However, whilst the gameplay suits me, there is another problem that does seem to come with all AAA games these days:Īccording to my Xbox profile, I’ve played the game for 25hrs 25mins and I’ve opened up about one-third of the map! Arse handed to me, joypad launched, start the whole mission again. This probably annoyed the AC purists, but for someone like me who is absolutely dog dirt at stealth games, this was a welcome relief.Īll too often I’d try to sneak around in earlier AC games only to knock over a vase or tread on a cat and alert every single guard in a 100 miles radius to my presence. The stealth element seems to have taken a back seat and replaced with a more RPG, combat style of gameplay. Still, Friday night I did manage to squeeze in some more Assassins Creed: Origins and I have to say I’m absolutely loving this return to form game from Ubisoft. Unfortunately due to the sunny weather and a patio dirtier than a drunk Rugby player’s joke telling, I spent most of the weekend with Mr. Like my tagline says so I actually didn’t need to write this bit oh well, on with the blog!Īnd so yet another weekend flies by and we’re staring down the barrel of Monday who currently has me up against the wall demanding my dinner money and making me eat my own pencils. Happy Monday and welcome to Launches Joypad, not so much a review blog anymore, but the everyday ramblings of a gamer short on fuse, short on talent. Venus is here somewhere, I think… Photo by Felix Mittermeier on