I like roaming around in FH4 anyways so this is great because you are just looking for better cars a lot of the time. I'm not a big Battle Royale fan but this is really fun and I actually have a chance to do okay. Won most of the races so far, placed 3rd. One of my favorite multiplayer modes in a long time.
I just got done playing 2 hours and change on Super Agent, it's an alright challenge. The progression feels really good. Platforming is great, maybe it's just the boost but I feel like I'm playing Crackdown 1 + Recore. I did one propaganda tower which was fun. It's great that one of the side activities is just platforming, besides rooftop races. Combat started okay and became way more fun with leveling up(and getting the Homing Rocket Launcher). I like the default agency vehicle and the agent ejecting himself from it like in Arkham Knight(which reminds me that the vehicle designs are not nearly as good).
Vehicles continue to not be as good as the first game. The default vehicle is fast and controls well but then when you level up and unlock the next vehicle ability, you hit left on the dpad and it just disappears and becomes another vehicle. The transforming vehicles were such a great way to feel the progression you were making and the fact that the first game is still the only one that seems to have it honestly makes me mad. Making a vehicle that can climb up walls is great but so far it hasn't factored into the gameplay besides getting some stunt rings.
Overall, I'm really happy with the game. Also, the orb placement complaint in the Quick Look is baffling me so far.
I'm ready for the regularly scheduled programming because GOTY stuff is my least favorite part of the site but yeah, the first couple of days seem much more positive.
Gears games seem to prefer gameplay/feel over anything else, it feels great to play and it's snappy. It doesn't put animation infront of gameplay which is why you can slide 5 feet across the floor to bump into cover. Jeff seems to like this approach.
He also likes how feature-rich the mainline games are and seems to like all of the characters but the best one.
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