For me im replaying dark souls and playing beyond two souls for the first time. So when dark souls threatens to harden me i play beyond to feel the emotions again. ?

@Gelugon_baat: Thanks for all that info. Its a real pain they had to do this but it's broadened my horizons so thats a silver lining.

That is buffering i think. And I'm with you on that one. Internet is slow where i am from so buffering videos is a must for me. They need to re-instate this again because i for one am already using alternatives to gamespot now for videos and I'm finding lots of other great sources of information. Gamespot may not be my number one site for much longer if things keep going this way.

I'm having the same issue. Lots of my comments are dissappearing over the last week. I just posted in : http://www.gamespot.com/articles/assassin-s-creed-4-on-ps4-gets-whopping-2-3gb-patch/1100-6417511/ and my post appeared but when i closed the tab then reloaded the link a while later it was gone. I'm using windows 8 and chrome browser in ireland.

This needs to be fixed asap...

I'm in the exact same boat as you man. I got a PS4 with assasin's creed and its great but i've finished it now and theres not much else i want to play on PS4 yet. I'm really hoping the new metal gear turns out to be good so at least by then there will be that to play. And there's watch dogs to.

@El_Zo1212o: That's true. Its also true to say that Rockstar didn't mention the mission award changes in their latest patch details.

@Jacanuk: Yes the game is very much following an mmo style online which is not suited to the game itself.

So the latest patch has done many things. It was supposed to fix the last of the stability issues with GTA online but seems to have caused far more, with many not connecting to the cloud servers and auto saves failing.

But in addition to this Rockstar have seen fit to further reduce the award money for many if not all of the hardest missions in the game. Titan of a job is reduced from 10000 to 5000. Base invaders, down to 12500 from 25000, mixed up with coke down to 9000 from 18000. See this link for more: http://gtaforums.com/topic/614195-specific-job-payouts-cash-only-not-rp/page-10#entry1063791467

I can stomach that there can be server issues with big games at the start. But it's been 3 weeks now and things have gotten worse again. And the fact that they are reducing rewards for missions that can no longer be instantly repeated as before is galling to say the least!

This game series has always had money at its core and making it has always been fairly easy. Until now in this latest installment which just so happens to be the first GTA game to feature microtransactions. What a coincidence that is...

Completing missions in GTA online has become a chore, every volley of bullets fired is another few dollars of your money gone, every hit from an enemy quickly reduces even heavy armor by a large amount. Armor which you need to buy at the start of every mission if you want to survive for long.

This game is making me lose my cool now and its because i feel like i'm being squeezed for more money. A very bad new feature to the GTA series which is supposed to be about fun. Is anyone else getting pissed off at this?

Where is Red Dead Redepmtion and Just Cause 2?

@shotgunsuzie: Yes ! This pod cast and the news is my main reason for coming to this site. And the reviews to a lesser extent. I'm glad it hasn't gone anywhere.