I never really enjoyed the tailing missions. I think they could take some inspiration from the Hitman series. I always thought that series had the assassin gameplay nailed better than AC.

In AC: Odyssey it gave you the option to outright skip the modern day sections

Sometimes it’s just about ease of access. I’m happy to pay for games but it’s often harder to track down legal copies of retro or delisted games than it is to find a torrent.

And a number of the files you find on torrent sites were uploaded by someone who bought the content legally. Torrenting is just peer-to-peer file sharing, someone has to acquire the first copy somehow

that patrol special zones of the map. They’re invulnerable to everything except for a specific, single use power-up in their zone. Until you find the power-up in that EMMI’s zone, you have to sneak around or evade the EMMI

I loved the game but totally agree on the EMMI sections, I just didn’t enjoy those and they’re all basically the same.