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@bam541 said in Disappointment of the Year:

No disappointing 2020 games for me yet!

Wait, I just remembered that I bought Star Wars Squadrons. I played an hour of it, really struggled with the controls, had little interest in the story mode, and also can't even play online since I can't find any matches at all, even after letting the game on for at least an hour more and trying out at different times. This was especially disappointing since I wanted more flight combat games after Ace Combat 7... and there's like a very AC inspired flight game only on PC called Project Wingman that released last year, which makes this even more disappointing to me since I have no way to satiate my flight combat hunger.

No disappointing 2020 games for me yet! It's been a great year for me gaming-wise, had a couple of games that blew away my expectations. I was only disappointed with what happened in the games industry and community: the Covid pandemic leading to every cool event being cancelled/reduced to online only, the crunch culture that is still going strong in big studios, Naughty Dog devs getting death threats during the TLOU Part II controversy, various gaming communities having so many accusations of bad stuff, Cyberpunk 2077's whole deal, etc.

Just bought Smash Bros Ultimate, and it's my first Smash game. It's pretty fun so far, Link seems to be the most ideal character out of the original batch so I'm definitely gonna try to learn him. The mechanics are easy to grasp, although I still feel like I'm randomly mashing buttons right now. I haven't played much online yet, but the input delay is very noticable, which kinda sucks. Also, there's so much stuff in this game! With the gigantic music library here, my Switch's pretty much a dedicated music player to me now.

P.S. I loveeee playing as Zelda. Might be my main.

Finished my replay of Watch Dogs 2, and I can safely say that it is better than I remembered. Playing this right after WD1 is pretty eye opening, the jump in quality is like Uncharted 1 to Uncharted 2. WD1 felt undercooked in many aspects, and WD2 fleshed these aspects out to make a truly great game.

There are way more options in hacking now, and I think you can actually get through the game without using guns, provided you have unlocked all the necessary skills to hack the combat scenarios into your favor. My favorite hacks include accelerating a vehicle remotely to hit an enemy, and hacking a robot to make them hit everyone around them head on. I used the stun gun almost exclusively, it just feels wrong to make Marcus shoot people... although I did "accidentally" kill a lot of enemies with exploding transformers and such. Shoutout to the combat/stealth arenas, I keep thinking of the recent Hitman games when I'm sneaking around in them and looking for hacking opportunities to progress through.

San Francisco is a pretty lively and colorful place, and there's a lot of fun things to check out. The game incorporated more of the hacking mechanics into exploration and progression, with hiding upgrade points and other fun collectible in hard to reach areas, which makes exploring overall feels more exciting and rewarding. I had to skip quite a few of the collectibles that I stumbled upon, only because I can't figure out how to get them.

The story feels very loose, and I think that's fine since the characters and the interactions between them are the fun part of the story. The writing can feel quite naive and one dimensional at times, but honestly it's just too fun to kick the big bad companies in the butt, especially considering events in recent years. The main quests are quite fun, and there's a lot of special one-time gimmicks that makes them standout. The side quests can be interesting, and many of them has quite satisfying story moments, but objective-wise they leave a lot to be desired.

I'm glad that I decided to play this again. I don't know if I ever get to play Legion, but whatever happens, I still have this game to cherish the series, so it's all good. (8.5/10)

Sony removed third party title release dates from the CES trailer. I think this is like the second time Sony goofed the release date end card in their trailers since the first PS5 showcase. Not a good look for them tbh.

@hazz3r Yeah, at least you can redeem the Hitman 1 content for free if you had it on EGS. Hitman 2's not even on the store. It's not a great look for IO and Epic.

@hazz3r If I read it correctly, PC players can get Hitman 1 content for free, while Hitman 2 content is only offered at 80% discount? I guess it could have been worse. Kinda shady to announce that so close to launch though.

@happygaming I think Action Button is his own project, I don't know if he's also working with another group.

Finally got the time to watch Action Button's review of The Last of Us. It's real good. I've been thinking about how Naughty Dog's games make me feel like I'm roleplaying like in RPGs, and Tim's review is probably the first one I seen that delved a bit into that feeling. There's also a bunch of things he mentioned that I really agree with, and this review overall made me appreciate ND's games even more. I'll be watching his other stuff soon... if I get the time to watch another feature length production.

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Sightseeing in Mafia Definitive Edition's free ride mode.

Also, while doing this I found out that there's kinda hidden side quests in the free ride mode. Really curious about it, gonna check it out next time I have the urge to play this again.

The game's delayed to later this year. Not a surprise I guess, they have been too quiet.

Mario's Fury

Ice is nice.

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@scotty I'm really excited that Star Wars games expanding like this, not trapped in EA's grasp anymore. Since it's very early in development, I wonder why they announce it right now, especially with the deal with EA still lasting for a few years. I guess the folks at Star Wars have been looking for a moment to break away from EA ASAP.

@e_zed_eh_intern it's for the consoles as well.

I'm down for this. Maybe it's like the recent AC games where the main character is basically the same but you can be the male or female version of them. Considering this is Rockstar, I think they're going the multiple characters route like GTA V.

@hazz3r I know, I'm just saying that I really appreciate the devs doing this since big SSDs are still expensive to me. Hopefully other games will follow suit, and actually design around SSDs like you said.

Massive W in this SSD era