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[Draugoth]

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  • Played for 10-11 hours so far, on a base PS5 in quality mode. Extremely old build, can’t even redeem the deluxe outfit codes that came with his disc and none of the delay improvements have been added yet.
  • He found all the main and side quests “very interesting” so far, has completed 8 main missions
  • You start as Yasuke, no mention or showing of his supposed wife who dies on the ship to Japan yet which was previously reported by j0nathan and Tom Henderson
  • After Yasuke’s intro mission, you switch to Naoe but 9 hours in and he can’t switch back to Yasuke yet (assuming the two protagonists haven’t teamed up yet?)
  • There’s a huge amount of mocapped cutscenes, important scenes are “very good, almost like a movie” but other NPC interactions are weird where their mouths don’t move
  • First thee hours is full of the movie-like mocapped cutscenes
  • After the prologue, Naoe plots to kill Nobunaga (head of the Shinbakufu) to avenge her father’s death
  • Game has lived up to his hype, “Ghost of Tsushima with an AC feel with better stealth”
  • Gameplay complaint is that the dodging and parry mechanic feels way too slow for him
  • Game is well polished, in 10-11 hours, no bugs or glitches were encountered expect one cutscene where a guy walked through a wall
  • No hair customisation so far but weapon and outfit transmog is there
  • Feels nostalgic, reminds him of Revelations
  • Said he will upload gameplay footage in 5-6 hours of what people want him to show

 

[Generic]

Copies are already being sold

The game is already a success before its release.

 

[Fortuneelsewhere]

This guy takes the meaning of “early access” way to far..

 

[Ceadeus]

It was already 30% off

 

[GHG]

Nice try Ubisoft.

 

[adamsapple]

But suckassjt said it's getting delayed ?!?!

 

[Wolves hunt in packs]

GOTY

 

[Kacho]

There’s a huge amount of mocapped cutscenes, important scenes are “very good, almost like a movie” but other NPC interactions are weird where their mouths don’t move

Wut... Who cares about mocapped cutscenes?

 

[Radical_3d]

Game is well polished, in 10-11 hours, no bugs or glitches were encountered expect one cutscene where a guy walked through a wall

This is the sad standard for well polished games in 2025.

 

[March Climber]

Wut... Who cares about mocapped cutscenes?

The description you quoted sounds like a Yakuza game.

 

[Kacho]

The description you quoted sounds like a Yakuza game.

Doesn’t answer my question.

 

[jshackles]

After the prologue, Naoe plots to kill Nobunaga (head of the Shinbakufu) to avenge her father’s death

 

[Fake]

After the prologue, Naoe plots to kill Nobunaga (head of the Shinbakufu) to avenge her father’s death

Holy fuck another TLOUSpart2.

Game has lived up to his hype, “Ghost of Tsushima with an AC feel with better stealth”

 

[Topher]

Wut... Who cares about mocapped cutscenes?

After playing Avowed....

 

[Topher]

Holy fuck another TLOUSpart2.

lol.....or the thousands of other "you killed my father" stories out there.

 

[Fake]

lol.....or the thousands of other "you killed my father" stories out there.

Want to guess the lore of Ghost of Yotei?

I really don't get this particular obsession with this trend those days.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

GoW´s UI. GOTY

 

[Kacho]

After playing Avowed....

lol sure thing

 

[March Climber]

Doesn’t answer my question.

Just making an observation.

To answer your question, if you're asking who in general, I'd say Hideo Kojima cares about mocapped cutscenes very much.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Almost sounds like a UBI guy wrote those bullets.

 

[Kacho]

Just making an observation.

To answer your question, if you're asking who in general, I'd say Hideo Kojima cares about mocapped cutscenes very much.

Yes, his cutscenes are an important part of a Kojima game so I would expect to hear about that in impressions for Death Stranding 2. They’re pretty inconsequential to the overall Assassins Creed experience.

 

[Topher]

Want to guess the lore of Ghost of Yotei?

I really don't get this particular obsession with this trend those days.

It's a pretty common theme, but I wouldn't call it an obsession.

lol sure thing

The timing. Literally a post I made earlier today....

Can't help but think that this game could have used some mocap work. Some of the faces are really strange. Not a big deal.....just a thought.

Back to it....

 

[Saber]

Lol I highly doubt this live to GoT expectations. Specially when the chick is the one who the leaker played the most and Yasuke is the one who is "good at combat"(and probably the one who is more closer to GoT combat). Already seing inconsistences.

lol.....or the thousands of other "you killed my father" stories out there.

Means its generic, you are simply reafirming his point.

 

[Topher]

Means its generic, you are simply reafirming his point.

Eh....then why highlight a single instance of it with TLOU 2?

 

[Saber]

Eh....then why highlight a single instance of it with TLOU 2?

He already said. Why the insistence with pappy revenge plots, what part of this did you not understand? Or is the problem is LoU2? Not allowed to be used?

 

[Topher]

He already said. Why the insistence with pappy revenge plots, what part of this did you not understand? Or is the problem is LoU2? Not allowed?

Just pointing out that "pappy revenge plots" ain't unique to TLOU 2 my man. Why are you getting bent out of shape?

 

[Saber]

Just pointing out that "pappy revenge plots" ain't unique to TLOU 2 my man. Why are you getting bent out of shape?

Just because he used LoU you already reached that conclusion? Seriously?
You're the one out of shape acting that way because of a single example. Gonna remind my brother to use different game then, maybe you wouldn't even quote him in the first place.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Hopefully it sells well so I can turn a profit.

 

[Topher]

Just because he used LoU you already reached that conclusion? Seriously?
You're the one out of shape acting that way because of a single example. Gonna remind my brother to use different game then, maybe you wouldn't even quote him in the first place.

Point taken. But if it were any other game would you have jumped on me like you did? That works both ways bro. I don't think we need to drag this out. Didn't mean to kick a bees nest.

 

[Dorago]

Nice ad. I'm looking forward to seeing vids about this one.

 

[Jaybe]

Polished? Bullshit. Ubisoft’s own preview video was riddled with bugs.

 

[saintjules]

 

[Topher]

That was funny, but I'm not sure it was meant to be.

 

[Ridicululzz]

Sounds like it was sold to a Ubisoft employee who worked on the game.

 

[saintjules]

PrettyThat was funny, but I'm not sure it was meant to be.

More about how the flames looked.

 

[DavidGzz]

What other reasons are there to go on a murder spree besides avenging family? Health care and insurance don't exist in ancient times.

 

[AJUMP23]

That is not how people catch fire.

 

[saintjules]

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/s/dPEMzyR8Jh

 

[Antwix]

What strange looking fire. Reminds me somewhat of Scorpion's fatalities from like 20 years ago for some reason.

edit: actually more like dhalsims fire from sf2

 

[Saber]

What other reasons are there to go on a murder spree besides avenging family? Health care and insurance don't exist in ancient times.

It could be a mercenary job disguised to reach true objectives or simply profit focused character(not in this case obviously but could be a reason). Completelly common at that time too I think.

 

[Gamerfan81]

I'll buy the game when it's under $10 bucks and part of Steam's summer sale.

 

[DavidGzz]

It could be a mercenary job disguised to reach true objectives or simply profit focused character(not in this case obviously but could be a reason). Completelly common at that time too.

Yes, I agree. But I just don't see Ubi making a story about a thief or someone who just wants to profit in a AC story. It would have to be a new IP.

 

[DavidGzz]

What strange looking fire. Reminds me somewhat of Scorpion's fatalities from like 20 years ago for some reason.

edit: actually more like dhalsims fire from sf2

Looks like when you pause the game after a character is lit on fire in something like Street Fighter 2 or maybe 3 from a red fireball. I think it looks cool tbh.

Haha, just saw your edit after I clicked quote. Exactly.

 

[Gp1]

That is not how people catch fire.

You don't know if she didn't dive into a barrel of gasoline before...

Ubi is definitely afraid of a new Veilguard/Outlaws moment.

 

[existensmaximum]

Wut... Who cares about mocapped cutscenes?

What do you mean.. you don't?

 

[Kacho]

What do you mean.. you don't?

Nope. The Leonidas cutscene in Odyssey was cool but I don't particularly care.

 

[DavidGzz]

I'm so easy to please when it comes to third person sword combat games. Looking forward to it. The weather system and scenery look pretty cool to me. I don't expect it to be as good as Ghost of Tsushima combat wise(that was my GoTY when it came out), but it will be fun enough for a good while. I never beat the last two games cause of all the bloat and I expect the same here. I guess I'm part of the problem lol

 

[March Climber]

Yes, I agree. But I just don't see Ubi making a story about a thief or someone who just wants to profit in a AC story.

Black Flag almost did this, but they didn't commit to it and opted for a typical hero's journey about 2/3 of the way in. Kenway for most of the game didn't give a shit about assassins or templars and just wanted to make it big in life and acquire riches. Both parties (especially the templars) were simply in his way...until he suddenly decided to fully commit to the Assassin's side and be the hero.

Even though I liked Black Flag, it's one of my biggest gripes about the game's narrative. It's sad that Ubisoft decided to wait so long before finally taking a narrative risk with AC: Rogue.

 

[ComputerBlue]

‪That looks awful, and how do you go from putting your foot on a flame to being 100% completely engulfed in flames in a matter of an instant.‬

 

[rabbity-thing]

lol.....or the thousands of other "you killed my father" stories out there.

Not to be outdone by the classic you killed my father, but it turns out you ARE my father cause Obi Wan was telling things from a certain point of view kind of story.