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You answered his question about the National Guard better than I could, so I don`t have anything to add to that part.

As for the compulsory military service it seems to have been cut back a lot in recent years. I am 22, so I was up for it a few years and at that time it seemed to be harder to get into the compulsory military service than it was to get out of it. It seemed like it was mostly people who were interested in doing it that got in and only a handful of people I knew did it (I did not).

Like other people said it`s more Far Cry and if you liked 3 and 4 you will probably like this too. They have both added and removed enough stuff that it stops the game from feeling too similar compared to the previous games. As someone already mentioned towers are no longer a thing and you`re no longer crafting bags and holsters which means hunting is now completely optional and only gives you money. They have also added companion characters to the game which I have actually really enjoyed so far. The prepper caches which are short optional puzzle/platforming challenges have also been a lot of fun so far.

The difference is that trucks and planes are necessary tools whose primary purpose is not related to violence. Regular people both need and use trucks and airplanes a lot more than they need and use guns (hunting rifles and shotguns are excluded to a certain degree).

I also wanted to comment on the discussion in this thread about the government becoming tyrannical if the citizens are not armed. As a non-American I always found this argument kinda confusing. Are the people using that argument saying that all the other western democracies where it`s not normal for people to own guns are either already tyrannical or on the verge of becoming so? If not then why will this happen in the US when it`s not happened elsewhere?

I guess I would also add that while I am for gun control and I am glad my country (Norway) employs it I still thinks guns are both cool and really fun to shoot. My father is both a hunter and used to be part of the Norwegian Home Guard which meant that I grew up shooting guns for fun and I still really enjoy skeet shooting. Guns are really fun and cool, but also incredibly dangerous and need to be treated as such.

The Darkness 2 is a really great game. I`m glad more people get to play it. It`s such a bummer they never made a follow up.

This is great! Keep that Yakuza localization train rolling!

There are two samurai spin-offs that were never brought over. One early PS3 game (Kenzan) and one early Ps4 game (Ishin). There were also two PSP games that I think were made by another developer. There is also the upcoming Fist of the North Star Yakuza game.

@hayt: You have a point, but he also said that BF 4 teasing mechs and hovertanks was what made him want a sci-fi bf,so it might qualify for his definition of light sci-fi.

I accidentally deleted my first post, so for those trying to follow the conversation I wondered if a sort of follow up to BF 2142 was what @mems1224 was looking for in a new BF game.

I remember this game looking really neat when they played it on UPF way back. I'll have to check this out.

Some info dumps and plot stuff is delivered outside of cutscenes (in the text only conversations you have in the game world), but if you have played the section before you will probably get most of the stuff you need from the cutscenes and remember the important stuff that is not in cutscenes. Even if you don`t remember everything it will probably be fine since the game is decent at recapping and reminding you of the most important stuff.

My answer is no. For me the 3rd act really fell flat. Especially compared to the way other people talk about it.