Must disagree with pCARS, especially being a former WMD backer. The original proposal for the game was awesome but it was severely "dumbed down" and altered. Also it went from the original premise of being more of a sim than arcade, more intricate than Forza/Gran Turismo, but less than rFactor. Well, early on the word was that the game was going for all-out simulation... which was not true and never, ever, behaved that way. It may be a satisfying game to feel like a driving god, but no thanks.
Overall a fun past time, but severely lacking in originality... yet I ended up seeing it twice. The story following almost every main point of A New Hope and a couple of portions of The Empire Strikes Back. Like a lot of folks wrote below, this is obviously better than I-III but not as good as V or even VI. The Empire Strikes Back is by far the best. On its own it's decent/good, maybe a 7 or even 7.5 on a 1-10 scale.
Anyway, some issues I had:
- Kylo was very cool up to the point he realizes Rey has potential. It's awesome seeing his lack of control and losing his cool, especially in a powerful way. Then after killing his dad (was so obvious he'd do it) he sounded very weak, almost whiny as he hunted down Rey and Finn. Sure, he is shown to clearly be hurt by the bowcaster nailing him, but still, he got hit by Finn and nearly killed by Rey... a complete novice in the force and incredibly handy with the lightsaber. She was clearly handy on some combat as shown earlier, but it's a light saber against a Sith. And Finn had great training but still, he's human going against someone with Sith training. Come on.
- Kylo is short. Even I am taller without costume. He needed to be made to be like 6'5 at least.
- Of course Luke was only going to appear for a little bit and at the end. But that final scene felt so uncomfortable, the awkward long stares and then the rotating camera. Bleh.
- Seriously, everyone devolved back to their previous lives?! Can't anyone raise a kid? Why did Luke put his daughter Rey into hiding (in a desert planet, like IV in both aspects...)? Why did Leah and Han abandon Ben/Kylo like that? Why did they split so easily? Han said Leia couldn't stand him, she seemed like an old high school crush who's single after you meet her again after college. Why did Luke just walk away from everything leaving a potentially very powerful kid, go out of control and lead the First Order? Why did JJ have him do the whole Yoda thing?
Really lacking originality. The way the story played out was not bad at all, far from it, but this movie was disappointing. An old man in a desert village, knowing the secrets of a jedi master and likely caring for a powerful kid who will be strong with the force, puts important information in a little droid unit. That little village is destroyed by the bad guys (First Order/Empire), with the villain interrogating someone about the details.
Let's see... Rey and Finn's relationship is like Luke and Han. Han Solo was a bit of mentor to the young future Jedi, much like Obi-Wan with Luke. The mentor is killed by the bad guy... much like Obi-Wan with Vader. The Jedi master is hiding away from the bad guys, Empire/First Order. The bad guys use their planet weapon to crush innocent republic planets. The list just keeps on going. Come on, JJ, don't just play it simple and safe (except for Han's death, everyone I know hated it).
It will likely pan out that Kylo didn't extinguish the pull to the light side, and will be key to destroying the First Order/Sith. Rey will help him turn good or kill him (or both). Luke will not die, he'll be like Yoda but 830 years younger. Anyway, let's see in 2 years if things take a significant turn towards being better.
Some people have nothing better to do and are douche bags. This is just very disrespectful and honestly, not funny at all
Should be easy for MS to spot out the users and hand out some form of warning or account restrictions. The username list should be disclosed so people could add those names to a local block list too. I'm sorry for those on XBO who get shafted by this.
This art style has overstayed its welcome. It was an interesting update when SF IV came out but it just looks bad now. This cinematic is very unattractive too.
I'll wait to find out more, if it is something as written below about other FF VII related titles, or if it's milking the remake. If the latter than I'll be disappointed and will have to wait for a price drop digital bundle 6 months after the release of the last episode.
Not buying their next console until they give me reasons to have bought my Wii U. I want the proper games and future support, not to be shafted. I'd only buy a new console from them maybe 2-3 years after release if it is successful, and if it has quality software support.
ps: I would buy a Dead or Alive game if it had more volleyball. The only good volleyball game available is what, 24 years old? That 2D one from the SNES.
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