The design is nice and new things are fun, but where are the new game release dates for games over a few weeks away? Navigation is tougher. It is causing havoc on my anti-script plugin. Usually just had to approve a couple non-GS sites, now it seems I have to approve several more to get the site to work.
Agree with everything except the "Animus" hate. I loved the idea of an anti-future connection to the past and it's what made me try out AC in the first place. Without it, the incredible ending to AC II wouldn't have been possible. I loved how the first AC's mini-games tied in how the Assassins and Templars fought across (via iconic artwork and scientific discovery) the centuries for the future (super-past) tech. I do think it was misused in the next few sequels, but if they remove Desmond's Animus sequences in any future game (even if they aren't up to par -- like in AC III), I'm tossing AC into the trash.... okay, I won't. But, I'll definitely have to write an email to Ubisoft.
Tom, could not disagree with you more. Dead Space, Shadows of the Damned, Condemned 2: Bloodshot were terrifying games to me. As much as I hated the game play in RE5, I still thought it was scary and menacing. I don't know if these are "survival" games, per se... but they are scary and at least one of these games I had to wait until daylight to finish the segment. (Hint: there was a bear involved.) I like the development path of the AAA games -- with the exception of the increased multi-player focus. Stay with the story and make more co-op.
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