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Lets talk truth- this game is too well made to be a disaster, and has too many flaws to be a good game. Simply put there are a lot of issues with this game. There are many bugs, glitchs, odd AI behavior, and the shooting feels sluggish. In addition the story is weak and the missions are as well. However, sprinkled in with all this crap is competent shooting, a couple great ideas, awesome world building, and some other fun ideas. The execution falls flat but it is still a decent game in many ways.

The truth is this game is brilliant. The characters are terrific the gameplay is awesome and the entire package makes it worth buying. It is the best exclusive so far and blows games like the order, Ryse, QB, and others out of the water. Naughty dog continues to reign as the worlds best game despite the haters. Bad reviews on this site are unfair. They pick one issue and decide that the game is a 1/10 based on that 1 issue. They lack vision and are more like little babies than gamers. They are impossible to please by nature and are the reason the games industry is in the state its in. How can Devs do anything new or fresh when there is an ARMY of ignorant gamers who tear games apart for any reason and are impossible to please. Thye can complain all they want about games- but they are at fault for the condition of the industry and they should pay for their blasphemy.

Lotta fun! Gameplay- 9/10: The core gameplay is great. The shooting aspects are near flawless and when mixed with the general CRAZINESS of using time bending powers, it becomes godlike. It is the Payne games turned up to the max. The platforming sections are weak do to loose controls though Story- 9/10: Really engaging and over the top. I personally loved it. The characters are great and the TV episode format makes it all the more engaging. In general the game is really well polished as well. It lacks glitchs and runs very well on my Xbox One As far as flaws go they are small. As said above the platforming sections are boring and hard due to controls, the TV episodes love to buffer, and there is an occasional cheesy moment or hurried plot line. But compared to the excellent game play and amazing story-these are slight flaws and do not detract from an otherwise awesome experience.

Let's compare Fallout 4 to Fallout 3- as I feel it would be a good way to explain the flaws and strengths of Fallout 4. When I first turned on Fallout 3 years ago it was amazing to say the least. The open endedness of it, the deep levels of interaction, the heavy and depressing world- it all combined to create one of the greatest gaming experiances ever. Now Fallout 4 is good (maybe great) but fails to capture that feeling of Fallout 4. Lets start then with what Fallout 4 does worse. Worse -The world lacks the same heavy depressing feeling found in Fallout 3. This does not feel like a world ravaged by nuclear war- but rather a dirty city. It lacks that authticity that made F3 so great -There is almost no world interaction. The days of trying to find a way around a mission by pickpocketing, or hacking, or speech checks is over. EVERY mission is shot everything and leave. Without fail- every single mission. -The factions are less engaging, the plot less believable -Character motivations seem forced -Graphics, while generally better, are too cartoonish. It lacks that raw brutality found in F3. -No Karma system!!! Makes no sense -You'll never steal or even be temped to because the world of F4 is plentiful and provides all the **** you need. It lacks the feeling of a apocalyptic wasteland -Stronger story -F4 lacks the awesome RPG systems of F3. It lacks any skills- instead of upgrading your "big guns" or "medicine" skill and then picking a perk- you just pick a perk. It restricts the level of engagement with the character. Better -WAY WAY better shooting mechanics -The whole "pick your ending" thing was really cool -Great companions -More diverse and jam packed world -Great side missions, more developed -Power armor is better -Weapon crafting -General armor is better -No weapon degrading, thank god -Weapon diversity is great -Larger arsenal of weapons -Settlement system is cool but lacks any real use, seems half finished and undeveloped. Could be added onto and made better though Sadly Fallout 4 is not a step towards a better game. Rather it is a small step back. Don't get me wrong it is a fun game and I loved it. However Bethesda abandoned the deep RPG elements and involved world in favor of making a strong shooting game. It needs to have a return to form for the series before it becomes another COD shooter, in a long line of COD shooters

We all know Ubisoft is FAR from a "good" gaming company. They compare only to EA in their attempts to nickle and dime gamers. To an extent I tolerate it- if the game surrounding the DLC/microtransaction money machine is great. This is not the case. I understand how the industry works- I get that profits are needed in order to maintain a game company, however many companies are hugely profitable and do not even offer microtransactions and small paid DLC. Take CD Projekt Red- the give 16 free DLCs with the Witcher 3. In addition the base game is so huge that you can spend 100s of hours playing it. In other words, you get a lot of bang for your 60 bucks. And if you choose to purchase the paid DLC option- it offers you another 40 hours of additional content, which is a fair deal. $15 bucks lands you a lot of entertainment- i like that. $15 buck in Siege gets you 2 weapon skins and 1 new playable character. Awesome... Lets look at siege. Fun game yes- I will surrender that. It is exciting, thrilling, and offers a tactical layer to shooting that few games offer. But with pretty much NO single player content (minus an extended tutorial) and only really 1 game mode its more on tune with a 20 dollar DLC for COD rather than a stand alone AAA title. You can play every game mode and map in a day or so. So while the base content is fun- there is very little in the way of variety or scope. In addition they try to pry dollars out of you. Want a new operator? Pay us more... Want gun skins? Pay us more... Want new gun attachments? Pay us more... Sure you can grind for these things- but it is obviously set up to fuel microtransactions. Brand new players will spend a butt load and have a gear advantage over those playing for weeks and grinding for gear. That is not fair- the "pay to win" feature is clear here. Few things are needed to operate a smooth FPS multiplayer shooter. Good mechanics are key, a good leveling system is important, balanced maps that cater to multiple gameplay styles is crucial, and of course balancing between weapons/play styles. Siege has many of these things- some more than others. But what it lacks is the single most important aspect of an FPS online game- good servers. The game freezes and crashes all the time, almost EVERY SINGLE MATCH this happens to some degree. If you play using the ranked play feature (with other experienced players) then you cannot quit a match. If you do you are banned for 24 hours. So when your game freezes and no one can move or shoot then you have to sit through 7 5 minute rounds never once being able to move. If you get board and do not want to spend 35 minutes starring at the screen then you can quit and not player for 24 more hours. The "no quit" rule to ranked play is not a bad idea though- however that rule mixed with **** servers creates a lot of frustration. Inexcusable. Game like COD, Destiny, Battlefield, Battlefront, Evolve, and other MMOs have MUCH more strain on their servers and issues like the ones in siege are a rarity. It is clear Ubisoft cut corners in the server department and it cost the game dearly.

A masterpiece by any standard. This game combines the best parts of any open world RPG to create a stunning, large, and breathtaking journey. Characters are deep and their motivations are realistic. In addition the world is perfect. It feels real and lived in- more so than any other open world I have seen. The main thing that sets it apart is your role within that world. In games like Skyrim or Dragon age you ARE the world. The many factions of the world of Skyrim/DA revolve around you and your decisions. This is not the case in the witcher. Rather than being the focus of the world you are but a mere piece of the puzzle. You have an effect on the world, but a realistic effect at that. You control nothing, you simply play your part and that is amazing.

Blood Money fans rejoice! First- the good -The missions are back to the blood money style. Large open maps stuffed full of details and avenues of approach. -The graphics are AMAZING, it really sells the experience -The many modes of the game make for a surprising amount of content for the intro into a chapter series. It is worth the 15 hours and depending on how much you enjoy Hitman games- you could get 25+ hours out of it -Gear purchasing/earning is back. You can earn items to take with you on missions. Again, the resembles blood money more so than absolution, however it is slightly different from Blood Money. You earn gear by complementing missions certain ways- which adds to replay-ability. It works well though -Love all the ways to "dispose" of targets -The weapons handle great, the core systems of the game are splendid Now for the bad things -The story presented in this part of the game is rather weak. It is clear that the missions are to be the main focus and not the story. This could change with upcoming chapters though, so this may be rushed judgement. Again though, at this point in time there isn't enough going on within the story to keep me coming back for that reason -The NPCs can be DUMB and there are also some bugs (not really bugs so much as mistakes) that allow you to take advantage of the games systems. **** is looking at a table that has a gun on it and you want that gun you can stand behind the guard and still get the gun. Meaning you can be 5 feet away from the item and still pick it up. To top it off the guard will not notice. This is just one example though- there are certainly more. In summary Hitman is back! The glory days of big open maps, tons of assassination methods, and customizing gear have returned. The game looks great and plays even better. However, the weak story, stupid NPCs, and certain bugs can take you away from an otherwise immersive experience.

Let's call this what it is- Ubisoft trying to cash in on the massive "Destiny" market. Can you blame them? - The Dark Zone is the best PvP setting /idea I have ever seen. It builds tension and adds freedom. It is balanced and AWESOME - Where as Destiny tried so hard to be an MMO-RPG-FPS-PvP game the Division commits more so to the RPG aspects of the game. The skill tree is deep and offers the typical healer, DPS, and tank abilities. However, they are interchangeable. A mid level character can be as maxed out as possible in all 3 categories and switch between them at will. It works well - The RNG is generous (like Borderlands) and the arsenal is vast It is worth it everyone. It is a fun time- and really, that is all that matters right?

Lets break it down Gameplay

I am not one of those reviews who gives game a 1 or a 10. This is a fair score. When you first grapple up a mountain and shoot up into the air like a rocket and glide around the ground at 200 miles an hour you will be like "WOW this is awesome". You get the same feeling destroying the first couple bases. But then when you do the same mission structure almost every main mission and repeat the same tasks over and over again- it gets old, like REALLY old. The gun play mimics a mix between COD style combat and GTA combat. It kinda auto-locks and kinda doesn't. It is one of the worst shooting systems ever. There are plenty of glitches that will get you killed Vehicle controls are a 4/10. Not undoable just unresponsive and with terrible physics. Making it tough to learn. All in all there are some cool parts. The world is beautiful and HUGE. The stunt aspect and the destruction based gameplay is fun. But it can also be a glithy, repetitive mess of bad mechanics and strange design choices. Oh!- and the story/characters are terrible too.

Lets break it down Good: -Matches can be very intense and exciting, more so than any other multiplayer shooter around -Operators are fun and great to use. The variety is awesome -The game play is balanced between attackers and defenders -The guns are cool and the gun play is top notch -The game embraces brief moments of highly intense action instead of constant middling action -It feels real. The immersion is amazing -Graphics are decent. Not great, but certainly good. -Game has very few glitches which is also nice. This does not include server issues though- which are plentiful. Bad -Hit detection can have issues -Servers go between decent and bad- lots of rubber banding -The grind to get new operators is a little tiresome after a while -THE MAIN ONE: It lacks a lot to do. There is terrorist hunt which is fun, the 5 on 5 attackers vs defenders, and single player situations which serve more as training than anything else. You can play every game mode in 20 minutes. Still a fun game. It does not require obscene amounts of cooperation between team mates which is nice. It is an intense high octane shooter that has the highest of highs, but sometimes it has some pretty low lows

I was able to get my hand on a copy of this game about 19 hours ago, and I have been playing it a good deal. Although I am not 100% through the game I am at the point where I have seen all it has to offer- so here is my review Gameplay- It plays much like a cleaner, better looking, more fluid, and more fun dead island. It feels like dead island with a larger budget. Running up walls to escape a horde, finding safety as night approaches, using upgraded abilities to kill more zombies with greater zest- it all works and works well. In terms of game play it was everything that dead island was supposed to be. My only complaints are breaking weapons, old school health bars, and stamina meters. I think these things restrict you, but it still works out.