Episode 727: More Assassinations

Ubisoft is coming back with the Assassin’s Creed games, but the guys also discuss the sheer Scottishness of Still Wakes the Deep, Farming Simulator 25 announced, 20 TB NVMe drives for under $300, Final Fantasy 14 producer Yoshi-P apologizing, Space Marine 2 public beta test canceled, and Forza Horizon 4 to be delisted.

The news also includes:

  • Multiple Assassin’s Creed remakes are in the works, according to Ubisoft CEO
  • Sega’s new Crazy Taxi game will be open-world and “massively multiplayer”

Let us know what you think.

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  1. Hi guys!

    Thanks for this episode! I really loved, that you talked so much about older games, so I could listen more carefully because I nearly knew all the games!

    But some things to mention:
    Open world Elden ring: I am completely on your side Jonah: I don’t have that much time to grind 10 hours to get to next point. I want games where I knew that they will end after 10 levels or when you solved 50 puzzles or something like that. Open world games don’t have that goal for me. I totally understand that people having fun with that, but not me 🙂

    Street fighter 3: I was involved in the street fighter video game scene so I knew what you tried to analyze. In my opinion on 3rd strike came up when SF4 was released. Many old players didn’t like it and tried to show their disrespect by hyping 3rd strike again.

    Hard mode / easy mode / achievements:
    I think it’s hard for developers to find the best way between „not to easy but hard enough to not get bored“. Sometimes I like to change the difficulty but sometimes I feel like I don’t wanna have the choice because I want to play the game how it was intended by the developers.
    Achievements: sometimes I try to get them, sometimes I don’t care. It depends on the game. It’s nice because you don’t need them, they don’t change the game itself but if you really want to can play the game a different way. So I think it’s a nice thing and it’s a nice addition.

    Thanks again and please stay healthy and enjoy life!

    Greetings,
    Ralf

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