phanboy4

I think it plays better than BF has in a while.

BF1 was cool, but it let the aesthetic drive the gameplay in a lot of (not necessarily bad) ways.

This feels more like the BF I remember, a slightly buggy, mechanics-first, semi-nonsensical free-for-all with 64 people. Having a lot of fun so far. Haven't had any major technical issues on the PS4 Pro yet, just small glitches.

You can pick and choose individual tracks that stand out from any game in the series, but in terms of the overall quality level of the entire game OST, it's FFX, no contest.

"Gun & Frontier" ought to be renamed to just "Gun Frontier", no idea where the ampersand came from.

Sonic 3+Sonic and Knuckles was the pinnacle. Played Sonic CD for the first time a few years ago, it's excellent. The last Sonic game I really enjoyed after that chronologically was probably Sonic Advance 3.

The Adventure games are all quantifiably terrible though, they just seemed special at the time.

There are a lot of people that look for and enjoy mechanics first, and narrative carrotsticking second (or third or fourth). Most of us are from the days of gaming where that's all there was.

I understand that many people love stories and narratives and characters first and foremost in video games, but some of us don't. To each his own. There's plenty out there for both sides.

That being said, MotN isn't anywhere near as good as Thief, but it plays better and I enjoy it more than any stealth game I've played since the Riddick games, and that goes for MGS as well. I wouldn't put MGS and MoTN in the same category anyway.

@MordeaniisChaos: Yep. I'm basing my wild guesses off of what I did see, and you're basing them off of what you didn't.

Really though, I'm just being difficult :) I get irritated by graphics showcases since frankly how advanced a game's rendering engine is is utterly, utterly meaningless for me. I don't care how it looks if it's not backed up with some relatively interesting and well-implemented mechanics that haven't been lifted wholesale from the current sales leader. Most people seem to have the opposite reaction to game footage though.

@sofacitysweetheart: Human Revolution and Rayman Origins say 'Hi'.

@MordeaniisChaos: I'm almost certain the game will consist of exactly that, and little else. If that's what they want to show off, they most likely consider that to be the focus of the game.

From what was shown of Star Wars 1313 it looks thoroughly unimpressive once you get past the visuals. Bog-standard, even.

Watch Dogs at least has an uncommon aesthetic and what looks to be some new twists on GTA-style gameplay. Both of which are welcome.