So, I got into the Battlefield 1 beta early. It's ok, but it didn't really blow me away. The WW1 setting is great, I love the weapons and the calvary stuff, but all of the underlying issues I've always had with Battlefield games are still there. 64 player matches are still too hectic, spawn killing still happens too often, time to kill is still too high, recoil is still too high, snipers are still hard to use, tanks are still over powered (even more so than the previous games because infantry have no long range anti-tank weapons afaik). There are two game modes in the beta, Conquest and Rush. Conquest is decent, Rush is horrible. I've only gotten into games on 1 map, a desert map which seems to be ok. The game is pretty, I will say that much about it, Frostbite is easily one of the best engines graphically, and the graphical improvements from SW Battlefront have carried over to BF1.

All in all, I give the BF1 multiplayer beta a preliminary 7.5/10. Honestly, I'm more looking forward to the campaign than the multiplayer, but considering DICE's track record with Battlefield campaigns, I'm not expecting much there either.

Now that I've played betas for 3 of the 4 shooters releasing this Holiday, I'd rank them Titanfall 2 > Gears 4 > Battlefield 1. That just leaves CoD I haven't played. At the very least I know that CoD 4 Remastered will have great MP, even if CoD: IW doesn't.

The trailer for Cry On that Sakaguchi released year before last was pretty fantastic.

The trailer for Cry On that Sakaguchi released year before last was pretty fantastic. Also, I've never played Lost Odyssey (waiting on the digital backwards compatibility release), but I've heard that the ending didn't really setup a sequel, so I assume Lost Odyssey 2 would be like each numbered Final Fantasy game, seperate from the rest, so technically we know even less about what Lost Odyssey 2 would be than we know about Cry On. We actually know a good bit about Cry On:

Setting and themes

The game's setting was to take place in the Middle Ages, centering on the relationship between humans and small creatures called "Bogles".^[1] Similar to the concept of a familiar spirit, the Bogle act as "protective charms" that assist humans in their daily lives.^[1] However, some humans want to take advantage of this relationship; Bogles were once large giants in the past, and humans have found a way to transform them into giants again, with the intention of waging wars by using them.^[1]

As the title suggests, a recurring theme of the game was to be on the evoking of tears, in the context of both sadness and joy.^[2] Sakaguchi stated the title was also reflective of his desired response to the game; his goal with the story was to make the player of the game cry themselves.^[3]

Story[edit]

The story specifically follows the character Sally, who has the only Bogle in the world that can speak human language.^[1] Her father, the King, bestows upon her the ability to transform her Bogle into a giant, and alter its appearance and abilities depending on what other items are connected to it.^[1] The player follows Sally as she traverses the countryside with her Bogle, customizing it as she goes, and using it to maneuver through her terrain.^[1] Scenarios outlined included situations where only Bogle's abilities could help save people from escaping death, or using Bogle's strength to raise a ship out of water.^[1]

Gameplay[edit]

The game would be split between the player controlling two characters: the young human female, Sally, and her giant, Bogle, with emphasis being placed on how differently the terrain would be traversed between the two.^[1] In addition to the vast differences in their sizes, Sally's gameplay was to be more based around puzzle-solving and japanese role-playing game-based exploration, while Bogle's gameplay was to be more action-oriented, with him providing all of the game's fighting and battling.^[1][4] For every fifteen minutes of Sally gameplay, the player would control the Bogle for only a single minute.^[1] Multiple control schemes were being considered, with one having a dual analogue stick set up, using one for player control and another for pulling, grabbing, and raising objects.^[1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD_tN0WEmRU&feature=youtu.be

Is this real? W.T.F

360 Kinect

"Angry because your daughter became a man" 

Slade's perfect game.

Eh, I wouldn't say that I'm bad at Battlefield. My k/d ratio in Battlefield 4 after about 60 hours was 1.6 I think, which is above average, and my Battlefield 1 K/D ratio is similar so far. I was on the top half of my team's leaderboard in every game I played yesterday, on #3 on my team in one game. I'm not as good at Battlefield as I am at Titanfall, CoD, Halo or Overwatch, but I wouldn't say that I'm bad at it. I just don't enjoy playing it all that much. The following are all common occurences for me in Battlefield games, all things that aren't very fun to me:

-Spawning on a squadmate who seems to be nowhere near enemy territory on the map, but when you spawn suddenly you get spawn killed. 

-Spawning at a lettered base and having to run a minute across a giant map before I actually see an enemy. 

-Spawning at a lettered base that's inside of a building only to find that most of the building has been destroyed, leaving the spawn in plain sight of snipers and tanks. 

-Spawning in a helicopter only to find that the pilot is terrible and immediately crashes into the ground.

-Getting killed by some high level Sniper who has the best sniper in the game that is actually capable of getting one shot kills on the body, and being unable to countersnipe him because the low level snipers all require a headshot for a one shot kill. 

It also really ticks me off that EA locks good weapons behind the DLC packs, all weapons should be available to everybody or else it kills game balance.

Eh, I wouldn't say that I'm bad at Battlefield. My k/d ratio in Battlefield 4 after about 60 hours was 1.6 I think, which is above average, and my Battlefield 1 K/D ratio is similar so far. I was on the top half of my team's leaderboard in every game I played yesterday, on #3 on my team in one game. I'm not as good at Battlefield as I am at Titanfall, CoD, Halo or Overwatch, but I wouldn't say that I'm bad at it. I just don't enjoy playing it all that much. The following are all common occurences for me in Battlefield games, all things that aren't very fun to me:

-Spawning on a squadmate who seems to be nowhere near enemy territory on the map, but when you spawn suddenly you get spawn killed. 

-Spawning at a lettered base and having to run a minute across a giant map before I actually see an enemy. 

-Spawning at a lettered base that's inside of a building only to find that most of the building has been destroyed, leaving the spawn in plain sight of snipers and tanks. 

-Spawning in a helicopter only to find that the pilot is terrible and immediately crashes into the ground.

-Getting killed by some high level Sniper who has the best sniper in the game that is actually capable of getting one shot kills on the body, and being unable to countersnipe him because the low level snipers all require a headshot for a one shot kill. 

It also really ticks me off that EA locks good weapons behind the DLC packs, all weapons should be available to everybody or else it kills game balance.