I couldn't care much for the graphics, the actors and the facial motion capture technique, as that doesn't make me enjoy a game more or less. The story is a very subjective element, so I'll leave it count for you since you enjoyed it, but what was "good" gameplay?

Chase sequences that would resolve by themselves if you take too long grabbing the fleeing suspect?

The auto-aimed, subpar gunplay? (ALTHOUGH I don't know if the auto-aim could be removed, so if it could, then I don't have a problem with this)

The braindead puzzles?

The always reminding you PRESS A to examine items screen?

The fact that failing the conversations isn't trascendental because you will beat the case anyway? There's like only two cases that you can fail; everything else only affects your "endchapter ranking" but not the case itself. That's just bollocks, seriously. There's no punishing the player, there's no pressure, no nothing.

The secondary missions that were just an excuse to allow you to shoot/chase something?

There's this great case about finding the serial killer, that got spoiled because:

· You had to solve the puzzles by going to the specific landmarks. This would have been cool if landmarks weren't hidden for achievement purposes, so your only chance to find them is by exploring the damn empty city, which is too damn huge for its own good.

· If you take too long (or you're looking for the damn landmarks like I was) the game thinks you're retard and Cole goes like "WE SHOULD GO TO THE CHAPEL" thus making everything efortless.

Seriously, is like the game was afraid of being too clever, or something, when it turned out to be quite the opposite. That being said, this was my personal experience with the game, but really...ugh. What a shame.

One of the best franchises ever conceived.

Good try, but Rockstar was also a developer alongside Team Bondi. Just because the later went bankrupt doesn't mean Rockstar didn't do some developing on that horrible thing :P

If it all boils down to them marketing a certain huge segment of gamers, then it is a shame. People can use guides if they're stuck, but I can't do nothing if the game keeps hand-holding me all the way through. And if I don't enjoy the story, then...there's not much for someone like me to like from this game.

lol Phoenix Wright

Upon much recommendation from a friend of mine who went to fucking law school I decided to download one of these games on my DS emulator. I went in expecting some serious challenging cases involving critical thinking and shit, and instead got a game that felt like it was aimed at kids in 4th grade or something.

I gave my friend so much shit for that
I might have still been able to enjoy it despite it's lack of any difficulty or effort on my part if the characters (especially Wright himself) weren't so brain dead. Not only are they completely oblivious to the obvious, but they make a complete mockery of the US (where these games supposedly take place lol, I have my doubts) legal system.

I wanted to tear my hair out like every 2 minutes.
So I'll tell you what I told my friend. Anyone who likes those games is batshit crazy xD

Edit: It has been pointed out to me that some people may take offense to this post, but you'll note that I'm really very fond of people who are batshit crazy. I mean I wouldn't be friends with them if I wasn't

The only thing I can guess about the zones that makes sense is that there are geographical barriers preventing crossing over between zones except for at certain points on the map. Otherwise if there is no load screens than it would be a true open world game. I cannot wait to find out!

This is a very helpful post for me. As I do not read up much on games I know I will buy because I know I will probably enjoy it. Yet this is very cool to know the world is not trully an open world everywhere. 

CDPR did say Witcher 3 is 20% bigger than Skyrim, so zones or no, that's a lot of areas to explore

Amazon Xbox one sales are horrid. 60th place?

I know, I was thinking the same thing last week when it started dipping in the charts. They released a Halo bundle, but that's not even selling as much as the AC one.

Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy the AC bundle and then buy MCC alone? This way you end up with three retail titles for less money.

Also I think the dip is pretty normal for this time of year, no exclusives and no big triple AAA titles being released this month. If it stays this way when Witcher 3 and Batman come out then we have something to worry about.