*When you've only played Syndicate.* ._.
Is that the one with the top hats?
*When you've only played Syndicate.* ._.
Look, dude, I get that you don't like AC but if Tsushima can't stand on its own without having to drag another franchise then is it really standing on its own.
No, instead it has an auto-kill perfect parry mechanic. The combat in newer AC games is better if only because there are more options in any given encounter because of weapon variety. The combat in Tsushima boils down to "pick the stance and stagger them but also if you don't pick the stance it's fine they aren't that difficult oh also use your lightning stab ability if you're feeling particularly spicy." And yeah, I'm playing on hard too and I've died more times because the game doesn't communicate which jumps are actually survivable with the thief roll than I have to enemies.
Skill tree is debateable. I've not really found myself caring when I get an unlock now that I've got max chain assassinations, stealth hearing, and all the deflection abilities I care about. Customization is pretty barebones. Yeah it's cool that my armor is dyed white but functionally I'm spending 90 percent of the game in the traveler's attire because of its map clearing and collectible pinging. The headbands are cosmetic as are the face masks and the charms don't really alter anything to make them anything more than 'equip and forget'. At least in AC you can wear legendary gear but then make it look like whatever gear you've collected which is the kind of customization I generally prefer.
Story is un-convoluted but also uninteresting. On the contrary I haven't met a memorable character and the game falls super hard into the open world trope of "Hey I'd like to help you but solve my problems first". The side missions don't really feel like they add anything other than EXP points because changing your legend doesn't make people respond to you any differently, it's just a way to unlock a ghost weapon. Am I asking too much? Probably. But if we're going to keep the AC comparisons then at least the side activities in Odyssey contributed to the ongoing war and you could influence which side was favored. Clearing Mongol posts doesn't appear to have less Mongols over the place so it feels less like I'm liberating the island and more like I'm checking off a list.
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Well, there are more problems with the game but if I go on it'll start sounding like I hate the game when I don't.
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Structurally the only difference between it and current AC games is that Tsushima doesn't have a compass on screen pointing out quests at all times. It even has the AC thing of 'tail the enemy sneakily by being on the roof tops' thing that everyone hated like six AC games ago!
If you play the game like I do, as in 'gotta do everything else before tackling the story missions' then the lack of variety in enemy types and activities is doing a constant battle with my like of getting blood on my sick white dyed tier three armors. That's more a personal problem but also if someone hasn't used the tagline 'stylish over substance' then maybe games journalism has hope even if it is an accurate summary of the game's systems.
There's only so many times that a triple kill standoff with random enemies is something I want to do but fortunately I haven't hit that unknown amount of times yet.
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It's better in color anyway
I suppose this is old news at this point, but Laura Bailey got death threats for her role as VA for Abby in TLOU2. This is really disgusting. It doesn't matter how much one dislikes TLOU2 or Abby, nothing justifies harassing someone simply for being her voice actor.
But, I am gonna play Tsushima in an hour so let's see if it's good. Tho, I heard the lip-sync for the Japanese dub is pretty bad.